Cantonese words starting with N

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ng5 gok3 daai6 lau4

五角大樓五角大楼

five-pointed star; pentagram

hand used for masturbating (for men) [colloquial]

Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

五股鄉五股乡

Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants; all grains

ng5 guk1 fung1 dang1

五穀豐登五谷丰登

abundant harvest of all food crops

five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)

ng5 gun1 dyun1 zing3

to have regular features

five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence

ng5 gwai2 naau6 pun3

五鬼鬧判五鬼闹判

Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells

ng5 gwong1 sap6 sik1

(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy

five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水

ng5 hang4 baat3 zok3

ng5 hang4 him3 bing2

in need of a beating as a punishment [colloquial]

ng5 hang4 him3 daa2

someone who does some behaviors and make people so mad that he

ng5 hang4 him3 seoi2

in financial strait (slang)

ng5 hang4 kyut3 seoi2

a humorous way of saying that somebody lacks money; literally 'lacking the element of water'

ng5 hau2 tung1 soeng1

the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海

see 五河縣|五河县[Wu3 he2 Xian4]

五河縣五河县

Wuhe, a county in Bengbu City 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4], Anhui

five spice seasoned

ng5 hoeng1 fan2

five-spice powder

ng5 hong6 cyun4 nang4

五項全能五项全能

ng5 hou6 din6 ci4

五號電池五号电池

AA battery (PRC)

five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la

ng5 jam1 bat1 cyun4

fifth (musical interval)

ng5 jan4 mou6 bei1 gei3

五人墓碑記五人墓碑记

Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1 xian2] during the late Ming dynasty

the Greater Taishan Region which includes, Heshan, Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, situated in the Pearl River Delta

ng5 jat1 lou4 dung6 zit3

五一勞動節五一劳动节

May 1st Labour Day

five days; fifth [date]

noon break; lunchtime nap

disobedient to parents

noun; disobedient son

ng5 jin4 zyut6 geoi3

五言絕句五言绝句

poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line

imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]

Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art

ng5 joeng5 faa3 ji6 faan4

五氧化二釩五氧化二钒

Vanadium pentoxide V2O5

the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院[Xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive Yuan, 立法院[Li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative Yuan, 司法院[Si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院[Kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院[Jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control Yuan

see 五原縣|五原县[Wu3 yuan2 Xian4]

ng5 jyun4 jyun6

五原縣五原县

Wuyuan, a county in Bayannur City 巴彥淖爾市|巴彦淖尔市[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia