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係人都知 (hai6 jan4 dou1 zi1) — everybody knows
係呀 (hai6 aa3) — yes
係咁大 (hai6 gam3 daai6) — about this big; reach the limit; to be done for
係咁意 (hai6 gam2 ji3) — just for a show, which refers to do something without much earnestness
係咪先 (hai6 mai6 sin1) — isn't it [mostly question]
係咪 (hai6 mai6) — used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn'…
係唔係 (hai6 m4 hai6) — is it?
係啦 (hai6 laa1) — yes (spoken)
係喎 (hai6 wo3) — Oh, Right!
係噉先 (hai6 gam2 sin1) — that is it for now
係噉意 (hai6 gam2 ji3) — symbolically; to be frivolous
係噉 (hai6 gam2) — be this way, like this; that's it, that's all
係威係勢 (hai6 wai1 hai6 sai3) — to bluster; the behavior of trying to act smart and being arrogant; to be in th…
係就係 (hai6 zau6 hai6) — it is what it is
係要 (hai6 jiu3) — need to; want to
係路 (hai6 lou6) — really?
俄羅斯聯邦國歌 (ngo4 lo4 si1 lyun4 bong1 gwok3 go1) — National Anthem of Russia
俊逸 (zeon3 jat6) — used for describing men as handsome; charming; outstanding
俗不可耐 (zuk6 bat1 ho2 noi6) — it is used to describe something; someone which is so vulgar that it is intoler…
俗例 (zuk6 lai6) — customary rule
俗品 (zuk6 ban2) — unworthy; tacky; vulgar product
俗語 (zuk6 jyu5) — slang
俗骨 (zuk6 gwat1) — tacky; old-fashioned
保你大 (bou2 nei5 daai6) — "I give up; I surrender; I salute you; you win", said with a somewhat sarcastic…
保健食品 (bou2 gin6 sik6 ban2) — Health Food
保加利亞人 (bou2 gaa1 lei6 aa3 jan4) — Bulgarians
保加利亞語 (bou2 gaa1 lei6 aa3 jyu5) — Bulgarian [language]
保姆車 (bou2 mou5 ce1) — privately operated mini school bus or van; vehicle for celebrities, usually a M…
保存期 (bou2 cyun4 kei4) — shelf life
保安局 (bou2 on1 guk6) — Security Bureau of HKSAR
保安費 (bou2 on1 fai3) — security fee
保持中立 (bou2 ci4 zung1 laap6) — maintain neutrality
保持者 (bou2 ci4 ze2) — Keeper; record-holder
保溫杯 (bou2 wan1 bui1) — Vacuum Flask; Thermos
保育員 (bou2 juk6 jyun4) — nursery or daycare worker (for people or animals)
保薦 (bou2 zin3) — recommendation; reference; sponsor
保衞 (bou2 wai6) — Defend
保證書 (bou2 zing3 syu1) — a letter of guarantee; warranty card
保護裝置 (bou2 wu6 zong1 zi3) — Protection Device
保護費 (bou2 wu6 fai3) — protection fee, the bribe or money collected by gangsters in their area of cont…
保險公司 (bou2 him2 gung1 si1) — insurance company
保險業 (bou2 him2 jip6) — Insurance industry
保險金 (bou2 him2 gam1) — Insurance benefit
保飯碗 (bou2 faan6 wun2) — Keeping one's job
保養期 (bou2 joeng5 kei4) — warranty period
保養證 (bou2 joeng5 zing3) — warranty card
保鮮 (bou2 sin1) — keep fresh
信不信由你 (seon3 bat1 seon3 jau4 nei5) — believe it or not
信仰 (seon3 joeng5) — belief
信史 (seon3 si2) — recorded history; believable history
信和中心 (seon3 wo4 zung3 sam1) — Sino Centre, a teenager's mall in Hong Kong
信德中心 (seon3 dak1 zung3 sam1) — Shun Tak Centre, a mall which connects to the Macau Ferry Pier in Hong Kong
信心爆棚 (seon3 sam1 baau3 paang4) — extremely confident
信息產業 (seon3 sik1 caan2 jip6) — Information Industry
信息高速公路 (seon3 sik1 gou1 cuk1 gung1 lou6) — National Information Infrastructure
信手拈來 (seon3 sau2 nim1 loi4) — have one's words at hand; have material, etc. at one's fingertips
信物 (seon3 mat6) — keepsake, token
信用咭 (seon3 jung6 kaat1) — a credit card
信皮 (seon3 pei4) — Envelope
信箱 (seon3 soeng1) — letter box
信肉 (seon3 juk6) — mail content
信號彈 (seon3 hou6 daan2) — Signal flare
信號槍 (seon3 hou6 coeng1) — flare gun
信邪 (seon3 ce4) — believe in heresy
修整 (sau1 zing2) — to fix
修橋整路 (sau1 kiu4 zing2 lou6) — lit. building bridges and repairing roads, meaning conducting good or hard deeds
修橋補路 (sau1 kiu4 bou2 lou6) — lit. building bridges and repairing roads, meaning conducting good or hard deeds
