Sunday, August 29, 2010

呢位 this one; this person (ni1 wai6*2)
呢啲 these (ni1 di1)
呢輪 lately (ni1 leon4)
呢班人 this kind of people; these people (ni1 baan1 jan4)
糴米 to buy rice (dek6 mai5)
一直 always; straight; continue (jat1 zik6)
直到 until (zik6 dou3)
直線 straight line; direct line (zik6 sin3)
直升機 helicopter (zik6 sing1 gei1)
直去 to go straight ahead (zik6 heoi3)
上升 to ascend (soeng5 sing1)
升旗 raise a flag (sing1 kei4)
國旗 national flag (gwok3 kei4)
旗袍 cheongsam (kei4 pou4*2)
降旗 lower a flag (gong3 kei4)
皮袍 a fur-lined robe (pei4 pou4*2)
外袍 robe (ngoi6 pou4)
壞咗 broken; malfunctioning (waai6 zo2)
壞人 a bad person; villain (waai6 jan4)
學壞 to follow bad examples (hok6 waai6)
壞蛋 bad egg; scoundrel (waai6 daan6*2)
損壞 to damage; to injure (syun2 waai6)
損失 to lose;losses (syun2 sat1)
損傷 damages (syun2 soeng1)
鎅損 to wound by cutting (gaai3 syun2)
鎅開 to slice open; to cut open (gaai3 hoi1)
鎅刀 a razor blade; a paper cutter (gaai3 dou1)
敗壞 to ruin (baai6 waai6)
失敗 to fail; to lose; failure; (sat1 baai6)
敗家仔 a prodigal son (baai6 gaa1 zai2)
打敗 to defeat; to beat; to overcome (daa2 baai6)
手下敗將 loser (sau2 haa5 baai6 zoeng3)
敗類 scum of a community (baai6 leoi6)
香腸 sausage (hoeng1 coeng4*2)
腸粉 rice noodle roll (coeng4*2 fan2)
牛腸 beef rice noodle roll (ngau4 coeng4*2)
胃痛 stomachache (wai6 tung3)
胃口 appetite; liking (wai6 hau2)
搵食 to earn a living; to look for food (wan2 sik6)
搵工 job hunt (wan2 gung1)
搵日 find another day (wan2 jat6)
夠鐘 it's time (gau3 zung1)
能夠 able to; can (nang4 gau3)
唔夠 not enough (m4 gau3)
足夠 enough; sufficient (zuk1 gau3)
未夠班 not good enough (mei6 gau3 baan1)
奀皮 naughty; mischievous (ngan1 pei4)
奀挑鬼命 extremely skinny and frail (ngan1 tiu1 gwai2 meng6)
挑選 choose; select (tiu1 syun2)
挑戰 to challenge (tiu1 zin3)
正確 accurate (zing3 kok3)
的確 certainly; evidently (dik1 kok3)
準確 accurate (zeon2 kok3)
確定 certain; definite (kok3 ding6)
確實 really; indeed (kok3 sat6)
眼濕濕 tearful (ngaan5 sap1 sap1)
風濕 rheumatism (fung1 sap1)
淋濕 to get soaked (lam4 sap1)
鹹濕佬 lecherous man (haam4 sap1 lou2)
鹹魚 salted fish (haam4 jyu4*2)
鹹肉 salted meat; bacon (haam4 juk6)
鹹蛋 salted egg (haam4 daan6*2)
蛋糕 cake (daan6 gou1)
皮蛋 preserved duck egg (pei4 daan6*2)
蛋黃 egg yolk (daan6*2 wong4*2)
