Cantonese words starting with N

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mistake; to miss; to delay; mistakenly; incorrect; to hinder

difference; inaccuracy

to miss (bus, train etc)

to spread misinformation

ng6 daa2 ng6 zong6

誤打誤撞误打误撞

not on time; overdue; delayed

to mislead; misleading

to misread; to misinterpret

to misunderstand

to miss a plane

to be late for or absent from work; loss of working time; a holdup

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4]

ng6 jan4 zi2 dai6

誤人子弟误人子弟

(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress; to lead people astray

ng6 jap6 kei4 tou4

誤入歧途误入歧途

to take a wrong step in life (idiom)

mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways

(literary) awake or asleep; (fig.) all the time; constantly

to meet (in person); to meet with sb

Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)

to misjudge; incorrect ruling

誤判案误判案

miscarriage of justice

to mistakenly kill

to unwittingly write the wrong thing

to falsely believe; to fall for (a trick etc)

to hold things up

perception; power of understanding

to injure accidentally

ng6 soeng5 caak6 syun4

誤上賊船误上贼船

lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship

to speak face to face; interview

to misunderstand; misunderstanding

nevus; birthmark

see 沙悟淨|沙悟净[Sha1 Wu4 jing4]

to consider erroneously

a very young child

(dialect) child

the coconut tree

tooth; serrated; smart; a surname

office; a magistrate's office in feudal China

infant (old slang)

creamy white; ivory color

ngaa4 bun2 zat1

牙本質牙本质

(adjective) (of a person) cocky; arrogant; cheeky; brash; conceited; smug