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- 亂碼lyun6 maa5mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)
- 保暖bou2 nyun5to keep warm
- 升讀sing1 duk6to move on to next stage of education, such as primary to secondary, secondary to tertiary
- 加插gaa1 caap3add as an extra
- 鋪路pou1 lou6to pave (with paving stones)
- 擺佈baai2 bou3to manipulate; to decorate
- 落力lok6 lik6(verb) to put a lot of effort in; to work hard at
- 新詩san1 si1noun; new poem; modern poetry
- 銀包ngan4 baau1(n.) a purse or wallet.
- 主講zyu2 gong2to give a lecture
- 敵我dik6 ngo5the enemy and us
- 光景gwong1 ging2circumstances
- 企劃kei5 waak6to plan (a project)
- 語源jyu5 jyun4etymology
- 阿蛇aa3 se4name for calling policemen (slang)
- 毛衣mou4 ji1(wool) sweater
- 縱使zung3 si2even if
- 車頂ce1 deng2car roof
- 接客zip3 haak3to receive guests
- 難食naan4 sik6taste bad; hard to eat; unpalatable
- 坐夜co5 je2to be a night watch
- 分派fan1 paai3to assign (a task to different people)
- 鄰里leon4 lei5neighbor
- 情夫cing4 fu1married woman's lover
- 插畫caap3 waa2illustration
- 肉絲juk6 si1shredded meat
- 不妙bat1 miu6(of a turn of events) not too encouraging
- 小店siu2 dim3small store
- 狼死long4 sei2ruthless [colloquial]
- 收工sau1 gung1to stop work for the day (generally of laborers)
- 騎呢ke4 le4weird; eccentric; strange; bizarre
- 打賭daa2 dou2to bet
- 插花caap3 faa1flower arranging
- 量產loeng6 caan2to mass-produce
- 低聲dai1 sing1in a low voice
- 髒話zong1 waa6profanity
- 落腳lok6 goek3to stay for a time
- 博物館bok3 mat6 gun2museum
- 縮影suk1 jing2miniature version of sth
- 示意si6 ji3to hint
- 謬誤mau6 ng6error
- 盤據pun4 geoi3variant of 盤踞|盘踞[pan2 ju4]
- 掉頭diu6 tau4to turn one's head
- 鬥牛dau3 ngau4bullfighting
- 非但fei1 daan6not only
- 早退zou2 teoi3to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
- 走堂zau2 tong4to play truant
- 續約zuk6 joek3to renew or extend a contract
- 語料jyu5 liu2(linguistics) language material; language data
- 齊聲cai4 sing1all speaking together; in chorus
- 重振cung4 zan3to revitalize; to restore (prestige, prosperity etc)
- 隱含jan2 ham4to contain in a concealed form
- 徵用zing1 jung6verb; commandeer; expropriation; requisition
- 不敵bat1 dik6no match for
- 老狀lou5 zong6a solicitor; a lawyer [colloquial]
- 歹徒daai2 tou4evildoer
- 海風hoi2 fung1sea breeze
- 博學bok3 hok6learned; erudite
- 大麥daai6 mak6barley
- 順德seon6 dak1see 順德區|顺德区[Shun4 de2 Qu1]
- 照騙ziu3 pin3(Internet slang) deceptive photo (pun on 照片[zhao4 pian4]) (esp. one misleadingly presenting sth in a favorable light)
- 象棋zoeng6 kei2Chinese chess
- 飛行棋fei1 hang4 kei2aeroplane chess (a Chinese board game)
- 辨認bin6 jing6to recognize
- 現銀jin6 ngan2cash (old slang)
- 火嘴fo2 zeoi2(noun) sparkle plugs
- 保值bou2 zik6to preserve value; to protect against depreciation
- 分居fan1 geoi1to separate (married couple)
- 見狀gin3 zong6upon seeing this, ...