修理工 (sau1 lei5 gung1) — Repairer; repairman
修補 (sau1 bou2) — to fix; to touch-up
修訂 (sau1 ding3) — amendment
修身養性 (sau1 san1 joeng5 sing3) — Cultivate one's mind and improve one's character
修遊 (sau1 jau4) — Study tour
修道士 (sau1 dou6 si6) — Friar; Monk
修配 (sau1 pui3) — to repair or restore to its working condition
俯拾即是 (fu2 sap6 zik1 si6) — lit. describe a person only needs to kneel down to pick something up, meaning c…
俹簁 (naa2 sai1) — acting irresponsible; providing on or sub par quality work
俾 (bei2) — to cause; to enable; phonetic bi; so that; in order that; by; to allow; to let;…
俾心機 (bei2 sam1 gei1) — making effort; trying hard (spoken)
俾錢 (bei2 cin2) — pay
俾面 (bei2 min6) — giving one's face (spoken)
倉底貨 (cong1 dai2 fo3) — left over products; not marketable products
倉頡輸入法 (cong1 kit3 syu1 jap6 faat3) — Cangjie input method, a kind of typing method in Chinese
個人衛生 (go3 jan4 wai6 sang1) — personal hygiene
個半 (go3 bun3) — one and a half
個喎 (go3 waa1) — a phrase indicating an exclamation, or a question
個噃 (go3 bo3) — … like that; an expression which is used at the end of a sentence
個囉 (go3 lo1) — a phrase indicating a claim, an assertion
個自 (go3 zi6) — individual, to describe a lone person or a single thing
個陣 (go3 zan6) — back then; at that time
倒 (dou3) — to place upside down; to invert; to reverse; inverted; to move backwards; howev…
倒冧 (dou2 lam3) — collapse; cave in; topple
倒吊冇滴墨水 (dou3 diu3 mou5 dik1 mak6 seoi2) — hanging upside down without dropping one drop of ink, which means a person seem…
倒吊沙煲 (dou3 diu3 saa1 bou1) — lit. upside-down pot, meaning have no money for food
倒吊荷包 (dou3 diu3 ho4 baau1) — having to spend money unnecessarily, yet cannot be avoided; willing to make a p…
倒垃圾 (dou3 laap6 saap3) — to dump the rubbish
倒塔咁早 (dou2 taap3 gam3 zou2) — very early in the morning
倒夜香 (dou2 je6 hoeng1) — night soil, is the euphemism for human feces collected at night from cesspools …
倒屎 (dou2 si2) — emptying a latrine
倒屎咁早 (dou2 si2 gam3 zou2) — lit. as early as emptying a latrine, meaning extremely early in the morning
倒後鏡 (dou3 hau6 geng3) — Rear-view Mirror
倒掟 (dou3 deng3) — hanging upside down
倒掟頭 (dou3 deng3 tau4) — upside down
倒模 (dou2 mou4) — to mold or moulding
倒水 (dou2 seoi2) — pour water
倒汗水 (dou2 hon6 seoi2) — drip of an air conditioner, drops of water on the window
倒瀉 (dou3 se3) — spill
倒瀉籮蟹 (dou2 se2 lo4 haai5) — (slang) anarchic; chaotic; extremely messy
倒牙 (dou2 ngaa4) — sensitive tooth
倒瓤 (dou2 nong4) — melons become rotten or empty from the inside from being over ripe
倒瓤冬瓜 (dou2 nong4 dung1 gwaa1) — one who has the looks or pretend to be knowledgable, but actually without subst…
倒眼 (dou3 ngaan5) — Strabismus
倒竈 (dou2 zou3) — to be more of a hinderance than a help
倒米 (dou2 mai5) — (verb) to wreck; to destroy or to ruin a business
倒米壽星 (dou2 mai5 sau6 sing1) — describes one who tries to help and ends up doing more harm than good
倒翻轉 (dou3 faan1 zyun3) — upside down
倒茶 (dou2 caa4) — Pour tea; serve the tea
倒褪 (dou3 tan3) — to go back, move back, become worse; not doing things in order
倒轉頭 (dou3 zyun2 tau4) — to turn around, another way round; to invert; on the contrary
倔 (gwat6) — crabby; tough; stubborn; obstinate; intransigent; firm; blunt (speech); gruff; …
倔尾龍 (gwat6 mei5 lung4) — one who loves to create trouble or hard to communicate with
倔強 (gwat6 koeng5) — inflexible
倔情 (gwat6 cing4) — unreasonable; hard-hearted
倔擂槌 (gwat6 leoi4 ceoi4) — stubborn; blunt; pig-headed
倔檑槌 (gwat6 leoi4 ceoi4) — blunt; talk straight to point without considering other's feelings
