Cantonese words starting with A
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暗間兒暗间儿
am3 gaan1 ji4inner room
暗記暗记
am3 gei3to commit to memory
暗記兒暗记儿
am3 gei3 ji4secret mark
暗經暗经
am3 ging1latent menstruation (TCM)
暗公鳥暗公鸟
am3 gung1 niu5black-crowned night heron (Tw)
暗光鳥暗光鸟
am3 gwong1 niu5black-crowned night heron (Tw)
暗黑破壞神暗黑破坏神
am3 hak1 po3 waai6 san4Diablo (video game series)
暗合
am3 hap6to agree implicitly; views coincide without a word exchanged
暗盒
am3 hap6magazine
暗喜
am3 hei2hidden smile; to rejoice covertly
暗器
am3 hei3concealed weapon
暗河
am3 ho4underground river
暗香疏影
am3 hoeng1 so1 jing2(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
暗害
am3 hoi6to kill secretly
暗號暗号
am3 hou6secret signal; password; countersign
暗胸朱雀
am3 hung1 zyu1 zoek3(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
暗影
am3 jing2shadow; umbra
暗語暗语
am3 jyu5code word
暗喻
am3 jyu6metaphor
暗渠
am3 keoi4noun; an underdrain; a closed conduit
暗虧暗亏
am3 kwai1hidden loss (finance)
暗流
am3 lau4undercurrent
暗鷺暗鹭
am3 lou6black-crowned night heron (Tw)
暗綠背鸕鶿暗绿背鸬鹚
am3 luk6 bui3 lou4 ci4(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
暗綠柳鶯暗绿柳莺
am3 luk6 lau5 ang1(bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
暗綠繡眼鳥暗绿绣眼鸟
am3 luk6 sau3 ngaan5 niu5(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)
暗戀暗恋
am3 lyun2to be secretly in love with
暗冕鷦鶯暗冕鹪莺
am3 min5 ziu1 ang1(bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)
暗無天日暗无天日
am3 mou4 tin1 jat6all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
暗昧
am3 mui6obscure
暗殺暗杀
am3 saat3to assassinate
暗殺者暗杀者
am3 saat3 ze2an assassin [written and colloquial]
暗室
am3 sat1darkroom
暗事
am3 si6to hint; a clandestine action; an illicit action
暗示
am3 si6(verb) 1. Imply; (noun) Implication
暗色鴉雀暗色鸦雀
am3 sik1 aa1 zoek3(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
暗適應暗适应
am3 sik1 jing3(visual physiology) dark adaptation
暗線光譜暗线光谱
am3 sin3 gwong1 pou2dark-line spectrum
暗星雲暗星云
am3 sing1 wan4(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
暗笑
am3 siu3laugh in (up) one's sleeve; snicker
暗鎖暗锁
am3 so2built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole ...
暗傷暗伤
am3 soeng1internal injury
暗箱
am3 soeng1camera bellows
暗箱操作
am3 soeng1 cou1 zok3covert activities (election rigging etc); black operations
暗想
am3 soeng2think to oneself
暗送秋波
am3 sung3 cau1 bo1to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
暗算
am3 syun3to plot against
暗探
am3 taam3secret agent
暗灘暗滩
am3 taan1hidden shoal
暗滯暗滞
am3 zai6dull (complexion)
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