Cantonese words starting with A

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暗間兒暗间儿

to commit to memory

暗記兒暗记儿

latent menstruation (TCM)

暗公鳥暗公鸟

black-crowned night heron (Tw)

am3 gwong1 niu5

暗光鳥暗光鸟

black-crowned night heron (Tw)

am3 hak1 po3 waai6 san4

暗黑破壞神暗黑破坏神

Diablo (video game series)

to agree implicitly; views coincide without a word exchanged

hidden smile; to rejoice covertly

concealed weapon

underground river

am3 hoeng1 so1 jing2

(poetic depiction of plum blossom)

to kill secretly

secret signal; password; countersign

am3 hung1 zyu1 zoek3

(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)

noun; an underdrain; a closed conduit

hidden loss (finance)

black-crowned night heron (Tw)

am3 luk6 bui3 lou4 ci4

暗綠背鸕鶿暗绿背鸬鹚

(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)

am3 luk6 lau5 ang1

暗綠柳鶯暗绿柳莺

(bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)

am3 luk6 sau3 ngaan5 niu5

暗綠繡眼鳥暗绿绣眼鸟

(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)

to be secretly in love with

am3 min5 ziu1 ang1

暗冕鷦鶯暗冕鹪莺

(bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)

am3 mou4 tin1 jat6

暗無天日暗无天日

all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice

暗殺者暗杀者

an assassin [written and colloquial]

to hint; a clandestine action; an illicit action

(verb) 1. Imply; (noun) Implication

am3 sik1 aa1 zoek3

暗色鴉雀暗色鸦雀

(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)

暗適應暗适应

(visual physiology) dark adaptation

am3 sin3 gwong1 pou2

暗線光譜暗线光谱

dark-line spectrum

暗星雲暗星云

(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula

laugh in (up) one's sleeve; snicker

built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible) (contrasted with 明鎖|明锁[ming2 suo3] "exposed lock")

internal injury

am3 soeng1 cou1 zok3

covert activities (election rigging etc); black operations

think to oneself

am3 sung3 cau1 bo1

to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)

to plot against

dull (complexion)