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講 (gong2) — (verb) to tell
講起上嚟 (gong2 hei2 soeng5 lei4) — by the way
講起又講 (gong2 hei2 jau6 gong2) — by the way, incidentally; since we are on the topic
講過算數 (gong2 gwo3 syun3 sou3) — to keep one's words
講道理 (gong2 dou6 lei5) — To reason things out; to reason things out; to reason with
講開又講 (gong2 hoi1 jau6 gong2) — since we are on the topic
講電話 (gong2 din6 waa2) — Talking on the phone
講飲講食 (gong2 jam2 gong2 sik6) — talking about food and drink
謝天華 (ze6 tin1 waa4) — Michael Tse Tin Wah, name of an actor in Hong Kong
謝拉特 (ze6 laai1 dak6) — Steven George Gerrard, a professional footballer
謝灶 (ze6 zou3) — To express thanks for the god of kitchen
謝爾曼質數 (ze6 ji5 maan6 zat1 sou3) — Sophie Germain prime
謝皮 (ze6 pei4) — wither; wretched; ruined; defeated
謝賢 (ze6 jin4) — Patrick Tse Yin, name of actor in Hong Kong
謠言止於智者 (jiu4 jin4 zi2 jyu1 zi3 ze2) — Rumours will stop at wise people
謦欬 (hing3 kat1) — to cough; to talk and laugh at
謹小慎微 (gan2 siu2 san6 mei4) — meticulous; punctilious
譁眾取寵 (waa1 zung3 ceoi2 cung2) — to pander to popular tastes
證供 (zing3 gung1) — Evidence
譏嘲 (gei1 zaau1) — teasing; mocking; ridicule
譖氣 (cam3 hei3) — verbose; long-winded; prolixity
譖趙 (cam3 ziu6) — Long-winded; to describe someone who nags a lot
譖醉 (cam3 zeoi3) — Long-winded; to describe someone who nags a lot
識人眉頭眼額 (sik1 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6) — know how to observe the other expression; good at readings other people's thoug…
識做 (sik1 zou6) — 'Smart - knows what to do' (usually said in a complimentary way to describe som…
識啲唔識啲 (sik1 di1 m4 sik1 di1) — do not know something thoroughly
識彈唔識唱 (sik1 taan4 m4 sik1 coeng3) — can only complain but cannot suggest (slang)
識性 (sik1 sing3) — sensible
識撈 (sik1 lou1) — ability to earn money or reach a better status quo (spoken)
識穿 (sik1 cyun1) — to see through (a trick or facade)
識精 (sik1 zeng1) — know the key points; shrewd; astute
識聽 (sik1 teng1) — To have a good taste about song; to understand something that one hears
識認 (sik1 jing6) — to mark; to be able to recognize
識講 (sik1 gong2) — to know how to speak
識識哋 (sik1 sik1 dei2) — To know a little bit
識 (sik1) — (verb) recognize; to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì]; to recognize; opinion; …
識食 (sik1 sik6) — know a lot about food
識飲識食 (sik1 jam2 sik1 sik6) — a gourmand; someone who knows where to find good food and drink
譚仔 (taam2 zai2) — Tan Chai, name of a restaurant in Hong Kong
譚耀宗 (taam4 jiu6 zung1) — Tam Yiu-chung, name of a politician in Hong Kong
譚耀文 (taam4 jiu6 man4) — Patrick Tam, name of an actor in Hong Kong
警司 (ging2 si1) — Superintendent of Police
警告 (ging2 gou3) — caution; warning; to alert
警員 (ging2 jyun4) — a police officer
警崗 (ging2 gong1) — Police Post
警惕 (ging2 tik1) — to watch out
警界 (ging2 gaai3) — police force
警署 (ging2 cyu5) — police station
警花 (ging2 faa1) — a policewoman (especially those who are pretty)
警衞 (ging2 wai6) — Security guard
警覺性 (ging2 gok3 sing3) — Alertness
警長 (ging2 zoeng2) — A sergeant
警隊博物館 (ging2 deoi2 bok3 mat6 gun2) — The Police Museum, a museum in Hong Kong
警隊 (ging2 deoi2) — police force
譯本 (jik6 bun2) — translation; translated version
譯碼 (jik6 maa5) — Decoding; decipher
譯筆 (jik6 bat1) — the quality or style of a translation
譯述 (jik6 seot6) — to translate or render freely
譯電 (jik6 din6) — encode; decode
護符 (wu6 fu4) — an amulet
護膚品 (wu6 fu1 ban2) — Skincare products
護花使者 (wu6 faa1 si3 ze2) — guy who protect the girl; Knight in shining armor; guardian angel
護衛員 (wu6 wai6 jyun4) — Security guard
護養院 (wu6 joeng5 jyun2) — Nursing Homes
護駕 (wu6 gaa3) — to guard the emperor; to escort
