Frequent Cantonese Words – Ranks 1001–2000

畫面

display; screen

吸引

to attract, be attractive

巴士

bus

結婚

to marry

堂

hall/room for a specific purpose; cousins on paternal side; mother; period; class; court session

子

son; child; offspring; person; learned or virtuous man; egg; seed; young/newborn animal; young; tender; small; subsidiary; subordinate; a rank of the nobility equivalent to a viscount; first of the twelve Earthly Branches

講真

in fact

同樣

same; similar; equal; same type

伸出

extend

阿哥

older brother

至

reach (destination); arrive at; extremely; very; to indicate the superlative degree; the most; only then (shortened for 先至 ); most; extremely [ 華 ]: 最

酒

wine; spirits; liquor; alcoholic drinks (brewed or distilled)

大叔

uncle

回答

to answer, to reply, respond

負責

responsible for; take charge of; conscientious

發

send out; deliver; issue; dispatch; launch; discharge; fire; shoot; generate; produce; transmit; trigger off; set to work; expand; expose; discover; reveal; flourish; prosper; make a fortune; turn into; become; get; feel; classifier for ammunition

有人

somebody; someone

硬

hard; stiff; tough; solid; (of attitude, willpower, etc) strong; firm; inflexible; obstinate; forcibly; with effort; stubbornly; certainly; definitely; unavoidably; capable; of good quality

氣氛

atmosphere, ambience

沖涼

to bathe; to shower; to take a bath or shower

行動

to move; mobile; operation; action

淫

licentious; lewd; adulterous; lust; excessive; extreme; unrestrained

今年

this year

的士

taxi

跪

kneel

有點

some; a bit; a little; rather

幾好

okay; pretty good

震

shake; quake; shock; vibrate; be greatly excited; be deeply astonished; one of the Eight Trigrams ( 八卦 ), symbolizing thunder

好過

to have an easy time; to feel well; life is easy

宜家

IKEA

生存

to exist; to survive

話題

topic

一眼

a glance

可是

but; however

容易

easy; easily

師兄

senior fellow apprentice; the son of one's master (older than oneself); father's apprentice (older than oneself)

目標

target; objective

武器

weapons; arms

底

bottom; base; end; ins and outs; heart of the matter; rough draft; master copy; background; ground; foundation; remnants; dregs

玻璃

glass

最多

the most (in quantity)

這裡

here

杞

a species of willow; Qi, name of a state during the Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC)

速度

speed; velocity

曦

sunlight (usu of early morning)

靈

spirit; soul; god; deity; holy/supernatural being; coffin or bier; thing concerning the deceased; very effective; efficacious; works well; bright; quick-witted; clever; sharp; nimble; agile; adroit; deft; smooth

溫書

review the lesson, revise the lesson

接近

near; nearby; close to

扑

deal a blow on; pound; strike; beat; simplified form of 撲 [pok3] and 㩧 [bok1]

一半

half

處理

to handle; to deal with; to treat; to process

機

machine; machinery; mechanics; opportune; chance; opportunity; crucial point; pivot; tricky; cunning; aircraft; plane; aeroplane; airplane; telephone (esp. cellular)

立刻

immediately

點都

anyhow; no matter what

拒絕

to refuse; to reject; to decline

走廊

hallway; corridor

才

talent; natural abilities; gift; mental faculty; gifted person; talented person; brilliant man; talent; people of a certain type; certainly; indeed; just; just now

還是

or; still; may as well

至少

at least;at the very least; to say the least

妖怪

monster; devil

一世

a lifetime, a generation

答案

[n] answer

有機

(chemistry, farming) organic

後悔

remorse; repent; regret doing something.

讚

praise; commend; extol; laud

岩

large rock; mountain : 巖

熟悉

to know (sth./sb.) well; intimacy

電視

television; TV

成績

performance

裡面

inside

交

submit; hand in or over; transfer; be on good terms with; come into contact with; meet; exchange; intersect; cross; friend; friendship; come close to; join; alternate; engage in; unite in sexual intercourse; simultaneous(ly); each other

槍

gun; rifle; pistol; spear; lance; javelin (Classifier(s): 支

激動

exciting; to excite; to agitate

毫無

not have any at all

自

self; private; personal; from; natural; naturally; a Chinese family name

一張

a sheet

尾

tail; rear; tail-like part; end; remnant; remaining part; classifier for fish; hairs on a horse's tail; spikelets on a cricket's tail

要求

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

互相

[1] mutual, mutually, [2] each other

地點

venue; place

右手

right hand

活動

activity

記住

to learn by heart; to memorize; to remember

戴

wear; put on (accessories); respect; support; a surname

動物

animal; fauna

計劃

plan; programme; map out

外

outside; outer; external; foreign; alien; other (than one's own); additional; added; extra; unofficial; informal; (relatives) of one's mother, sisters or daughters

生命

life

豆

beans; peas; bean-shaped; legume; ancient stemmed cup/bowl (for food) (Classifier(s): 粒)

