Cantonese words starting with N

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Yours; belonging to you.

nei5 ging3 ngo5 jat1 cek3, ngo5 ging3 nei5 jat1 zoeng6

你敬我一尺，我敬你一丈

To return any kindness or respect received with even greater generosity in return.

nei5 gong2 je5 aa3

你講嘢呀你讲嘢呀

A rhetorical challenge used in arguments to dare or threaten someone, expressing disbelief or defiance.

nei5 gong2 me1 lan2 je5

你講乜撚嘢你讲乜撚嘢

What the fuck are you talking about?

nei5 gwai3 bou2 hou6

你貴寶號你贵宝号

Your shop; what is the name of your company or business?

nei5 hai6 m4 hai6 ceot1 lai4 haang4

你係唔係出嚟行你系唔系出嚟行

A rhetorical question mocking someone for not knowing the rules of the streets, gangsters, or a particular trade.

Hello; hi; a common greeting used to start a conversation.

Sarcastic expression of frustration and anger towards someone, often carrying a threat of reprisal.

你好嗎你好吗

nei5 jau5 nei5, ngo5 jau5 ngo5

你有你，我有我

To each their own; you go your way and I will go mine.

nei5 jau5 zoeng1 loeng4 gai3 ，ngo5 jau5 gwo3 coeng4 tai1

你有張良計，我有過牆梯你有张良计，我有过墙梯

For every clever strategy or challenge someone has, there is an equally effective countermeasure.

nei5 lou5 baan2

你老闆你老板

Your boss; also used as a euphemism to curse someone's mother.

You lout; you uncultured person.

Your father or your old man.

你鹵味你卤味

An aggressive, hostile exclamation used to vent frustration, serving as a euphemism for "your mother".

An insult targeting someone's mother; also used as a general curse word or intensifier.

nei5 lou5 mou2 m4 kam1 diu2

你老母唔襟屌

An extreme insult directed at someone's mother, literally stating that she cannot withstand being fucked.

nei5 lou5 mou2 si2 fat1

你老母屎忽

An extremely vulgar insult directed at someone's mother, literally referring to her buttocks or anus.

Your father; your old man.

nei5 m4 hai6 aa3 maa3

你唔係呀嘛你唔系呀嘛

No way, you've got to be kidding; seriously?

You; plural pronoun.

You; the plural form of the second-person pronoun.

你們的你们的

nei5 mun4 zi6 gei2

你們自己你们自己

Yourselves; yourself (used in written context).

nei5 mun4 zi6 gei2

妳們自己奶们自己

Yourselves, referring to a group of females.

你諗你你谂你

You figure it out; it's up to you.

And you? How about you?

nei5 sei2 ngo5 wut6

A life-or-death struggle; a fierce, ruthless, or deadly fight.

After you; please go ahead; you first.

nei5 tung4 ngo5 ding6

Don't worry; rest assured; everything will be fine.

nei5 zau6 soeng2

No way; in your dreams; expressing that someone's desire or expectation is impossible to happen.

你隻嘢你只嘢

You rascal, scoundrel, or devil.

nei5 zi1 tiu4 lan2 me1

你知條撚咩你知条撚咩

What the fuck do you know?; how the fuck would you know?

You yourself; on your own.

nei5 zou2 tau2 laa1

To get lost, go to hell, or drop dead.

nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5

你做初一我做十五

An expression used when retaliating or threatening retaliation; tit for tat, an eye for an eye.

nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ，ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5

你做初一，我做十五

Tit for tat; to pay someone back in their own coin.

nei5 zung1 ji3 dim2 zau6 dim2

你鐘意點就點你钟意点就点

Do whatever you want; as you wish.

Bait or lure used for fishing or hunting.

nei6 dei6 zi6 gei2

妳哋自己奶哋自己

Yourselves, referring to a group of females.

The queen card in playing cards.

Daughter; a female child of someone.

A woman's handbag, or a young girl, often used with a negative connotation.

女ｋｅｅｐｅｒ

A woman who is in charge of supervising a brothel.

An intimate term to address one's own or someone else's daughter; daughter.

Dispirited, discouraged, or weak; also historically referring to hunger or rotting fish.

A female maid, or a maid character in ACG subculture.

Women's restroom; a toilet designated for females.

女廁所女厕所

Women's toilet; ladies' restroom.

neoi5 daai6 bat1 zung1 lau4

女大不中留

Once a daughter grows up, she must be married off and cannot be kept in her maternal home.