Cifu Cantonese – Ranks 1001–2000

憎

to detest

消息

news/information/CL:條|条[tiao2]

瘋

insane/mad/wild

道理

reason/argument/sense/principle/basis/justification

露出

to expose/to show/also pronounced lou4 chu1

牛奶

cow's milk

將來

the future/future

調查

investigation/inquiry/to investigate/to survey/survey/(opinion) poll

遞

to hand over/to pass (i.e. to give)/gradually (increase or decrease)/progressively

美

beautiful/abbr. for USA 美國[méih gwok]

散

to distribute/to disperse/to fire or discharge (sb)|to scatter/to break up (of couples)/to come loose/loosen/scattered/medicinal powder

遲到

to arrive late

拜拜

bye-bye

七

seven/euphemistic form of 柒 [chaht] "prick"

記

to remember/to note/mark/sign/to record

懶

lazy

石

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗/ten pecks/one hundred liters/rock/stone/surname Shi

表現

to show/to show off/to display/to manifest/expression/manifestation/show/display/performance (at work etc)

英雄

hero

身影

silhouette/figure

出名

well-known for sth/to become well known/to make one's mark

衝動

impetus/impulse/emotional impulse/impulsive

趁

to avail oneself of/to take advantage of

入口

entrance

停止

to stop/to halt/to cease

不要

don't!/must not

相處

get along with each other

勉強

to do with difficulty/to force sb to do sth/reluctant/barely enough

提

carry (suspended)/to carry (hanging down from the hand)/to lift/to put forward/to mention/to raise (an issue)/upwards character stroke/lifting brush stroke (in painting)/scoop for measuring liquid

吱

(of mice) to squeak/(of small birds) to chirp or peep (onomatopoeia)/creaking or groaning sound (onomatopoeia)

十年

ten years

溫暖

warm

考慮

to think over/to consider/consideration

參加

to participate/to take part/to join

體驗

to experience for oneself

有心

with an idea/with a plan/with ambition/with one's mind set on sth/purposefully/chivalrous/compassionate

物

thing/object/matter/abbr. for physics 物理

中意

like

老公

husband

茶

tea/tea plant/CL:杯[būi]

原諒

to excuse/to forgive/to pardon

進行

to advance/to conduct/underway/in progress/to do/to carry out/to carry on/to execute

廢

to abolish/to abandon/to abrogate/to discard/to depose/to oust/crippled/abandoned/waste

加入

to become a member/to join/to mix into/to participate in/to add in

肚

belly/tripe

回復

"Re:"; in reply to (email)/return (to some condition)

情

feeling/emotion/passion/situation

咖啡

coffee

配合

matching/fitting in with/compatible with/to correspond/to fit/to conform to/rapport/to coordinate with/to act in concert with/to cooperate/to become man and wife/to combine parts of machine

冇問題

no problem

破壞

destruction/damage/to wreck/to break/to destroy

保持

to keep/to maintain/to hold/to preserve

之上

above

毛

hair/feather/down/wool/mildew/used in constructions in which a statement is rejected or ridiculed/classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[gok] , = 1/10 yuan or 10 fen 分[fān])/a surname

比起

compared with

小雪

Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December

慘

miserable/wretched/cruel/inhuman/seriously/badly/tragic

女孩

girl/lass

心跳

heartbeat/pulse

家人

household/(one's) family

雪糕

ice cream

蝦

shrimp/prawn/CL:隻[jek]/to bully

隨便

as one wishes/as one pleases/willful/at random/casual

自我

self-

難得

seldom/rare/hard to come by

估計

to estimate/to reckon

資格

qualifications

無意

inadvertent/accidental

多數

majority/most

不能

cannot/must not/should not

發展

development/growth/to develop/to grow/to expand

軍

army/military/arms

款

funds/CL:筆[bāt]/pattern/style/classifier for versions or models (e.g. a version of a device, software etc)/the character, type, nature (especially in negative comments)/CL:個[go]/sincere/signature

掃

broom/to sweep/to raid/to disrupt/to attack/to do a series of raids, to "do a sweep"/to go on a shopping spree

表白

vindicate

級

level/grade/rank/step

禮貌

courtesy/manners

瘋狂

madness/extreme popularity

解開

to untie/to undo

喔

(particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder/I see/oh

港人

Hong Kong person or people

討厭

disgusting/troublesome/nuisance/nasty/to hate doing sth

同班

classmate

好聽

pleasant to hear

星期六

Saturday

利用

exploit/make use of/to use/to take advantage of/to utilize

政府

government

偷

to steal/to pilfer/to snatch/thief/stealthily

小丑

clown

總算

at long last/finally/on the whole

紙巾

paper napkin

樹

tree

喝

shout applause/to drink/(interj.) My goodness!