本

basis; origin; source; original; inherent; intrinsic; originally; at first; my/our; this; current; based on; according to; on the authority of; copy; book; edition; script; copy (of book, magazine, dictionary, etc); capital; principal; cost; root or stem (of a plant)

流

(of liquid) flow; discharge; drift; wander; move from place to place; circulate; spread; pass down to; degenerate; change for the worse; current; water flow; river branch; class; grade; rate; rank; fake; false; inferior

班房

[Cantonese] classroom; [Mandarin, informal] jail

課室

classroom

咀

chew; masticate used in place names

屍體

a dead body; a corpse; a cadaver

全

perfect; complete; whole; total; intact; all; entire; absolute; to keep whole or intact; a Chinese family name

安慰

comfort; console

事情

matter; affair

緊要

[1] important [2] critical

關心

to be concerned

片

flat, thin piece; slice; sheet; cut into slices; pare; fragmentary; one-sided; brief; slice; sheet; tract

即

promptly; immediately; at once; namely; exactly; precisely; now; present moment; immediate future; approach; reach; be near; assume; undertake; take up; prompted by the occasion

一般

ordinary; same as

王

king; monarch; ruler; duke; prince; head of a gang; largest, best or strongest of its kind; a Chinese family name

伸手

to hold out a hand; to request for sth.

發覺

to realize; to discover

完成

to complete; to accomplish; to fulfil; to finish; to succeed

屬於

to be part of; belong to; considered as

按

press; push down; ring (bell); put aside; shelve; restrain; comply with; refer to; according to; make comments; add notes; mortgage; loan; deposit

背脊

the back

琴晚

last night; yesterday evening

衰

decline; wane; go downhill; weakening; irritating; annoying; dsigusting; unpleasant; nasty-looking; ugly; bad; fail; make a mistake; lose face; to be caught doing sth wrong

真心

sincere; heartfelt

逼

compel; force; press; push; close in on; draw near; approach; extort; importune; harrass; narrow; cramped

杯

cup; glass; goblet; tumbler

左邊

the left side

他們

they; them

渣

dregs; residue; sediment; lees; broken bits; crumbs; scraps

刺激

stimulate; provoke

公仔

a doll

想像

imagination; to imagine; to visualize

口水

saliva, talkative

試下

give it a try

吻

kiss; lip; tone of one's speech; coincide; agree

事實

fact

小學

primary school

隊

line; queue; row; file; team; group; squad

易

ji6 & yi4; easy; simple; liable to; amiable; lenient jik6 & yi4; change; replace; exchange; barter; a Chinese family name

腰

waist; small of the back; kidney; pocket; purse; wallet; middle (of mountain, tree, etc)

酒店

hotel

留低

to leave something; to leave behind; to remain behind

零

zero; null; nil; nought; and (used between two denominations); fragmentary; fractional; (of plants, flowers, etc) wither

叮

sting; bite; exhort; urge repeatedly; dingdong; (microwave) heat up; (sound of running) tram

大嗌

shout at the top of one's lungs; yell loudly

高潮

high tidal wave, climax

戰鬥

fight; battle

老婆

wife

自從

since; ever since

第

sequence; number; grade; degree; place (e.g. on the imperial examination)

再見

goodbye; see you soon

總係

always; all the time

這

this; now; then 國

攪

disturb; annoy; bother; stir; mix; blend

派

faction; group; school, clique, sect; style; manner; air; flair; taste; send; appoint; dispatch; assign; apportion; used to describe a speech, a scene, an atmosphere, etc; censure; criticize; accuse; pie

幾乎

nearly; almost

當初

at first, originally

馬

horse; a Chinese family name; Kangxi radical 187 (Classifier(s): 匹)

蛋糕

cake

叻

smart; clever; competent [ 華 ] 聰明 能幹 , 出色 , 有 本事

秦

Qin - a ruling Chinese dynasty (221-206 BC) that grew from a state (778-207 BC) during the Eastern Zhou dynasty; Qin - another name for Shaanxi and Gansu provinces; ancient name of China (from Chin) as known to the people of the Western Regions; a Chinese family name

一係

either/or

舊

worn; old; used; second-hand; past; bygone; former; original; outdated

唔多

not very; not too; not often

歌

song; melody; tune; sing; chant; croon; extol; eulogize; praise (Classifier(s): 首,支)

行為

action; behaviour; conduct

層

[n/classifier] layer; storey; level; floor; stratum; overlap; tier; pile on top of another

仲未

not yet [variation of 重未]

人地

variant of 人哋

唔錯

correct; not bad

底褲

underpants; (mahjong) three of sticks/bamboo [alternate]

重新

once more; again; re-

嘆

variant form of 歎

特登

purposely; on purpose; specially

社工

social worker

喜歡

to like

病

sickness; illness; disease; fall ill; be sick; sicken; defect; fault; malady; blame