讀口黃 (duk6 hau2 wong2) — to recite something without understanding its meaning
讀壞詩書包壞腳 (duk6 waai6 si1 syu1 baau1 waai6 goek3) — to describe someone who is stubbornly sticking to outworn rules and idea; a phr…
讀屎片 (duk6 si2 pin2) — (literally: to read diaper); to have learned nothing from one's studies
讀死書 (duk6 sei2 syu1) — Reading a book without understanding it; to cram and study for exams only; not …
讀破字膽 (duk6 po3 zi6 daam2) — To read the word wrongly
讀者來信 (duk6 ze2 loi4 seon3) — Letters to the Editor; Readers' letters
讀者群 (duk6 ze2 kwan4) — Readers
讀過 (duk6 gwo3) — Read
讀默 (duk6 mak6) — dictation
變化無常 (bin3 faa3 mou4 soeng4) — variable; constantly changing
變性人 (bin3 sing3 jan4) — Trans-gender people; a transsexual
變態佬 (bin3 taai3 lou2) — pervert(male)
變相公投 (bin3 soeng3 gung1 tau4) — Disguised referendum; de facto referendum
變種人 (bin3 zung2 jan4) — Mutants
變遷 (bin3 cin1) — transition
變音 (bin3 jam1) — To change the tone
讔 (jan2) — riddle; mystery
讕叻 (laan5 lek1) — showing off (spoken)
讕在行 (laan2 zoi6 hong4) — to pretend to be an expert
讕大方 (laan2 daai6 fong1) — to pretend to be generous
讕威 (laan2 wai1) — arrogant; to act cocky
讕客氣 (laan2 haak3 hei3) — to fake courtesy
讕得戚 (laan4 dak1 cik1) — act and think highly of oneself; showing off (spoken)
讕得敕 (laan2 dak1 cik1) — arrogant; to feel smug with oneself; to get a swelled head
讕惡爺 (laan2 ok3 je1) — to be conceited and domineering
讕有寶 (laan4 jau5 bou2) — act and think highly in value of oneself; showing off valuables (spoken)
讕架勢 (laan4 gaa3 sai3) — act and think powerful (spoken)
讕正經 (laan4 zing3 ging1) — act decent (spoken)
讕殷勤 (laan2 jan1 kan4) — To pretend to be hard working on purpose
讕熟落 (laan2 suk6 lok6) — to pretend to be well-acquainted with someone
讕醒 (laan4 sing2) — act smart (spoken)
讕闊佬 (laan2 fut3 lou2) — to flaunt one's prosperity
讚歌 (zaan3 go1) — song of praise
讚歎 (zaan3 taan3) — sign or gasp in admiration
讚譽 (zaan3 jyu6) — recognition; praise
谷住度氣 (guk1 zyu6 dou6 hei3) — with repressed anger
谷古 (guk1 gu2) — cocoa (loanword)
谷氣 (guk1 hei3) — angry (spoken)
豆丁 (dau6 deng1) — a kid
豆沙喉 (dau6 saa1 hau4) — a hoarse voice
豆沙月餅 (dau6 saa1 jyut6 beng2) — red bean paste moon cake
豆泡 (dau6 pok1) — fried bean curd puff
豆泥 (dau6 nai4) — (slang) inferior; low-grade; bad quality (noun) hummus; mushy peas; puree made …
豆泥餐廳 (dau6 nai4 caan1 teng1) — an inferior; shabby restaurant
豆粉 (dau6 fan2) — corn flour
豆腐乳 (dau6 fu6 jyu5) — Fermented bean curd
豆腐刀 (dau6 fu6 dou1) — tofu knife
豆腐婆 (dau6 fu6 po2) — (literally: bean curd woman); a lesbian
豆腐泡 (dau6 fu6 pok1) — fried bean curd puff
豆腐煲 (dau6 fu6 bou1) — Tofu; bean curd hotpot; Tofu; bean curd claypot
豆腐皮 (dau6 fu6 pei4) — tofu skin
豆腐膶 (dau6 fu6 jeon2) — a bean curd cube; often used metaphorically to describe a place that is very sm…
豆腐𦢊 (dau6 fu6 pok1) — Fried tofu; bean curd puffs
豆腐花 (dau6 fu6 faa1) — (dessert) silken tofu dessert; sweet tofu pudding
豆膶 (dau6 jeon6) — small or tiny like a bean (spoken)
豆苗餃 (dau6 miu4 gaau2) — pea leaves dumplings; pea sprouts dumpling
豆袋 (dau6 doi2) — a bean bag
豆豉鯪魚 (dau6 si6 leng4 jyu2) — dace fish with preserved black bean
豆釘 (dau6 deng1) — a small child
豈但 (hei2 daan6) — not only
豈料 (hei2 liu6) — unexpectedly
豈有 (hei2 jau5) — how come there is
豈能 (hei2 nang4) — how can
豉汁排骨 (si6 zap1 paai4 gwat1) — spare ribs with black bean sauce
豉汁蒸排骨 (si6 zap1 zing1 paai4 gwat1) — steamed spare ribs with black bean sauce
豉汁 (si6 zap1) — black bean sauce
豉油撈飯 (si6 jau4 lou1 faan6) — Soya sauce on rice
豉油碟 (si6 jau4 dip6) — Soya sauce plates
豉油街 (si6 jau4 gaai1) — Soy Street, a street in Hong Kong
豉油雞 (si6 jau4 gai1) — soy sauce chicken