麵

flour/noodles

此刻

this moment/now/at present

噗

sound of escaping laughter/water

做人

to conduct oneself/to behave with integrity/to behave as a wise person

話說

It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)/to discuss/to recount

鋪

to spread/to display/to set up/plank bed/place to sleep/shop/store

灰

ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected/depressed/melancholy

撳

1. to press down/2. to oppress, to keep someone down/3. to extort money out of someone/4. to settle an arguement, to dampen down a quarrel

研究

research/a study/CL:項|项[xiang4]

中文

Chinese/Chinese written language/Chinese writing

欣賞

to appreciate/to enjoy/to admire

商場

market/bazaar

補習

to take extra lessons/to cram (for a test)

陽光

sunshine

尖叫

screech/shriek

提議

proposal/suggestion/to propose/to suggest

微微

slight/faint/humble

扔

to throw/to throw away

客氣

polite

檢查

inspection/to examine/to inspect

幼稚園

kindergarten

角度

angle/point of view

年紀

age

內容

content/substance/details

雪

snow

八

eight/to gossip/nosy

滑

comical/comical/cunning/slippery/smooth/a surname

捱

to suffer/to endure/to pull through (hard times)/to delay/to stall/to play for time/to dawdle

信心

confidence/faith (in sb or sth)

證明

proof/testimony/to prove/to confirm the truth of

孖

twin

嚴重

grave/serious/severe/critical

一時間

one moment/for the present

主要

main/principal/major/primary

張開

to stretch/to extend

城

city walls/city/town

司機

chauffeur/driver

之一

one of (sth)/one out of a multitude/one (third, quarter, percent etc)

精靈

spirit/fairy

琪

(white gem)/angel

改

to change/to alter/to transform/to correct

太太

married woman/Mrs./Madam/wife

回到

return to

外國

foreign (country)

沙

granule/hoarse/raspy/sand/powder/CL:粒[lāp]

吞

to swallow/to take

緊要

important

裡面

inside/interior

交

to hand over/to deliver/to pay (money)/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)

槍

gun/firearm/rifle/spear

激動

to excite/to agitate/exciting

毫無

not in the least/none whatsoever/completely without

自

from/self/oneself/since

一張

sheet

尾

tail/a reprisal/bad consequences/loose ends

無錯

noerror

要求

to request/to require/to stake a claim/to ask/to demand

互相

each other/mutually/mutual

地點

place/site/location/venue

右手

right-hand

活動

to exercise/to move about/to operate/activity/loose/shakey/active/movable/maneuver/to use connections

記住

to remember

戴

to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)/to respect/to bear/to support/surname Tai

動物

animal

計劃

plan/project/program/to plan/to map out

外

outside/in addition/foreign/external

生命

life/living/biological

豆

bean/pea/CL:粒[nāp]

本

roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/(classifier for books, periodicals, files etc)

流

to flow/to disseminate/to circulate or spread/to move or drift/to degenerate/to banish or send into exile/stream of water or sth resembling one/class, rate or grade/unreal, false, "fake"

班房

classroom/jail (Mandarin)

咀

to kiss

屍體

dead body/corpse/carcass

全

all/whole/entire/every/complete/a surname

安慰

to comfort/to console

事情

affair/matter/thing/business

關心

to care for sth/caring/concerned

片

thin piece/flake/a slice/film/TV play/to slice/to carve thin/partial/incomplete/one-sided/classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water/classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc (Mandarin)/used with numeral 一[yāt]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc/a blade/to fight/to compete/to be rivals/a bribe, protection money, paid to an official

即

namely/that is/i.e./prompt/at once/at present/even if/prompted (by the occasion)/to approach/to come into contact/to assume (office)/to draw near

一般

same/ordinary/common/general/generally/in general

王

king/surname Wong

伸手

to hold out a hand/to ask for sth

發覺

to find/to detect/to discover

完成

complete/accomplish/perfect tense (grammar)

屬於

classified as/to belong to/to be part of

按

to press (with the hand)/to push/to control/to restrain/to check/pressing down (brush movement in painting)/according to/in the light of

背脊

the back of the human body

琴晚

yesterday night

衰

to decline/to wane/to become weak or feeble/bad, irritating, useless, annoying/to be arrested or convicted of an offence/losing face

真心

sincere/heartfelt

逼

to force (sb to do sth)/to compel/to press for/to extort/to press on towards/to press up to/to close in on/used in the place of 屄, cunt (Mandarin)

杯

cup/classifier for drinks: glass, cup

左邊

left/the left side/to the left of

他們

they

渣

slag (in mining or smelting)/dregs

刺激

to provoke/to irritate/to upset/to stimulate/to excite/irritant

公仔

doll/cuddly toy

想像

imagine/visualize

口水

saliva/CL:啖[daahm]/very talkative

吻

kiss/mouth

事實

a fact/the fact that

小學

primary school

隊

squadron/team/group/to attack/to stab/to drink, especially to drink alcohol/to eat greedily

易

change/easy/simple/surname Yik

腰

waist/lower back/pocket/middle

酒店

wine shop/pub (public house)/hotel/restaurant

零

remnant/zero

叮

sting (of mosquito, bee etc)/to say repeatedly/to urge insistently/to ask repeatedly/to stick to a point/onomat. tinkling or jingling sound

高潮

high tide/high water/upsurge/climax/chorus (part of a song)