無聊

boring; nonsense

熟

(of food) cooked; done; (of fruit) ripe; mature; (of materials) processed; familiar; well acquainted; skilled; experienced; deep; thorough

認為

to believe

首先

firstly

當日

that day; that very day; that same day

撲

throw oneself on; spring at; pounce on; flap; flutter; dab; put on (powder, etc); blow on/against (face, nose, etc)

願意

to be willing (to do something)

大大

greatly; enormously; largely

首領

boss; chief

呼

breathe sigh; exhale; call; shout 叫 器

裡

variant of 裏

輕

light; of little weight; slight; small in number, degree, etc; relaxed; unburdened; unimportant; frivolous; rash; imprudent; belittle; slight; make light of; gently; softly; carefully

若果

if, in case, what if

各位

everybody (a term of address)

部分

section; part

文

written language; script; character; literary composition; article; document; literary; classical; liberal arts; humanities; civilian; civil; culture; civilization; gentle; refined; mild; formal ritual; etiquette; certain natural phenomenon

簡直

simply

大話

[粵]lie; [國] big talk

放過

let pass

阿叔

uncle (father's younger brother)

或

or; either .. or ..; perhaps; maybe; probably; someone; some people; slightly; a little bit

禮物

present; gift

支持

support; to back-up sb. (not the "backup" computer term for saving data)

其

that; such; his; her; its; their; he; she; it; they; used as rhetorical word to form a four-character expression; used as suffix of an adverb

出手

to strike or hit out with a hand

廚房

kitchen

支

prop up; erect; set up; sustain; support; withstand; protrude; raise; prick up; branch; offshoot; subdivision; separate; divide; dismember; send away; dispatch; put sb off; pay/draw (money); disburse; classifier for long, slender, inflexible objects (pen, toothpaste, pistol); twelve earthly branches

甘

sweet; tasty; delicious; pleasant; satisfactory; timely; willingly; readily; of one's own accord; a Chinese surname

大門

entrance, door, gate

顯得

appear to be; seems like

地面

surface of the floor; the ground

客人

a guest; guests

伸

stretch; extend; stick out; spread; report

細個

small; young

得意

[1] [粵] cute [2] self-satisfied, complacent

情侶

lovers; sweethearts

衝

charge; rush; dash; thrust forth; burst into; soar; skyrocket; shoot up; rise rapidly; clash; collide; offend; thoroughfare; strategic place; hub; counterbalance; offset; cancel out; face; front on; direct towards; powerful; vigorous; relentless; (machine) stamp; punch; on the strength of; because of

光

light; brightness; brilliant; shine; light rays; glossy; smooth; glory; glorious; honor; exhaust; use up; alone; only; bare; bare; naked; a Chinese family name

遲

late; delayed; belated; slow; dilatory; sluggish

分開

to divide; to separate

某

a certain thing or person; formerly used in place of "I"; can be preceeded by surname (e.g. 陳 某 )

師

teacher; master; tutor; specialist (especially of medicine; painting, music, divining, etc.); division in the Chinese army; army; model; example; teach; pattern; model after; local administrative chief; a surname

花

flower; blossom; a flowering plant; prostitute; prostitution; used in smallpox; varicolored; fireworks; spend; expend

煮

cook; boil; stew; decoct

推開

to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject, to decline

傑

outstanding; prominent; remarkable; hero; outstanding person

含

hold/keep in mouth; suck; contain; embody; include; endure; bear; cherish; harbour

誤會

misunderstand, misinterpret

垃圾

rubbish, refuse, trash; garbage

理解

to understand, comprehend

接觸

to contact; to be in touch; a contact

姊妹

sisters; bridesmaids

方便

convenient

令人

to make someone + verb (to be, to feel, etc.)

方

square; rectangular; honest; morally upright; region; area; place; prescription; recipe; direction; occultism; just now; just then; just; power (mathematics); short for square meter or cubic meter (classifier); method; way; aspect; one side; a Chinese family name

可憐

pitiful; pity; sympathy

早餐

breakfast

搞掂

to get sth. done

駛

drive; sail; pilot; (of a vehicle, horse, etc) speed; go rapidly

六

six

大陸

mainland; continent

沒

not have; be without; there is not; be less/fewer than; be inferior to; sink; submerge; be drowned; overflow; rise beyond; confiscate; take possession of; disappear; hide; go into oblivion; come to an end; die

單

single; sole; of odd number; simple; thin; weak; list; slip; bill; menu; only; merely; alone

重

heavy; weighty; strong; deep; serious; thick; considerable in amount/value

蚊

mosquito; gnat

一份

a helping, a portion, a part, a share

羅

bird snare; net for catching birds; catch birds with a net; collect; gather together; display; spread out; silk gauze; light silk fabric; sieve; sift; shake through a sieve; a Chinese surname

示意

a signal; a hint

第二個

the second (one)

如此

like this; like so; as such; in this manner. [粵]噉

這樣

such; like this, this way, so

點呀

what's up?, what's going on?