倔篤 (gwat6 duk1) — No way out (the idea is not going to work; there's no way out down this road)
倔頭 (gwat6 tau4) — not sharp; bald; dead end
倔頭巷 (gwat6 tau4 hong6) — no through road; deadend
倔頭路 (gwat6 tau4 lou6) — a dead end (of a street)
倖免 (hang6 min5) — Escape by sheer luck
候命 (hau6 ming6) — Stand by; On-call
候教 (hau6 gaau3) — Waiting for instructions
候機室 (hau6 gei1 sat1) — departure lounge
候鑊 (hau6 wok6) — a cook, a chef; to be in charge for cooking
倚傍 (ji2 bong6) — Count on
倚憑 (ji2 pang4) — Rely on
倚老賣老 (ji2 lou5 maai6 lou5) — one who has more experience or seniority look down on juniors with arrogance
借一借 (ze3 jat1 ze3) — "excuse me" (asking someone to make way); to borrow
借 (ze3) — to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity); to make use of
借借 (ze3 ze3) — "excuse me" (asking someone to make way)
借咗聾耳陳隻耳 (ze3 zo2 lung4 ji5 can4 zek3 ji5) — turn on a deaf ear; pretend not to hear (slang)
借問聲 (ze3 man6 seng1) — Excuse me. Could you tell me…?
借啲意 (ze3 di1 ji2) — to be opportunistic; to take advantage of a situation; to make an excuse to
借尿遁 (ze3 niu6 deon6) — escape or avoid responsibility by faking the urge to urinate (slang)
借屎遁 (ze3 si2 deon6) — using going to the restroom as an excuse to escape from an undesired situation
借意 (ze3 ji3) — to excuse
借書 (ze3 syu1) — Borrow a book
借歪 (ze3 me2) — "excuse me" (asking someone to make way); to give way
借歪啲 (ze3 me2 di1) — excuse me (rudely); step or move aside
借殼 (ze3 hok3) — reserve takeover, a terminology in business administration
借水遁 (ze3 seoi2 deon6) — use water as cover to escape, a term which is mostly used in Chinese martial ar…
借花敬佛 (ze3 faa1 ging3 fat6) — borrow a flower and offer it to the Buddha, which means taking something given …
借鑑 (ze3 gaam3) — use as reference or demostrating
借開 (ze3 hoi1) — excuse me (rudely); please move away
借頭借路 (ze3 tau4 ze3 lou6) — excuse; looking for an excuse
倦容 (gyun6 jung4) — Tired look
倫敦金屬交易所 (leon4 deon1 gam1 suk6 gaau1 jik6 so2) — London Metal Exchange
倫比 (leon4 bei2) — Be equal to;compare
倫滘糕 (leon4 gaau3 gou1) — white sugar sponge cake, a type of Cantonese snack
倫理 (leon4 lei5) — moral principles
值回票價 (zik6 wui4 piu3 gaa3) — lit. worth the price of ticket, meaning worthwhile or worth the value
倾偈 (king1 gai2) — chatting
假使間 (gaa2 si2 gaan1) — If;perhaps
假 (gaa3) — holiday; leave of absence
假假哋 (gaa2 gaa2 dei2) — At least
假假地 (gaa2 gaa2 dei6) — seems to be fake (spoken)
假單 (gaa3 daan1) — leave request
假期 (gaa3 kei4) — holiday
假膊 (gaa2 bok3) — shoulder pads
偈 (gai2) — to talk; chat; Buddhist hymn; gatha; Buddhist verse
偈油 (gai2 jau2) — lubricating oil
偉大 (wai5 daai6) — (slang) (of woman's breast) 1. big; (adjective) magnificent
偏幫 (pin1 bong1) — favor, unfairly support and help somebody
做七 (zou6 cat1) — paying respects to the deceased on their seventh day
做世界 (zou6 sai3 gaai3) — (verb) to rob; to steal; to carry out a crime; to make a living
做乜 (zou6 mat1) — (verb) what are you doing?; (interrogative adverbs) why
做乜嘢 (zou6 mat1 je5) — what are you doing?
做人世 (zou6 jan4 sai3) — to be with someone for life
做人 (zou6 jan4) — to have a child (slang)
做低 (zou6 dai1) — (verb) to kill someone; to assassinate someone
做 (zou6) — to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to h…
做冬 (zou6 dung1) — winter solstice dinner
做到氣咳 (zou6 dou3 hei3 kat1) — Too busy; too much work to do
做功課 (zou6 gung1 fo3) — do homework; to prepare
做咗人豬仔 (zou6 zo2 jan4 zyu1 zai2) — [literal translation] become someone's piggy; 豬仔 also means the one being sold …
做咩 (zou6 me1) — what's up?
