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- 熟鹽suk6 jim4refined or cooked salt
- 冰封bing1 fung1to freeze over
- 動怒dung6 nou6to get angry
- 甄別jan1 bit6to screen
- 清瘦cing1 sau3meager
- 八哥baat3 go1(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
- 隔閡gaak3 hat6misunderstanding
- 留名lau4 ming4to leave one's name
- 折舊zit3 gau6depreciation
- 湯圓tong1 jyun2boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
- 雀斑zoek3 baan1freckles
- 閒錢haan4 cin2spare money
- 冰毒bing1 duk6methamphetamine
- 受聘sau6 ping3hired (for employment)
- 惦記dim3 gei3to think of
- 穴道jyut6 dou6acupuncture point
- 咖喱gaa3 lei1(loanword) curry
- 滴水dik1 seoi2water drop
- 欠債him3 zaai3to owe a debt
- 充份cung1 fan6sufficient
- 唱功coeng3 gung1singing skill
- 競價ging3 gaa3price competition
- 硬淨ngaang6 zeng6tough; hard
- 確鑿kok3 zok6definite
- 等閒dang2 haan4ordinary
- 口訣hau2 kyut3mnemonic chant
- 心涼sam1 loeng4gloat over, to rejoice maliciously
- 飯殼faan6 hok3rice ladle
- 黑箱hak1 soeng1black box
- 岩層ngaam4 cang4rock strata
- 征討zing1 tou2to go on a punitive expedition
- 赤口cek3 hau2third day of Chinese New Year
- 賞賜soeng2 ci3to bestow a reward
- 比拼bei2 ping3to compete fiercely
- 議價ji5 gaa3to bargain
- 費解fai3 gaai2to be puzzled
- 密密mat6 mat6thick
- 地府dei6 fu2hell
- 有救jau5 gau3able to be saved; there's still a chance; remediable
- 排擋paai4 dong3gear (of car etc)
- 轉圈zyun3 hyun1to rotate
- 怕醜paa3 cau2(adjective) bashful; shy; timid
- 靜心zing6 sam1meditation
- 理虧lei5 kwai1in the wrong
- 老奉lou5 fung2to take something
- 悔恨fui3 han6remorse
- 逃學tou4 hok6to play truant
- 參透caam1 tau3to fully grasp
- 碰頭pung3 tau4to meet
- 避年bei6 nin4to stay away from home during the Chinese New Year in order to avoid the traditional gatherings
- 摒棄bing2 hei3to abandon
- 粉圓fan2 jyun4tapioca ball
- 泥頭nai4 tau4a dumper
- 頭泥tau4 nai4cradle cap (infantile seborrheic dermatitis)
- 錦繡gam2 sau3beautiful
- 翹起kiu5 hei2to stick up
- 心腸sam1 coeng4heart
- 豪放hou4 fong3bold and unconstrained
- 同輩tung4 bui3of the same generation
- 寄望gei3 mong6to place hopes on
- 落仔lok6 zai2to have an abortion
- 勸解hyun3 gaai2conciliation
- 刮花gwaat3 faa1to scratch or leave a mark
- 休市jau1 si5to close the market (for a holiday or overnight etc)
- 補血bou2 hyut3to enrich the blood
- 花店faa1 dim3flower shop
- 招股ziu1 gu2share offer
- 適逢sik1 fung4to just happen to coincide with
- 留待lau4 doi6to leave sth for later
- 拆卸caak3 se3to dismantle; to take apart
- 永世wing5 sai3eternal
- 童真tung4 zan1childishness
- 張望zoeng1 mong6to look around
- 猛獸maang5 sau3ferocious beast
- 緝毒cap1 duk6to counter narcotics trafficking
- 酸軟syun1 jyun5aching and weary
- 鹽蛇jim4 se2(dialect) gecko
- 迷思mai4 si1(loanword) myth
- 生薑saang1 goeng1fresh ginger
- 主廚zyu2 cyu4chef
- 藉詞ze3 ci4as excuse
- 數據庫sou3 geoi3 fu3(computing) database
- 伐木fat6 muk6to fell trees (for timber)
- 焚燬fan4 wai2to burn down
- 綵排coi2 paai4rehearsal
- 流汗lau4 hon6to sweat
- 填數tin4 sou3to pay back the money that has been taken out out secretly; to try and repay a debt [colloquial]
- 菲林fei1 lam2(dialect) film (loanword)
- 一言堂jat1 jin4 tong2(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old)
- 禁果gam3 gwo2forbidden fruit (esp. premarital sex)
- 尾牙mei5 ngaa4a year-end dinner for employees
- 元寶jyun4 bou2see 元寶區|元宝区[Yuan2 bao3 Qu1]
- 開揚hoi1 joeng4bright, open and spacious; cheerful
- 投彈tau4 daan2to throw an explosive charge
- 負數fu6 sou3negative number
- 餅店beng2 dim3a bakery; a cake shop; a patisserie
- 刀仔dou1 zai2a small knife
- 引言jan5 jin4foreword
- 避風頭bei6 fung1 tau4to lie low (until the fuss dies down)
- 餘糧jyu4 loeng4surplus grain
- 勁抽ging6 cau1great; extraordinary; powerful (person)
- 屎塔si2 taap3toilet bowl (spoken)
- 滑牛waat6 ngau2(noun) tender beef