檯

table; desk; platform-shaped furniture (Classifier(s): 張)

運動

sports; to exercise; movement

影相

to take a picture; to take a photograph

山

mountain; hill; peak

對手

rival; peer

女性

female sex

鬆

lax; loose; slack; loosen; relax; soft; light

不安

anxiety

劉

a Chinese surname

輸

(in a match, game, etc) lose; be beaten/defeated; transport; convey; carry; transmit; contribute/donate (money)

漸漸

gradually; bit by bit

暫時

for now; for the time being

娘

mom; mum; ma; mother; aunt - a form of addressing an elderly married woman; girl; young woman

上前

come/go forward

嬸

aunt (wife of one's father's younger brother); sister-in-law (wife of one's husband younger brother); auntie (form of address for a woman about one's mother's age)

空間

empty space

刻

carve; engrave; things carved; moment; quarter (of an hour); describe; depict; portray; unkind; harsh; cruel; profound; deeply; firmly; {kaan5} (mahjong) pong/triplet

郁

move; adorned; colorfully ornamented; beautiful; refined; a Chinese family name; simplified form of 鬱 [wat1]

忙

busy; fully occupied; pressed with work; make haste; hasten; hurry

餵

feed; raise; keep

開門

to open a door

目的

target; objective; goal

失望

to lose hope; disappointment

掙扎

struggle

借

borrow; lend; loan; make use of; take advantage of; make a pretext of

心口

pit of the stomach

細聲

soft (volume)

痴線

crazy

電影

movie

反抗

to revolt; to resist; to react; to rebel

出門

to go out; to leave home; (of women) to get married

房間

room

當中

among; amongst; in the middle; in the midst; in the centre; be central to; amidst

將軍

army general

眼睛

the eyes

腳步

footstep

抄

copy; transcribe; duplicate; plagiarize; pirate; crib; ransack; raid; seize; take a shortcut; cut corners; fold (one's arms)

傷心

hurt (feelings); grieved; sad

見面

to meet

胸

breast; bosom; chest; thorax; bust; mind; heart; aspiration

法

institution; law; rules; regulations; statute; legal; methods; ways of doing things; pattern; model after; the way; doctrines (Buddhism); tricks; magic arts; expert or standard (calligraphy, painting, etc.); penalty; punishment; a Chinese family name

扶

help sb up; support (with the hand); straighten up; lean upon sth for support; help; aid; assist

眼鏡

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles

擁有

to have; to possess

耳

ear; ears; merely, only, contraction of 而已; a Chinese family name

夢想

to dream of (in vain); wishful thinking; fantasize; fantasise

煩

troublesome; irritable; fed up with; vex; annoy; bore; disturb; trouble; bother; redundant and confusing

行埋

to have sex

棒

stick; club; cudgel; leg/length of a relay race

式

type; style; pattern; form; standards; norms; formula; ceremony; ritual; rite; mood; mode

自信

self-confidence

通常

usually, normally, generally

下來

come down; (suffix, indicating continuation)

貼

paste; stick; attach; glue; keep close; nestle closely to; make up the deficiency; subsidise; subsidies; allowance; proper; appropiate; comfortable; attached to; tip, tape (as a loanword 貼 3*1)

食物

food; foodstuff

水晶

crystal

轉

turn; change; shift; transfer; pass on; transmit

暖

warm

兒

baby; child; son; oneself; referring to oneself when addressing parents; final particle / suffix, placed after many commonly used nouns to avoid employing one-syllable terms in speech (very common in the Beijing dialect 北京話 , see: 兒化 , 兒化韻 )

盡量

reach the limit; to the full

隨時

at any time; whenever

頸

neck; neck-shaped thing used only in compound 脖 頸

戲

movie; drama; play; show; play; sport; enjoy oneself; tease; jest; play a joke on (Classifier(s): 套, 齣, 台)

當年

in those years; the prime of life

身份

identity

疑惑

uncertainty

臭

stinking; smelly; foul; disgusting; notorious; odious; severely; mercilessly; unrelentingly; smell; scent; odour; variant of 嗅

好心

please...

出來

to come out; to emerge

整個

whole; entire; all

隔

separate; divide; cut off; isolate; be apart/away from (in space or time)

沉默

silence; silent; uncommunicative

陌生

strange, unfamiliar

好人

good person

西

west(ern); the west; Western; the West; European; American; Occidental; foreign; a Chinese family name

一面

one side

九

nine; unit for distance

剛才

just then

技能

skill; ability

畢業

to graduate

搬

move; take away; remove; carry; move residence; migrate; adapt and show (on stage, screen, etc); copy/apply indiscriminately; adopt mechanically

傻仔

a fool; an idiot; a mental patient

嘿

be silent, be quiet

多次

many times, repeatedly

老實

honestly; frankly

壞

bad; spoil; spoiled; ruin; destroy

考試

[n] exam [vo] sit an exam

死人

dead body; devil; extremely

痴

simplified form of 癡

身材

stature; build (height and weight); figure

好在

luckily; fortunately

社會

society; social

後來

afterwards, later

衰人

a bad person, unpleasant person; the police (slang)