弊病 malady (bai6 beng6)
弊在 the downside is... (bai6 zoi6)
波子 marble (bo1 zi2)
風波 disturbance; crisis (fung1 bo1)
波士 boss (bo1 si6*2)
發波 to serve (faat3 bo1)
開波 kickoff (hoi1 bo1)
郁動 to move about; to show movement (juk1 dung6)
心郁郁 eager to do something (sam1 juk1 juk1)
郁佢 get him/her! (juk1 keoi5)
冇郁 don't move (mou5 juk1)
有冇 is there? (jau5 mou5)
冇相干 never mind (mou5 soeng1 gon1)
冇用 useless; (mou5 jung6)
冇心 unintentional; accidental (mou5 sam1)
失威 degrade (sat1 wai1)
威風 cool (wai1 fung1)
癲婆 lunatic (female) (din1 po4*2)
癲佬 lunatic (male) (din1 lou2)
發癲 go crazy (faat3 din1)
老婆 wife (lou5 po4)
八婆 nosy woman(baat3 po4)
火雞 turkey(fo2 gai1)
雞蛋 chicken egg (gai1 daan6*2)
雞精 chicken essence (gai1 zing1)
唔知醜 shameless (m4 zi1 cau2)
古怪 peculiar; strange; eccentric (gu2 gwaai3)
唔怪得 no wonder (m4 gwaai3 dak1)
怕醜 shy (paa3 cau2)
醜樣 ugly (cau2 joeng6*2)
醜怪 ugly; grotesque (cau2 gwaai3)
鬼怪 ghosts and monsters(gwai2 gwaai3)
古靈精怪 strange; weird(gu2 ling4 zing1 gwaai3)

隻抽 one on one fight zek3 cau1 =
大隻佬 a big man daai6 zek3 lou2 =
三隻手 a pickpocket saam1 zek3 sau2 =
呢隻 this kind ni1 zek3 =
著衫 to dress; to wear clothes zoek3 saam1 =
著火 to catch fire zoek6 fo2 zhao2 huo3 =
著鞋 to wear shoes zoek3 haai4 zhuo2 xie2 =
向著 facing hoeng3 zoek6 xiang4 zhe5 =
頭顎顎 head up/movement tau4 ngok6 ngok6 =
下顎 lower jaw haa5 ngok6
顎骨 ngok6 gwat1 = jawbone
及早 kap6 zou2 ji2 zao3 = at the earliest; as soon as possible,
及時 kap6 si4 ji2 shi2 = on time; timely; promptly; without delay
唔及格 m4 kap6 gaak3 = to fail (in an exam)
拉鋸 laai1 geoi3 = be locked in a seesaw struggle; saw
牙齒 ngaa4 ci2 ya2 chi3 = tooth; teeth
冇口齒 mou5 hau2 ci2 mao3 kou3 chi3 = to break a promise
走彎路 zau2 waan1 lou6 zou3 wan1 lu4 = to take an indirect route
轉彎 zyun3 waan1 zhuan3 wan1 = to turn round a corner
彎曲 waan1 kuk1 wan1 qu3 = bend; curve; warp; bent; winding; warped
歌曲 go1 kuk1 ge1 qu3 = song
曲奇 kuk1 kei4 = cookie
作曲 zok3 kuk1 zuo4 qu3 = to compose
並且 bing6 ce2 bing4 qie3 = furthermore
並未 bing6 mei6 = never, not, not yet
且慢 ce2 maan6 qie3 man4 = wait a minute
而且 ji4 ce2 er2 qie3 = but also; furthermore; anyways
況且 fong3 ce2 kuang4 qie3 = furthermore; moreover; besides
情況 cing4 fong3 qing2 kuang4 = situation; circumstance