- 配給pui3 kap1to ration
- 水坑seoi2 haang1puddle
- 黃糖wong4 tong4(food) brown sugar
- 落街lok6 gaai1go down to the street (spoken)
- 表證biu2 zing3superficial syndrome
- 通頂tung1 deng2overnight (slang)
- 撞面zong6 min6to run into someone
- 一字馬jat1 zi6 maa5the splits (in gymnastics, dance or martial arts)
- 起屋hei2 uk1building a house
- 今生gam1 sang1this lifetime
- 母雞mou5 gai1hen
- 重逢cung4 fung4to meet again
- 黑糖hak1 tong4unrefined sugar
- 情愛cing4 oi3affection
- 茶色caa4 sik1dark brown
- 分娩fan1 min5to give birth to a baby
- 好色hou3 sik1to want sex
- 單拖daan1 to1being single (relationship)
- 安葬on1 zong3to bury (the dead)
- 山頭saan1 tau4mountain top, esp. one occupied by a mountain stronghold
- 義父ji6 fu6adoptive father
- 諸侯zyu1 hau4dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- 考查haau2 caa4to investigate
- 打劫daa2 gip3to loot
- 自述zi6 seot6to recount in one's own words
- 清爽cing1 song2fresh and cool
- 講義gong2 ji6teaching materials
- 熟行suk6 hong4(adjective) experienced
- 樓宇lau4 jyu5building
- 絕緣zyut6 jyun4to have no contact with
- 寓意jyu6 ji3moral (of a story)
- 同堂tung4 tong4to live under the same roof (of different generations)
- 酒家zau2 gaa1restaurant
- 哥記go1 gei3one of the way to call a young male stranger
- 推介teoi1 gaai3to recommend
- 農莊nung4 zong1farm
- 養分joeng5 fan6nutrient
- 上吊soeng5 diu3to hang oneself
- 裂開lit6 hoi1to split open
- 道長dou6 zoeng2Taoist priest
- 打電話daa1 din6 waa2to make a telephone call
- 旨意zi2 ji3decree; order
- 惡果ok3 gwo2evil consequence
- 荔枝lai6 zi1litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
- 夾擊gaap3 gik1pincer attack
- 殲滅cim1 mit6to wipe out
- 非士fei1 si2face
- 陪坐pui4 co5to sit with someone and keep the person company; to sit with customers as a nightclub hostess
- 臨行lam4 hang4on leaving
- 補處bou2 cyu5(Buddhist term) to be the next Buddha; to have one's hymen surgically repaired or recreated
- 問好man6 hou2to say hello to
- 相認soeng1 jing6to know each other
- 工科gung1 fo1engineering as an academic subject
- 砲轟paau3 gwang1variant of 炮轟|炮轰[pao4 hong1]
- 同感tung4 gam2(have the) same feeling
- 地底dei6 dai2subterranean
- 巫術mou4 seot6witchcraft
- 廟宇miu6 jyu5temple
- 地皮dei6 pei4lot
- 音位jam1 wai2phoneme
- 賞識soeng2 sik1to appreciate
- 認頭jing6 tau4to admit defeat; to accept having lost
- 借意ze3 ji3to excuse
- 安頓on1 deon6to find a place for
- 痴迷ci1 mai4infatuated
- 識破sik1 po3to penetrate
- 長袍coeng4 pou4chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe)
- 降格gong3 gaak3to downgrade
- 拖卡to1 kaa1verb; bunching , It means the same route and directions, had two or more buses, one immediately (or not too far away) each other; Trailer
- 弊病bai6 beng6malady
- 未定mei6 ding6undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
- 賽跑coi3 paau2race (running)
- 作狀zok3 zong6(verb) to pretend; to feign; to fake; (adjective) pretentious; contrived
- 戲肉hei3 juk2the climax of the movie
- 佩戴pui3 daai3to wear (as an accessory: jewelry, pedometer, ID card etc)
- 解酒gaai2 zau2to dissipate the effects of alcohol
- 直銷zik6 siu1to sell directly
- 供款gung1 fun2contributions (fund)
- 累進leoi6 zeon3progressive (taxation etc)
- 記性gei3 sing3memory (ability to retain information)
- 爭交zaang1 gaau1argue (spoken)
- 福頭fuk1 tau4(noun) a fool; a sucker; a mug; a dupe
- 滑板waat6 baan2skateboard
- 儉樸gim6 pok3thrifty and simple
- 男兒naam4 ji4a (real) man
- 無謂mou4 wai6pointless
- 狂人kwong4 jan4madman
- 晒馬saai3 maa5it is often used to describe a triad group showing off its followers
- 書評syu1 ping4book review
- 一系列jat1 hai6 lit6a series of
- 飛揚fei1 joeng4to rise
- 踐踏cin2 daap6to trample
- 軍師gwan1 si1(old) military counselor
- 魔頭mo1 tau4monster; devil
- 黑錢hak1 cin2dirty money
- 瘟疫wan1 jik6plague; pestilence
- 心力sam1 lik6mental and physical efforts
- 氣功hei3 gung1qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
- 公墓gung1 mou6public cemetery
- 格劍gaak3 gim3(noun) frotting (a type of sex act)
- 切線cit3 sin3tangent line (geometry)
- 本金bun2 gam1capital
- 眼皮ngaan5 pei4eyelid
- 佛學fat6 hok6Buddhist doctrine
- 輸贏syu1 jeng4win or loss
- 文青man4 cing1young person who adopts an outwardly artistic or intellectual style (abbr. for 文藝青年|文艺青年[wen2 yi4 qing1 nian2])
- 紅燒hung4 siu1to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
- 硫酸lau4 syun1sulfuric acid
- 共和國gung6 wo4 gwok3republic
- 主軸zyu2 zuk6axis
- 電場din6 coeng4electric field
- 天燈tin1 dang1sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
- 復課fuk6 fo3to resume classes
- 龜頭gwai1 tau4head of a turtle
- 單眼daan1 ngaan5ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye)
- 掛職gwaa3 zik1temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post
- 聆聽ling4 ting3to listen (respectfully)
- 不一定bat1 jat1 ding6not necessarily
- 初哥co1 go1(noun) a beginner; a novice; a neophyte
- 分母fan6 mou5(math.) denominator of a fraction
- 冠以gun3 ji5to label
- 民宿man4 suk1(orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension
- 男主naam4 zyu2male lead; male protagonist
- 見習gin3 zaap6to learn on the job
- 使節si3 zit3(diplomatic) envoy
- 熟路suk6 lou6familiar road
- 盤坐pun4 co5to sit cross-legged (as in the lotus position)
- 坐盤co5 pun2to hold a position [colloquial]
- 居士geoi1 si6noun; Buddhist
- 電筆din6 bat1electrician's test light; voltage tester
- 元音jyun4 jam1vowel