做唔切 (zou6 m4 cit3) — unable to get things done in time
做嘢 (zou6 je5) — (verb) to do something; to work on; to work
做大戲 (zou6 daai6 hei3) — perform in Cantonese opera; put on a show or an act
做好 (zou6 hou2) — to do well
做好做醜 (zou6 hou2 zou6 cau2) — play both the good and bad person
做好心 (zou6 hou2 sam1) — to act with good intentions
做妥 (zou6 to5) — to do appropriately
做得 (zou6 dak1) — can, can do, able to do; work; helpful; ready
做忌 (zou6 gei6) — to hold a memorial ceremony of somebody's birthday and death; or may refers to …
做慣乞兒懶做官 (zou6 gwaan3 hat1 ji4 laan5 zou6 gun1) — rather live an ordinary life than strive for something better (slang)
做成 (zou6 sing4) — causing (spoken)
做手信 (zou6 sau2 seon3) — to make souvenir gift
做把戲 (zou6 baa2 hei3) — to do, perform magic tricks; up to something unpredictable or unknown
做收錢 (zou6 sau1 cin2) — Collect money
做數 (zou6 sou3) — rigging numbers in accounting so as to pass the auditing; to do math; to do acc…
做朋友 (zou6 pang4 jau5) — become friends
做東 (zou6 dung1) — to treat as host
做瓜 (zou6 gwaa1) — to kill
做生不如做熟 (zou6 sang1 bat1 jyu4 zou6 suk6) — it is better to do what you are familiar with rather than something unknown, it…
做百囉 (zou6 baak3 lo1) — Chinese custom: 100-Day Birthday Celebration for baby
做磨心 (zou6 mo4 sam1) — to be the middleman; to be someone suffering because of the contradictory inter…
做義工 (zou6 ji6 gung1) — Be a volunteer
做老襯 (zou6 lou5 can3) — a newly-wed man; being conned or cheated
做莊 (zou6 zong1) — as the dealer
做賊 (zou6 caak6) — Thieve; be a thief
做運動 (zou6 wan6 dung6) — to exercise (physically)
做醜人 (zou6 cau2 jan2) — to be the bad guy; to do the tough but necessary things (such as being straight…
做騷 (zou6 sou1) — show-off; faking; putting up a publicity stunt
做鬼做馬 (zou6 gwai2 zou6 maa5) — to deceive other in a naughty manner, play a trick; unable to accomplish task a…
做鬼都唔靈 (zou6 gwai2 dou1 m4 ling4) — this phrase means that no matter what is being done this time, there will not b…
做龜公 (zou6 gwai1 gung1) — work as a pimp; a man with a cheating wife
停低 (ting4 dai1) — to stop
停口 (ting4 hau2) — stop the mouth, either moving, eating or talking
停學 (ting4 hok6) — suspend from school
停定 (ting4 ding6) — halt to a stop
停止 (ting4 zi2) — to terminate; to suspend
停泊 (ting4 paak3) — parking
停火協定 (ting4 fo2 hip3 ding6) — ceasefire agreement
停火協議 (ting4 fo2 hip3 ji5) — ceasefire agreement
停牌 (ting4 paai4) — suspended license
停留 (ting4 lau4) — remain; stationary
停留時間 (ting4 lau4 si4 gaan3) — Standing time; duration of stay
停經 (ting4 ging1) — Menolipsis
停薪 (ting4 san1) — Salary withheld;no salary
停車位 (ting4 ce1 wai2) — Parking space
停車標誌 (ting4 ce1 biu1 zi3) — parking sign
健力士世界紀錄 (gin6 lik6 si6 sai3 gaai3 gei2 luk6) — Guinness World Records
健在 (gin6 zoi6) — still living or alive
健將 (gin6 zoeng3) — top-notch soldier, fit athletes
健步 (gin6 bou6) — healthy, walking healthily
健身操 (gin6 san1 cou1) — Body building exercise
偪人 (bik1 jan4) — lit. pressing people, meaning under a lot pressure or very crowded
偪 (bik1) — 1. variant of 逼bī [逼] 2. to compel 3. to pressure 4. to force 5. to approach 6.…
側便 (zak1 bin6) — to the side
側側膊 (zak1 zak1 bok3) — to avoid the responsibility for something