何況 ho4 fong3 he2 kuang4 = let alone; moreover
現在 jin6 zoi6 xian4 zai4 = now; at present
表現 biu2 jin6 biao3 xian4 = to express; to indicate; to perform; performance
發現 faat3 jin6 fa1 xian4 = to discover; to find out
臥底 ngo6 dai2 = do undercover work
到底 dou3 dai2 dao4 di3 = after all; in the end
食碗面反碗底 sik6 wun2 min6*2 faan2 wun2 dai2 = to repay kindness with ingratitude
底片 dai2 pin3*2 di3 pian4 = negative; photographic plate; negative plate; backing film; negative film; original
曾經 cang4 ging1 ceng2 jing1 = previously; once in the past
未曾 mei6 cang4 wei4 ceng2 = never; not yet
已經 ji5 ging1 yi3 jing1 = already
上層 soeng6 cang4 shang4 ceng2 = upper layer; upper level; upper floor
一層 jat1 cang4 yi1 ceng2 = a layer
層板 cang4 baan2 ceng2 ban3 = plywood
吟吟沉沉 ngam4 ngam4 cam4 cam4 = grumble
沉船 cam4 syun4 = a sunken wreck
公積金 gung1 zik1 gam1 = public accumulation funds, public reserve funds
沉積 cam4 zik1 chen2 ji1 = sediment; percipitate
積水 zik1 seoi2 ji1 shui3 = stagnant water
牠們 taa1 mun4 ta1 men5 = they, them
骸骨 haai4 gwat1 hai2 gu3 = human bones; a skeleton
遺骸 wai4 haai4 yi2 hai2 = remains (of the dead).; relics
屍骸 si1 haai4 = a cadaver, a corpse, a stiff 粵
床單 cong4 daan1 chuang2 dan1 = bedsheet
起床 hei2 cong4 qi3 chuang2 = to wake up
海床 hoi2 cong4 hai3 chuang2 = seabed
變心 bin3 sam1 bian4 xin1 = cease to be faithful
變成 bin3 sing4 bian4 cheng2 = to become; to transform into
變態 bin3 taai3 bian4 tai4 = abnormal
冷漠 laang5 mok6 = inhospitable
沙漠 saa1 mok6 sha1 mo4 = desert
鉛筆刨 jyun4 bat1 paau4*2 qian1 bi3 pao2 = pencil sharpener
粉筆 fan2 bat1 fen3 bi3 = chalk
原子筆 jyun4 zi2 bat1 = ball-point pen
鉛芯 jyun4 sam1 = lead (metal)
電芯 din6 sam1 = battery
刨冰 paau4 bing1 bao4 bing1 = shaved ice
岩石 ngaam4 sek6 yan2 shi2 = rock
沙岩 saa1 ngaam4 sha1 yan2 = sandstone
岩洞 ngaam4 dung6 = cave
改進 goi2 zeon3 gai3 jin4 = to improve
改變 goi2 bin3 gai3 bian4 = to change
變心 bin3 sam1 bian4 xin1 = cease to be faithful
變態 bin3 taai3 bian4 tai4 = perverted; anomalous; abnormal
態度 taai3 dou6 tai4 du5 = attitude
表態 biu2 taai3 biao3 tai4 = state one's position
心態 sam1 taai3 xin1 tai4 = mindset
蛋殼 daan6*2 hok3 dan4 ke2 = eggshell
貝殼 bui3 hok3 bei4 ke2 = shell (of molluscs etc.)
