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靈擎 (ling4 keng4) — working; effective (spoken)
靈格風 (ling4 gaak3 fung1) — Linguaphone (Language training instiution)
靈機一觸 (ling4 gei1 jat1 zuk1) — epiphany; sudden inspiration (spoken)
靈水 (ling4 seoi2) — water with special powers; smart; shrewd; Lingshui, a place in Guangxi, China
靈灰 (ling4 fui1) — ashes or remains from the dead
靈 (ling4) — spiritual; quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; departed soul; c…
靈舍 (ling4 se3) — extraordinarily; especially; particularly
青ＢＢ (cing1 bi1 bi1) — greeny (spoken)
青出於藍 (cing1 ceot1 jyu1 laam4) — (literally: green is born of blue); the student surpasses the teacher
青口 (cing1 hau2) — mussel
青啤啤 (ceng1 bi1 bi1) — green (negative connotation); unripe fruit
青山公路 (cing1 saan1 gung1 lou6) — Castle Peak Road, a road in Hong Kong,China
青山道 (cing1 saan1 dou6) — Castle Peak Road, a road in Hong Kong,China
青山醫院 (cing1 saan1 ji1 jyun2) — Castle peak hospital, the oldest psychiatric hospital in Hong Kong
青山 (cing1 saan1) — common term for mental hospital
青年事務委員會 (cing1 nin4 si6 mou6 wai2 jyun4 wui2) — The Commission on Youth
青年仔 (cing1 nin4 zai2) — male teenager (spoken)
青洲 (cing1 zau1) — Green Island, an island in Hong Kong; Ilha Verde, a place in Macao, China
青磚沙梨 (cing1 zyun1 saa1 lei4) — to describe a person to which someone has done something for, which resulted in…
青竹蛇 (cing1 zuk1 se4) — bamboo viper; Chinese tree viper
青綠 (ceng1 luk6) — green colour; turquoise
青苗 (cing1 miu4) — green sprouts; young seedlings; crops
青蘋果 (ceng1 ping4 gwo2) — a green apple
青蘿蔔 (ceng1 lo4 baak6) — green radish
青蟹 (ceng1 haai5) — a ten dollar Hong Kong banknote (a 10HKD note used to be green in the past); a …
青 (cing1) — (adjective) (of someone's face) pale (because of scared or sick); nature's colo…
青靚白淨 (ceng1 leng3 baak6 zeng6) — describes (normally a male; man) who is good looking and has fair skin
青靚 (ceng1 leng3) — delicate and pretty; beautiful; handsome
青頭仔 (ceng1 tau4 zai2) — (slang) virgin boy
青頭女 (ceng1 tau4 neoi2) — virgin girl
青龍偃月刀 (cing1 lung4 jin2 jyut6 dou1) — the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, a legendary weapon of Guanyu in the book "Roma…
青龍頭 (cing1 lung4 tau4) — Tsing Lung Tau, a place in Hong Kong, China
靚仔 (leng3 zai2) — (noun) junior
靚到暈 (leng3 dou3 wan4) — very beautiful;so gorgeous that one will faint
靚到沊一聲 (leng3 dou3 dam2 jat1 seng1) — very beautiful;unbelievably gorgeous
靚到爆燈 (leng3 dou3 baau3 dang1) — (literally: so nice as to blow a lamp); very pretty; stunning
靚妹仔 (leng1 mui1 zai2) — young girl
靚模 (leng1 mou4) — young model
靚歌 (leng3 go1) — nice song
靚湯 (leng3 tong1) — nice delicious soup
靚爆鏡 (leng3 baau3 geng3) — very beautiful; normally used to tease (could be a sincere praise or a sarcasti…
靚蝦王 (leng3 haa1 wong4) — Fairy King Prawn , a well known champion racing horse in Hong Kong
靚衫 (leng3 saam1) — nice clothes
靚野 (leng3 je5) — quality stuff; good stuff; goodies
靚 (zing6) — (adjective) young; to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautifu…
靚靚 (leng3 leng3) — pretty (spoken)
靜局 (zing6 guk6) — normally describes a quiet situation; describes a talkative person who suddenly…
靜岡 (zing6 gong1) — Shizuoka, Japan
靜穆 (zing6 muk6) — solemn and quiet; serenity
靜英英 (zing6 jing1 jing1) — (adjective) silent; extremely quiet;
靜落嚟 (zing6 lok6 lei4) — to quieten down
靜雞雞 (zing6 gai1 gai1) — (adverb) quietly and secretly; silently and sneakily
靜電感應 (zing6 din6 gam2 jing3) — electrostatic induction
靜 (zing6) — (adjective) (of business) In slow; still; calm; quiet; not moving; motionless; …
靜靜雞 (zing6 zing6 gai1) — quietly (spoken)
非士 (fei1 si2) — face
非常之 (fei1 soeng4 zi1) — very
非常會議 (fei1 soeng4 wui6 ji5) — extraordinary session; meeting
非常重要 (fei1 soeng4 zung6 jiu3) — very; extremely important
非法入境者 (fei1 faat3 jap6 ging2 ze2) — an illegal immigrant
非法移民 (fei1 faat3 ji4 man4) — illegal immigration
非法行為 (fei1 faat3 hang4 wai4) — an illegal act
非洲和尚 (fei1 zau1 wo4 soeng2) — hated by everyone (slang)
非洲雞 (fei1 zau1 gai1) — 'Galina à aricana'; 'African-style chicken', a type of Macao cuisine