豎子 (syu6 zi2) — chap; fellow; bloke (with a derogatory undertone); a servant boy
豐產田 (fung1 caan2 tin4) — high yield plot
豔麗 (jim6 lai6) — Bright-coloured and beautiful; gorgeous; radiantly beautiful
象拔 (zoeng6 bat6) — elephant trunk
豪情 (hou4 cing4) — lofty ideals; noble aspiration; Naked Ambition, name of a movie
豪興 (hou4 hing3) — Exhilaration; exuberant spirits
豫園 (jyu6 jyun4) — Yuyuan; Yu Garden, name of a place in China
豬上雜 (zyu1 soeng6 zaap6) — internal organs of a pig
豬乸上樹 (zyu1 naa2 soeng5 syu6) — Impossible; to describe someone who is so dim and impossible to teach
豬乸 (zyu1 naa2) — a sow (a female hog)
豬乸菜 (zyu1 naa2 coi3) — chard (vegetable)
豬仔客 (zyu1 zai2 haak3) — Someone who trafficks in overseas labourers
豬仔 (zyu1 zai2) — a piglet; labourers that have been trafficked overseas to work as coolies; some…
豬仔餅 (zyu1 zai2 beng2) — pig-shaped mooncakes
豬兜 (zyu1 dau1) — stupid; fool (spoken)
豬兜肉 (zyu1 dau1 juk6) — Pork cheek meat
豬八怪 (zyu1 baat3 gwaai3) — A figurative to describe an ugly person
豬公 (zyu1 gung1) — a boar
豬嘜 (zyu1 mak1) — (n.) a pig, esp. a piglet; (term of endearment) a non derogratory way to refer …
豬噏 (zyu1 ngap1) — Fermented bean curd
豬圈 (zyu1 gyun6) — A pig pen
豬大腸 (zyu1 daai6 coeng2) — Pig intestine
豬天梯 (zyu1 tin1 tai1) — the palate cartilage of a pig
豬尿煲 (zyu1 niu6 bou1) — pig's Bladder
豬手 (zyu1 sau2) — pig trotters; pork knuckle; ham hock
豬扒包 (zyu1 paa4 baau1) — pork chop bun
豬扒 (zyu1 paa2) — (insulting noun) chubby or fat female
豬扒飯 (zyu1 paa4 faan6) — pork chop Rice
豬排骨 (zyu1 paai4 gwat1) — pork ribs
豬料 (zyu1 liu2) — pig feeds; a filler made from pig blood, talc and water
豬橫脷 (zyu1 waang4 lei6) — pig's pancreas
豬欄 (zyu1 laan4) — a swinery; s pigsty
豬潤 (zyu1 jeon2) — pork liver
豬潲 (zyu1 saau3) — wet feed for pigs; pigwash; pigswill
豬 (zyu1) — (slang) (of people) 1. stupid; 2. Fool; 3. fat 4. cubby; hog; pig; swine M: 口kǒ…
豬玀 (zyu1 lo4) — pig; swine (can be used to describe the animal or used in a derogatory sense to…
豬竇 (zyu1 dau3) — a pigsty
豬籠入水 (zyu1 lung4 jap6 seoi2) — raking in money
豬籠 (zyu1 lung4) — a pig cage; a pig basket
豬籠草 (zyu1 lung4 cou2) — nepenthes
豬籠車 (zyu1 lung4 ce1) — wooden trolley (spoken)
豬紅 (zyu1 hung4) — (food) pig blood curd
豬網油 (zyu1 mong5 jau4) — mesentery of a pig; pork caul fat; pork fat netting; pork lace fat
豬肉乾 (zyu1 juk6 gon1) — pork jerky
豬肚 (zyu1 tou5) — pig's stomach; pork tripe
豬肝色 (zyu1 gon1 sik1) — dark reddish brown colour
豬脷 (zyu1 lei6) — pig's tongue
豬腦 (zyu1 nou5) — pig brain
豬腩肉 (zyu1 naam5 juk6) — pork belly
豬腰 (zyu1 jiu1) — pig's kidney
豬腳 (zyu1 goek3) — (noun) pig feet; (food) pig trotters
豬腳薑 (zyu1 goek3 goeng1) — pork knuckles in ginger and sweetened vinegar
豬腸 (zyu1 coeng4) — chitterlings; chitlings;pig's intestinea
豬腸粉 (zyu1 coeng4 fan2) — steamed rice noodle roll, a common Chinese dish
豬膏 (zyu1 gou1) — (noun) pork fat; lard
豬膶 (zyu1 jeon2) — pig liver
豬舍 (zyu1 se5) — a pig barn
豬踭 (zyu1 zaang1) — pork shoulder
豬踭肉 (zyu1 zaang1 juk6) — pork shoulder
豬郎 (zyu1 long4) — male pig used for breeding purpose
豬陸 (zyu1 luk6) — a pigsty
豬雜 (zyu1 zaap6) — mixed pig's internal organs (cuisine)
豬頭三 (zyu1 tau4 saam1) — a fool; an idiot
豬頭丙 (zyu1 tau4 bing2) — stupid; fool (spoken)
豬頭嘜 (zyu1 tau4 mak1) — idiot
豬頭炳 (zyu1 tau4 bing2) — a fool; an idiot
豬頭骨 (zyu1 tau4 gwat1) — (n.) pork bone, usually for making stock; (slang something that is tough but no…
豬頸肉 (zyu1 geng2 juk6) — pork collar; pork neck meat
豬鬃 (zyu1 zung1) — pig bristles
貓乸 (maau1 naa2) — female cat
貓仔 (maau1 zai2) — (noun) kitten
貓公 (maau1 gung1) — a male cat
貓咗 (maau1 zo2) — drunk (spoken)
貓哭耗子假慈悲 (maau1 huk1 hou3 zi2 gaa2 ci4 bei1) — pretends to show sympathy for something; to shed crocrodile tears
