Cantonese words starting with N

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nai4 gung1 zai2a doll or figurine made from clay [colloquial]

nai4 haa1Metapenaeus ensis ; sand shrimp

nai4 haai4clay doll

nai4 haang1mud pit; morass

nai4 ham1clams; blood cockles

nai4 juk6the layer of arable soil

nai4 lou6a dirt road

nai4 maa5dead chips, gambling chips that cannot be exchanged for money which must be u...

nai4 maang1rabbitfish

nai4 maang1 dik1unregulated taxi

nai4 naau6mud; sump

nai4 ngaa5 zoeng6bricklayer; mason

nai4 ngaam4mudstone

nai4 ngau4 jap6 hoi2lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of retu...

nai4 ning6muddy

泥菩薩泥菩萨

nai4 pou4 saat3clay Bodhisattva

泥菩薩過江泥菩萨过江

nai4 pou4 saat3 gwo3 gong1(idiom) someone is hardly able to save herself

泥菩薩過江，自身難保泥菩萨过江，自身难保

nai4 pou4 saat3 gwo3 gong1 ，zi6 san1 naan4 bou2like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety

泥盆紀泥盆纪

nai4 pun4 gei2Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)

nai4 saa1 keoi1 haa6mud and sand flow together (idiom)

nai4 sau2stubborn and conservative

nai4 sek6 lau4landslide; mudslide

nai4 seoi2(noun) muddy water

nai4 seoi2 lou2bricklayer; tiler; plasterer; mason (spoken)

nai4 seoi2 zoeng6mason

nai4 sou3clay modeling

nai4 taam4quagmire

泥炭蘚泥炭藓

nai4 taan3 sin2matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)

nai4 tam5a mud pit

nai4 tau4a dumper

泥頭車泥头车

nai4 tau4 ce1cement truck

nai4 teoi2peasant

nai4 teoi2 zi2peasant

nai4 toi1clay idol

nai4 tou2earth; soil; mud; clay

nai4 uk1a mud hut

泥質頁岩泥质页岩

nai4 zat1 jip6 ngaam4mudstone

泥質岩泥质岩

nai4 zat1 ngaam4mudstone (geology)

nai4 zeoi3blind drunk

nai4 zi2putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)

nai4 zoeng1slurry; mud

nai4 zyun1(noun) clay bricks

nak1(Cant.) decayed teeth; tongue-tied

諗錯隔籬谂错隔篱

nam2 co3 gaak3 lei4To think in the wrong way

諗得過谂得过

nam2 dak1 gwo3be worth considering

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