避開

avoid; shun; step aside; turn aside; dodge; escape; sheer off; avoidance

輕鬆

relax; relaxing

們

an adjunct to a pronoun or noun to indicate plurality 國

表示

to say; to express

有關

related to; relevant (adj)

不會

unlikely, improbable; not able to

新聞

news

未來

future; in the future; [粵] have not yet come

主角

lead actor; the main people

好睇

good-looking

範圍

range, scope, limit

一起

together

意外

accident

訓練

training; exercise; drill; to train

唔舒服

uncomfortable; feel bad

止

stop; halt; desist; still; rest in; stay; detain; deportment; prohibit; come to; arrive at; still; calm; stagnant; only

另外

in addition

照

shine; illumine; reflect; light; certificate; license; in accordance with; according to; pattern on or after; compare; collate; survey; photograph; take a picture; shoot; look after; take care of; notify; proclaim; sunshine; picture; a Chinese family name

加

plus; add (to); increase; augment; append

地鐵

subway; MTR

店

shop; store; commercial establishment; inn; hotel

女生

schoolgirl

自由

free, unrestrained, freedom; liberty

清

clear; fresh; pure; quiet; silent; still; distinct; clarified; explicit; clean/clear up; purify; settle; Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

入到

to enter; to have entered; to have gained entry

哩

mile

少年

youngster

微

minute; tiny; slight; little; humble; trivial; insignificant; profound; abstruse; subtle; slightly; a little bit; decline; dwindle; deteriorate

計

count; compute; calculate; plan; scheme; devise; idea; stratagem; plot; meter; gauge; measuring device

森林

forest

同事

colleague; co-worker

只好

to have to; to be forced to

窗

window; skylight; a place where one studies

上身

the torso, upper part of the body

腿

leg; leg-shaped support

味道

taste, flavour, smell

受到

[1] get, be given; [2] receive, suffer

港

port; harbour; HK (short for Hong Kong)

試

test; try; experiment; trial; test; use; examine; examination; sound out; put up a trial balloon; compare; a Chinese family name

招

beckon; gesture; call upon; recruit; enlist; enrol; confess; admit; own up; attract; incur; provoke; trick; device; move; movement in martial art; a Chinese surname

不禁

cannot help doing

回頭

turn (one's head) around; look back

勇氣

courage; valour

畢竟

after all

友

friend; companion; friendly; friendship; fraternity; fraternal love; befriend

捉住

nab; nobble; seize

不可

cannot; not able to

最近

recently

量

take a measurement; gauge; survey; deliberate; take into consideration

離

leave; depart from; be separate from; be away from; be at a distance from; be without; be independent of

凍

freeze; cold; icy; a Chinese family name

救命

Help! ; to save sb's life

每個

each; apiece

之際

the time of...; when...

碌

mediocre; common; busy; occupied; a kind of stone roller plank (eg. of wood); length/section (eg. of bamboo, sugarcane, etc.); penis, male appendage 尻 , 撚

班主任

head teacher in charge of a class

靜

still; calm; motionless; silent; quiet; noiseless; serene; composed; unruffled; calm down; be quiet; keep silent

超

exceed; surpass; excel; overtake; super; transcend; go beyond; rise above; to stare; to watch; spectacles; an expression of anger or surprise (euphemism for 屌 )

聽講

it is said; it was heard that

順便

at one's convenience

未必

not always, not necessarily

生物

living creature

強姦

rape

抬頭

to raise one's head, to gain ground

秘密

[1] secret; [2] security classification of "confidential"

覆

cover; screen; enclose; overturn; upset; capsize; perish; fall; be annihilated; repeatedly; again; once more; reply; answer; respond

粉紅

pink

林

forest; grove; copse; collection of books, works, literary extracts, etc.; circles; many; numerous; a great body of (capable persons, etc.); a Chinese family name

風

wind; breeze; gale; style; bearing; attitude; news; information; rumour; practice; custom; tendency; scenery; view; landscape; certain disease supposedly caused by wind

打機

to play videogames

找

search/look for; seek; try to find; give change (money); make up 搵

夠

enough; sufficient; reach (a standard); tired of; fed up with; too; all the same

方面

aspect

婆婆

husband's mother, mother-in-law

講笑

to joke; not serious

擰轉

twiddle

放開

to unleash, to release

雲

clouds; a cloud of; a large number of; short for Yunnan province; a Chinese family name

印象

impression

值得

worthwhile; worthy

鎖匙

key

初

first; original; junior; beginning; initial; primary; early

幾耐

how long (in period of time)

封

a classifier for sth enveloped; envelope; wrapper; covering; seal; close; block; confer (a title) upon

醉

drunk; intoxicated; tipsy; crazy about; infatuated by; addicted to; (of food) liquor-saturated; wine-soaked