非賣品 (fei1 maai6 ban2) — not-for-resale item
靠呃 (kaau3 ak1) — to rely on hoax and swindle; using deceptive means
靠害 (kaau3 hoi6) — describes a situation where someone is likely to cause harm or have a negative …
靠惡 (kaau3 ok3) — by bullying; using peremptory means
面不改容 (min6 bat1 goi2 jung4) — one's face remains calm during a crisis (idiom)
面不改色 (min6 bat1 goi2 sik1) — to keep a straight face; to stay calm
面口 (min6 hau2) — facial expression (spoken)
面呈 (min6 cing4) — to deliver personally; to hand-deliver
面商 (min6 soeng1) — to discuss face to face with somebody; to negoatiate face to face
面善 (min6 sin6) — (adjective) look familiar; acquainted
面大 (min2 daai6) — literally: big face; reputable or influential in social standing
面對現實 (min6 deoi3 jin6 sat6) — to face the truth; to face reality
面左左 (min6 zo2 zo2) — disgruntled; refuse to communicate (spoken)
面巾紙 (min6 gan1 zi2) — facial tissue
面懵心精 (min6 mung2 sam1 zeng1) — to play the fool and feign ignorance
面懵懵 (min6 mung2 mung2) — blank face; embarrassed; shy (spoken)
面懵 (min6 mung2) — blank face; embarrassed; shy (spoken)
面書 (min6 syu1) — Facebook
面木木 (min6 muk6 muk6) — an adjective used to describe a "zoned-out" face; expressionless; phlegmatic; b…
面毛 (min6 mou4) — fine facial hair
面洽 (min6 hap1) — to discuss face to face with somebody
面燶燶 (min6 nung1 nung1) — a straight face; a long face (spoken)
面珠墩 (min6 zyu1 dan1) — face; cheeks (spoken)
面珠 (min6 zyu1) — cheeks
面生 (min6 saang1) — look unfamiliar
面皮厚 (min6 pei4 hau5) — (slang)someone is brazen; unabashed, unblushing; thick-skinned
面盆 (min6 pun4) — face washing basin
面紅紅 (min6 hung4 hung4) — blushed (spoken)
面紅面綠 (min6 hung4 min6 luk6) — (slang) red face (blushing, or flushing with extreme anger)
面紅 (min6 hung4) — blushed (spoken)
面紅麵綠 (min6 hung4 min6 luk6) — red face (blushing, or flushing with extreme anger)
面衫 (min6 saam1) — outer clothing
面貌一新 (min6 maau6 jat1 san1) — to take on a brand-new look
面青口唇白 (min6 ceng1 hau2 seon4 baak6) — describes a person that is looking pale and sickly; literally 'green face and w…
面青青 (min6 cing1 cing1) — looked scared (spoken)
面青 (min6 cing1) — looked scared (spoken)
面 (min6) — (verb) 1. meeting; 2. face; (noun) cover; side; surface; aspect; top; classifie…
面面俱圓 (min6 min6 keoi1 jyun4) — to pay attention to everything concerned;to have every detail thought of – to t…
面黃黃 (min6 wong4 wong4) — looked pale due to illness (spoken)
革命化 (gaak3 ming6 faa3) — revolutionization; revolutionize
革命意志 (gaak3 ming6 ji3 zi3) — willpower; determination for revolution
革命戰爭 (gaak3 ming6 zin3 zang1) — revolutionary war
靺鞨 (mut6 hot3) — Mohe , an ancient tribe in China
鞁 (bei6) — saddle and bridle
鞋店 (haai4 dim3) — shoes store
鞋抽 (haai4 cau1) — (noun) (of shoe tool) shoehorn; (of people) protruding jaw
鞋碼 (haai4 maa5) — shoe size
鞋舖 (haai4 pou3) — shoes shop
鞋薦 (haai4 zin3) — insole;shoe-pad
鞋踭 (haai4 zaang1) — heel of a shoe
鞋鋪 (haai4 pou3) — a shoe store; a shoe repair shop
鞠育 (guk1 juk6) — to foster; to raise; to bring up
鞭屍 (bin1 si1) — to whip the corpse; to humiliate the dead person who is hated by others; to rid…
韃靼斯坦 (taat3 daat3 si1 taan2) — the Republic of Tatarstan
韃靼語 (taat3 daat3 jyu5) — the Tatar language
韆鞦 (cin1 cau1) — a swing
韌皮 (ngan1 pei4) — normally describes a child who is naughty and not obliging; thick-skinned
韌黐黐 (ngan6 ci1 ci1) — tough
韓國菜 (hon4 gwok3 coi3) — Korean cuisine
韓國話 (hon4 gwok3 waa2) — Korean language
韓流 (hon4 lau4) — Korean trend
韓裔 (hon4 jeoi6) — ethnic Korean
韞黑房 (wan3 haak1 fong2) — to lock somebody up in a black room (store room); to be held in solitary confin…
韭黃 (gau2 wong4) — softened Chinese leek
韮菜 (gau2 coi3) — Chinese leek
韮黃 (gau2 wong4) — (Allium tuberosum); garlic chives; oriental garlic; Chinese chives; Chinese leek
音底 (jam1 dai2) — accent
音樂碟 (jam1 ngok6 dip6) — a music disc
章回體 (zoeng1 wui4 tai2) — a type of traditional Chinese novel with captions for each chapter
章法 (zoeng1 faat3) — (noun) skills of playing mah-jong games
韶光 (siu4 gwong1) — youth
韻律泳 (wan5 leot6 wing6) — synchronized swimming; water ballet
響度 (hoeng2 dou6) — here
響螺 (hoeng2 lo2) — giant conch
頁數 (jip6 sou3) — page number
頂你個肺 (ding2 nei5 go3 fai3) — shit; damn you (derogatory)
頂包 (ding2 baau1) — "stand in" for crime not committed as to protect the real culprit
頂唔住 (ding2 m4 zyu6) — (slang) cannot stand something; cannot stomach it; unable to tolerate or bear
頂唔順 (ding2 m4 seon6) — (phrasal verb) unbearable; cannot stand something anymore; cannot stomach it; u…
頂喉頂頸 (ding2 hau4 ding2 geng2) — to reply; talk back defiantly(in an argument); to answer back sarcastically
頂夾 (deng2 gep6) — hair pins; grips (to hold hair in place)
頂好 (ding2 hou2) — the best
頂帽 (deng2 mou6) — top-hat; the hat; that hat; this hat
頂得住 (ding2 dak1 zyu6) — can handle; can withstand; can hold up; can carry on
頂得順 (ding2 dak1 seon6) — can stand it (spoken)
頂心杉 (ding2 sam1 caam3) — a thorn in somebody's side
頂心頂肺 (ding2 sam1 ding2 fai3) — a person who is not only argumentative but says hurtful words as well; someone …
頂手 (ding2 sau2) — to take over (a shop; business; property); the selling price of a property or a…
頂檔 (ding2 dong3) — (verb) tp temporarily take control or take over someone's job; position; to cov…
頂爛市 (ding2 laan6 si5) — cut-throat competition (spoken)
頂瓜瓜 (ding2 gwaa1 gwaa1) — very good; great (spoken)
頂癮 (ding2 jan5) — interesting; to satisfy a craving; addiction temporarily
頂硬上 (ding2 ngaang6 soeng5) — (verb) to keep or to stick to working on something despite difficulties; to han…
頂禮膜拜 (ding2 lai5 mou4 baai3) — to prostrate oneself in worship
頂籠 (ding2 lung2) — at the extreme point (such as 'at most', 'at worst' or 'at best')
頂肚 (ding2 tou5) — (phrasal verb) to grab a quick bite to satisfy one's hunger temporarily.
頂肚餓 (ding2 tou5 ngo6) — to satisfy one's hunger temporarily
頂證 (ding2 zing3) — testify
頂趾鞋 (ding2 zi2 haai4) — (literally: shoes that are too small); describes a wife who has very strict con…
頂頭陣 (ding2 tau4 zan6) — leading an attack; avant-garde (spoken)
頂頸 (ding2 geng2) — (slang) to argue; to quarrel; to debate; to dispute; to retort; to bicker; to t…
頂 (ding2) — (verb) (of response) 1. retort; (adjective); best; 2. top rank; most; to carry …
順住 (seon6 zyu6) — along
順喉 (seon6 hau4) — to describe something (food or drink) that is easy on the throat
順帶一提 (seon6 daai3 jat1 tai4) — by the way; incidentally; just to mention in passing
順得哥情失嫂意 (seon6 dak1 go1 cing4 sat1 sou2 ji3) — to be the'pig in the middle'; 'piggy in the middle'
順德人 (seon6 dak1 jan4) — people from the Shunde district in in Guangdong, China
順攤 (seon6 taan1) — an easy-going attitude; not fussed; (running) smoothly
順景 (seon6 ging2) — favourable circumstances
順檔 (seon6 dong3) — smoothly; without a hitch; plain sailing; successful
順 (seon6) — straight flush (poker); smooth; to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasona…
順風順水 (seon6 fung1 seon6 seoi2) — drift with the wind and the current, means everything goes well; smooth sailing
順風駛𢃇 (seon6 fung1 sai2) — (sail with the wind); to act according to circumstances without one's own opini…
預咗 (jyu6 zo2) — expected; to expect
預埋 (jyu6 maai4) — to count (somebody) in
預展 (jyu6 zin2) — preview (of an exhibition or an auction)
預早 (jyu6 zou2) — in advance; beforehand
預產期 (jyu6 caan2 kei4) — expected date of confinement; expected date of delivery; estimated due date
預算 (jyu6 syun3) — (verb) 1. to forecast; 2. to budget
預繳 (jyu6 giu2) — to prepay; to pay in advance
預言 (jyu6 jin4) — prediction
預防為主 (jyu6 fong4 wai4 zyu2) — to rely mainly on prevention; to place the emphasis on prevention
預 (jyu6) — (Cantonese); including or count one in; predict; estimate; thought so; budget; …
頑固派 (waan4 gu3 paai3) — the diehards
頑強 (waan4 koeng4) — firm and determined
頑抗 (waan4 kong3) — resist with persistance
頑敵 (waan4 dik6) — a stubborn enemy; a tough enemy; an inveterate foe
頑皮 (waan4 pei4) — cheeky
頑石點頭 (waan4 sek6 dim2 tau4) — literally: 'even a piece of stone would have been moved', to be so patient and …
頒佈 (baan1 bou3) — to promulgate; to issue; to publish
頒獎典禮 (baan1 zoeng2 din2 lai5) — an award ceremony; a prize giving ceremony
頓開茅塞 (deon6 hoi1 maau4 sak1) — to be suddenly enlightened
頕天望地 (daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6) — to be inattentive; to look around with nothing to do; to be distracted
領事館 (ling5 si6 gun2) — embassy
領兵 (ling5 bing1) — to lead troops;to lead an army; a military officer
領前 (leng5 cin4) — in the lead; in the leading position
領呔 (leng5 taai1) — (noun) (of clothes) a tie; a neck tie
領嘢 (leng5 je5) — the situation where an expected; unexpected negative event has happened; to hav…
領導班子 (ling5 dou6 baan1 zi2) — leading bodies; leadership team
領當 (leng5 dong1) — be fooled
領𧘹 (leng5 taai1) — a tie; a necktie
領袖生 (ling5 zau6 sang1) — a Prefect; a Head Prefect
領 (ling5) — (verb) 1. occupy; 2. guide; 3. get; to lead; to receive; to guide; to possess; …
頭一次 (tau4 jat1 ci3) — the first time
頭位 (tau4 wai2) — head position; the first in line
頭先 (tau4 sin1) — (conjunction) before; (adverb) a moment before; a moment ago; just now
頭刺 (tau4 cek3) — headache
頭啖湯 (tau4 daam6 tong1) — the early bird gets the worm (spoken)
頭大冇腦 (tau4 daai6 mou5 nou5) — dumb; nobhead (spoken)
頭夾 (tau4 gep2) — a barrette
頭婄 (tau4 pau3) — to have a headache as a result of being so worried about something; someone
頭尾 (tau4 mei5) — front and back (spoken)
頭崩額裂 (tau4 bang1 ngaak6 lit6) — (literally: with cracked head and forehead); to describe the condition of an in…
頭帕 (tau4 paak3) — headwear of the Miao minority; a headscarf; a kerchief
頭房 (tau4 fong2) — the foremost room
頭掂 (tau4 dim6) — well-organized
頭揈揈 (tau4 fang4 fang4) — to wag one's head
頭擰擰 (tau4 ning6 ning6) — shaking one's head in disappointment (spoken)
頭暈暈 (tau4 wan4 wan4) — dizzy
頭暈身㷫 (tau4 wan4 san1 hing3) — to have a fever and feel dizzy
頭架 (tau4 gaa2) — headstock; headgear; head frame
頭槌 (tau4 ceoi4) — to head a ball
頭殼 (tau4 hok3) — the skull
頭殼頂 (tau4 hok3 deng2) — cranium; top of skull (spoken)
頭泥 (tau4 nai4) — cradle cap (infantile seborrheic dermatitis)
頭炮 (tau4 paau3) — first strike; the first shot
頭牙 (tau4 ngaa4) — prayer to the God of land on the second day of the second month in Chinese cale…
頭牲 (tau4 saang1) — domestic farm animals; livestock
頭痕 (tau4 han4) — to have an itchy scalp; to be vexed
頭盤 (tau4 pun4) — entrée
頭耷耷，眼濕濕 (tau4 dap1 dap1 ngaan5 sap1 sap1) — literally: with one's head drooping and weepy eyes; dejected; depressed
頭耷耷 (tau4 dap1 dap1) — depressed and disheartened; dejected; head drooping
頭腦 (tau4 nou5) — mastermind; centre of control (Cantonese slang)
頭腦流失 (tau4 nou5 lau4 sat1) — to lose someone talented
頭蠟 (tau4 laap6) — hair wax
頭赤 (tau4 cek3) — to have a headache
頭車 (tau4 ce1) — first bus or train of the day
頭鑼 (tau4 lo4) — the opening gongs and drums; the lead
頭長仔 (tau4 coeng4 zai2) — eldest son
頭頭 (tau4 tau4) — at first; at beginning (Cantonese)
頭頭尾尾 (tau4 tau4 mei5 mei5) — odds and ends; from the start to the end
頭頭碰着黑 (tau4 tau4 pung3 zoek6 hak1) — having bad luck continuosly (spoken)
頭頭碰著黑 (tau4 tau4 pung3 zoek6 hak1) — a series of unfortunate events (slang)
頭𩓥𩓥 (tau4 ngok6 ngok6) — with one's head raised up
頭髮尾浸浸涼 (tau4 faat3 mei5 zam3 zam3 loeng4) — free from all worries; schadenreude; to gloat over other's misfortune
頰骨 (gaap3 gwat1) — cheekbone
頸喉 (geng2 hau4) — throat
頸巾 (geng2 gan1) — (noun) (of clothes) a muffler; a scarf; a neckerchief
頸渴 (geng2 hot3) — (adjective) thirsty
頸箍 (geng2 ku1) — neck brace;neck band; collar
頸都長 (geng2 dou1 coeng4) — waiting for too long
頸鍊 (geng2 lin2) — a necklace
頹飯 (teoi4 faan6) — a slang used in HK universities, it means "cheap meals" that are sold at the ca…
頻倫 (pan4 lan4) — hurried; rushed
頻密 (pan4 mat6) — intense
頻撲 (pan4 pok3) — (slang) flitting; darting from place to place
頻頻撲撲 (pan4 pan4 pok3 pok3) — running round in circles; busy on the go (spoken)
題辭 (tai4 ci4) — to write an inscription; to write a few words of appreciation; commemoration; d…
額非爾士峰 (ngaak6 fei1 ji5 si6 fung1) — Mount Everest
顎骨 (ngok6 gwat1) — jawbone
顏色筆 (ngaan4 sik1 bat1) — colour pen
顏色 (ngaan4 sik1) — (slang) someone's ability or captivity
顒琰 (jung4 jim5) — Yongyan; the Jiaqing Emperor, the seventh emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty
顧主 (gu3 zyu2) — an employer
顧住 (gu3 zyu6) — (verb) to pay attention to; to take care of; to watch for; to be mindful of; to…
顧命 (gu3 meng6) — not willing to sacrifice; to be apprehensive of one's life
顧家 (gu3 gaa1) — family-oriented
顧左右而言他 (gu3 zo2 jau6 ji4 jin4 taa1) — (literally: look at both sides and talk about something away from the topic) ; …
顧得頭嚟腳反筋 (gu3 dak1 tau4 lai4 goek3 faan2 gan1) — to attend to one thing and lose another; to focus on one thing and neglect anot…
顧盼 (gu3 paan3) — to look around
顧面 (gu3 min6) — to care about others' opinion; for the sake of one's face; to save face; to kee…
顧食唔顧著 (gu3 sik6 m4 gu3 zoek3) — to only care about eating and totally neglect one's appearance
顯然 (hin2 jin4) — clearly
顯靈 (hin2 ling4) — (a ghost or spirit,God,etc.) make its presence or power felt; epiphanic; appart…
風俗習慣 (fung1 zuk6 zaap6 gwaan3) — culture and traditions; manners and customs
風俗 (fung1 zuk6) — folklore; tribal or local customs
風信 (fung1 seon3) — seasonal wind; news; message (scent or sound brought by the wind)
風吹草動 (fung1 ceoi1 cou2 dung6) — a sign of disturbance; signs of trouble
風吹雞蛋殼 (fung1 ceoi1 gai1 daan2 hok3) — meaning that a person is happier without lots of materialistic property
風塵中人 (fung1 can4 zung1 jan4) — someone who works for night clubs, such as a prostitute or a nightclub hostess
風季 (fung1 gwai3) — the typhoon season
風度翩翩 (fung1 dou6 pin1 pin1) — dapper; the elegant demeanor of a gentleman
風擺柳 (fung1 baai2 lau5) — describes someone who is indecisive; irresolute; lacks definite views of their …
風景區 (fung1 ging2 keoi1) — a scenic spot;a scenic area
風月場所 (fung1 jyut6 coeng4 so2) — a vice establishment; a place of debauchery; the red light district
風栗 (fung1 leot6) — chestnut
風槍 (fung1 coeng1) — air gun
風櫃 (fung1 gwai6) — a winnower
風水佬呃你十年八年 (fung1 seoi2 lou2 ak1 nei5 sap6 nin4 baat3 nin4) — (literally: a Fengshui master may deceive you for only eight or ten years); tim…
風水佬 (fung1 seoi2 lou2) — fortune teller; fung shui master (spoken)
風水尾 (fung1 seoi2 mei5) — a spendthrift;a prodigal son squandering the family fortune; someone who is a n…
風水師 (fung1 seoi2 si1) — a Feng Shui geomancer; a Feng Shui master
風油軚 (fung1 jau4 taai5) — electronic power assisted steering
風涼水冷 (fung1 loeng4 seoi2 laang5) — an expression to describe a comfortable (place); an expression to describe a co…
風涼 (fung1 loeng4) — cool wind;sarcastic
風濕病 (fung1 sap1 beng6) — rheumatism;rheumatic disease
風煙 (fung1 jin1) — wind and smoke ; a hazy scenery; view; chaos of war; smoke that drifts away wit…
風爐 (fung1 lou4) — a small charcoal- or wood-burning stove; a blast furnace
風球 (fung1 kau4) — a typhoon
風生水起 (fung1 saang1 seoi2 hei2) — (verb) (of business) to get great fortune; (of people) to get rich
風筒 (fung1 tung2) — (noun) a hair dryer; a blowdryer
風紀 (fung1 gei2) — a prefect
風腸 (fung1 coeng4) — Chinese preserved sausage (slang)
風褸 (fung1 lau1) — a windbreaker (clothing)
風言風語 (fung1 jin4 fung1 jyu5) — slanderous gossip
風赧 (fung1 naan5) — hives; urticarial
風鈴 (fung1 ling4) — aeolian bells; wind chimes
風雅 (fung1 ngaa5) — grace;literary pursuits; elegance; refined
風雪 (fung1 syut3) — a blizzard;wind and snow
風頭火勢 (fung1 tau4 fo2 sai3) — (slang) 'the heat is on; describes a situation that is dangerous and critical.
風頭躉 (fung1 tau4 dan2) — a popularity seeker
風餐露宿 (fung1 caan1 lou6 suk1) — (eat and sleep in the open air); endure the hardships of traveling or working o…
風騷 (fung1 sou1) — to feel great or extremely happy (shown in one's behaviour)
風鱔 (fung1 sin5) — an eel
飄色 (piu1 sik1) — literally: 'floating colour', a type of traditional folk art which is a fusion …
飄蕩 (piu1 dong6) — drifting
飄飄欲仙 (piu1 piu1 juk6 sin1) — walking on clouds almost like a fairy; to feel like one is in paradise
飛仔飛女 (fei1 zai2 fei1 neoi2) — gangster; hoodlum; hooligan
飛仔 (fei1 zai2) — (noun) a male juvenile rogue; a young gangster; a young thug boy; a juvenile de…
飛來峰 (fei1 loi4 fung1) — a klippe; a klip; a nappe outlier
飛來蜢 (fei1 loi4 maang2) — an unexpected good fortune
飛利浦公司 (fei1 lei6 pou2 gung1 si1) — Royal Dutch Philips Electronics Ltd.
飛利 (fei1 lei6) — fury; sharp; fierce and tough; forceful; describes someone who is difficult to …
飛咁快 (fei1 gam3 faai3) — fleetingly;very fast; at lightning speed
飛哩啡呢 (fi4 li1 fe4 le4) — gabbling, describes someone who talks rapidly with unclear articulation
飛單 (fei1 daan1) — to not enter an order into the account of the company, but instead into another…
飛士 (fei1 si6) — dignity; reputation (spoken)
飛天本事 (fei1 tin1 bun2 si6) — resourceful;capable
飛天蠄蟧 (fei1 tin1 kam4 lou4) — a type of fern, a traditional Chinese medicine; a burglar who climbs up the wal…
飛女 (fei1 neoi5) — female lowlife or street-kid (spoken)
飛擒大咬 (fei1 kam4 daai6 ngaau5) — to be greedy; aggressive; over-eager, often used to describe price gouging; lit…
飛機友 (fei1 gei1 jau2) — someone who always fails to keep an appointment
飛機庫 (fei1 gei1 fu3) — an aircraft hangar
飛機恤 (fei1 gei1 seot1) — jacket (clothing)
飛機欖 (fei1 gei1 laam2) — literally: airplane olive; licorice olive, a popular Cantonese snack
飛機裇 (fei1 gei1 seot1) — a jacket
飛機頭 (fei1 gei1 tau4) — a type of hair style(Elvis Presley's hairstyle)
飛毛腿 (fei1 mou4 teoi2) — fleet-footed
飛水 (fei1 seoi2) — cooking in boiling water for a short while (spoken)
飛沙走奶 (fei1 saa1 zau2 naai5) — black (coffee; tea); no sugar no milk
飛滋 (fei1 zi1) — aphthous ulcers
飛發 (fei1 faat3) — to cut hair
飛的 (fei1 dik1) — to speed or race off in a taxi
飛砂走石 (fei1 saa1 zau2 sek6) — literallty: 'flying sand and rolling pebbles', describes a violent and raging w…
飛站 (fei1 zaam6) — (of transport) to skip stations or to miss stops
飛簷走壁 (fei1 sim4 zau2 bik1) — to leap onto roofs and vault over walls, to describe the skillfullness and agil…
飛簷 (fei1 sim4) — upturned; overhanging eaves of a roof
飛翔公園站 (fei1 coeng4 gung1 jyun4 zaam6) — Feixiang Park Station, a place in Guangzhou, China
飛翔船 (fei1 coeng4 syun4) — hovercraft
飛翔 (fei1 coeng4) — to fly
飛翼船 (fei1 jik6 syun4) — a hydrofoil
飛翼 (fei1 jik6) — flying wing
飛腳 (fei1 goek3) — a flying kick; very fast
飛行器 (fei1 hang4 hei3) — an aerospace vehicle; a flying machine
飛行棋 (fei1 hang4 kei4) — aeroplane chess, a Chinese board game
飛象過河 (fei1 zoeng6 gwo3 ho4) — uninvitingly stepping into other's territory for one's benefit (slang)
飛起 (fei1 hei2) — extremely or terribly (usually used as a complimentary term with another adject…
飛踢 (fei1 tek3) — a flying kick
飛車 (fei1 ce1) — joy-ride (car)
飛車黨 (fei1 ce1 dong2) — gang involved in illegal car racing; biker gang
飛邊 (fei1 bin1) — overlap; fins; rag; trimming; parting-line flash
飛 (fei1) — (verb) (of relationship) 1. to break up (with a boy; girl friend); or being dum…
飛騰 (fei1 tang4) — to fly swiftly upward; to soar
飛髮舖 (fei1 faat3 pou3) — hair salon (spoken)
飛髮鋪 (fei1 faat3 pou2) — a hair salon (usually refers to the more traditional type of hairdressers which…
飛髮 (fei1 faat3) — (phrasal verb) (a dated term) to get a haircut
飛鵝山 (fei1 ngo4 saan1) — 'Kowloon Peak'; 'Fei Ngor Shan', a mountain in Hong Kong, China
飛鵝嶺 (fei1 ngo4 leng5) — Fei Ngo Ling, a mountain in Hong Kong, China; Fei'e Ling, a mountain in Guangdo…
食七咁食 (sik6 cat1 gam2 sik6) — eating excessively or without manners (spoken)
食七噉食 (sik6 cat1 gam2 sik6) — to engorge (eat to excess); to gobble; to devour ravenously
食井水 (sik6 zeng2 seoi2) — (prostitutes) to get married; or women living on boats to get married to someon…
食人唔𦧲骨 (sik6 jan4 m4 loe1 gwat1) — (to eat someone and not spit out the bones); be ruthless and avaricious
食人族 (sik6 jan4 zuk6) — the cannibals
食人隻車 (sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1) — to reap an excessively large profit from the other party in a deal
食住上 (sik6 zyu6 soeng5) — seize the opportunity (spoken)
食住條水 (sik6 zyu6 tiu4 seoi2) — seize the opportunity (spoken)
食偏門 (sik6 pin1 mun4) — to make a living by not doing things properly; in a legit way (sometimes crimes…
食價 (sik6 gaa3) — price cheating; scalping (trading)
食力 (sik6 lik6) — to support oneself by one's own labour
食咗火藥 (sik6 zo2 fo2 joek6) — angry; hot tempered (spoken)
食咗草龍 (sik6 zo2 cou2 lung4) — to chirp or twitter all the time (in a good mood), like a bird
食咗 (sik6 zo2) — have eaten
食咗飯未呀 (sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa1) — have you eaten yet? (spoken)
食咗饭未呀 (sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa1) — have you eaten yet? (a common way of greeting a friend instead of saying "How a…
食品工業 (sik6 ban2 gung1 jip6) — the food industry
食品店 (sik6 ban2 dim3) — a food store
食品廠 (sik6 ban2 cong2) — a food factory
食品衛生 (sik6 ban2 wai6 sang1) — food hygiene; food sanitation
食嘢 (sik6 je5) — to eat
食埋 (sik6 maai4) — to finish eating (something) also
食塞米 (sik6 sak1 mai5) — (phrase) describes someone who is so stupid and useless that it is a waste of f…
食塵 (sik6 can4) — to be exposed to dust; to lag behind
食夜粥 (sik6 je6 zuk1) — practiced kung fu; martial arts
食大茶飯 (sik6 daai6 caa4 faan6) — to do big business; big deal, through unrighteous; illegit means; to live sumpt…
食夾棍 (sik6 gaap3 gwan3) — to take a profit from both sides of a deal, often through trickery; to suffer a…
食字 (sik6 zi6) — playing with words; paronomasia; pun
食宵夜 (sik6 siu1 je2) — to have supper; midnight snack
食家 (sik6 gaa1) — food critic
食少啖多覺瞓 (sik6 siu2 daam6 do1 gaau3 fan3) — some risks are not worth taking (especially dangerous; unrighteous; illegit act…
食尾糊 (sik6 mei5 wu4) — the last to reap the benefits or profits (slang)
食屎屙飯 (sik6 si2 o1 faan6) — (literally: to eat shit and excrete rice); an expression to insult someone who …
食屎 (sik6 si2) — eat shit; piss off
食屎食着豆 (sik6 si2 sik6 zoek6 dau2) — (literally: to come across a bean whilst eating shit); an expression to describ…
食得咸魚抵得渴 (sik6 dak1 haam4 jyu4 dai2 dak1 hot3) — (literall: one who eats salted fish must put up with the thirst); one must take…
食得唔好嘥 (sik6 dak1 m4 hou2 saai1) — not wasting what can be taken or eating (spoken)
食得㗎 (sik6 dak1 gaa3) — It's edible
食得㗎 (sik6 dak1 gaa4) — Is it edible?
食得禾米多 (sik6 dak1 wo4 mai5 do1) — (someone who always) takes advantage of others
食得落 (sik6 dak1 lok6) — to be be able to eat; good enough to be eaten; to feel like eating
食得鹹魚就要抵得渴 (sik6 dak1 haam4 jyu4 zau6 jiu3 dai2 dak1 hot3) — if one has the guts to do something they should also have the courage to be bol…
食得鹹魚抵得渴 (sik6 dak1 haam4 jyu4 dai2 dak1 hot3) — have the guts to face the consequences of one's doing (slang)
食拖鞋飯 (sik6 to1 haai2 faan6) — (slang) to describe a man who depends on his girlfriend or wife for living, imp…
食晏 (sik6 aan3) — (verb) to eat lunch
食晚飯 (sik6 maan5 faan6) — to have supper; dinner
食枉米 (sik6 wong2 mai5) — a slacker; a way of reprimanding someone as useless
食檸檬 (sik6 ning4 mung1) — being turned down while dating (spoken)
食欲不振 (sik6 juk6 bat1 zan3) — inappetence
食死貓 (sik6 sei2 maau1) — (slang) to be a scapegoat; to be framed; to take the blame for someone else's m…
食水深 (sik6 seoi2 sam1) — making excessive profits (slang)
食水 (sik6 seoi2) — drinking water; to make a large profit (often through corruption); the depth of…
食波餅 (sik6 bo1 beng2) — being hit by a ball (football, basketball, any balls etc.)
食滯咗 (sik6 zai6 zo2) — eat too much; to be too full
食滯 (sik6 zai6) — eaten too much; indigestion (spoken)
食烟 (sik6 jin1) — to smoke (cigarette; tobacco)
食無情雞 (sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1) — to be fired; to receive a pink slip (a letter of dismissal)
食煙 (sik6 jin1) — (phrasal verb) to have a smoke; to smoke (a cigarette; tobacco)
食物金字塔 (sik6 mat6 gam1 zi6 taap3) — a food pyramid
食環署 (sik6 waan4 cyu5) — The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD)
食生菜 (sik6 saang1 coi3) — easy tasks (slang)
食白果 (sik6 baak6 gwo2) — all for nought; unprofitable (often used in gambling)
食皇家飯 (sik6 wong4 gaa1 faan6) — to be jailed (slang)
食碗面反碗底 (sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2) — to stab someone in the back; to describe someone who is ungrateful and betrays …
食碗麵反碗底 (sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2) — to return one's kindess with ingratitude and betrayal
食神 (sik6 san4) — a gourmet
食穀種 (sik6 guk1 zung2) — (slang) to live off one's savings when in a desperate situation with no income;…
食粥 (sik6 zuk1) — to eat rice porridge; congee
食粥食飯 (sik6 zuk1 zi6 faan6) — (literally: whether one eats porridge or rice); whether good or bad; whether su…
食糊 (sik6 wu2) — term used while playing majong where the moment a person manages to get the rig…
食糖水 (sik6 tong4 seoi2) — to have sweet dessert soup; to go to an hourly hotel for sex
食糖 (sik6 tong4) — having sweets or candies (spoken)
食經 (sik6 ging1) — a 'food bible'
食胡 (sik6 wu2) — a term used when someone manage to get the right combination to win a mahjong g…
食腦 (sik6 nou5) — smart (spoken)
食自己 (sik6 zi6 gei2) — on one's own
食蓮子羹 (sik6 lin4 zi2 gang1) — to be shot; to be executed by shooting
食蕉 (sik6 ziu1) — to eat banana; can also be used in a vulgar sense, especially when swearing at …
食藥 (sik6 joek6) — having medicine (spoken)
食螺螄 (sik6 lo4 si1) — to trip over one's tongue, cannot speak properly; inarticulate (causing others …
食西北風 (sik6 sai1 bak1 fung1) — describes the situation of financial difficulty and having no money for food; l…
食詐和 (sik6 zaa3 wu2) — declaring a false win in Mahjong game; to be extremely certain of a sure succes…
食詐糊 (sik6 zaa3 wu2) — to announce good news by mistake, often used while playing majong when a person…
食豆腐 (sik6 dau6 fu6) — handsy with female (spoken)
食貓面 (sik6 maau1 min6) — to be scolded; told off by someone, normally used in the workplace where a staf…
食貓麵 (sik6 maau1 min6) — to be told off by someone, normally used in workplace where a staff member that…
食軟飯 (sik6 jyun5 faan6) — describes the situation where a man who doesn't work hard in life takes the eas…
食過夜粥 (sik6 gwo3 je6 zuk1) — to have studied martial arts before; to have some skills (martial art)
食飽無憂米 (sik6 baau2 mou4 jau1 mai5) — (to be full and need not worry for food); live a comfortable life and have noth…
食過翻尋味 (zi6 gwo3 faan1 cam4 mei6) — (literally: to look for the taste of something again after eating it); describe…
食過返尋味 (sik6 gwo3 faan2 cam4 mei6) — back for more due to its good value or quality (spoken)
食過 (sik6 gwo3) — have eaten
食錯藥 (sik6 co3 joek6) — taking the wrong medication; acting unreasonable (spoken)
食長糧 (sik6 coeng4 loeng4) — rely on pension after retirement (spoken)
食雜 (sik6 zaap6) — grocery (store); to eat meat
食霸王飯 (sik6 baa3 wong4 faan6) — eat for free without authorisation (slang)
食風栗 (sik6 fung1 leot6) — literally: 'to eat chestnuts', to get knocked on the head by someone's knuckles
食風 (sik6 fung1) — taking advantage of wind direction or speed
食飯 (sik6 faan6) — to have dinner;to have a meal
食飽 (sik6 baau2) — feeling full after eating (spoken)
食飽飯等屎屙 (sik6 baau2 faan6 dang2 si2 o1) — (literally: to be full and waiting for defecation); to have nothing meaningful …
食餬 (sik6 wu4) — a term used when someone manages to get the right combination to win a mahjong …
食鬼 (sik6 gwai2) — Pac-Man, an arcade game
食鹽多過你食米 (sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5) — one having more experience than another (slang)
食齋 (sik6 zaai1) — to be a vegetarian
飢荒 (gei1 fong1) — starvation; famine;
飯剷頭 (faan6 caan2 tau4) — the Chinese cobra; Taiwan cobra; Naja atra
飯團 (faan6 tyun4) — Onigiri, a rice ball type of Japanese food
飯枱 (faan6 toi4) — a dining-table
飯桶 (faan6 tung2) — (slang) sloppier
飯檯 (faan6 toi4) — a dining-table
飯殼 (faan6 hok3) — rice ladle
飯湯 (faan6 tong1) — rice soup
飯焦 (faan6 ziu1) — burnt rice
飯煲 (faan6 bou1) — rice cooker
飯盒 (faan6 hap2) — (noun) meal of lunch or dinner
飯腳 (faan6 goek3) — leftovers (food); a dining companion
飯蓋 (faan6 goi3) — the cover of a rice cooker
飯量 (faan6 loeng6) — appetite; eating capacity
飯鏟頭 (faan6 caan2 tau4) — a cobra
飯鏟 (faan6 caan2) — a spatula (cooking utensil)
飲到大大地 (jam2 dou3 daai6 daai2 dei2) — to have gotten a little drunk
飲勝佢 (jam2 sing3 keoi5) — toast;cheers;bottoms up
飲勝 (jam2 sing3) — (v.) to drink a toast to someone; to express good wishes before you drink to so…
飲咖啡 (jam2 gaa3 fe1) — drink coffee
飲咗門官茶 (jam2 zo2 mun4 gun1 caa4) — to be grinning all the time
飲品 (jam2 ban2) — drinks
飲嘢 (jam2 je5) — drink something (spoken)

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