戰鬥

to fight/to battle

老婆

wife/a girlfriend, a steady girlfriend

自從

since (a time)/ever since

第

(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)

再見

goodbye/see you again later

這

this/these/(commonly pronounced zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

攪

to disturb/to annoy/to mix/to stir

派

clique/school/group/faction/to dispatch/to send/to assign/to appoint

幾乎

almost/nearly/practically

當初

at that time/originally

馬

horse/CL:隻[jek],匹[pāt]/a junior employee/a subordinate

蛋糕

cake

叻

smart, bright, sharp

秦

surname Qin/Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇/abbr. for Shaanxi province 陕西

舊

old/opposite: new 新/former/worn (with age)

歌

song

行為

action/conduct/behavior/activity

層

layer/stratum/laminated/floor (of a building)/storey/classifier for layers/repeated/sheaf (math.)

重新

again/once more/re-

嘆

sigh/gasp/exclaim

喜歡

to like/to be fond of

病

illness/CL:場[chèuhng]/disease/to fall ill/defect

無聊

bored/boring/senseless

熟

cooked (of food)/ripe (of fruit)/mature (of seeds)/familiar/skilled/done

認為

to believe/to think/to consider/to feel

首先

first (of all)/in the first place

當日

that very day/the same day

撲

to throw oneself at/to pounce on/to devote one's energies/to flap/to flutter/to dab/to pat/to bend over

願意

to wish/to want/ready/willing (to do sth)

大大

greatly/enormously

首領

head/boss/chief

呼

to call/to cry/to shout/to breath out/to exhale

裡

inside/internal/interior/lining/village/basic unit of city administration

輕

light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in number/unstressed/neutral

各位

everybody (a term of address)

部分

part/share/section/piece

文

language/culture/writing/formal/literary/gentle/surname Wen

簡直

simply/at all/practically

放過

to let slip away

或

maybe/perhaps/might/possibly/or

禮物

gift/present

支持

to be in favor of/to support/to back/support/backing/to stand by

其

his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)

出手

to show one's ability in offering assistance, or in finding a solution to a problem.

廚房

kitchen

支

to support/to sustain/to erect/to raise/branch/division/to draw money/classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

甘

sweet/willing/big trouble/heavily, badly, seriously/abbr. for Gansu 甘肅 province/surname Kam

大門

entrance/door/gate

顯得

to seem/to look/to appear

地面

floor/ground/surface

客人

guest

伸

to stretch/to extend/to beat/to hit

得意

cute/strange/proud of oneself/pleased with oneself/complacent

情侶

sweethearts/lovers

衝

dash against/of great force/towards

光

light/ray/CL:道[douh]/bright/only/merely/to use up

遲

late/delayed/slow

分開

to separate/to part

某

some/a certain/sb or sth indefinite/such-and-such

師

teacher/master/expert/model/army division/(old) troops/to dispatch troops

花

flower/blossom/CL:朵[dó/déu],枝[jī],紮[jaat],束[chūk],盆[pùhn],簇[chūk]/fancy pattern/florid/to spend (money, time)

煮

to cook/to boil

推開

push open

傑

hero/heroic

含

to keep/to contain/to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)

誤會

to misunderstand/to mistake/misunderstanding

垃圾

trash/refuse/garbage

理解

to comprehend/understanding/comprehension/to understand

接觸

to touch/to contact/access/in touch with

姊妹

(older and younger) sisters|1. female friends/2. women who are close friends and show loyalty to each other

方便

convenient/to help out/to make things easy for people/convenience/suitable/having money to spare/(euphemism) to go to the toilet

令人

to cause sb (to do)/to make one (feel sth)/(used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)

方

square/quadrilateral/power (such as cube 立方)/classifier for square things/upright/honest/fair and square/surname Fang/direction/party (to a dispute)/one side/place/method/prescription/just/then/only then

可憐

pitiful/pathetic

早餐

breakfast

駛

hasten/proceed to/sail a vessel

巨龍

giant dragon

六

six/6

大陸

mainland China (reference to the PRC)/continent/mainland/CL:個[go]

沒

(negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not/drowned/to end/to die/to inundate

單

bill/list/form/CL:張[jēung]/single/only/sole/odd number

重

to attach importance to/important/weighty/furthermore/further/more/still/to lay stress on/discreet|repeat/again/double|heavy (in weight)/deep/heavy/serious/weight

靜靜

Jingjing

蚊

mosquito/a dollar

羅

gauze/to collect/to gather/to catch/to shift/surname Luo

示意

to hint/to indicate (an idea to sb)

如此

in this way/so

這樣

this (kind of, sort of)/this way/like this/such

檯

desk/platform

運動

movement/CL: 場|场[chang3]/campaign/sports

魔王

archfiend

山

mountain/hill/CL:座[joh]

對手

opponent/adversary/match

女性

the female sex/a woman

鬆

loose/to loosen/to relax/to escape/to get away

不安

unpeaceful/unstable/uneasy/disturbed/restless/worried

劉

surname Lau

輸

to transport/to lose

漸漸

gradually

暫時

temporary/provisional

娘

mother/young lady

上前

to go forward/front upper

嬸

wife of father's younger brother

空間

space

刻

quarter (hour)/moment/to carve/to engrave/to cut/oppressive/(classifier for short time intervals)

郁

to move/elegant/surname Yuk

忙

busy

餵

to feed

開門

open (the) door

目的

purpose/aim/goal/target/objective

失望

disappointed/to lose hope/to despair

掙扎

to struggle/struggling

借

to lend/to borrow/excuse/pretext/by means of/to seize (an opportunity)/to take (an opportunity)

電影

movie/film

反抗

to resist/to rebel

出門

to go on a journey/away from home/exit door/to go out of the door

房間

room

當中

among/in the middle/in the center

將軍

(army) general

眼睛

eye

見過

to have seen

腳步

footstep/step

抄

to copy/to plagiarize/to search and seize/to go/to transcribe/to take a shortcut/to search and confiscate

傷心

to grieve/broken-hearted

見面

to meet/to see sb

胸

chest/bosom/heart/mind/thorax

法

law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/abbr. for France

扶

to support with hand/to help sb up/to help

眼鏡

spectacles/eyeglasses/CL:副[fu]

擁有

to have/to possess

耳

ear/handle (archaeology)/and that is all (classical Chinese)

夢想

to dream of/to hope in vain

煩

to feel vexed/to bother/to trouble/superfluous and confusing/edgy

棒

a stick/club or cudgel/smart/capable/strong/wonderful

式

type/form/pattern/style

自信

confidence/self-confidence

通常

regular/usual/ordinary/normal

下來

to come down/(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)/(indicates continuation from the past towards us)/to be harvested (of crops)/to be over (of a period of time)/to go among the masses (said of leaders)

貼

to stick/to paste/to keep close to/to fit snugly/to subsidize/to guess/allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)/sticker

食物

food

水晶

crystal

轉

to convey/to forward (mail)/to transfer/to turn/to shift|to revolve/to turn/to circle about/to walk about/classifier for turns: revs/classifier for repeated actions

暖

warm

兒

non-syllabic diminutive suffix/retroflex final/son

盡量

as much as possible/to the greatest extent

隨時

at any time

頸

neck/CL:條[tìuh]

戲

drama/play/show/trick/CL:齣[chēut],場[chèuhng],臺[tòih]

當年

in those days/then/in those years/during that time

身份

identity/status/capacity/dignity/position/rank

疑惑

(a sense of) uncertainty/to feel unsure about sth/unconvincing/to puzzle over

臭

sense of smell/smell bad/stench/stink/smelly/to smell (bad)

好心

kindness/good intentions

出來

to come out/to emerge

整個

whole/entire/total

隔

to separate/to partition/to stand or lie between/at a distance from/after or at an interval of

沉默

silence/uncommunicative

陌生

strange/unfamiliar

好人

good person

西

west/often used as a euphemism for the obscene term for "vagina", 閪 [hāi]/the West/Spain (abbr.)

一面

one side

九

nine/9

剛才

just

技能

skill

畢業

graduation/to graduate/to finish school

搬

to move/to shift/to remove/to transport/fig. to apply indiscriminately/to copy mechanically

嘿

hey

多次

many times/repeatedly

老實

honest/sincere/open and guileless/naive

壞

bad/spoiled/broken/to break down

考試

exam

死人

dead person

痴

imbecile/sentimental/stupid/foolish/silly

身材

stature/build (height and weight)/figure

好在

luckily/fortunately

社會

society

後來

afterwards/later

避開

to avoid/to evade/to keep away from

輕鬆

gentle/relaxed

們

plural marker for pronouns and a small number of animate nouns

嗄

hoarse/variant of 啊, interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer/Eh?/what?/to show realization/to stress

表示

to express/to show/to say/to state/to indicate/to mean

有關

to have sth to do with/to relate to/related to/to concern/concerning

不會

improbable/unlikely/will not (act, happen etc)/not able/not having learned to do sth

新聞

news

未來

future/tomorrow/approaching/coming/pending

主角

leading role/lead

範圍

range/scope/limit/extent

一起

in the same place/together/with/altogether (in total)

意外

unexpected/accident/mishap

訓練

to train/to drill/training

止

to stop/to prohibit/untill

另外

additional/in addition/besides/separate/other/moreover/furthermore

照

according to/in accordance with/to shine/to illuminate/to reflect/to take (a photo)/photo/as requested/as before/to protect/to support/to back-up

加

to add/plus/abbr. for Canada 加拿大

地鐵

subway/metro

店

inn/shop/store

女生

female students

自由

freedom/free/liberty

清

clear/distinct/quiet/just and honest/pure/to settle or clear up/to clean up or purge/Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911)

哩

(modal final particle sim. to 呢 or 啦)/(onomat.)/see 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗 lililuoluo endless mumbling noise/see 哩哩啦啦 lililala, scattered or intermittent/mile/old form of modern 英里

