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- 通暢tung1 coeng3unobstructed; clear
- 狂想kwong4 soeng2fantasy
- 排位paai4 wai2ranking
- 虛心heoi1 sam1open-minded
- 躺倒tong2 dou2to lie down
- 減重gaam2 cung5to lose weight
- 佈告bou3 gou3posting on a bulletin board
- 原狀jyun4 zong6previous condition
- 燒菜siu1 coi3to cook
- 逆境jik6 ging2adversity
- 利尿lei6 niu6to promote urination
- 樸實pok3 sat6plain
- 大乘daai6 sing4Mahayana, the Great Vehicle
- 虛榮heoi1 wing4vanity
- 強忍koeng5 jan2to resist (with great difficulty)
- 夾心gaap3 sam1to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking)
- 風化fung1 faa3decency
- 射燈se6 dang1spotlight
- 腦幹nou5 gon3brain stem
- 禁做gam3 zou6not easily done
- 綠燈luk6 dang1green light (traffic signal)
- 誇獎kwaa1 zoeng2to praise
- 祥和coeng4 wo4auspicious and peaceful
- 意粉ji3 fan2pasta
- 拜會baai3 wui6(often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on
- 剩低zing6 dai1remaining; left (spoken)
- 洗牌sai2 paai2to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc
- 並肩bing6 gin1alongside
- 導電dou6 din6to conduct electricity
- 港鐵gong2 tit3(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
- 發圍faat3 wai4expansion
- 麥記mak6 gei3McDonalds (spoken)
- 小雪siu2 syut3Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
- 宣布syun1 bou3to declare
- 起名hei2 ming4to name
- 村屋cyun1 uk1(noun) three-floor houses
- 合拍hap6 paak3in time with (i.e. same rhythm)
- 論及leon6 kap6to make reference to; to mention
- 折頭zit3 tau4discount
- 顯卡hin2 kaat1(computing) graphics card; video card
- 魚泡jyu4 bok1swim bladder (of a fish)
- 開票hoi1 piu3to open ballot boxes
- 洗滌sai2 dik6to rinse
- 雛形co1 jing4embryonic form
- 牟利mau4 lei6to gain profit (by underhand means)
- 治標zi6 biu1to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause
- 學似hok6 ci5just like someone, learn from someone
- 敗訴baai6 sou3to lose a lawsuit
- 單據daan1 geoi3receipts
- 斥資cik1 zi1to spend
- 輕騎hing1 ke4light cavalry
- 來潮loi4 ciu4(of water) to rise
- 假牙gaa2 ngaa4false teeth
- 連埋lin4 maai4together with; including
- 牙力ngaa4 lik6physical strength of teeth; ability to debate (spoken)
- 煙囪jin1 cung1chimney; smokestack; stovepipe
- 順次seon6 ci3in order
- 樂富lok6 fu3Lok Fu, a public housing estate situated in Kowloon City, Hong Kong
- 除名ceoi4 ming4to strike off (the rolls)
- 底牌dai2 paai2cards in one's hand
- 聲名sing1 ming4reputation
- 喜人hei2 jan4pleasing; gratifying
- 飯桌faan6 coek3dining table
- 中餐zung1 caan1lunch
- 扔掉wing1 diu6to throw away
- 慌亂fong1 lyun6frenetic
- 旅居leoi5 geoi1to stay away from home
- 夾萬gaap3 maan6(noun) a safe box
- 五嶺ng5 ling5the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3]
- 公德gung1 dak1public ethics
- 多哥do1 go1Togo
- 夾錢gaap3 cin2chip in
- 洋流joeng4 lau4ocean current
- 止血zi2 hyut3to staunch (bleeding)
- 發亮faat3 loeng6to shine
- 聲討sing1 tou2to denounce; to condemn
- 考官haau2 gun1an examiner (for tests, interviews etc)
- 異鄉ji6 hoeng1foreign land
- 尤物jau4 mat6rarity
- 編印pin1 jan3to compile and print
- 梯隊tai1 deoi2echelon (military formation)
- 險境him2 ging2critical circumstances
- 斷食dyun6 sik6to fast
- 夠雷gau3 leoi4to have guts
- 轉述zyun2 seot6to pass on (stories)
- 鑒賞gaam3 soeng2appreciate; admire
- 舊曆gau6 lik6old calendar
- 圍內wai4 noi2within the group; inside the walled villages
- 滋養zi1 joeng5to nourish
- 乘數sing4 sou3multiplier
- 存亡cyun4 mong4to live or die
- 廟會miu2 wui2temple fair
- 晶片zing1 pin2(Tw) (computing) chip
- 貨輪fo3 leon4freighter
- 撞板zong6 baan2be rebuffed; be thwarted; run into difficulties
- 切題cit3 tai4to keep to the subject
- 人等jan4 dang2a group of people
- 青少年cing1 siu3 nin4adolescent
- 教頭gaau3 tau2sporting coach
- 盜用dou6 jung6to use illegitimately; to misappropriate; to embezzle
- 落筆lok6 bat1to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
- 可能性ho2 nang4 sing3possibility; probability
- 內測noi6 cak1(software development) to do closed beta (or internal beta) testing
- 沙茶saa1 caa4satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate
- 死黨sei2 dong2best friends