舖

shop/store (in general)

哎

an interjection of surprise mixed with regret

氹

[tam5 & dang4] puddle; pool; water hole; manure pit [tam3] to cajole; lure; sweet-talk

賣

sell; betray (one's country or friends); spare no effort; exert to the utmost; show off; parade; flaunt

好食

delicious; tasty

擋

block; obstruct; impede; shelter from; ward off; fender; blind; screen; (of vehicle) gear

天使

angel

資料

data; material; information

好玩

amusing; fun; interesting

動

move; stir; change; alter; act; do; touch (one's heart); arouse; excite; move; take up; use; eat or drink; movement; action; motion

綁

bind; tie; fasten

打電話

to make a phone call

強

strong; resolute; violent; strengthen; make strong; by force; capable; of a high standard; better than; slightly more than

就快

soon

柒

seven; alternate and formal form of 七 used on checks, in accounting and banking

第二日

another day

大人

adult; Your Honour

何況

let alone; moreover

石頭

rock; stone; (placename) Shek Tau

思考

to think

什麼

what

過程

course of events, process

任務

mission; assignment; task; duty; role

日日

everyday; daily

經驗

experience

隨即

immediately

步

step; pace; walk; stroll; on foot; situation; state; degree; banks of rivers, ponds, etc.; fortune; doom; a unit in length in ancient China of about 5.5 feet; a Chinese family name

公

public; official; collective; common; generally accepted/acknowledged; international; universal; of the world; make public; open to all; fair; just; impartial; unbiased; grandfather; father-in-law; (of an animal) male; duke – first of old China’s 5 grades of the nobility; mister (Mr) – a term of address for elderly man

皮膚

skin (of a person)

好感

good opinion, favorable impression

將會

will, going to

恐懼

fear, dread

完美

perfect, perfection, perfectly

肯

be willing to; be ready to; be eager to; agree; consent

揮手

to wave one's hand

餐廳

café; restaurant; dining room

傷口

an open wound; a cut

西裝

western style suit

琴日

yesterday

劫

rob; plunder; hijack; coerce; compel; calamity; sufferings; disaster

形容

[v] to describe; [n] look; appearance

程度

degree; extent; level

嚇

frighten; threaten; scare; intimidate; startle

肚餓

hungry

書包

schoolbag

要好

to be on good terms

地球

The Planet Earth

答應

promise, consent, agree; respond, answer

直至

up until (a certain time)

長老

elder; elder of a Buddhist monastery

腦

the brain

注意

take note; pay attention

請問

excuse me, may I ask...?

餐

meal; food; dinner; dine; eat; have a meal; number (for meals); time (for eating, scolding, beating, etc)

包括

to include; including

無數

countless; innumerable

認得

to recognise

拳頭

fist

使用

to use

堆

heap up; pile up; stack up; heap; pile; stack; mass; mould

等陣

wait a while/moment ; soon, in a moment

夠膽

courage; "man enough"

專心

concentration; concentrate

聖誕

Christmas

圖書館

library

咯

cough out (phlegm, fishbone); spit up (blood)

求

request; ask; beg; implore; seek; pursue; strive for; demand; require; desire

條件

condition; term; clause; qualification; requirement; prerequisite

放鬆

relax; loosen; chill out

擰

wring; twist; pinch; tweak; screw; wrench; turn around; mistaken; other way round; differ; disagree obstinate; pigheaded; stubborn

因

cause; reason; for because (of); in accordance with; according to; on the basis of; in the light of; follow (a practice, convention, etc.)

劈

chop; cleave; hack; hew; right against (one's face, chest, etc); (of lightning) strike; wedge; split up; break off; sever; split one's fingers/legs widely apart

壓力

pressure; stress

關於

concerning, regarding

此時

now, this moment, at this time

第二

[1] 2nd [2] other; another

每日

every day, daily

今朝

this morning

差啲

almost, just about to ; worse

敏感

sensitive (issue); susceptible

咳

[kat1 & ke2] cough [haai4 & hai1] an interjection of regret or remorse

斷

break; snap; sever; cut off; stop; interrupt; give up; abstain from; quit

對住

to face something or to (physically) oppose something

此

this; these; if so; in this case; here; such; thus

聯絡

to contact

狂

mad; crazy; insane; violent; arrogant; unruly; wildly; unrestrainedly; boisterously

呻吟

to groan, moan

自覺

conscious; aware

吃

eat; take (food); drink; absorb; soak/sponge up; sustain; suffer; endure; wipe out; annihilate; destroy

籃球

basketball

朝早

in the morning

總

general; overall; total; chief; head; primary; assemble; put together; sum up; always; invariably; all along; anyway; after all; eventually

斬

chop; cut

化

change; transform; convert; melt; dissolve; reduce; -ize; -ify; -ate; -en’ (forming verbs from nouns and adjectives); customs and habits; beg alms