少年

juvenile/youngster

微

micro/tiny/miniature/Taiwan pr. wei2

計

to calculate/to compute/to count/to regard as important/to plan/ruse/meter/gauge

森林

forest

同事

colleague/co-worker

只好

without any better option/to have to/to be forced to

窗

shutter/window

上身

upper part of the body

腿

leg

味道

flavor

受到

to receive/to suffer/obtained/given

港

harbor/port/CL:個[go]/Hong Kong, abbr. for 香港[hēung góng]

試

to test/to try/experiment/examination/test

招

to recruit/to provoke/to beckon/to incur/to infect/contagious/a move (chess)/a maneuver/device/trick/to confess

不禁

can't help (doing sth)/can't refrain from

回頭

to turn round/to turn one's head/later/by and by

勇氣

courage/valor

畢竟

after all/all in all/when all is said and done/in the final analysis

友

friend

不可

cannot/should not/must not

最近

recent/recently/these days/latest/soon/nearest (of locations)/shortest (of routes)

量

to measure|capacity/quantity/amount/to estimate/abbr. for 量詞[leuhng chìh], classifier (in Chinese grammar)/measure word

天使

angel

離

to leave/to part from/to be away from/(in giving distances) from/without (sth)/independent of/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[baat gwa], symbolizing fire

凍

cold/to freeze/aspic or jelly

救命

to save someone's life/(interjection) Help!/(interjection) Save me!

每個

each

之際

during/at the time of

碌

classifier for stick/mediocre/busy/penis/one year (especially in relation to prison sentence)

班主任

a teacher in charge of a class

靜

still/calm/quiet/not moving

超

to exceed/to overtake/to surpass/to transcend/to pass/to cross/to stare/ultra-/super-/glasses, spectacles/super/an expression of anger, surprise or amazement

聽講

to attend a lecture/to listen to a talk

正式

formal/official

順便

conveniently/in passing/without much extra effort

未必

not necessarily/maybe not

生物

organism/living creature/life form/biological

強姦

rape

抬頭

to raise one's head/to gain ground

秘密

secret

覆

to cover/to overflow/to reply to a letter/to overturn/to capsize

粉紅

pink

林

woods/forest/surname Lin

風

wind/news/style/custom/manner/CL:陣[jahn]

找

to try to find/to look for/to call on sb/to find/to seek/to return/to give change

夠

to reach/to be enough

方面

respect/aspect/field/side

婆婆

husband's mother/mother-in-law

放開

unleash/release

雲

abbr. for Yunnan 雲南 province in southwest China/surname Wan/cloud/CL:舊[gau6]

印象

impression

值得

to be worth/to deserve

初

at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic

封

to confer/to grant/to bestow a title/to seal/classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters

醉

intoxicated

舖

a store

哎

hey!/interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation

氹

pool/pit/ditch/cesspit/to cajole someone (𠱁)/to pacify someone who is angry (𠱁)

賣

to sell

擋

arrange/put in order/to resist/to obstruct/to hinder/to keep off/to block (a blow)/to get in the way of/cover/gear

資料

material/resources/data/information

好玩

fun (to do)

動

to use/to act/to move/to change/abbr. for verb 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2]

綁

to tie/bind or fasten together/to kidnap

打電話

to make a telephone call

強

strong/powerful/better/slightly more than/vigorous/violent/best in their category, e.g. see 百強[baak kèuhng]/to rape|to force/to compel/to strive/to make an effort

柒

seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)/a vulgar or obscene term for the penis/stupid

大人

adult/grownup/title of respect toward superiors

何況

much less/let alone

石頭

stone

思考

to reflect on/to ponder over

什麼

what/what?/who?/something/anything

過程

course of events/process

任務

mission/assignment/task/duty/role

日日

every day

經驗

to experience/experience

隨即

immediately/presently/following which

步

a step/a pace/walk/march/stages in a process

公

public/collectively owned/common/international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)/make public/fair/just/Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[ńgh dáng jeuk waih]/honorable (gentlemen)/father-in-law/male (animal)

皮膚

skin

好感

good opinion/favorable impression

將會

auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to)/will (cause)/should (enable)/going to

恐懼

fear/dread/phobia

完美

perfect/perfection/perfectly

肯

to agree/to consent/to be ready (to do sth)/willing

揮手

to wave/to flourish (one's arm or a flag)

餐廳

dining-hall

啵

grammatical particle equivalent to 吧/to bubble

傷口

wound/cut

西裝

(Western-style) clothes

琴日

yesterday

劫

to rob/to plunder/to seize by force/to coerce/calamity/kalpa, abbr. (劫波)

形容

to describe/appearance/look

程度

degree (level or extent)/level

嚇

to frighten/to scare/to intimidate/to threaten

書包

schoolbag/satchel

要好

be on good terms/be close friends

地球

the Earth/planet

答應

to reply/to respond/to promise/to agree

直至

lasting until/up till (the present)

長老

elder

腦

brain

注意

to take note of/to pay attention to

請問

may I ask...

