Cantonese words starting with N

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Which; interrogative pronoun used to ask for specification.

Related or relevant to.

With; and; together with.

naa2 hau2 naa2 min6

To pull a long face, look moody, or have a sour expression without smiling.

naa2 hau2 naa2 min6

To pull a face; to have a miserable, angry, or hostile expression.

Effeminate; describing a male who acts or speaks like a woman.

Very expensive or pricey, typically used to describe everyday expenses.

Effeminate, sissy, or unmasculine; used to describe a man's behavior or appearance.

Sloppy, careless, or irresponsible in performing tasks.

Sloppy, careless, or reckless.

naa2 seng1 naa2 hei3

乸聲乸氣乸声乸气

Having an effeminate, woman-like voice or speaking manner.

naa2 si2 soeng5 san1

To bring trouble upon oneself; to ask for trouble.

Used in the transliteration of female names.

To take, grasp, or pick up.

naa4 dou3 / dou2

To get; to obtain; to hold; to take into one's possession.

Datuk; a traditional Malay honorific title.

To pull, roll, or pick up.

Quickly; at once; without delay.

Hurry up; quickly; without delay.

To do something quickly; to hurry up without delay.

嗱嗱臨嗱嗱临

Quickly; immediately; without delay.

To hurry up or do something quickly and without delay.

To do something quickly; to hurry up without delay.

naa4 naa4 sing1

嗱嗱聲嗱嗱声

Quickly; hurriedly; used to impel someone to speed up what they are doing.

naa4 naa4 sing1

拿拿聲拿拿声

Hurry up; quickly; without delay.

To grasp, handle, or exercise precise control over details or degree.

拿破崙拿破仑

Napoleon Bonaparte; French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution.

Good at, skilled in, or adept at something.

naa4 sau2 m4 sing4 sai3

嗱手唔成勢嗱手唔成势

To be caught unprepared; to be unable to cope with a situation or in a state of disarray.

Nezha, a deity in Chinese folk religion, Buddhism, and Taoism.

That; those; used to refer to something distant from the speaker.

That; that one; a pronoun referring to a specific person, thing, or object.

Where; used to ask about or refer to a place.

Which kind; which one.

Where; what place.

There; a place that is geographically far away or psychologically distant.

So; such; like that; to a certain degree or in a certain way.

No matter what, or even if.

Those; plural demonstrative pronoun.

naa6 daa2 sou3 ji1 jyun2

那打素醫院那打素医院

Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, a hospital in Hong Kong.

Milk; the white liquid secreted by female mammals as food, typically referring to cow's milk if unspecified.

Milk, including breast milk or dairy milk, used in baby talk.

To be; am, is, or are.

A woman's breast, or to breastfeed.

An incense tripod; a large tripod cauldron.

naai5 baak6 sik1

Creamy white; milk-white.

Milk tea; a beverage made by mixing tea (usually black tea) with milk, evaporated milk, or condensed milk.

Frosted light bulb.