影印 jing2 jan3 = to photocopy
印度洋 jan3 dou6 joeng4 yin4 du4 yang2 = Indian Ocean
推選 teoi1 syun2 tui1 xuan3 = to choose; to elect
推算 teoi1 syun3 tui1 suan4 = to extrapolate; to calculate; to compute; to reckon
推翻 teoi1 faan1 tui1 fan1 = to overthrow
翻版 faan1 baan2 fan1 ban3 = n. pirated edition
翻學 faan1 hok6 = to attend school
翻嚟 faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4 = to come back; to return
出嚟 ceot1 lei4/lai4 = to come out; to emerge
生意興隆 saang1 ji3 hing1 lung4 sheng1 yi4 xing1 long2 = (to wish a business owner's) business to be thriving
隆重 lung4 zung6 = ceremonious
隆胸 lung4 hung1 long2 xiong1 = breast augmentation
喜事  hei2 si6  xi3 shi4 = happy occasion; wedding
七喜  cat1 hei2   = Seven Up
喜愛  hei2 oi3  xi3 ai4 = to love; to like; favourite
喜訊  hei2 seon3  xi3 xun4 = good news
短訊  dyun2 seon3  duan3 xun4 = SMS text message
審訊  sam2 seon3  shen3 xun4 = a trial; a courtroom hearing
審查  sam2 caa4  shen3 cha2 = to investigate; to examine
陪審團  pui4 sam2 tyun4  pei2 shen3 tuan2 = a jury
有時候 jau5 si4 hau6 you3 shi2 hou5 = sometimes
候命  hau6 ming6  hou4 ming4 = on standby; to await orders

現在 now; at present (jin6 zoi6)
表現 to perform; performance (biu2 jin6)





隻抽 one on one fight (zek3 cau1)
大隻佬 a big man (daai6 zek3 lou2)
三隻手 a pickpocket (saam1 zek3 sau2)
呢隻 this kind (ni1 zek3)
著衫 to dress; to wear clothes (zoek3 saam1)
著火 to catch fire (zoek6 fo2)
著鞋 to wear shoes (zoek3 haai4)
向著 facing (hoeng3 zoek6)
頭顎顎 head up/movement (tau4 ngok6 ngok6)
下顎 lower jaw (haa5 ngok6)
顎骨 jawbone (ngok6 gwat1)
及早 as soon as possible, (kap6 zou2)
及時 timely, promptly (kap6 si4)
唔及格 to fail (in an exam) (m4 kap6 gaak3)
拉鋸 saw (laai1 geoi3)
牙齒 tooth (ngaa4 ci2)
冇口齒 to break a promise (mou5 hau2 ci2)
走彎路 to take an indirect route (zau2 waan1 lou6)
轉彎 to turn round a corner (zyun3 waan1)
彎曲 curve; bent; winding; warped (waan1 kuk1)
歌曲 song (go1 kuk1)
曲奇 cookie (kuk1 kei4)
作曲 to compose (zok3 kuk1)
並且 furthermore (bing6 ce2)
並未 never, not yet (bing6 mei6)
且慢 wait a minute (ce2 maan6)
而且 furthermore; anyways (ji4 ce2)
況且 furthermore; moreover; besides (fong3 ce2)
情況 situation; circumstance (cing4 fong3)
何況 let alone; moreover (ho4 fong3)
現在 now; at present (jin6 zoi6)
表現 to perform; performance (biu2 jin6)
發現 to discover; to find out (faat3 jin6)
臥底 undercover (ngo6 dai2)
到底 after all; in the end (dou3 dai2)
食碗面反碗底 to repay kindness with ingratitude (sik6 wun2 min6*2 faan2 wun2 dai2)
底片 negative film; original (dai2 pin3*2)
曾經 previously; once in the past (cang4 ging1)
未曾 never; not yet (mei6 cang4)
已經 already (ji5 ging1)
上層 upper layer; upper level (soeng6 cang4)
一層 a layer (jat1 cang4)
層板 plywood (cang4 baan2)
吟吟沉沉 grumble (ngam4 ngam4)
沉船 a sunken wreck (cam4 syun4)
公積金 public reserve funds (gung1 zik1 gam1)
沉積 sediment; precipitate (cam4 zik1)
積水 stagnant water (zik1 seoi2)
牠們 they, them (taa1 mun4)
骸骨 human bones; a skeleton (haai4 gwat1)
遺骸 remains (of the dead); relics (wai4 haai4)
屍骸 a cadaver, a corpse (si1 haai4)
床單 bedsheet (cong4 daan1)
起床 to wake up (hei2 cong4)
海床 seabed (hoi2 cong4)
變心 cease to be faithful (bin3 sam1)
變成 to become; to transform into (bin3 sing4)
變態 abnormal (bin3 taai3)
冷漠 inhospitable (laang5 mok6)
沙漠 desert (saa1 mok6)
鉛筆刨 pencil sharpener (jyun4 bat1 paau4*2)
粉筆 chalk (fan2 bat1)
原子筆 ball-point pen (jyun4 zi2 bat1)
鉛芯 lead (metal) (jyun4 sam1)
電芯 battery (din6 sam1)
刨冰 shaved ice (paau4 bing1)
岩石 rock (ngaam4 sek6)
沙岩 sandstone (saa1 ngaam4)
岩洞 cave (ngaam4 dung6)
改進 to improve (goi2 zeon3)
改變 to change (goi2 bin3)
態度 attitude (taai3 dou6)
表態 state one's position (biu2 taai3)
心態 mindset (sam1 taai3)
蛋殼 eggshell (daan6*2 hok3)
貝殼 shell (bui3 hok3)
影印 to photocopy (jing2 jan3)
印度洋 Indian Ocean (jan3 dou6 joeng4)
推選 to choose; to elect (teoi1 syun2)
推算 to extrapolate; to reckon (teoi1 syun3)
推翻 to overthrow (teoi1 faan1)
翻版 pirated edition (faan1 baan2)
翻學 to attend school (faan1 hok6)
翻嚟 to come back; to return (faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4)
出嚟 to come out; to emerge (ceot1 lei4/lai4)
生意興隆 (to wish a business owner's) business to be thriving (saang1 ji3 hing1 lung4)
隆重 ceremonious (lung4 zung6)
隆胸 breast augmentation (lung4 hung1)
喜事 happy occasion; wedding (hei2 si6)
七喜 Seven Up (cat1 hei2)
喜愛 to love; to like; favorite (hei2 oi3)
喜訊 good news (hei2 seon3)
短訊 text message (dyun2 seon3)
審訊 a trial; a courtroom hearing (sam2 seon3)
審查 to investigate; to examine (sam2 caa4)
陪審團 a jury (pui4 sam2 tyun4)
有時候 sometimes (jau5 si4 hau6)
候命 on standby; to await orders (hau6 ming6)
拉臣 license (laai1 san4*2)
卡拉OK karaoke (kaa1 laai1 ou1 kei1)
拉長 karaoke (laai1 coeng4)
文雅 elegant; refined (man4 ngaa5)
喜馬拉雅山 the Himalayas (hei2 maa5 laai1 ngaa5 saan1)
田螺 snail (tin4 lo4*2)
螺絲批 screwdriver (lo4 si1 pai1)
批評to criticize (pai1 ping4)
專家評論 expert commentary (zyun1 gaa1 ping4 leon6)
火腿 ham (fo2 teoi2)
雞腿 chicken drumstick (gai1 teoi2)
大腿 thigh (daai6 teoi2)
腿蛋治 egg and ham sandwich (teoi2 daan6*2 zi6)
三文治 sandwich (saam1 man4 zi6)
祖先 ancestors (zou2 sin1)
佛祖 Buddha (fat6 zou2)
二世祖 prodigal (ji6 sai3 zou2)
祖家 home, homeland, motherland, native soil (zou2 gaa1)
祖廟 ancestral temple (zou2 miu6*2)
佛山 Foshan (fat6 saan1)
寺廟 temple (zi6 miu6*2)
建成 to establish (buildings) (gin3 sing4)
建造 to construct; to build (gin3 zou6)
福建 Fujian (fuk1 gin3)
人造 man-made (jan4 zou6)
造反 to rebel; to revolt (zou6 faan2)
偽造 to forge (ngai6 zou6)
偽君子 hypocrite (ngai6 gwan1 zi2)
法老 pharaoh (faat3 lou5)
金字塔 a pyramid (gam1 zi6 taap3)
電燈 electric light (din6 dang1)
燈塔 lighthouse (dang1 taap3)