餐

a meal

包括

to comprise/to include/to involve/to incorporate/to consist of

無數

countless/numberless/innumerable

認得

to recognize/to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it/to know

拳頭

fist/clenched fist/competitive (product)/superior quality

使用

to use/to employ/to apply/to make use of

堆

a pile/a mass/heap/stack

專心

to concentrate/absorption/concentration/engrossed

聖誕

Christmas/birthday of reigning Emperor/Confucius' birthday

圖書館

library

咯

(final particle similar to 了, indicating that sth is obvious)/(phonetic)/cough (blood)/to argue/debate

求

to seek/to look for/to request/to demand/to beseech

條件

condition/prerequisite/factor

放鬆

to loosen/to relax

正正

neat/orderly/just in time

擰

mistake/to twist/stubborn/to pinch/wring

因

cause/reason/because

劈

to hack/to chop/to split open/(of lightning) to strike/to attack with a knife or a chopper

壓力

pressure

關於

pertaining to/concerning/regarding/with regards to/about/a matter of

此時

now/this moment

第二

second/number two/next

每日

daily

今朝

at the present/now

敏感

sensitive/susceptible/politically sensitive (pretext for censorship)

咳

cough

斷

to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth|to judge/to decide/to determine

此

this/these

聯絡

communication/to get in touch with/to contact/connection (math.)

狂

conceited/mad

呻吟

to moan/to groan

自覺

conscious/aware/on one's own initiative/conscientious

吃

stammer/to eat/to have one's meal/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer/to exhaust

籃球

basketball

朝早

morning

總

always/to assemble/gather/total/overall/head/chief/general/in every case

斬

to behead (as form of capital punishment)/to chop

化

to make into/to change into/-ization/to ... -ize/to transform/to be liberal, tolerant/abbr. for chemistry 化學

界

boundary/scope/extent/circles/group/kingdom (taxonomy)

豬

pig/swine/CL:隻[jek]/CL:口[háu],頭[tàuh](Mandarin)/a virgin

道歉

to apologize/to make an apology

考

to check/to verify/to test/to examine/to take an exam

惡

evil/fierce/vicious/ugly/coarse/to harm|to hate/to loathe/ashamed/to fear/to slander

場

large place used for a specific purpose/stage/scene (of a play)/classifier for sporting or recreational activities/classifier for number of exams/classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout

上網

to be on the internet/to stretch a net (in a sports game or for covering sth)/to be netted (of fish)

誰

variant pronunciation of shei2, who/surname Shui/who/also pronounced shui2

輪

wheel/disk/ring/steamship/to take turns/to rotate/by turn/classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn

好像

as if/to seem like

粒

a grain/a granule/a unit of hours/a "pip" on a police uniform indicating rank/ten thousand dollars/classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

卡

a carriage/to be stuck/customs station|card/CL:張[jēung]

吸

to breathe/to suck in/to absorb/to inhale

集中

to concentrate/to centralize/to focus/centralized/concentrated/to put together

抖

shake out/tremble

要點

main point/essential

樣子

manner/air/looks/aspect

娃娃

baby/small child/doll

隊長

captain/team leader

報警

to give a warning/to sound an alarm/to report sth to the police/warning/omen

鼻

nose

大廈

large building/edifice/mansion

撐

to support/to back up/to prop up/to push or move with a pole/to maintain/to open or unfurl/to evade responsibility/to tolerate

明知

to know/clear

陰間

nether world/hades

尤其

especially/particularly

婆

grandmother/matron/mother-in-law

意義

meaning/significance

鏡

mirror

乳頭

nipple

討論

to discuss/to talk over

家庭

family/household

睡

to sleep

正在

in the process of (doing something or happening)/while (doing)

滿意

satisfied/pleased/to one's satisfaction

音樂

music

溝通

communicate

偷偷

stealthily/secretly/covertly/furtively/on the sly

號

day of a month/(suffix used after) name of a ship/(ordinal) number/roar/cry

感動

to move (sb)/to touch/moving

弱

weak/feeble/young/inferior

測試

measure and test/trial/beta (software)/test performance of

太多

too much

峻

steep

觀察

to observe/to watch/to survey/to examine/observation/view/perspective

傳出

to transmit outwards/efferent (nerve)

台

(classical) you (in letters)/platform/Taiwan (abbr.)/a surname

守護

to stand guard/on watch

下午

afternoon/p.m.

爽

bright/clear/crisp/open/frank/straightforward/to feel great/to feel high/great/terrific/fine/pleasurable/invigorating

煙

cigarette/tobacco/smoke

低頭

to bow the head

狼

wolf/CL:隻[jek]

身為

to be identified as

例如

for example/for instance/such as

伏

to lean over/to fall (go down)/to hide (in ambush)/to conceal oneself/to lie low/hottest days of summer/to submit/to concede defeat/to overcome/to subdue/volt/a surname

好朋友

good friend

一生

all one's life/throughout one's life

以上

more than/above/over/the above-mentioned

遺憾

regret/pity/sorry

心理

mental/psychological

等待

wait for/await

幾次

several times

移動

to move/movement/migration/mobile/portable

扣

to fasten/to button/button/buckle/knot/to arrest/to confiscate/to deduct (money)/discount/to knock/to smash or spike (a ball)/to cover (with a bowl etc)/fig. to tag a label on sb

結束

termination/to finish/to end/to conclude/to close

傳來

to arrive (news)