貓女 (maau1 neoi5) — female cat
貓樣 (maau1 joeng6) — ugly face (slang)
貓竇 (maau1 dau3) — a cat bed; a cat basket
貓紙 (maau1 zi2) — piece of paper written with tips and answers for cheating (slang)
貓蝨 (maau1 sat1) — cat flea
貓街 (maau1 gaai1) — cat street (Japanese cartoon) ;Lascar Row (informally known as Cat Street), a s…
貓鬚 (maau1 sou1) — cat's whiskers
貓魚 (maau1 jyu2) — fishes used for feeding cats
貝澳 (bui3 ou3) — Pui O, an area on Lantau Island in Hong Kong
負氣 (fu6 hei3) — full of grievances
負 (fu6) — to let down; to be in debt; held accountable or responsible; to bear; to carry …
負隅頑抗 (fu6 jyu4 waan4 kong3) — put up a last-ditch resistance;a last-ditch struggle; "a cornered cat becomes a…
負電荷 (fu6 din6 ho6) — negative electric charge
財不可露眼 (coi4 bat1 ho2 lou6 ngaan5) — wealth should stay hidden (spoken)
財不露眼 (coi4 bat1 lou6 ngaan5) — do not let your wealth be exposed in front of others
財主佬 (coi4 zyu2 lou2) — a fat cat (a wealthy person)
財可通神 (coi4 ho2 tung1 san4) — with money you can do whatever you want; money talks
財政危機 (coi4 zing3 ngai4 gei1) — financial crisis
財政司司長 (coi4 zing3 si1 si1 zoeng2) — Financial Secretary
財政司司長辦公室 (coi4 zing3 si1 si1 zoeng2 baan6 gung1 sat1) — Office of the Financial Secretary
財政司 (coi4 zing3 si1) — Financial Secretary
財政支出 (coi4 zing3 zi1 ceot1) — financial expenditure
財政收入 (coi4 zing3 sau1 jap6) — financial revenue
財政政策 (coi4 zing3 zing3 caak3) — financial policy; fiscal policy
財政監督 (coi4 zing3 gaam1 duk1) — financial supervision
財政 (coi4 zing3) — fiscal
財政赤字 (coi4 zing3 cek3 zi6) — financial deficits; budgetary deficit
財政預算 (coi4 zing3 jyu6 syun3) — financial budget
財氣 (coi4 hei3) — luck in making money
財爺 (coi4 je4) — common name for the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong government
財產保險 (coi4 caan2 bou2 him2) — property insurance
財產稅 (coi4 caan2 seoi3) — property tax
財產 (coi4 caan2) — wealth
財神咭 (coi4 san4 kaat1) — (slang) a credit card
財經事務及庫務局 (coi4 ging1 si6 mou6 kap6 fu3 mou6 guk6) — Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, FSTB
財赤 (coi4 cek3) — financial deficits; budgetary deficit
財運亨通 (coi4 wan6 hang1 tung1) — luck and prosperity in making money
財運 (coi4 wan6) — luck for making money; luck for wealth
財金 (coi4 gam1) — finance and banking
貢奉 (gung3 fung6) — enshrine and worship; consecrate
貢 (gung3) — wander around with no aim (Cantonese); to offer tribute; gifts; to recommend or…
貣 (tik1) — to ask for a loan; to beg
貧下中農 (pan4 haa6 zung1 nung4) — the poor and lower-middle class peasants
貧富懸殊 (pan4 fu3 jyun4 syu4) — wide gap between the poor and the rich
貨不對辦 (fo3 bat1 deoi3 baan6) — the products do not match it description; something that does not live up to it…
貨仔 (fo3 zai2) — stuff; trash; rubbish, used in a degrogatory sense to refer to substandard; inf…
貨櫃碼頭 (fo3 gwai6 maa5 tau4) — container yard; container terminal; container port
貨櫃船 (fo3 gwai6 syun4) — a container vessel; a container ship
貨櫃車 (fo3 gwai6 ce1) — a container truck
貨腳 (fo3 goek3) — cargo cost; shipping cost; freight cost
貨 (fo3) — (noun) 1. cargo; (financial terminology) stock; goods; money; commodity M: 个gè …
貨辦 (fo3 baan2) — sample of goods
販毒案 (faan3 duk6 on3) — a drug trafficking case; a drug dealing case
貪便宜 (taam1 pin4 ji4) — greed for discounts or small gain (spoken)
貪口爽 (taam1 hau2 song2) — saying without thinking (spoken)
貪多 (taam1 do1) — have the mindset that more is better (whereas in reality this isn't always true…
貪威識食 (taam1 wai1 sik1 sik6) — likes to show off and spend money (slang)
貪小便宜 (taam1 siu2 pin4 ji4) — covet little advantages; to be covetous of small gains
