Cantonese words starting with N

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intimate friend

tired of; fed up with; sick of

tippet (in fly-fishing)

(of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey

putty (same as 泥子); hanger-on

female handbags; young girl (usually used with a negative connotation)

女ｋｅｅｐｅｒ

a woman who is in charge of supervising a brothel [colloquial]

daughter; she she, it means lesbians; girls (how pimps call their prostitutes)

hungry; fish rotting; dispirited

neoi5 ban1 soeng3

女儐相女傧相

female servant; maid

female companion

neoi5 can3 saam1

女襯衫女衬衫

women's restroom; women's toilet

女廁所女厕所

noun; women's toilet

crenelated parapet wall

neoi5 daai6 bat1 zung1 lau4

女大不中留

when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

neoi5 daai6 sap6 baat3 bin3

女大十八變女大十八变

lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)

women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)

neoi5 dai1 jam1

neoi5 dim3 jyun4

女店員女店员

female offender in imperial China (old)

the bride's side (of a wedding)

neoi5 fong4 dung1

女房東女房东

bride's family (in marriage)

Female community; female toilets

neoi5 gai3 sing4 jan4

女繼承人女继承人

neoi5 ging2 jyun4

女警員女警员

woman of distinction

neoi5 gou1 jam1

neoi5 gun2 gaa1

variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1]

neoi5 gung1 zi2

neoi5 gung1 zoek3

the females in a family

neoi5 haai4 ji4

女孩兒女孩儿

erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2]

neoi5 haai4 zi2

neoi5 hok6 saang1

女學生女学生

School girls; female students

女漢子女汉子

masculine woman

(literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)

neoi5 jan2 gaai1

noun; Tung Choi Street, street in Hong Kong, commonly referred to as Ladies Market or Street