言

to speak/to say/talk/word

鈴

(small) bell

滴

a drop/to drip

態度

manner/bearing/attitude/approach

白痴

idiocy/idiot

天台

Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗/Tiantai County in Zhejiang

塞

to stop up/to squeeze in/to stuff/cork/stopper|frontier/strategic pass

碗

bowl/cup

敵人

enemy

自動

automatic

粗口

swear words/obscene language

擦

to wipe/to erase/rubbing (brush stroke in painting)/to clean/to polish/to eat/to eat greedily/to have a satisfying meal, "to stuff oneself"

作出

to put out/to come up with/to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)/to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)/to draw (conclusion)/to deliver (speech, judgment)/to devise (explanation)/to extract

圈

circle/ring/loop/classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc/CL:個[go]/to surround/to circle|pen (pig)/a fold/to confine/to lock up/to pen in

承諾

effort/undertaking/to promise/to undertake

幾年

a few years/several years

出奇

extraordinary/exceptional/unusual

先知

prophet

拉開

to pull open/to pull apart/to space out/to increase

比賽

competition (sports etc)/match

蔣

surname Jiang/refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石

兜

container for rice, pet food or coins/to move in a circle/to canvas or solicit/to go for a (leisurely) stroll, drive, jaunt

眼見

right away

最終

final/ultimate

書生

scholar

往

to go (in a direction)/to/towards/(of a train) bound for/past/previous

多個

many/multiple/multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)

汗

perspiration/sweat/Khan (Persian or Mongol king or emperor)/Khan (name)

價值

value/worth/fig. values (ethical, cultural etc)

不同

different/distinct/not the same/not alike

座

seat/base/stand/(classifier for buildings, mountains, large solid things etc)

魔力

magic/magic power

機場

airport/airfield

確實

indeed/really/reliable/real/true

壓

in the first place/to crush/to press/to push down/to keep under (control)/pressure

嘴唇

lip

受傷

to sustain injuries/wounded (in an accident etc)/harmed

歷史

history

藍

blue/indigo plant/a surname

願望

desire/wish

唔怪得

no wonder

還

still/still in progress/still more/yet/even more/in addition/fairly/passably (good)/as early as/even/also/else/to pay back/to return/surname Huan

各自

each/respective/apiece

堅持

to continue upholding/to remain committed to/persistence/to persist/to uphold/to insist on/persevere

聖賢

a sage/wise and holy man/virtuous ruler/Buddhist lama/wine

空氣

air/atmosphere

手掌

palm

右邊

right/opposite: left 左邊|左边/the right side/to the right

瘦

thin/lean

衣

clothes/to dress/to wear/to put on (clothes)

摟

graft (money)/solicit/to gather/to collect/to hug/to embrace

順利

smoothly/without a hitch

開學

foundation of a University or College/school opening/the start of a new term

盒

small box/case

馬路

street/road

直

straight/not gay, heterosexual, "straight"/to straighten/fair and reasonable/frank/straightforward/(indicates continuing motion or action)/vertical/vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

臨

to face/to overlook/to arrive/to be (just) about to/just before

一堆

pile

洲

continent/island

這裡

here

露

dew/syrup/nectar/outdoors (not under cover)/to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose/to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose

閃

to dodge/to duck out of the way/shaken (by a fall)/to sprain/to pull a muscle/lightning/spark/a flash/to flash (across one's mind)/to leave behind/to leave in a hurry, to flee, to "clear out", to "run for it"/a surname

深深

deep/profound

相反

opposite/contrary

一下子

in a short while/all at once/all of a sudden

有意

to intend/intentionally/interested in

啜

to drink/to taste/to sip/to suck

練

to practice/to train/to drill/to perfect (one's skill)/exercise

同意

to agree/to consent/to approve

平靜

tranquil/undisturbed/serene

過得

How are you getting by?/How's life?/contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by/tolerably well/not too bad

戰士

fighter/soldier/warrior

口氣

tone of voice/the way one speaks/manner of expression/tone

到達

to reach/to arrive

傷

injure/injury/wound

時空

space-time (in relativity)

好笑

laughable/funny/ridiculous

好話

words of praise/to speak well of

組織

to organize/organization/organized system/nerve/tissue

必須

to have to/must

希

rare/infrequent

簿

a book/a register/account-book

功課

homework/assignment/task/classwork/lesson/study

插入

to insert/to stick/to thrust

忽

to neglect/to overlook/to ignore/suddenly/a place, location

途中

en route

抬

to lift/to raise/(of two or more persons) to carry

海

ocean/sea/CL:個[go]/CL:片[pin](Mandarin)

接著

to catch and hold on/to continue/to go on to do sth/to follow/to carry on/then/after that/subsequently/to proceed/to ensue/in turn/in one's turn

鞋

shoe/CL:雙[sēung](Mandarin)/CL:對[deui]/CL:隻[jek]

力量

power/force/strength

碎

to break down/to break into pieces/fragmentary

職員

office worker/staff member

無謂

worthless/useless/pointless

死亡

death/deadly

陰

overcast (weather)/cloudy/shady/to betray/to cheat/to trick/Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)/negative (electric.)/feminine/moon/implicit/hidden/pudenda/surname Yam