熄燈 to turn off the lights (sik1 dang1)
紅綠燈 traffic light (hung4 luk6 dang1)
羅馬 Rome; Roman (lo4 maa5)
俄羅斯 Russia (ngo4 lo4 si1)
高興 happy (gou1 hing3)
興起 to rise (hing1 hei2)
世界末日 apocalypse (sai3 gaai3 mut6 jat6)
週末 weekend (zau1 mut6)
粉末 fine powder; dust (fan2 mut6)
沉沒 sunk (cam4 mut6)
落雨 to rain (lok6 jyu5)
日落 sunset (jat6 lok6)
落去 go down; descend (lok6 heoi3)
此時 now, this moment, at this time (ci2 si4)
由此可見 from this it can be seen that... (jau4 ci2 ho2 gin3)
此後 after this; afterwards; hereafter (ci2 hau6)
此外 besides; moreover; other than this; in addition (ci2 ngoi6)
保持 to maintain; to keep (bou2 ci4)
主持人 anchorman; host (zyu2 ci4 jan4)
持續 to continue (ci4 zuk6)
手續 procedure (sau2 zuk6)
繼續 to continue (gai3 zuk6)
續集 sequel (zuk6 zaap6)
好耐冇見 long time no see (hou2 noi6 mou5 gin3)
耐心 patient (noi6 sam1)
耐唔耐 now and then; occasionally (noi6 m4 noi6*2)
忍耐 to endure (jan2 noi6)
忍受 to bear; to endure (jan2 sau6)
殘忍 cruel; inhumane (caan4 jan2)
殘廢 handicapped, disabled, lameness; cripple (caan4 fai3)
廢話 nonsense (fai3 waa6*2)
廢物 rubbish; good-for-nothing (fai3 mat6)
挖掘 excavation (waat3 gwat6)
眼掘掘 staring (ngaan5 gwat6 gwat6)
接受 to receive; to accept (zip3 sau6)
接到 to receive; have received (zip3 dou3*2)
接近 near; nearby; close to (zip3 gan6)
接著 to continue; to carry on; to follow through (zip3 zoek6)
菲林 film (fei1 lam4*2)
風格 style; way; manner; touch (fung1 gaak3)
合格 qualified; eligible (hap6 gaak3)
人格 personality (jan4 gaak3)
資格 qualifications (zi1 gaak3)
性格 nature; disposition; temperament; character (sing3 gaak3)
瑞士 Switzerland (seoi6 si6*2)
這刻 this point in time (ze5 hak1)
這個 this one (ze2/ze5 go3)
立刻 immediately (laap6 hak1)
時刻 moment (si4 hak1)
深刻 profound; deep (sam1 hak1)
項目 category; article (hong6 muk6)
強項 strengths (koeng4 hong6)
傍晚 early evening; dusk (pong4 maan5)
一技旁身 one skill to survive on (jat1 gei6 pong4 san1)
科技 technology (fo1 gei6)
高技術 high-tech (gou1 gei6 seot6)
雜技 acrobatics (zaap6 gei6)
根本上 basically (gan1 bun2 soeng6)
阿根廷 Argentina (aa3 gan1 ting4)
背脊骨 backbone (bui3 zek3 gwat1)
脊椎 vertebra; backbone (zek3 zeoi1)
契仔 adopted son (kai3 zai2)
契約 a contract (kai3 joek3)
紐約 New York (nau2 joek3)
約定 to arrange or agree to (joek3 ding6)
合約 contract; treaty (hap6 joek3)
約會 appointment (joek3 wui6)
租契 lease (zou1 kai3)
出租 for rent out (ceot1 zou1)
收租 collect rents (sau1 zou1)
收工 to come off work (sau1 gung1)
回收 recycle; recall (wui4 sau1)
收入 income; earnings; revenue (sau1 jap6)
收聲 shut up; keep quiet (sau1 seng1)
出聲 to speak up; to speak out (ceot1 seng1)
得把聲 all talk and no action (dak1 baa2 seng1)
細聲 soft volume (sai3 seng1)
收據 receipt (sau1 geoi3)
證據 evidence, proof (zing3 geoi3)
據我所知 from what I know... (geoi3 ngo5 so2 zi1)

隻抽 one on one fight (zek3 cau1)
大隻佬 a big man (daai6 zek3 lou2)