梳化

sofa; couch

界

boundary; limit; limit; demarcate; define; delimit; world

豬

pig; hog; swine (Classifier(s): 隻, 頭, 窩, 群)

道歉

to apologise; to apologize

考

examine; test; quiz; check; inspect; study; consider; think over; ponder; exam; examination; test; one's deceased father

惡

evil; vice; wickedness; bad; evil; wicked; fierce; ferocious; savage

場

sports arena; field; square; market; show; game; competition; match; session; performance; scene; level open space; threshing ground; spell; period; bout

上網

get online; go on Internet

陣間

soon; in a moment; in a while

誰

(used as an interrogative pronoun) who; whom; whose; anyone; someone; everyone; no one

輪

wheel; wheel-shaped object; take turns; rotate; do sth in shifts; ferry; steamboat; steamer; round; cycle (of growth, of twelve years); classifier for the sun, the moon, etc

憎

hate; detest; abhor; loathe; abominate

消息

news; information

瘋

insane; mad; crazy; play wilfully; (of plants) overgrow

個陣

at that time; then

道理

reason; principle; argument; logic; sense; idea; basis; justification

睇落

come across as; seem; appear

露出

to reveal; to expose

牛奶

cow's milk

將來

in the future

調查

inquire into; investigate

遞

hand over; forward; deliver; successively; in the proper order

美

beautiful; pretty; pleasing; fine; fair; good; excellent; exquisite; nice; be pleased with oneself; praise

散

(1) [saan3 & san4]; disperse; scatter; break up; distribute; disseminate; spread; get rid of; remove; get over (2) [saan2 & san3]; undisciplined; unrestricted; slack; scattered; dissolved; broken up; medicinal powder

遲到

to arrive late

拜拜

bye bye

七

seven; seven times; a seventh day after death, when sacrifice is offered until seven times seven days (forty-ninth) is over

記

keep in mind; remember; call to mind; bear in mind; record; register; a book recording persons, anecdotes, etc.; seals; chops; sign; mark

懶

lazy; indolent; slothful; listless; sluggish; languid

石

stone; rock; stone inscription; medicinal minerals; a Chinese surname

表現

to express; to indicate; to perform; performance

英雄

hero

身影

a person's silhouette; form; figure

出名

famous

衝動

rash; impulsive; excited; [n] impulse

趁

take advantage of; while; avail oneself of; when; now that

入口

entrance; [粵] to put (food) into the mouth

停止

to stop

不要

do not want; do not

相處

to be in contact with; to associate with; to have dealings with

勉強

strenuously; reluctantly; barely manage; to force

提

carry sth with the arm hanging down; lift; raise; promote; elevate; put forward; propose; move up a date; mention; bring up; refer to; withdraw; take out; extract; summon (a prisoner) for interrogation; rising stroke in Chinese characters used in such terms as 提防 , 提 溜

吱

squeak; chirp; hiss; utter a sound creak, screech; gibber

十年

decade

溫暖

warm

考慮

think about; think over; consider; mull over

參加

to take part; to join; to participate; to attend

體驗

to experience for oneself; to personally experience

有心

intentionally; that's kind of you!

物

thing; substance; creature; being; matter; content; substance; stuff; the physical world; nature; other people

中意

like; be to one's liking

老公

husband

茶

tea - the drink, the plant or its leaves; certain kind of drink, paste or liquid food

做過

worked as, was or were (some occupation)

原諒

forgive; excuse; pardon

進行

to advance; to carry out; to go forward; to do; to execute;to undertake

廢

useless; invalid; disabled; deserted; waste; dispirited; give up; abolish; depose

加入

to add in; to join in; to participate; to mix in; to pour in

肚

du4; belly; stomach; abdomen; bowels du3; tripe

回復

to resume, restore, revert

情

feeling; sentiment; emotion; fact; detail; situation; condition; love; affection; passion; nature; reason

咖啡

coffee; brown

配合

to coordinate; to work with

冇問題

sure, no problem

破壞

wreck, break, destroy

耳仔

ear

保持

to maintain; to keep

之上

above

毛

hair; fur; feathers; down; vegetation; ten cents; dime; gross; untouched; unpolished; panic-stricken; scared; flurried; very young; little; a Chinese family name

小雪

Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 22nd November-6th December

慘

miserable; wretched; pitiful; tragic; cruel; savage; merciless; brutal; disastrous; severe; crushing; dim; gloomy; dull

女孩

girl; lass

心跳

heartbeat; pulsation, palpitation

家人

one's family

雪糕

ice-cream

蝦

shrimp; prawn

隨便

casual; careless; to do as one pleases

自我

self; oneself; ego

難得

seldom, rare, hard to come by

估計

to estimate

資格

qualifications

無意

accidental; inadvertent

多數

most, mostly, majority ; plurality, multitude

不能

cannot, should not, must not

笑笑口

smiling; smilingly

發展

to develop; development

求其

casual; careless

軍

army; military; soldiers; troops; forces; of national defence; corps (a military unit); armed service

