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- 末代mut6 doi6final generation
- 膠水gaau1 seoi2glue
- 野草je5 cou2weeds
- 男星naam4 sing1male star
- 發呆faat3 ngoi4to stare blankly
- 氣態hei3 taai3gaseous state (physics)
- 說話syut3 waa6to speak
- 庸俗jung4 zuk6vulgar
- 周長zau1 coeng4perimeter
- 大仔daai6 zai2the eldest son
- 宮女gung1 neoi2palace maid
- 人仔jan4 zai2nickname for Renminbi, the official currency of the People's Republic of China
- 開鎖hoi1 so2to unlock
- 倉鼠cong1 syu2hamster
- 屏風ping4 fung1(furniture) screen
- 反水faan2 seoi2to turn traitor; to defect
- 夾腳gep6 goek3shoes that are too tight which digs into one's foot
- 寒流hon4 lau4cold air current
- 迷上mai4 soeng5to become fascinated with; to become obsessed with
- 索氣sok3 hei3breath catching
- 曬命saai3 meng6showing off
- 冊立caak3 laap6to confer a title on (an empress or a prince)
- 吵鬧caau2 naau6noisy
- 天份tin1 fan6variant of 天分[tian1 fen4]
- 和弦wo4 jin4(music) chord
- 嘉獎gaa1 zoeng2to award
- 舒暢syu1 coeng3happy; entirely free from worry
- 風口fung1 hau2air vent
- 領略ling5 loek6to have a taste of
- 進階zeon3 gaai1advanced
- 霧水mou6 seoi2fog and mist
- 托福tok3 fuk1TOEFL
- 訂製deng6 zai3custom-made; made-to-order
- 顯出hin2 ceot1to express
- 狼忙long4 mong4hurry; very anxious (slang)
- 責成zaak3 sing4to charge (an entity) with (a task)
- 神探san4 taam3master sleuth
- 跨步kwaa1 bou6to take a (striding) step
- 好仔hou2 zai2a good boy
- 受困sau6 kwan3trapped
- 推展teoi1 zin2to propagate
- 佳話gaai1 waa6story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
- 旗袍kei4 pou2cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
- 嚴詞jim4 ci4forceful (criticism etc)
- 西餐sai1 caan1Western-style food
- 幼子jau3 zi2youngest son; very young son
- 承建sing4 gin3to construct under contract
- 冰涼bing1 loeng4ice-cold
- 眼影ngaan5 jing2eye shadow (cosmetics)
- 導論dou6 leon4introduction
- 高深gou1 sam1profound
- 外甥ngoi6 sang1sister's son
- 抽稅cau1 seoi3to tax
- 病君beng6 gwan1a sick person (slang)
- 福士fuk1 si2Volkswagen
- 重兵cung5 bing1massive military force
- 木偶戲muk6 ngau5 hei3puppet show
- 馬甲maa5 gaap3corset
- 偷窺tau1 kwai1to peep
- 善忘sin6 mong4to be forgetful; to have a short memory
- 壽險sau6 him2life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险[ren2 shou4 bao3 xian3])
- 額角ngaak6 gok3forehead
- 引見jan5 gin3to introduce (sb)
- 首尾sau2 mei2head and tail
- 河畔ho4 bun6riverside
- 潮語ciu4 jyu5fashionable word or phrase
- 恐怖份子hung2 bou3 fan6 zi2variant of 恐怖分子[kong3 bu4 fen4 zi3]
- 括號kut3 hou2parentheses; brackets
- 淨重zing6 cung5net weight
- 賊船caak3 syun4pirate ship
- 短命dyun2 meng6to die young
- 狗糧gau2 loeng4dog food
- 冠名gun3 ming4to name (a sports team, a competition etc)
- 肚皮tou5 pei4belly
- 災禍zoi1 wo6disaster
- 情意cing4 ji3friendly regard; affection
- 松果cung4 gwo2pine cone
- 朝露ziu1 lou6morning dew
- 蝙蝠pin1 fuk1(zoology) bat
- 悉數sik1 sou3to enumerate in detail
- 退燒teoi3 siu1to reduce a fever
- 告解gou3 gaai2(Catholicism) to confess; confession
- 假髮gaa2 faat3wig
- 灰暗fui1 am3dull gray
- 角膜gok3 mok2cornea
- 筆挺bat1 ting5(standing) very straight
- 爆石baau3 sek6rock blasting; take a dump
- 唔得m4 dak1can't; "no way"; "no"
- 埋身maai4 san1to get close to (physically)
- 台山toi4 saan1see 台山市[Tai2 shan1 Shi4]
- 單薄daan1 bok6weak
- 忍心jan2 sam1to have the heart to do sth
- 謀害mau4 hoi6to conspire to murder
- 楷模kaai2 mou4model
- 武打mou5 daa2acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
- 派彩paai3 coi2dividends
- 異類ji6 leoi6different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)
- 天陰tin1 jam1overcast or cloudy weather
- 存錢cyun4 cin2to deposit money
- 及至kap6 zi3by the time that
- 修道sau1 dou6to practice Daoism
- 搭訕daap3 saan3to hit on someone
- 獨子duk6 zi2a son who is an only child
- 斷氣tyun5 hei3to stop breathing
- 加注gaa1 zyu3to increase a bet; to raise (in poker); to raise the stakes
- 繞路jiu2 lou6to make a detour