側側膊唔多覺 (zak1 zak1 bok3 m4 do1 gok3) — to describe doing something sneakily, so that nobody realizes it
側向 (zak1 hoeng3) — Side direction;crossrange
側擊 (zak1 gik1) — attack in the flank
側泳 (zak1 wing6) — sidestroke (swimming)
側田 (zak1 tin4) — Justin Lo, a Hong Kong singer
側線 (zak1 sin3) — siding; lateral line
側翼 (zak1 jik6) — side wing
側膊 (zak1 bok3) — get around the rules and avoid responsibility without being too obvious
側記 (zak1 gei3) — sidelights
側跟 (zak1 gan1) — by the side of
側身 (zak1 san1) — turn one's body to one side
側近 (zak1 gan6) — beside, next to
側邊 (zak1 bin1) — at the side of (something or someone)
偵探小說 (zing1 taam3 siu2 syut3) — Detective Fiction
偶像化 (ngau5 zoeng6 faa3) — idolize
偶像崇拜 (ngau5 zoeng6 sung4 baai3) — idolatry
偶發 (ngau5 faat3) — accidental; happen at times
偷呃拐騙 (tau1 ak1 gwaai2 pin3) — collective noun for robbery; swindle; kidnap or any criminal activitites
偷嘢 (tau1 je5) — to steal something
偷師 (tau1 si1) — to learn the secret techniques; to make a learning request
偷步 (tau1 bou6) — to make a false start; to jump the gun
偷渡客 (tau1 dou6 haak3) — stowaway
偷睇 (tau1 tai2) — to peek
偷薄 (tau1 bok6) — to make thinner
偷走 (tau1 zau2) — to escape, to run off
偷越 (tau1 jyut6) — Cross the border slinkingly
偷車 (tau1 ce1) — Stealing a car
偷錢 (tau1 cin2) — steal money
偷雞 (tau1 gai1) — (verb) to steal a chicken; (slang) to sneak out in order to do less work; to sl…
偷雞唔到蝕揸米 (tau1 gai1 m4 dou2 sit6 zaa1 mai5) — to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profi…
偷食 (tau1 sik6) — to have an affair; literally "stealing food"
偷食唔抹嘴 (tau1 sik6 m4 maat3 zeoi2) — one who left evidence after cheating or conducting any unacceptable actions
偷龍轉鳳 (tau1 lung4 zyun2 fung6) — secretly changing something without the realization of others
傀儡政府 (faai3 leoi5 zing3 fu2) — puppet government
傅穎 (fu6 wing6) — Theresa Fu, a Hong Kong actress
傍友 (bong6 jau2) — an enabler; a yes man; a sycophant
傍家 (pong4 gaa1) — mistress, as used in Beijingese
傍水 (bong6 seoi2) — Paying money
傑志 (git6 zi3) — Kitchee, a Hong Kong football club
傖雞 (caang4 gai1) — bitchy
傖雞婆 (caang4 gai1 po4) — bitchy female
傘帳 (saan3 zoeng3) — A curtain like umbrella to protect from mosquito
傢俬 (gaa1 si1) — (noun) furniture
傢俬舖 (gaa1 si1 pou3) — Furniture store
傢俬雜物 (gaa1 si1 zaap6 mat6) — Furniture and sundries
傣族 (taai3 zuk6) — Dai people, one of the several ethnic groups in southern Yunnan of China
𠌥 (wu1) — (verb) to lean over; to stoop
𠌥低 (wu1 dai1) — (verb) to stoop; to bend down
催 (ceoi1) — to speed up
催化裂化 (ceoi1 faa3 lit6 faa3) — fluidized-bed catalytic cracking
催命符 (ceoi1 meng6 fu4) — something to accelerate one's death; someone who keeps asking other to hurry up…
催命鬼 (ceoi1 meng6 gwai2) — to refer a person who urges other people to die earlier, such as a superstitiou…
催妝 (ceoi1 zong1) — A traditional custom of China, the bride will not dress up until Groom urge her…
催穀 (ceoi1 guk1) — To boost; to propel
傭金 (jung4 gam1) — Commission
傳信 (cyun4 seon3) — Subpoena
傳信鴿 (cyun4 seon3 gap3) — homing pigeon;carrier pigeon
傳奇 (cyun4 kei4) — legend
傳播 (cyun4 bo3) — to broadcast
傳播媒介 (cyun4 bo3 mui4 gaai3) — media [communication]; mass media
傳播媒體 (cyun4 bo3 mui4 tai2) — Communications media
傳播學 (cyun4 bo3 hok6) — Communication sciences
