Cantonese words starting with N
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女同胞
neoi5 tung4 baau1woman; female compatriot
女童院
neoi5 tung4 jyun2Children and Juvenile Reform Home for girls
女同志
neoi5 tung4 zi3lesbian [written and colloquial]
女娃
neoi5 waa1mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] who turned into bird Jing...
女為悅己者容女为悦己者容
neoi5 wai6 jyut6 gei2 ze2 jung4women dressing up for the guys they like
女媧女娲
neoi5 wo1Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
女媧氏女娲氏
neoi5 wo1 si6Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
女王
neoi5 wong4queen
女皇
neoi5 wong4empress
女皇大學女皇大学
neoi5 wong4 daai6 hok6Queen's University (Belfast)
女皇帝
neoi5 wong4 dai3empress
女王老五
neoi5 wong4 lou5 ng5single rich women (usually middle-aged)
女仔
neoi5 zai2(noun) a young lady; a girl
女仔之家
neoi5 zai2 zi1 gaa1a way of saying: "as a girl" (only applicable to describe a girl at a young age)
女真
neoi5 zan1Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who fo...
女真語女真语
neoi5 zan1 jyu5Jurchen language
女子
neoi5 zi2woman
女子參政權女子参政权
neoi5 zi2 caam1 zing3 kyun4women's suffrage
女子無才便是德女子无才便是德
neoi5 zi2 mou4 coi4 bin6 si6 dak1a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
女貞女贞
neoi5 zing1privet (genus Ligustrum)
女裝女装
neoi5 zong1women's clothes
女中豪傑女中豪杰
neoi5 zung1 hou4 git6a woman with great capabilities; a heroine; a meritorious woman; an eminent w...
女中音
neoi5 zung1 jam1Mezzo-soprano
女主角
neoi5 zyu2 gok3main female lead or character
女主人
neoi5 zyu2 jan4hostess
女主人公
neoi5 zyu2 jan4 gung1heroine (of a novel or film)
鷸鹬
neot6common snipe
訥澀讷涩
neot6 gip3clumsy in speech
訥河讷河
neot6 ho4see 訥河市|讷河市[Ne4 he2 Shi4]
訥河市讷河市
neot6 ho4 si5Nehe, a county-level city in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], ...
訥訥讷讷
neot6 neot6(of speech) indistinct; hesitating
吾
ng4(pronoun) Oneself
梧
ng4Sterculia platanifolia
浯
ng4(name of several rivers in China)
蜈
ng4used in 蜈蚣[wu2 gong1]
郚
ng4place name
吳邦國吴邦国
ng4 bong1 gwok3Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member ...
吳堡吴堡
ng4 bou2see 吳堡縣|吴堡县[Wu2 bu3 Xian4]
吳堡縣吴堡县
ng4 bou2 jyun6Wubu, a county in Yulin City 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4], Shaanxi
吾輩吾辈
ng4 bui3(literary) we
吳清源吴清源
ng4 cing1 jyun4Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player
吳楚吴楚
ng4 co2southern states of Wu and Chu
吳卓羲吴卓羲
ng4 coek3 hei1Ron Ng, name of an actor
吳松街吴松街
ng4 cung4 gaai1Woo Sung Street, street in Hong Kong
吳川吴川
ng4 cyun1see 吳川市|吴川市[Wu2 chuan1 Shi4]
吳川市吴川市
ng4 cyun1 si5Wuchuan, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong
吾等
ng4 dang2(literary) we
吳嘉經吴嘉经
ng4 gaa1 ging1Wu Jiajing (1618-1684), early Qing dynasty poet
吳趼人吴趼人
ng4 gin2 jan4Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange sta...
吳建豪吴建豪
ng4 gin3 hou4Wu Jianhao or Vanness Wu (1978-), Taiwan pop star and actor, F4 band member
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