- 熟煙suk6 jin1(food) smoking food
- 牙刷ngaa4 caat2toothbrush
- 劍蘭gim3 laan4Gladiolus
- 新仔san1 zai2(noun) a trainee; a neophyte; a newcomer; a beginner
- 石窟sek6 fat1rock cave
- 正職zing3 zik1main job
- 招引ziu1 jan5to attract
- 急躁gap1 cou3irritable; irascible
- 油水jau4 seoi2grease
- 堂食tong4 sik6to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带[wai4 dai4])
- 書蟲syu1 cung4bookworm
- 偷食tau1 sik6to have an affair; literally "stealing food"
- 豐碩fung1 sek6plentiful; substantial; rich (in resources etc)
- 包攬baau1 laam5to take it all upon oneself; to undertake the whole task; (fig.) to sweep (all prizes etc)
- 伊斯蘭ji1 si1 laan4Islam
- 末段mut6 dyun6final segment
- 酒窩zau2 wo1dimple (on the cheek when smiling)
- 柳樹lau5 syu6willow
- 肝癌gon1 ngaam4liver cancer
- 追捧zeoi1 pung2to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace
- 安培on1 pui4(loanword) ampere
- 排骨paai4 gwat1pork chop
- 濕氣sap1 hei3moisture
- 瓦背ngaa5 bui2tiled rooftop (spoken)
- 主隊zyu2 deoi2host team (at sports event)
- 非常之fei1 soeng4 zi1very
- 演算jin2 syun3to perform calculations
- 賭徒dou2 tou4gambler
- 校草haau6 cou2the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花[xiao4 hua1])
- 沙田saa1 tin4Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
- 春聯ceon1 lyun2Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
- 二世祖ji6 sai3 zou2profligate child of a wealthy family
- 拆線caak3 sin3to remove stitches (from a wound)
- 觀戰gun1 zin3to watch from the sidelines
- 道友dou6 jau5(n.) a junkie, a drug addict.
- 躺平tong2 ping4to lie stretched out
- 免責min5 zaak3exemption from responsibility
- 渺小miu5 siu2minute
- 黨羽dong2 jyu5henchmen
- 打轉daa2 zyun2to spin
- 呼救fu1 gau3to call for help
- 音箱jam1 soeng1loudspeaker box
- 工種gung1 zung2kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)
- 糊口wu4 hau2to scrape a meager living
- 動粗dung6 cou1to use violence (against sb)
- 執到zap1 dou2to pick up
- 特惠dak6 wai6abbr. for 特別優惠|特别优惠[te4 bie2 you1 hui4]
- 體壇tai2 taan4sporting circles
- 小結siu2 git3summary
- 規管kwai1 gun2to regulate
- 街症gaai1 zing3outpatient clinic
- 憂愁jau1 sau4to be worried
- 打仔daa2 zai2abusing of one's children (spoken)
- 順流seon6 lau4literally: to go with the flow; to look for work related to businesses with Mainland China [colloquial]
- 腦殘nou5 caan4moronic
- 填詞tin4 ci4to compose a poem (to a given tune)
- 荒島fong1 dou2barren or uninhabited island
- 顏射ngaan4 se6to ejaculate onto sb's face
- 藝員ngai6 jyun4television artiste
- 有勞jau5 lou4(polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one)
- 橋牌kiu4 paai2contract bridge (card game)
- 骨女gwat1 neoi2massage girl (spoken)
- 助養zo6 joeng5sponsoring the living of
- 沉寂cam4 zik6silence
- 報喜bou3 hei2to announce good news
- 禁慾gam3 juk6to suppress desire
- 衣車ji1 ce1(noun) a sewing machine
- 車衣ce1 ji1to sew with a sewing machine
- 正骨zing3 gwat1bonesetting
- 預演jyu6 jin2dummy run
- 湯底tong1 dai2soup base; stock
- 南越naam4 jyut6South Vietnam
- 治學zi6 hok6scholarship
- 尿道niu6 dou6urethra
- 沙士saa1 si2(loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink)
- 遊學jau4 hok6to study away from home or abroad (old)
- 掌心zoeng2 sam1hollow of the palm
- 鮮卑sin1 bei1Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
- 孔明hung2 ming4courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
- 止痛zi2 tung3to relieve pain
- 韻律wan5 leot6cadence
- 死仔sei2 zai2(curse language) to revile someone as a bad son
- 弱雞joek6 gai1feeble; cowardly [colloquial]
- 便士bin6 si2(loanword) pence; penny
- 洗粉sai2 fan2(noun) laundry powder
- 快閃faai3 sim2to depart as quick as a flash
- 瓷磚ci4 zyun1ceramic tile
- 相戀soeng1 lyun2to love each other
- 扣殺kau3 saat3to smash a ball
- 遷離cin1 lei4to move away
- 長孫zoeng2 syun1two-character surname Zhangsun
- 老翁lou5 jung1old man
- 後路hau6 lou6escape route
- 白米baak6 mai5(polished) rice