貪得意 (taam1 dak1 ji3) — (adjective) not serious; for fun; just curious
貪方便 (taam1 fong1 bin6) — to opt for convenience; for the sake of convenience
貪污受賄 (taam1 wu1 sau6 kui2) — corruption and bribery
貪生 (taam1 sang1) — cravenly cling to life (and mortally afraid of death)
貪贓 (taam1 zong1) — venality;accept bribes
貪錢 (taam1 cin2) — greedy for money
貪靚 (taam1 leng3) — liking as of appearance (spoken)
貪頭 (taam1 tau4) — the coveted object; an object (acting as a bait) that one soughts after
責備 (zaak3 bei6) — to condemn
責問 (zaak3 man6) — to call to account
責袋 (zaak3 doi2) — to have (an amount of money) on hand
貯藏室 (cyu5 cong4 sat1) — a storeroom;a storage room
貴價 (gwai3 gaa3) — expensive
貴利 (gwai3 lei2) — (noun) usury; loan sharking
貴到飛起 (gwai3 dou3 fei1 hei2) — extraordinarily expensive
貴夾唔飽 (gwai3 gaap3 m4 baau2) — (of food) expensive but not satisfying
貴妃牀 (gwai3 fei1 cong4) — a classic vintage style chaise lounge
貴妃蚌 (gwai3 fei1 pong5) — venus clam
貴姓名 (gwai3 sing3 ming4) — (used in asking politely for) one's name
貴庚 (gwai3 gang1) — how old
貴格 (gwai3 gaak3) — upmarket; high-end; opulent; plush; sumptuous
貴細 (gwai3 sai3) — precious; refined and delicate; genteel
貴 (gwai3) — (adjective) 1. important; 2. valuable; (formal polite expression) 3. Yours; exp…
貴重 (gwai3 zung6) — valuable; expensive
買位 (maai5 wai2) — to pay for allocated places (usually in the context of social welfare, such as …
買嘢 (maai5 je5) — shopping; to buy stuff
買定 (maai5 ding6) — buy in advance; used in gambling to refer to a 'confirmed' bet where the decisi…
買少見少 (maai5 siu2 gin3 siu2) — scarce in supply (spoken)
買手 (maai5 sau2) — buyer
買棺材唔知埞 (maai5 gun1 coi4 m4 zi1 ding6) — (don't know where to buy a coffin); to act recklessly
買殼 (maai5 hok3) — buying the shell corporation (for listing); back-door listing; reverse takeover…
買水 (maai5 seoi2) — 'buying water', a ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent
買燕梳 (maai5 jin3 so1) — to buy insurance
買盤 (maai5 pun4) — buy order (on the stock exchange)
買賣 (maai5 maai6) — trading
買起 (maai5 hei2) — to take-over or purchase something with money; to kill someone by hiring an ass…
買路錢 (maai5 lou6 cin4) — money, paid to bandits for passage
買青苗 (maai5 ceng1 miu4) — to profiteer; to exploit and take advantage of those in difficult circumstances…
費事 (fai3 si6) — (adverb) 1. Lest; (verb) to avoid doing something
費用 (fai3 jung6) — fee
貼上 (tip3 soeng5) — affix to;paste
貼堂 (tip3 tong4) — (award) to post the outstanding and exemplary work of students such as excellen…
貼補 (tip3 bou2) — Subsidy; to help out; to support; to supplement
貼錯門神 (tip3 co3 mun4 san4) — two people don't get along with each other; to be at odds with each other
賄選 (kui2 syun2) — election bribery; vote buying
資助學校 (zi1 zo6 hok6 haau6) — aided school; to provide money for school
資本 (zi1 bun2) — capitalist
資格 (zi1 gaak3) — eligibility
資源回收筒 (zi1 jyun4 wui4 sau1 tung2) — recycling bin
賊亞爸 (caak6 aa3 baa1) — a 'fagin', someone who trains others to perform crimes and takes the stolen goo…
賊人 (caak6 jan4) — thief
賊仔 (caak6 zai2) — a thief; a burglar
賊佬試沙煲 (caak6 lou2 si3 saa1 bou1) — to test the waters
賊佬 (caak6 lou2) — a robber; a thief; a burglar
賊公 (caak6 gung1) — male thief (spoken)
賊喊捉賊 (caak6 haam3 zuk1 caak6) — a criminal who tries to accuse somebody of the theft and tries to sneak away on…
賊竇 (caak6 dau3) — a thieves' hideout; a thieves' den
賊贓 (caak6 zong1) — stolen goods
賊 (caak6) — unlawful; thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely; burglar; robber
賑款 (zan3 fun2) — relief fund
賒數 (se1 sou3) — on credit (spoken)
賓佬 (ban1 lou2) — a Filipino man
賓周 (ban1 zau1) — penis
賓夕凡尼亞 (ban1 zik6 faan4 nei4 aa3) — Pennsylvania
