Cantonese words starting with N

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Lunar New Year's Eve, or a Lunar New Year fair.

nin4 siu1 faa1 si5

Lunar New Year Fair

nin4 siu1 si5 coeng4

年宵市場年宵市场

Lunar New Year market; a temporary outdoor market selling flowers, decorations, and gifts before the Chinese New Year.

Young; of a youthful age.

nin4 siu3 lou5 sing4

Physically young but mentally mature; having a mature head on young shoulders.

The beginning of the year.

New Year picture; a genre of traditional East Asian folk art created for celebrating the Lunar New Year.

The years or time in one's life; one's age or youth.

Seniority; the number of years of work or service.

Older in age; senior; elderly.

During the year; in the course of a year.

The end of the year; year-end.

To run over, crush, or flatten with a vehicle or heavy machinery.

To be run over, rolled over, or crushed by wheels or a wheeled vehicle; to roll around while lying down.

ning1 zau2; ling1 zau2

To take away, remove, or carry off.

Prick face; an annoying or unpleasant person.

To enjoin, urge repeatedly, or charge.

Peaceful; also used to mean to visit one's parents, or as a literary rhetorical question.

Peaceful, tranquil, and quiet.

Abbreviation for lemon, especially used in the names of drinks containing lemon.

Fierce-looking; hideous or grim.

ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2 mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1

寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻宁教人打仔，莫教人分妻

Better to advise someone to beat their own son than to advise them to divorce their wife.

Ningxia, an autonomous region in northwest China with Yinchuan as its capital.

Would rather; to prefer the lesser of two evils when faced with a choice.

Would rather; to prefer an option, especially when neither choice is ideal.

ning4 kyut3 mat6 laam6

寧缺勿濫宁缺勿滥

Rather go without than settle for something of poor quality; prefer quality over quantity.

Lemon; the sour, yellow, oval-shaped citrus fruit.

ning4 mung1 caa4

檸檬茶柠檬茶

Lemon tea; a drink made of black tea with lemon slices or lemon juice.

ning4 mung1 seoi2

檸檬水柠檬水

Lemon water; water infused with sliced lemons.

ning4 mung1 zaap6 jam2

檸檬雜飲柠檬杂饮

Lemon squash; a beverage made from lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.

ning4 sei2 bat1 wat1

寧死不屈宁死不屈

Rather die than surrender or yield; expressing an unyielding determination to resist.

Lemon water; a common beverage made with water, fresh lemon slices, and sugar.

To shake one's head from side to side, usually to express disagreement, disapproval, or negation.

Quiet, serene, tranquil, and free of noise.

To turn around or to turn away to avoid facing something.

To flatter, or to be smooth-talking and eloquent.

To turn around; to change direction.

To tighten something by twisting or screwing.

A sycophant or flatterer who uses sweet talk to curry favor for personal gain.

擰歪面拧歪面

To turn one's face aside, especially to express disagreement, discontent, or avoidance.

An obsequious or sycophantic government official who flatters leaders for personal gain.

ning6 zyun3 san1

擰轉身拧转身

To turn around or spin one's body to face a different direction.

ning6 zyun3 tau4

擰轉頭拧转头

To turn one's head or look back.

To pinch with the fingers; also to knead or mould soft material into shape.

To blacken; to dye black, or refers to black mud or alum.

A Chinese surname, usually transliterated as Nip.

To walk on tiptoe, sneak, or tread softly; to step or tread on.

Nickel; the chemical element of atomic number 28, a transition metal with the symbol Ni.