炒

to sauté/to stir-fry/to speculate/to hype/to fire (sb)/to clash with

禮拜

week/religious service/worship

關

mountain pass/to close/to shut/to turn off/to concern/to involve/surname Kwan

摺

to fold (a document)/to turn/to bend

那個

that one

單車

bicycle/bike

命

life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc

還有

furthermore/in addition/still/also

心裡

in ones heart and mind

基本

basic/fundamental/main/elementary

乾

dry/clean/in vain/dried food/foster/adoptive/to ignore|one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[baat gwa], symbolizing heaven

值

value/(to be) worth/to happen

尿

(less common reading) to urinate/urine/to urinate/urine

號碼

number

心中

central point/in one's thoughts/in one's heart

樂

happy/laugh/cheerful/surname Le/surname Yue/music

命運

fate/destiny

成熟

mature/ripe/Taiwan pr. cheng2 shou2

手下

leadership/under one's control or administration/subordinates/to take action/to run out of money

雙腳

two legs/both feet

屁股

buttocks/bottom/ass/arse/end/butt/bum/backside/tush

偏偏

(indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would expect or what would be normal)/unfortunately/against expectations

早晨

early morning

趕

to catch up/to overtake/to hurry/to rush/to drive away

技術

technology/technique/skill

啤酒

beer/CL:杯[būi],支[jī],罐[gun]

體

body/form/style/system

強烈

intense/(violently) strong

犀利

terrific, great, amazing/sharp

澄

clear/limpid/to clarify/to purify/surname Cheng/settle (liquid)

走過

to walk past/to pass by

人家

household/dwelling/family/sb else's house/household business/house of woman's husband-to-be

無用

useless/worthless

真實

true/real

不知不覺

unconsciously/unwittingly

方式

way (of life)/pattern/style/mode/manner

燈

lamp/light/lantern/CL:盞[jáan]

承認

to admit/to concede/to recognize/recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)/to acknowledge

透過

through/via

細心

careful/attentive

粥

congee/gruel/porridge

下去

to go down/to descend/to go on/to continue

加快

to accelerate/to speed up

搓

to rub or roll between the hands or fingers/to twist

反

contrary/in reverse/inside-out or upside-down/to reverse/to return/to oppose/opposite/against/anti-/to rebel/to use analogy/instead/abbr. for 反切 phonetic system

足夠

enough/sufficient

舉起

to heave/to lift/to raise up/to uphold

一道

together

科

branch of study/administrative section/division/field/branch/stage directions/family (taxonomy)/rules/laws/to mete out (punishment)/to levy (taxes etc)/to fine sb

畫

draw/picture/painting

媽

ma/mamma

原

former/original/primary/raw/level/cause/source

小弟

office boy

之類

and so on/and such

冇用

useless

星

star/satellite/small amount

非

to not be/not/wrong/incorrect/non-/un-/in-/to reproach or blame/abbr. for 非洲[fēi jāu], Africa

相當

equivalent to/appropriate/considerably/to a certain extent/fairly

隱約

vague/faint/indistinct

失敗

to be defeated/to fail/to lose

今天

today/at the present/now

抓

to grab/to catch/to arrest/to snatch

熄

to extinguish/to put out (fire)/to quench/to stop burning/to go out (of fire, lamp etc)/to come to an end/to wither away/to die out

過來

to come over/to manage/to handle/to be able to take care of

命令

order/command

相機

a camera/variant of 照相机

木

tree/wood/stupid/dumb/dull-witted

火車

train/CL:架[ga],列[liht],節[jit],班[bāan]

鳳

phoenix/is used in restaurant menus to mean "chicken meat"/a a prostitute, especially a sex worker in a "one woman brothel" which is legal in Hong Kong

事件

event/happening/incident

牙

tooth/ivory/CL:隻[jek]

較

comparatively/(preposition comparing difference in degree)/to contrast/to compare/rather/fairly/clearly (different)/markedly/to haggle over/to quibble

淚

tears

結

knot/sturdy/bond/to tie/to bind/to check out (of a hotel)/to bear fruit/to produce/firm/solid

分享

to share (joys, benefits, privileges etc) with others/to get one's share/to divide out/to partake

精

essence/extract/vitality/energy/semen/sperm/mythical goblin spirit/highly perfected/elite/the pick of sth/proficient (refined ability)/extremely (fine)|smart/bright

下體

lower body/euphemism for genitals/root and stem of plants

有用

useful

無比

matchless

安排

to arrange/to plan/to set up

泳衣

swimsuit/bathing suit

嘟

toot/honk/to pout

清醒

clear-headed/sober/awake

會話

conversation

背影

rear view/figure seen from behind/view of the back (of a person or object)

浮現

to appear before one's eyes/to come into view/to float into appearance/to come back (of images from the past)/to emerge/it emerges/it occurs (to me that..)

根據

according to/based on/basis/foundation

神秘

mystery/mysteriously/mysterious

暑假

summer vacation