賓夕凡尼亞州 (ban1 zik6 faan4 nei4 aa3 zau1) — the state of Pennsylvania
賓妹 (ban1 mui1) — (n.) a slightly racist term for the Hong Kong housemaids from Southeast Asia; i…
賓婆 (ban1 po2) — Filipino woman
賓州仔 (ban1 zau1 zai2) — a guy from Pennsylvania; small penis
賓舟 (ban1 zau1) — penis (slang)
賓館 (ban1 gun2) — motel
賜教 (ci3 gaau3) — humbly request to teach or advise
賞罰分明 (soeng2 fat6 fan1 ming4) — to reward and punish fairly; fair treatment; fair with rewards and punishments …
賞花 (soeng2 faa1) — flower appreciation or viewing
賞金 (soeng2 gam1) — a bounty; a monetary reward
賞鑒 (soeng2 gaam3) — appreciate (music, art, etc.)
賞面 (soeng2 min6) — in return of one's reputation; giving face (spoken)
賠償 (pui4 soeng4) — compensation
賠湯藥 (pui4 tong1 joek6) — to compensate someone for their injuries by paying for their medical fee
賠率 (pui4 leot2) — betting odds
賢德 (jin4 dak1) — virtuous
賣仔莫摸頭 (maai6 zai2 mok6 mo2 tau4) — one should be resolute (harden their hearts) and be willing to let go once they…
賣俏 (maai6 ciu3) — to play the coquette; to flirt; to act coquettish
賣兒鬻女 (maai6 ji4 juk6 neoi5) — to sell one's children when compelled by poverty
賣剩蔗 (maai6 zing6 ze3) — (slang) literally 'the leftover sugar cane; the leftovers that no one wants aft…
賣口乖 (maai6 hau2 gwaai1) — to pay lip service
賣告白 (maai6 gou3 baak6) — advertising (slang)
賣唱 (maai6 coeng3) — making a living by singing (spoken)
賣埠 (maai6 fau6) — market an item for overseas (spoken)
賣報紙 (maai6 bou3 zi2) — to sell newspapers; (something) issued; printed on the newspaper;
賣大包 (maai6 daai6 baau1) — (Phrasal verb) to offer a great bargain; to give away or sell something at a lo…
賣好 (maai6 hou2) — To curry favour with someone; to win favour from someone; to ingratiate oneself…
賣官鬻爵 (maai6 gun1 juk6 zoek3) — to sell official posts and titles, describes a corrupt government
賣得 (maai6 dak1) — hot-selling; sell like hot cakes;
賣懶 (maai6 laan5) — traditional customs of children "selling laziness" before lunar new year, to wi…
賣招牌 (maai6 ziu1 paai4) — (verb) to offer something at a bargain just to establish one's brand; to sell a…
賣方市場 (maai6 fong1 si5 coeng4) — sellers' market
賣武 (maai6 mou5) — to perform martial arts for a living
賣物會 (maai6 mat6 wui2) — a bazaar selling goods for fundraising; a jumble sale; a fête
賣生藕 (maai6 sang1 ngau5) — women flirting with men (slang)
賣甩 (maai6 lat1) — betray; ignore
賣花讚花香 (maai6 faa1 zaan3 faa1 hoeng1) — stating the positives and hiding the negatives (slang)
賣藝 (maai6 ngai6) — to make money as a performer
賣豬仔 (maai6 zyu1 zai2) — (phrasal verb) to traffick labourers overseas to work as coolies; to betray; to…
賣身契 (maai6 san1 kai3) — an indenture agreement for someone who is selling themself
賣身投靠 (maai6 san1 tau4 kaau3) — to sell oneself out to somebody else
賣面光 (maai6 min6 gwong1) — to ingratiate oneself with
賣頭賣尾 (maai6 tau4 maai6 mei5) — selling what's left over
賣飛佛 (maai6 fei1 fat6) — my favourite (loanword)
賣魚佬 (maai6 jyu4 lou2) — a fishmonger
賣鹹魚 (maai6 haam4 jyu4) — nothing to sell (slang)
賣鹹鴨蛋 (maai6 haam4 aap3 daan2) — (slang) passed away; departed; dead
賤格 (zin6 gaak3) — (adjective) contemptible
賤精 (zin6 zing1) — a despicable person; a person of bad character
質數定理 (zat1 sou3 ding6 lei5) — prime number theorem
賭仔 (dou2 zai2) — male gambler (spoken)
賭城 (dou2 sing4) — a place that is well known in gambling; a casino, like Las Vegas
賭大細 (dou2 daai6 sai3) — Sic bo; Big and Small; a chance game played with three dice
賭數 (dou2 sou3) — bet; stakes
賭檔 (dou2 dong3) — gambling den
賭波 (dou2 bo1) — betting on football; soccer games
賭王 (dou2 wong4) — gambling king; someone very powerful in gambling
