Cantonese words starting with N
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nau2 muk6 fan3 tou2
朽木糞土朽木粪土
rotten wood and manure, to describe someone who is worthless with no contribution to the society
nau2 mun4
紐門纽门
(noun) a buttonhole;
nau2 nau2
妞妞
little girl
nau2 nau2 ling6 ling6
扭扭擰擰扭扭拧拧
describes a difficult person (normally a child) who is demanding and pretending to refuse something but actually wants that
nau2 nau2 lok6
扭扭樂扭扭乐
Twister (game)
nau2 nau2 nip6 nip6
扭扭捏捏
affecting shyness or embarrassment; mincing (walk, manner of speech)
nau2 nei4
忸怩
bashful
nau2 ngaa5 hak1
紐瓦克纽瓦克
Newark (place name)
nau2 ning6
扭擰扭拧
(adj.) to be very hesitant about doing something; uneasy due to nervousness; bashful
nau2 nip6
扭捏
affecting shyness or embarrassment; mincing (walk, manner of speech)
nau2 oi1
紐埃纽埃
Niue (island)
nau2 ou3 loeng4
紐奧良纽奥良
New Orleans, Louisiana
nau2 paan3
紐襻纽襻
button loop
nau2 sai1 laan4
紐西蘭纽西兰
New Zealand (Tw)
nau2 san1 nau2 sai3
扭身扭勢扭身扭势
one who shrugs and twist their body in order to get what they want
nau2 si2 fat1 faa1
扭屎忽花
to wiggle one's bottom; to display signs of discontent with one's status [colloquial]
nau2 si4
紐時纽时
New York Times, abbr. for 紐約時報|纽约时报[Niu3 Yue1 Shi2 bao4]
nau2 soeng1
扭傷扭伤
a sprain; to sprain
nau2 taai5
扭軚
to turn the steering wheel
nau2 tau4
扭頭扭头
to turn one's head
nau2 waai6
朽壞朽坏
rotten
nau2 zaak6 sai1
紐澤西纽泽西
New Jersey, USA (Tw)
nau2 zeon6 luk6 jam6
扭盡六壬扭尽六壬
to rack one's brains [colloquial]
nau2 zi2
紐子纽子
button
nau2 zyun2
扭轉扭转
to reverse; (mechanics) torsion
nau6
耨
hoe; to weed
nau6
膩腻
greasy; unctuous; tired of; dirty; fatty; to be fed up with
nau6 hau4
耨喉
too greasy
nau6 si5
耨市
unsellable; unmarketable; encounter poor sales; in excess of demand
ne1
呢
(determiner) 1. this; 2. these; (slang) level
ne1 ho2
呢可
right?
ne1 naa4
呢嗱
Vanilla
nei1 ci3
呢次
on this occasion
nei1 haa2
呢吓
This time
nei1 maai4
匿埋
(verb) to hide;
nei1 zek3 je5
呢隻嘢呢只嘢
this [thing or animal]
nei4
伲
variant of 你[ni3]
nei4
妮
girl; Taiwan pr. [ní]; servant girl; lass
nei4
尼
Buddhist nun
nei4
怩
used in 忸怩[niu3 ni2]
nei4
禰祢
surname Mi
nei4 aa1
尼雅
Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
nei4 aa1 ho4
尼雅河
Niya River in southern Xinjiang
nei4 aa3 gaa1 laai1 buk6 bou3
尼亞加拉瀑布尼亚加拉瀑布
Niagara Falls
nei4 aa3 gaa1 laai1 daai6 buk6 bou3
尼亞加拉大瀑布尼亚加拉大瀑布
Niagara Falls
nei4 aa3 mei5
尼亞美尼亚美
Niamey, capital of Niger
nei4 aak1 lai6 dak1
尼厄麗德尼厄丽德
Nereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris)
nei4 bok6 ji5
尼泊爾尼泊尔
Nepal
nei4 bok6 ji5 wong4 gwok3
尼泊爾王國尼泊尔王国
Kingdom of Nepal
nei4 bok6 ji5 ziu1 mei4
尼泊爾鷦鶥尼泊尔鹪鹛
(bird species of China) Nepal cupwing; immaculate cupwing; Nepal wren-babbler (Pnoepyga immaculata)