Cantonese words starting with N
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五角大樓五角大楼
ng5 gok3 daai6 lau4the Pentagon
五角形
ng5 gok3 jing4pentagon
五角星
ng5 gok3 sing1five-pointed star; pentagram
五姑娘
ng5 gu1 noeng2hand used for masturbating (for men) [colloquial]
五股
ng5 gu2Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
五股鄉五股乡
ng5 gu2 hoeng1Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
五穀五谷
ng5 guk1five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[ma...
五穀豐登五谷丰登
ng5 guk1 fung1 dang1abundant harvest of all food crops
五官
ng5 gun1five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
五官端正
ng5 gun1 dyun1 zing3to have regular features
仵工
ng5 gung1pallbearer
五鬼
ng5 gwai2five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
五鬼鬧判五鬼闹判
ng5 gwai2 naau6 pun3Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk ope...
五光十色
ng5 gwong1 sap6 sik1(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
五行
ng5 hang4five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
五行八作
ng5 hang4 baat3 zok3all the trades
五行欠炳
ng5 hang4 him3 bing2in need of a beating as a punishment [colloquial]
五行欠打
ng5 hang4 him3 daa2someone who does some behaviors and make people so mad that he
五行欠水
ng5 hang4 him3 seoi2in financial strait (slang)
五行缺水
ng5 hang4 kyut3 seoi2a humorous way of saying that somebody lacks money; literally 'lacking the el...
五口通商
ng5 hau2 tung1 soeng1the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約...
午後午后
ng5 hau6afternoon
五河
ng5 ho4see 五河縣|五河县[Wu3 he2 Xian4]
五河縣五河县
ng5 ho4 jyun6Wuhe, a county in Bengbu City 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4], Anhui
五香
ng5 hoeng1five spice seasoned
五香粉
ng5 hoeng1 fan2five-spice powder
五項全能五项全能
ng5 hong6 cyun4 nang4pentathlon
五號五号
ng5 hou6the fifth
五號電池五号电池
ng5 hou6 din6 ci4AA battery (PRC)
五音
ng5 jam1five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
五音不全
ng5 jam1 bat1 cyun4tone deaf
五音度
ng5 jam1 dou6fifth (musical interval)
五人墓碑記五人墓碑记
ng5 jan4 mou6 bei1 gei3Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] comm...
五邑
ng5 jap1the Greater Taishan Region which includes, Heshan, Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, ...
五一
ng5 jat15-1 (May 1st)
五一勞動節五一劳动节
ng5 jat1 lou4 dung6 zit3May 1st Labour Day
五日
ng5 jat6five days; fifth [date]
午休
ng5 jau1noon break; lunchtime nap
午夜
ng5 je6midnight
忤逆
ng5 jik6disobedient to parents
忤逆仔
ng5 jik6 zai2noun; disobedient son
午宴
ng5 jin3lunch banquet
五言絕句五言绝句
ng5 jin4 zyut6 geoi3poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first,...
五刑
ng5 jing4imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing charact...
五形
ng5 jing4Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art
五氧化二釩五氧化二钒
ng5 joeng5 faa3 ji6 faan4Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
五院
ng5 jyun2the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of Chin...
五原
ng5 jyun4see 五原縣|五原县[Wu3 yuan2 Xian4]
五原縣五原县
ng5 jyun4 jyun6Wuyuan, a county in Bayannur City 巴彥淖爾市|巴彦淖尔市[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3 Shi4], Inner ...
五月
ng5 jyut6May
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