賭番攤 (dou2 faan1 taan1) — to gamble at fantan (a type of gambling in China similar to roulette)
賭神 (dou2 san4) — God of gamblers; a gambler gifted with superhuman intuition and skill in gambli…
賭船 (dou2 syun4) — casino cruise
賭館 (dou2 gun2) — a gaming house (gambling);a casino
賭馬 (dou2 maa5) — betting on horse races
賴債 (laai6 zaai3) — to repudiate a debt
賴地硬 (laai6 dei6 ngaang6) — (to blame the land for being hard); to make excuses and deny one's responsibili…
賴尿蝦 (laai6 niu6 haa1) — mantis shrimp; a child who wets their bed or pants
賴死 (laai6 sei2) — refusing (spoken)
賴貓君 (laai3 maau1 gwan1) — a rascal; a scoundrel; a rouge
賴貓 (laai3 maau1) — (slang) rascally; scoundrelly; roguish; to not admit failure by giving many exc…
賴 (laai6) — (verb) 1. count on (someone or something); (noun) Chinese surname; to depend on…
賺嘥氣 (zaan2 saai1 hei3) — a waste of breath; beating a dead horse; futile; pointless
賺得個 (zaan6 dak1 go3) — only to end up in; only to result in; only to come to
賺攪 (zaan2 gaau2) — futile efforts; vain efforts
賺衰 (zaan2 seoi1) — slang for "this is not gonna work"; "this will turn out badly"; to do something…
賺錢買花戴 (zaan6 cin2 maai5 faa1 daai3) — (literally: to earn money to buy flowers for wearing); one's salary is not need…
賺頭蝕尾 (zaan6 tau4 sik6 mei5) — a business strategy, meaning when the item is sold for a higher price at the be…
購入 (kau3 jap6) — to buy; to acquire
購物公園站 (kau3 mat6 gung1 jyun4 zaam6) — Shopping Park Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China
購銷 (kau3 siu1) — Buy and sell
賽果 (coi3 gwo2) — result of a match; game
贈券 (zang6 hyun3) — gift coupon
贈慶 (zang6 hing3) — to participate in the fun of a celebrated event
贈興 (zang6 hing3) — to congratulate someone; to celebrate with someone
贈言 (zang6 jin4) — words of advice or encouragement given to someone
贈閱 (zang6 jyut6) — to give a complementary copy of a publication; literature
贊揚 (zaan3 joeng4) — to speak highly of; to praise
贊美 (zaan3 mei5) — to praise
贊頌 (zaan3 zung6) — to eulogize; to praise
贏面 (jeng4 min6) — chances of winning (spoken)
贔響 (bei6 hoeng2) — a loud blare of something; a very loud noise
贖買 (suk6 maai5) — to redeem; to buy out
贖身 (suk6 san1) — (of slaves, prostitutes) to redeem one's freedom
贖錢 (suk6 cin4) — money paid for redeeming from an offence, but not a bribe (ancient)
赤口 (cek3 hau2) — third day of Chinese New Year
赤崗塔站 (cek3 gong1 taap3 zaam6) — Chigang Pagoda Station; Canton Tower Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, Chi…
赤崗塔 (cek3 gong1 taap3) — Chigang Pagoda, a place in Guangzhou, China
赤柬 (cek3 gaan2) — Democratic Kampuchea; Khmer Rouge
赤柱 (cek3 cyu5) — a place in Hong Kong called "Chek Chu"; "Stanley" (in English), where the Stanl…
赤洲 (cek3 zau1) — Chek Chau; Port Island, an island in Hong Kong
赤色 (cek3 sik1) — red
赤 (cek3) — to feel hurt; red; scarlet; bare; naked; communistic; sincere; candid; aching; …
赤鱲角 (cek3 laap6 gok3) — Chek Lap Kok, an island where Hong Kong International Airport was built on
赦宥 (se3 jau6) — to absolve;to excuse; to pardon
赧然 (naan5 jin4) — blushing
走下坡 (zau2 haa6 po1) — to go downhill; going down; to be on a downward path; to be on the decline
走佬 (zau2 lou2) — to run away
走光 (zau2 gwong1) — wardrobe malfunction (slip, upskirt etc); accidental exposure; overexposure (ph…
走冰 (zau2 bing1) — without ice (usually used when placing orders for drinks)
走唔甩 (zau2 m4 lat1) — cannot get away with
走唔起 (zau2 m4 hei2) — to be unable to go (somewhere)
走單 (zau2 daan1) — to leave without paying the bill
走回 (zau2 wui4) — to go back to; to return to
走埠 (zau2 fau6) — always on the move internationally for a living (spoken)
走堂 (zau2 tong4) — to play truant