- 皈依gwai1 ji1to convert to (a religion)
- 臭罵cau3 maa6tongue-lashing
- 擔正daam1 zeng3verb; acting as leading role (director, actor)
- 守夜sau2 je2to be on all-night duty
- 愛爾蘭oi3 ji5 laan4Ireland
- 浩大hou6 daai6vast; huge
- 無良mou4 loeng4unscrupulous; unprincipled
- 浮躁fau4 cou3fickle and impatient
- 斑紋baan1 man4stripe
- 跪低gwai6 dai1surrender; kneel down
- 助興zo6 hing3to add to the fun
- 走甩zau2 lat1to manage to escape or flee from someone
- 擊掌gik1 zoeng2to clap one's hands
- 異邦ji6 bong1foreign country
- 敗露baai6 lou6(of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
- 死敵sei2 dik6mortal enemy
- 雜差zaap6 caai1a plainclothes police officer; a criminal police; drudge work; a gofer
- 夜幕je6 mok6curtain of night
- 君臣gwan1 san4a ruler and his ministers (old)
- 撥通but6 tung1to get through to sb on the phone
- 迎賓jing4 ban1to welcome a guest
- 彗星seoi6 sing1comet
- 邀約jiu1 joek3to invite; an invitation
- 般若bo1 je5(Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā)
- 執茶zap1 caa4to get a prescription, to get medicine, especially Chinese medicine
- 聯針lyun4 zam1have the wound sewn up; stitch
- 高幹gou1 gon3high cadre
- 居室geoi1 sat1room
- 奧地利ou3 dei6 lei6Austria
- 奮勇fan5 jung5dauntless
- 曖昧oi2 mui6vague
- 敬拜ging3 baai3to worship
- 如廁jyu4 ci3to go to the toilet
- 童軍tung4 gwan1Scout (youth organization)
- 魚滑jyu4 waat2fish paste (minced flesh of fish)
- 涉獵sip3 lip6to skim (through a book)
- 黃銅wong4 tung4brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜[tong2] and zinc 鋅|锌[xin1])
- 冷飲laang5 jam2cold drink
- 花椒faa1 ziu1Sichuan pepper
- 胸腔hung1 hong1thoracic cavity
- 成材sing4 coi4to make sth of oneself
- 失竊sat1 sit3to lose by theft
- 甩手lat1 sau2to swing one's arms
- 悲壯bei1 zong3solemn and stirring
- 罰則fat6 zak1penal provision; penalty
- 作弄zok3 lung6to tease
- 議決ji5 kyut3to decide (in a meeting)
- 唔該m4 goi1(verb) please; thanks (for services rendered rather than gifts); excuse me
- 威士wai1 si2Visa (credit card)
- 陳設can4 cit3to display; to exhibit; to set out
- 淺白cin2 baak6simple
- 爆冷baau3 laang5an upset (esp. in sports)
- 波紋bo1 man4ripple
- 穴位jyut6 wai2acupuncture point
- 翻覆faan2 fuk1to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down
- 乃念naai5 nim6thinking about; taking into consideration the past
- 誤事ng6 si6to hold things up
- 客仔haak3 zai2customer(s); client; patron
- 官階gun1 gaai1official rank
- 用典jung6 din2to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics
- 圈養hyun1 joeng5to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
- 倫常leon4 soeng4proper human relationships
- 秋收cau1 sau1fall harvest
- 霉菌mui4 kwan2mold
- 攀爬paan1 paa4to climb
- 租客zou1 haak3tenant
- 初賽co1 coi3preliminary contest
- 拋光paau1 gwong1to polish; to burnish
- 八妹baat3 mui1a young girl who is a busybody or a gossiper
- 淺笑cin2 siu3smile
- 把屁baa2 pei3(slang with a swear word) an expression to say that something is useless; futile; pointless; meaningless
- 側室zak1 sat1sideroom
- 虧待kwai1 doi6to treat sb unfairly
- 倒模dou2 mou2to mold or moulding
- 晨光san4 gwong1early morning light
- 山泥saan1 nai4mountain soil
- 起疑hei2 ji4to begin to suspect; to grow suspicious
- 定奪ding6 dyut6to make a decision
- 茂盛mau6 sing6lush
- 山竹saan1 zuk1mangosteen
- 迎頭jing4 tau4to meet head-on
- 殖民地zik6 man4 dei6colony
- 桃色tou4 sik1pink
- 出醜ceot1 cau2to make a fool of oneself
- 殘月caan4 jyut6waning moon
- 野史je5 si2unofficial history
- 新西蘭san1 sai1 laan4New Zealand
- 琉球lau4 kau4Ryūkyū
- 雞雜gai1 zaap6chicken giblets
- 居功geoi1 gung1to claim credit for oneself
- 哭訴huk1 sou3to lament
- 貯藏cyu5 cong4to store up
- 嬉戲hei1 hei3to frolic; to romp
- 拍檔paak3 dong3partner
- 豬雜zyu1 zaap6mixed pig's internal organs (cuisine)
- 委蛇wai1 ji4variant of 逶迤[wei1 yi2]
- 現鈔jin6 caau1cash; banknotes