傳統 (cyun4 tung2) — customs
傳統教育 (cyun4 tung2 gaau3 juk6) — Traditional education
傳統觀念 (cyun4 tung2 gun1 nim6) — traditional beliefs
傳經送寶 (cyun4 ging1 sung3 bou2) — Pass on ones valuable experience
傳説 (cyun4 syut3) — legend; myth
傴僂 (jyu2 lau4) — hypophosphatemic rickets; Stoop
債仔 (zaai3 zai2) — a debtor
債務國 (zaai3 mou6 gwok3) — Debtor nation
傷 (soeng1) — to injure; injury; wound; to be ill from; to grief; distressed; to hurt
傷心 (soeng1 sam1) — sorrow; sadness
傷風 (soeng1 fung1) — (noun) cold
傻事 (so4 si6) — Stupid things
傻人 (so4 jan4) — a stupid; foolish; silly person
傻仔 (so4 zai2) — (noun) a stupid boy;a fool; a simpleton; an idiot
傻仔水 (so4 zi2 seoi2) — alcohol
傻佬 (so4 lou2) — a stupid; foolish; silly person
傻傻哋 (so4 so4 dei6) — must be dumb or stupid; out of one's mind
傻傻戇戇 (so4 so4 ngong6 ngong6) — Stupid;dumb
傻女 (so4 neoi5) — dumb or stupid girl
傻妹 (so4 mui6) — stupid girl (spoken)
傻婆 (so4 po4) — silly girl, it is usually used to address someone who is dearly loved; mentally…
傻更 (so4 gaang1) — stupid; foolish; silly
傻更更 (so4 gang3 gang3) — stupid; clumsy (spoken)
傻瓜機 (so4 gwaa1 gei1) — A point-and-shoot camera; easy-control camera
傻豬 (so4 zyu1) — stupid pig (spoken)
傻閪 (so4 hai1) — stupid vagina (derogatory)
傻雞 (so4 gai1) — stupid or dumb female
傾世界 (king1 sai3 gaai3) — Harangue
傾 (king1) — to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out tendency; …
傾偈 (king1 gai2) — (verb) to chitchat; to chat; to talk
傾力 (king1 lik6) — Try one's best
傾唔埋 (king1 m4 maai4) — could not communicate or develop rapport in a conversation
傾唔埋欄 (king1 m4 maai4 laan4) — could not communicate or develop rapport in a conversation
傾密偈 (king1 mat6 gai2) — to chat in discreet
傾得埋 (king1 dak1 maai4) — get along well with one
傾掂 (king1 dim6) — discussed a deal
傾斜角 (king1 ce4 gok3) — Angle of inclination
傾計 (king1 gai3) — to chat or talk
傾鈴哐啷 (king1 ling1 kong1 long1) — Onomatopoeia, Describe the noise
傾閒偈 (king1 haan4 gai2) — have a random or casual chat
傾電話 (king1 din6 waa2) — On the phone
僅次於 (gan2 ci3 jyu1) — second only to
僆仔 (leng1 zai2) — young and inexperience male
僆女 (leng1 neoi5) — teenage girl
僆妹 (leng1 mui6) — little girl, young girl, with a negative meaning
僆模 (leng1 mou4) — sub-par model
像是 (zoeng6 si6) — Seem to; Look like
僑匯 (kiu4 wui6) — Overseas Remittance
僑眷 (kiu4 gyun3) — Relatives of overseas Chinese
僑領 (kiu4 ling5) — Leader of overseas Chinese
僕從 (buk6 cung4) — Servant
僚屬 (liu4 suk6) — Staff
僭建 (cim5 gin3) — unauthorized building or extension of a building
僭建屋 (cim5 gin3 uk1) — unauthorized building works
僱主 (gu3 zyu2) — an employer
僱傭兵 (gu3 jung4 bing1) — mercenary
僱傭 (gu3 jung4) — to be employee; to hire
僱員 (gu3 jyun4) — employee
價值規律 (gaa3 zik6 kwai1 leot6) — Value Principle
價錢牌 (gaa3 cin4 paai4) — price tag
僽 (zau3) — bevexed; beworried; hurried
儀態萬方 (ji4 taai3 maan6 fong1) — graceful and elegant, use for describing female
儆惜 (ging2 sik1) — Respect and treasure
儉樸 (gim6 pok3) — saving; not wasting
儒林 (jyu4 lam4) — One kind of opera; the scholars
儒艮 (jyu4 gan3) — dugong
儕嘩嘩 (caai4 waa1 waa1) — to group up or partner with one without plan; a bunch of people chatting and la…
優先權 (jau1 sin1 kyun4) — the right to highest priority