- 平臺ping4 toi4platform
- 交尾gaau1 mei5to copulate (of animals)
- 外勞ngoi6 lou4foreign worker (abbr. for 外籍勞工|外籍劳工[wai4 ji2 lao2 gong1])
- 缺德kyut3 dak1mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled
- 宴請jin3 ceng2to entertain (for dinner)
- 天分tin1 fan6natural gift
- 富足fu3 zuk1rich
- 副刊fu3 hon2supplement
- 空隙hung1 gwik1crack
- 營房jing4 fong4barracks
- 紅塵hung4 can4the world of mortals (Buddhism)
- 甲子gaap3 zi2first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1])
- 合意hap6 ji3to suit one's taste
- 例句lai6 geoi3example sentence
- 蒙難mung4 naan6to meet with disaster
- 梅縣mui4 jyun2see 梅縣區|梅县区[Mei2 xian4 Qu1]
- 撒網saat3 mong5to throw a net
- 鬧交naau6 gaau1(slang) to fight with someone; to quarrel; to wrangle
- 素菜sou3 coi3vegetable dish
- 佛祖fat6 zou2Buddha
- 之所以zi1 so2 ji5(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P
- 絕種zyut6 zung2extinct (species)
- 利弊lei6 bai6pros and cons
- 大蒜daai6 syun3garlic
- 臭四cau3 sei3grumpy person; foul language to refer to someone who betrays their friend; a foul language for a henchman
- 搭車daap3 ce1to ride (in a vehicle)
- 正反zing3 faan2positive and negative
- 油角jau4 gok3(noun) (traditional festival food) (of Chinese New Year) Cantonese peanut puff; crispy half-moon shaped fried dumpling
- 探員taam3 jyun4detective
- 硬筆ngaang6 bat1generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
- 數臭sou2 cau3verb; to tell others about one's negative
- 溜冰lau4 bing1ice skating
- 君真gwan1 zan1trustworthy; not be fake
- 閨蜜gwai1 mat6(coll.) (a woman's) close female friend; bestie
- 長糧coeng4 loeng4pension
- 寓所jyu6 so2dwelling
- 夾雜gaap3 zaap6to mix together (disparate substances)
- 銀紙ngan4 zi2(noun) banknote; money
- 附送fu6 sung3to include as a bonus (when buying sth); to come with
- 小說siu2 syut3novel
- 埋數maai4 sou3(verb) to pay or settle a bill; (of accountant) to prepare and record all transactions
- 外國人ngoi6 gwok3 jan4foreigner
- 埋便maai4 bin6(slang) the near side
- 煉獄lin6 juk6purgatory
- 始末ci2 mut6whole story
- 半圓bun3 jyun4semicircle
- 小強siu2 koeng4(slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
- 耳語ji5 jyu5to whisper in sb's ear
- 跟尾gan1 mei5following (spoken)
- 鳥獸niu5 sau3birds and beasts
- 起立hei2 laap6to stand
- 殺生saat3 sang1to take the life of a living creature
- 莊重zong1 zung6grave
- 飛舞fei1 mou5to flutter
- 搬走bun1 zau2to carry
- 不齒bat1 ci2to despise
- 有禮jau5 lai5polite; courteous [written and colloquial]
- 陰間jam1 gaan1the nether world
- 挑機tiu1 gei1to challenge, especially in online or video games, but it can also be used outside this context for competitive games or fights [colloquial]
- 玉石juk6 sek6jade
- 散亂saan2 lyun6in disorder
- 駕馭gaa3 jyu6to urge on (of horse)
- 革職gaak3 zik1to sack
- 空域hung1 wik6airspace
- 摔跤seot1 gaau1to trip and fall
- 勢色sai3 sik1face, situation, circumstance
- 顯貴hin2 gwai3dignitary
- 肉食juk6 sik6carnivorous
- 污泥wu1 nai4mud
- 綠印luk6 jan3green-stamp (non-permanent resident status in Hong Kong)
- 鮑魚baau1 jyu4abalone
- 敦煌deon1 wong4see 敦煌市[Dun1 huang2 Shi4]
- 刀片dou1 pin2blade
- 詞窮ci4 kung4to not know what to say; to be lost for words
- 恩怨jan1 jyun3gratitude and grudges
- 保母bou2 mou5variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3]
- 世道sai3 dou6the ways of the world
- 控罪hung3 zeoi6criminal charge
- 水泡seoi2 pok1bubble
- 裁減coi4 gaam2to reduce
- 粗話cou1 waa6vulgar language; coarse language
- 微調mei4 tiu4fine tuning
- 直轄zik6 hat6to govern directly
- 運程wan6 cing4one's fortune (in astrology)
- 早產zou2 caan2to have a premature birth
- 直程zik6 cing4(adverb) definitely; absolutely; totally; completely; directly; undoubtedly; unquestionably; literally; altogether (to do something outright)
- 毗鄰bei2 leon4bordering
- 謝意ze6 ji3gratitude
- 硬糖ngaang6 tong2hard candy
- 看看hon3 hon3to take a look at
- 校隊haau6 deoi2school team
- 串通cyun3 tung1to collude
- 基站gei1 zaam6base station
- 談吐taam4 tou3style of conversation
- 刀鋒dou1 fung1cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool