Cantonese words starting with N

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ngat1 sei2 maau1

扤死貓扤死猫

To frame someone or make them take the blame for someone else's wrongdoing.

High and steep; to rise high.

A low stool, or something unstable.

Nearly or almost.

Uneasy, anxious, or apprehensive.

Up to now; to date; until today.

To stand tall, firm, and stable.

To stand towering and firm, especially of a building or structure remaining upright over a long period.

ngat6 ngat6 jiu4

扤扤搖扤扤摇

To rock, sway, or shake back and forth.

To draw a hook, tick, or outline with a pen, or to cross out text.

Hookworm; any parasitic nematode of the genus Ancylostoma.

To hook up with, seduce, or secretly entangle oneself with someone, often leading to an ongoing affair.

Shady business; dirty deals or illegitimate activities.

To collude, conspire, or gang up with; to secretly collaborate for a negative purpose.

To evoke, induce, or call to mind memories or feelings.

To seduce, tempt, or lure someone, especially someone else's spouse.

勾義嫂勾义嫂

To seduce the wife or female partner of a friend.

For a woman to cheat or have an affair with another man.

ngau1 saam1 daap3 sei3

To flirt around or be promiscuous; to have multiple romantic or sexual relationships at the same time.

ngau1 sam1 dau3 gok3

勾心鬥角勾心斗角

To plot, scheme, and engage in internal strife against one another.

To cancel, write off, or wipe clean.

To sketch or draw an outline; to delineate or map out.

The pronunciation of 'cow' or 'beef' in certain collocations, such as beef spaghetti.

Ox yoke; a wooden bar placed on an ox's neck to pull a plow or cart.

ngau4 baak6 naam5

A cut of beef brisket containing a relatively large amount of tendon.

ngau4 ci4 waan1

牛池灣牛池湾

Ngau Chi Wan, a residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong near Choi Hung.

Ox intestine as food, or a beef rice noodle roll.

ngau4 cou2 tou5

Cow's omasum prepared as food; tripe.

Cowpox, which was used to develop the smallpox vaccine.

Isaac Newton, the English scientist who discovered universal gravitation and formulated the laws of motion.

A large butcher's knife, or metaphorically, a great talent or power.

ngau4 dou1 siu2 si3

牛刀小試牛刀小试

To display only a fraction of one's great talent or ability in a minor task.

Jeans; denim pants.

ngau4 gei3 lap1 gei3

牛記笠記牛记笠记

Casual, informal, or shabby style of dress, typically consisting of jeans and a T-shirt or pullover.

Stubborn; pigheaded; obstinate.

Beef shank; cow's shank.

ngau4 gok3 baau1

Croissant; a horn-shaped or crescent-shaped French pastry made with butter.

ngau4 gok3 zim1

A dead end or a blind alley; an insignificant, insoluble problem or detail.

Uncivilized, rough, or unreasonable in behavior.

ngau4 gou1 maa5 daai6

牛高馬大牛高马大

Tall and big in stature; fully grown and no longer of a child's build.

Bull; a male bovine animal.

A bull or male ox.

ngau4 gwai2 se4 san4

Demons and monsters, originally referring to underworld deities and spirits, later used to describe all kinds of evil people.

Beef bones; bovine bones.

Flat rice noodles served with beef.

ngau4 jau4 do1 si2

Buttered toast.

ngau4 jau4 dou1

ngau4 jau4 gwo2