走夾唔唞 (zau2 gaap3 m4 tau2) — to hurry along in order to run away or escape from something or someone
走夾唔抖 (zau2 gaap3 m4 dau2) — flee without taking a breath or hurriedly (spoken)
走學 (zau2 hok6) — to play hooky; truant from school; to skive off school; to skip a lesson
走廊位 (zau2 long4 wai2) — aisle seat
走投 (zau2 tau4) — left; leaving (spoken)
走數 (zau2 sou3) — breaking a promise; not paying a debt
走歸左 (zau2 gwai1 zo2) — to go astray; to fall into the wrong path; to be misguided; to be misled; to go…
走油 (zau2 jau4) — to fry (food) lightly
走法律罅 (zau2 faat3 leot6 laa3) — (phrasal verb) to try to get or achieve something by taking advantage of the gr…
走漏風聲 (zau2 lau6 fung1 sing1) — to let out a secret; to leak (out) information
走火入魔 (zau2 fo2 jap6 mo1) — to be overly obsessed with something to the point of losing one's senses
走火 (zau2 fo2) — to escape from fire
走火通道 (zau2 fo2 tung1 dou6) — fire exit door; fire escape route
走狗 (zau2 gau2) — traitor
走甩 (zau2 lat1) — to manage to escape or flee from someone
走白牌 (zau2 baak6 paai4) — unauthorised usage of a vehicle for goods or public transportation (spoken)
走盞 (zau2 zaan2) — space for compromising (spoken)
走粉 (zau2 fan2) — heroin trafficking (spoken)
走精面 (zau2 zing1 min6) — taking an unauthorised shortcut (spoken)
走 (zau2) — (verb) to miss (deals, opportunity); to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicl…
走趯 (zau2 dek3) — (v.) to rush around; to be busy running about
走趲 (zau2 zaan2) — flexibility (spoken)
走雞 (zau2 gai1) — (slang) to miss out on an exclusive deal; bargain; chance; opportunity
走難 (zau2 naan6) — (verb) to run away from a catastrophe; disaster
走電 (zau2 din6) — current leakage
走頭 (zau2 tau4) — to go away; to flee; to run off
走鬼 (zau2 gwai2) — unlicensed street stall vendors to escape from officers (Cantonese)
赴難 (fu6 naan6) — to get involved in danger to save the country
起上嚟 (hei2 soeng5 lai4) — (after a verb) indicating an upward movement; (after a verb or adjective) indic…
起五更 (hei2 ng5 gaang1) — to get up in the early hours of the morning when it is nearly dawn.
起作用 (hei2 zok3 jung6) — to start working; to kick in
起來 (hei2 loi4) — to rise; arise
起勢噉 (hei2 sai3 gam2) — continuously; nonstop; to go all out to do something; vigorously
起勢 (hei2 sai3) — to endeavour to do something
起嚟 (hei2 lai4) — when (spoken)
起字容 (hei2 zi6 jung4) — to reveal something about someone (usually big secrets); to dig up some informa…
起尾注 (hei2 mei5 zyu3) — to set a trap and await the right opportunity to strip someone of all they have…
起屋 (hei2 uk1) — building a house
起市 (hei2 si5) — arrogant; high-priced
起底 (hei2 dai2) — to investigate someone's background and make them public
起心 (hei2 sam1) — to have a desire for something or someone
起承轉合 (hei2 sing4 zyun3 hap6) — the four prescribed steps in writing an essay; can also be used as a metaphor t…
起更 (hei2 gaang1) — to begin to sound the night watches (in the olden days); the start of the night…
起水 (hei2 seoi2) — oestrus sow (slang)
起爐 (hei2 lou4) — to light a fire; to make a fire; to light up; to fire up
起牀 (hei2 cong4) — to get up from bed
起病 (hei2 beng6) — the onset of an illness
起痰 (hei2 taam4) — to lust after someone
起眼 (hei2 ngaan5) — (adjective) obvious, eye-catching; noticeable
起租 (hei2 zou1) — start of renting period (spoken)
起筷 (hei2 faai3) — bon appétit (spoken)
起腱 (hei2 zin2) — with strong tendons; be sinewy
起腳 (hei2 goek3) — (literally: to lift one's foot); to set off; to start a journey; to kick (someo…
起膊 (hei2 bok3) — to hoist something over one's shoulder
起𦢊 (hei2 pok1) — blister
起色 (hei2 sik1) — improvement; look better

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