優先發展 (jau1 sin1 faat3 zin2) — highest priority in development
優勝 (jau1 sing3) — advantage
優勝者 (jau1 sing3 ze2) — Champion; The Winner
優化組合 (jau1 faa3 zou2 hap6) — optimised group
優客李林 (jau1 haak3 lei5 lam4) — Ukulele, a Taiwanese pop group
優惠 (jau1 wai6) — specials; discounts
優惠價 (jau1 wai6 gaa3) — discounted or special price
優惠待遇 (jau1 wai6 doi6 jyu6) — Preferential treatment
優生 (jau1 sang1) — Honour Roll Student
優越感 (jau1 jyut6 gam2) — feeling of superiority
儲值 (cyu5 zik6) — prepaid; stored value
儲值票 (cyu5 zik6 piu3) — stored value ticket or card
儲備基金 (cyu5 bei6 gei1 gam1) — Reserve fund
儲備量 (cyu5 bei6 loeng6) — Reserves
儲 (cyu1) — to store; to save; to have in reserve; heir; Taiwan pr. [chú]
儲 (cyu4) — to store; to save; to have in reserve; heir; Taiwan pr. [chú]
儲 (cyu5) — to store; to save; to have in reserve; heir; Taiwan pr. [chú]
儲埋 (cyu5 maai4) — stored
儲物室 (cyu5 mat6 sat1) — Storage Room
儲蓄存款 (cyu5 cuk1 cyun4 fun2) — savings deposit
儲蓄所 (cyu5 cuk1 so2) — Savings Bank
儲蓄銀行 (cyu5 cuk1 ngan4 hong4) — Savings Bank
儲蓄額 (cyu5 cuk1 ngaak6) — Savings amount
儲郵票 (cyu5 jau4 piu3) — Collect Stamp
儲金 (cyu5 gam1) — Savings
儲錢 (cyu5 cin4) — saving money
儲電量 (cyu5 din6 loeng6) — electricity capacity
儼如 (jim5 jyu4) — For example;such as…
允文允武 (wan5 man4 wan5 mou5) — capable of both political and military skills, or both literature and physical …
元 (jyun4) — unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc); primary; the first; …
元寶蠟燭 (jyun4 bou2 laap6 zuk1) — ingot and candles (to be offered for the deceased)
元州邨 (jyun4 zau1 cyun1) — Un Chau Estate, a public housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong
元朗區 (jyun4 long5 keoi1) — Yuen Long District, a district in New Territories, Hong Kong
元朗明渠 (jyun4 long5 ming4 keoi4) — Yuen Long Nullah, a nullah that runs through central Yuen Long
元素符號 (jyun4 sou3 fu4 hou6) — Symbols for elements
元華 (jyun4 waa4) — Yuen Wah, a Hong Kong actor
元貝 (jyun4 bui3) — dried scallops
兄弟姊妹 (hing1 dai6 zi2 mui6) — siblings
兄弟姐妹 (hing1 dai6 ze2 mui6) — brothers and sisters
充份 (cung1 fan6) — sufficient
充充電 (cung1 cung1 din6) — recharge battery; recharge oneself
充大班 (cung1 daai6 baan1) — pretend that oneself is rich or powerful
充大頭鬼 (cung1 daai6 tau4 gwai2) — (slang) describes someone who lies and pretends to be rich or powerful
充闊佬 (cung1 fut3 lou2) — man who acts to be rich and extravagant
充饑 (cung1 gei1) — satisty one's hunger
兆康 (siu6 hong1) — Siu Hong, one of the Light Rail stops in Hong Kong
兆麟苑 (siu6 leon4 jyun2) — Siu Lun Court, a public housing estate in New Territories, Hong Kong
兇徒 (hung1 tou4) — A Perpetrator
兇暴 (hung1 bou6) — Fierce and brutal
先一排 (sin1 jat1 paai4) — a while ago, earlier
先使未來錢 (sin1 sai2 mei6 loi4 cin4) — spending on credit (normally by using credit card or taking a loan)
先嗰排 (sin1 go2 paai4) — a while ago, earlier
先小人,後君子 (sin1 siu2 jan4 hau6 gwan1 zi2) — discuss or finalise about the practicals or actuals before emotions and relatio…
先手 (sin1 sau2) — the first to take action
先排 (sin1 paai2) — not so long ago
先敬羅衣後敬人 (sin1 ging3 lo4 ji1 hau6 ging3 jan4) — judge people by one's clothing
先時 (sin1 si4) — in the beginning; earlier on
先生 (sin1 saang1) — (used before a man's family name) Mr.
