Cantonese words starting with N

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nang4 loeng6 sau2 hang4

能量守恆能量守恒

conservation of energy (physics)

nang4 loeng6 sau2 hang4 ding6 leot6

能量守恆定律能量守恒定律

the law of conservation of energy [written and colloquial]

nang4 man4 nang4 mou5

perform well in both mental and physical activities

nang4 san1 nang4 wat1

see 能屈能伸[neng2 qu1 neng2 shen1]

nang4 si1 sin6 man4

能詩善文能诗善文

highly literate

particular abilities

nang4 soeng5 nang4 haa6

ready to take any job, high or low

nang4 syut3 wui2 dou6

能說會道能说会道

can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab

nang4 wat1 nang4 san1

can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take

nang4 ze2 do1 lou4

能者多勞能者多劳

(idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)

nang4 ze2 wai4 si1

能者為師能者为师

A phrase: Let those who can serve, teach

variant of 凹版[ao1 ban3]

intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it)

concave or convex; uneven (surface)

nap1 dat6 bat1 ping4

(idiom) uneven (surface); bumpy (road)

nap1 dat6 jan3 caat3

nap1 dat6 jing4

crenelated; corrugated

nap1 dat6 zaat3 faa1

凹凸軋花凹凸轧花

to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed

concave depression

die (printing, metalwork etc)

nap1 min6 geng3

凹面鏡凹面镜

nap1 nap1 dat6 dat6

uneven; bumpy; rough (surface)

bark of tulip tree (TCM)

nap1 tau3 geng3

凹透鏡凹透镜

concave; dented

sticky; damp; sluggish [colloquial]

slow; sluggish; procrastinate (slang)

to speak slowly; to stammer

nau1 baau3 baau3

(adjective) angry; furious; enraged; incensed

nau1 dou3 daan6 hei2

嬲到彈起嬲到弹起

feeling angry, sprang to his feet.

nau1 hou2 ding6 siu3 hou2

嬲好定笑好

don't know to cry or to laugh

to get really angry