Cantonese words starting with A

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暗间儿
am3 gaan1 ji4inner room
暗记
am3 gei3to commit to memory
暗记儿
am3 gei3 ji4secret mark
暗经
am3 ging1latent menstruation (TCM)
暗公鸟
am3 gung1 niu5black-crowned night heron (Tw)
暗光鸟
am3 gwong1 niu5black-crowned night heron (Tw)
暗黑破坏神
am3 hak1 po3 waai6 san4Diablo (video game series)
am3 hap6to agree implicitly; views coincide without a word exchanged
am3 hap6magazine
am3 hei2hidden smile; to rejoice covertly
am3 hei3concealed weapon
am3 ho4underground river
am3 hoeng1 so1 jing2(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
am3 hoi6to kill secretly
暗号
am3 hou6secret signal; password; countersign
am3 hung1 zyu1 zoek3(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
am3 jing2shadow; umbra
暗语
am3 jyu5code word
am3 jyu6metaphor
am3 keoi4noun; an underdrain; a closed conduit
暗亏
am3 kwai1hidden loss (finance)
am3 lau4undercurrent
暗鹭
am3 lou6black-crowned night heron (Tw)
鶿暗绿背鸬鹚
am3 luk6 bui3 lou4 ci4(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
暗绿柳莺
am3 luk6 lau5 ang1(bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
暗绿绣眼鸟
am3 luk6 sau3 ngaan5 niu5(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)
暗恋
am3 lyun2to be secretly in love with
暗冕鹪莺
am3 min5 ziu1 ang1(bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)
暗无天日
am3 mou4 tin1 jat6all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
am3 mui6obscure
暗杀
am3 saat3to assassinate
暗杀者
am3 saat3 ze2an assassin [written and colloquial]
am3 sat1darkroom
am3 si6to hint; a clandestine action; an illicit action
am3 si6(verb) 1. Imply; (noun) Implication
暗色鸦雀
am3 sik1 aa1 zoek3(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
暗适应
am3 sik1 jing3(visual physiology) dark adaptation
暗线光谱
am3 sin3 gwong1 pou2dark-line spectrum
暗星云
am3 sing1 wan4(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
am3 siu3laugh in (up) one's sleeve; snicker
暗锁
am3 so2built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole ...
暗伤
am3 soeng1internal injury
am3 soeng1camera bellows
am3 soeng1 cou1 zok3covert activities (election rigging etc); black operations
am3 soeng2think to oneself
am3 sung3 cau1 bo1to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
am3 syun3to plot against
am3 taam3secret agent
暗滩
am3 taan1hidden shoal
暗滞
am3 zai6dull (complexion)

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