先考 (sin1 haau2) — Deceased father
先至 (sin1 zi3) — (adv.) only then; not until; only after; then
先行官 (sin1 hang4 gun1) — pioneer; avant-garde
先遣 (sin1 hin2) — Send in advance
光 (gwong1) — light; ray M: 道dào [道]; bright; only; merely; to use up; glossy; smooth; glory;…
光孝寺 (gwong1 haau3 zi6) — Guangxiao Temple (A place in Guangzhou)
光學玻璃 (gwong1 hok6 bo1 lei4) — optical glass
光害 (gwong1 hoi6) — Light Pollution
光彩 (gwong1 coi2) — acceptable (behaviour)
光明 (gwong1 ming4) — guileless
光明頂 (gwong1 ming4 deng2) — one of the main peaks of Yellow Mountains in China; a radio show of Hong Kong C…
光暈 (gwong1 wan4) — Halation;halo
光暗掣 (gwong1 ngam3 zai3) — dimmer control of light switch
光棍佬教仔 (gwong1 gwan3 lou2 gaau3 zai2) — one not to be greedy
光棍遇着冇皮柴 (gwong1 gwan3 jyu6 zoek6 mou5 pei4 caai4) — one trying to extort or blackmail from a poor
光油 (gwong1 jau4) — varnish; polish
光猛 (gwong1 maang5) — bright; well lit
光瓦 (gwong1 ngaa5) — Bright; clean
光瞠瞠 (gwong1 caang1 caang1) — very bright (light)
光𥋇𥋇 (gwong1 caang4 caang4) — very bright (light)
光管 (gwong1 gun2) — (noun) a tube light; a fluorescent tube
光脫脫 (gwong1 tyut1 tyut1) — (adjective) (for describing people) completely naked; (for describing tree) lea…
光譜線 (gwong1 pou2 sin3) — spectrum line
光身 (gwong1 san1) — topless; naked
光輝歲月 (gwong1 fai1 seoi3 jyut6) — glorious days; an iconic song sang during pro-democratic movements
光電池 (gwong1 din6 ci4) — A Photovolataic Cell; Solar Cell
光頭仔 (gwong1 tau4 zai2) — bald baby or young man
光頭佬 (gwong1 tau4 lou2) — bald man
克力架 (hak1 lik6 gaa2) — cracker
克復 (haak1 fuk6) — resume; retake; recover; overcome; conquer
克敵 (haak1 dik6) — to defeat enemy
克敵制勝 (hak1 dik6 zai3 sing3) — to subdue the enemy and achieve victory
免刑 (min5 jing4) — exempt from punishment
免役 (min5 jik6) — exempt from national military service
免治 (min5 zi6) — minced (meat)
免票 (min5 piu3) — Free ticket
免禮 (min5 lai5) — forego formalities
免稅店 (min5 seoi3 dim3) — Duty free shop
免罪 (min5 zeoi6) — to be excused from punishment; to be acquitted of
免至 (min5 zi3) — Free until
免費 (min5 fai3) — complimentary
兒 (ji4) — children; son; non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final; oneself
兒嬉 (ji4 hei1) — not reliable; reckless (describing a person's behavior)
兒科醫生 (ji4 fo1 ji1 sang1) — Paediatrician; paediatrics doctor.
兒童不宜 (ji4 tung4 bat1 ji4) — not suitable for children; parental guidance
兒童節 (ji4 tung4 zit3) — Children's Day
兔仔 (tou3 zai2) — a rabbit; a bunny
兜住 (dau1 zyu6) — holding
兜 (dau1) — (Cantonese); to debate or rebut; to; towards; to detour; stir fried; a bog bowl…
兜口兜面 (dau1 hau2 dau1 min6) — face to face directly; irrespectful
兜巴星 (dau1 baa1 sing1) — face slap
兜搭 (dau1 daap3) — hitch up; hook up with
兜篤將軍 (dau1 duk1 zoeng1 gwan1) — to strike unexpectedly when playing chess; to stab someone in the back
兜路 (dau1 lou6) — detour
兜踎 (dau1 mau1) — (adj.) describes someone who is having a hard time making ends meet; to look sh…
入伙 (jap6 fo2) — move into a new home or office
入伙紙 (jap6 fo2 zi2) — Occupation Permit
入來 (jap6 loi4) — come in (spoken)
入便 (jap6 bin6) — (adverb; preposition; noun) inside
入內 (jap6 noi6) — Go inside
入冊 (jap6 caak3) — to be jailed or imprisoned
入到 (jap6 dou3) — enter, get inside
入到去 (jap6 dou3 heoi3) — once inside
入去 (jap6 heoi3) — "go in"; to enter (often used to welcome someone to enter a place)
入口 (jap6 hau2) — (adjective) import (goods)
入嚟 (jap6 lei4) — "come in", an expression often used to tell someone to come in or to enter anot…
入嚟啦 (jap6 lai4 laa1) — Come in
入城 (jap6 sing4) — heading into city
入境事務處 (jap6 ging2 si6 mou6 cyu3) — Immigration Department of HKSAR
入境問禁 (jap6 ging2 man6 gam3) — upon entering someone else's premises, one must check what is permittable in or…
入寇 (jap6 kau3) — enemy invading one's territory
入席 (jap6 zik6) — to describe a guest takes a seat in a wedding reception or ceremony

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