Cantonese words starting with N
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neoi5 tung4 baau1
女同胞
woman; female compatriot
neoi5 tung4 jyun2
女童院
Children and Juvenile Reform Home for girls
neoi5 tung4 zi3
女同志
lesbian [written and colloquial]
neoi5 waa1
女娃
mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] who turned into bird Jingwei 精衛|精卫[Jing1 wei4] after drowning
neoi5 wai6 jyut6 gei2 ze2 jung4
女為悅己者容女为悦己者容
women dressing up for the guys they like
neoi5 wo1
女媧女娲
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
neoi5 wo1 si6
女媧氏女娲氏
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
neoi5 wong4
女王
queen
neoi5 wong4
女皇
empress
neoi5 wong4 daai6 hok6
女皇大學女皇大学
Queen's University (Belfast)
neoi5 wong4 dai3
女皇帝
empress
neoi5 wong4 lou5 ng5
女王老五
single rich women (usually middle-aged)
neoi5 zai2
女仔
(noun) a young lady; a girl
neoi5 zai2 zi1 gaa1
女仔之家
a way of saying: "as a girl" (only applicable to describe a girl at a young age)
neoi5 zan1
女真
Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty
neoi5 zan1 jyu5
女真語女真语
Jurchen language
neoi5 zi2
女子
woman
neoi5 zi2 caam1 zing3 kyun4
女子參政權女子参政权
women's suffrage
neoi5 zi2 mou4 coi4 bin6 si6 dak1
女子無才便是德女子无才便是德
a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
neoi5 zing1
女貞女贞
privet (genus Ligustrum)
neoi5 zong1
女裝女装
women's clothes
neoi5 zung1 hou4 git6
女中豪傑女中豪杰
a woman with great capabilities; a heroine; a meritorious woman; an eminent woman
neoi5 zung1 jam1
女中音
Mezzo-soprano
neoi5 zyu2 gok3
女主角
main female lead or character
neoi5 zyu2 jan4
女主人
hostess
neoi5 zyu2 jan4 gung1
女主人公
heroine (of a novel or film)
neot6
鷸鹬
common snipe
neot6 gip3
訥澀讷涩
clumsy in speech
neot6 ho4
訥河讷河
see 訥河市|讷河市[Ne4 he2 Shi4]
neot6 ho4 si5
訥河市讷河市
Nehe, a county-level city in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
neot6 neot6
訥訥讷讷
(of speech) indistinct; hesitating
ng4
吾
(pronoun) Oneself
ng4
梧
Sterculia platanifolia
ng4
浯
(name of several rivers in China)
ng4
蜈
used in 蜈蚣[wu2 gong1]
ng4
郚
place name
ng4 bong1 gwok3
吳邦國吴邦国
Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012
ng4 bou2
吳堡吴堡
see 吳堡縣|吴堡县[Wu2 bu3 Xian4]
ng4 bou2 jyun6
吳堡縣吴堡县
Wubu, a county in Yulin City 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4], Shaanxi
ng4 bui3
吾輩吾辈
(literary) we
ng4 cing1 jyun4
吳清源吴清源
Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player
ng4 co2
吳楚吴楚
southern states of Wu and Chu
ng4 coek3 hei1
吳卓羲吴卓羲
Ron Ng, name of an actor
ng4 cung4 gaai1
吳松街吴松街
Woo Sung Street, street in Hong Kong
ng4 cyun1
吳川吴川
see 吳川市|吴川市[Wu2 chuan1 Shi4]
ng4 cyun1 si5
吳川市吴川市
Wuchuan, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong
ng4 dang2
吾等
(literary) we
ng4 gaa1 ging1
吳嘉經吴嘉经
Wu Jiajing (1618-1684), early Qing dynasty poet
ng4 gin2 jan4
吳趼人吴趼人
Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状
ng4 gin3 hou4
吳建豪吴建豪
Wu Jianhao or Vanness Wu (1978-), Taiwan pop star and actor, F4 band member