款

sum/amount of money; fund; pattern; style; design; fashion; entertain; treat cordially; section; sub-clause; article; item; type; kind; suit; signature; inscription (on letter, painting, etc); sincere; wholehearted; hearty; leisurely; slow; deliberate; knock (at a door)

掃

sweep (with a broom, etc); eliminate; get rid of; clear away; move quickly right and left

表白

vindicate; confession

級

level; degree; rank; class; grade; step (flight of steps); decapitated head

禮貌

manners

諗法

one's personal view, the "idea" sb holds about sth

瘋狂

madness; lunacy

解開

to untie; to undo

港人

Hong Kong person / people

討厭

loathe; disagreeable; annoying

同班

classmate; in the same class

好聽

pleasant to hear

星期六

Saturday

利用

exploit; make use of

政府

government

偷

steal; filch; burglarize; pilfer; do something without others' knowledge; stealthily; surreptitiously; while away without purpose; have an extra-marital relationship

小丑

clown

總算

at last

紙巾

tissue (paper)

樹

[n/classifier] tree; plant; cultivate; set up; establish; uphold (Classifier(s): 棵, 樖)

喝

drink shout loudly sharpen/grind (knife)

麵

noodles; (wheat) flour; dough (Classifier(s): 碗 (for noodles))

此刻

this moment; now; at present

做人

to behave properly

話說

it is said

鋪

spread out; extend; unfold; pave; lay; cover; tile (the floor) plank bed; bunk bed classifier for game, strength, etc

灰

ashes; dust; lime; gray (color); break into tiny pieces or particles; disheartened disappointedly; discouraged

撳

press with the hand; push with the hand

銀包

wallet; purse

研究

research

中文

Chinese language

欣賞

to enjoy; to appreciate

商場

market; marketplace; bazaar; shopping mall

補習

to take supplementary classes

陽光

sunshine

得多

much more

尖叫

to shriek

提議

propose; suggest; move

微微

pico-, slightly

收埋

[1] to keep; [2] to hide away

扔

throw; hurl; toss; abandon; discard; throw away

客氣

polite; politeness

檢查

to inspect; to examine; inspection; examination

幼稚園

kindergarten

角度

angle; point of view

年紀

(chronological) age

內容

contents

雪

snow; ice; ice-product; wipe out (a humiliation)

八

eight

滑

slippery; smooth; glossy; slip; slide; glide; skid; cunning; crafty; oily

捱

endure; suffer; put up with; drag out; struggle to pull through; delay; stall; put off

信心

confidence

證明

testimony; to prove

孖

twin; in pairs; take along; join together; associate

嚴重

serious

一時間

at that instant

主要

main

張開

to open

城

city; town; (city) wall; castle; large commercial centre

司機

a driver (of a car)

之一

one (of a given quantity)

幾咁

how (followed by an adjective)

精靈

spirit, fairy, elf

改

change; convert; transform; revise; correct; amend; switch over to; turn to; change to

太太

[1] Mrs.; [2] wife

沙

sand; grit; tiny gravel; sth resembling sand; sth granular or powdery; utensils made of sand or pottery clay; (of voice) hoarse; husky (Classifier(s): 粒)

直頭

directly, simply, completely, truly; straight head (of rectus femoris)

好像

[v] as if; seem like

粒

classifier for grainlike things (like rice, sand) or things that are small and round (pearl, bullet); grain; granule; pellet

卡

abbreviated form for calorie; lorry; truck; checkpoint; customs barrier; roadblock; get stuck; be jammed; choke card (phone ~, bank ~, birthday ~, etc)

看更

nightwatch

吸

inhale; breathe/suck/draw in; absorb; soak up; suction; attract; captivate; draw to oneself

集中

to centralise; to concentrate; to gather together; to funnel

抖

shiver; tremble; quiver; shake; jerk; flick; rouse; stir up; enliven; be pleased with oneself; take on airs

要點

main point

樣子

type

娃娃

baby doll; (China regional) baby; infant; toddler; child; kid

隊長

team leader; team captain

報警

report to the police

鼻

nose; before any others; first; Kangxi radical 209

大廈

large building; skyscraper; mansion; plaza

撐

prop up; support; brace; punt/move (a boat/raft) with a pole; prop open; unfurl; unfold; spread

明知

deliberately, knowingly; guilty knowledge

落車

to get off, get out (a bus, train, car, etc...)

待續

to be continued; continuation follows

陰間

nether world; afterworld

尤其

especially

婆

old woman; one's grandmother; the mother of one's husband

意義

meaning; significance

鏡

mirror; lens; glass (Classifier(s): 塊

乳頭

nipple; teat

討論

to discuss; to talk over; to debate; discussion; talk; debate

家庭

family

睡

sleep; slumber; rest with eyes closed

正在

in the process (of doing sth.); while (doing sth.)

滿意

[1] to be satisfied; [2] to be pleased

音樂

music

仲好