Cantonese words starting with N

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Sometimes; occasionally.

Insider information; the inside story or behind-the-scenes secrets unknown to the public.

noi6 mok6 gaau1 jik6

內幕交易内幕交易

Insider trading; the illegal practice of trading on the stock market using undisclosed price-sensitive information.

Internal affairs; the administrative work and business within an organization.

內蒙古内蒙古

Inner Mongolia; an autonomous region located in northern China, bordering Mongolia, with its capital at Hohhot.

Inside and outside; both internally and externally.

noi6 ngoi6 gaau1 kwan3

內外交困内外交困

Beset with troubles both at home and abroad; facing difficulties from within and without.

A long time; a long duration.

Deep in one's heart; a person's innermost thoughts, feelings, or mind.

Patient; possessing the ability to endure and stay calm over a long period or through difficulties.

Domestic or internal demand within an economy.

An internal telephone extension, or a spy planted within an opposing group.

Patience; the ability to endure or wait.

To sell goods in the domestic market.

Internal injury; damage to internal organs.

noi6 zeoi6 lik6

內聚力内聚力

Group cohesiveness or cohesion; the force that holds a group or particles together.

To have something built-in or pre-installed; to be integrated and not requiring additional assembly.

Civil war; war between different factions within the same country.

Internal affairs or domestic affairs of a state, organization, or family.

A polite, traditional term for one's wife, used when speaking to friends.

Inherent, intrinsic, or internal quality; an inner nature that is not superficial.

Internal organs of a person or an animal, such as the heart and lungs.

Occasionally; once in a while.

A promise or pledge; a statement expressing belief, certainty, or commitment regarding a future action.

諾貝爾诺贝尔

Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist who established the Nobel Prizes in his will.

nok6 bui3 ji5 zoeng2

諾貝爾獎诺贝尔奖

The Nobel Prize; a prestigious set of annual international awards.

A promise or commitment; a statement that a person has agreed to.

A bag, sack, or pocket; also used to describe being cowardly or feeble.

The pulp or edible part of a fruit; can also mean bad or of poor quality.

nong4 hung1 jyu4 sai2

Penniless; having no money at all, with pockets as empty as if they have been washed.

To sweep; to win all; to encompass or include everything.

nong4 zung1 mat6

Something within one's grasp; things that one is certain to obtain.

In former times; in the past.

Slave or servant; someone whose freedom is completely monopolized by something.

Children, or one's wife and children.

One's children; an alternative character form of 孥.

An inferior, worn-out, or slow horse; weak, incapable, or of poor ability.

A servant, lackey, or flunkey who performs low status labor or acts subserviently.

Slave; a person who is owned as property, controlled by a master, and forced to work without pay.

To enslave; to make a slave of someone.

To enslave; to force someone to work as a slave or perform hard labor against their will.

To exert, make an effort, or to stare.

To be angry or irritated; or to be troubled and worried.

Brain; the central organ of the nervous system located in the head.

Stupid, brain-dead, or foolish.

nou5 ceot1 hyut3

腦出血脑出血

Cerebral bleeding; any kind of intracranial hemorrhage within the skull.

nou5 cung1 hyut3

腦充血脑充血

Brain congestion or encephalemia, or figuratively used to describe being extremely angry.

腦電波脑电波

Brainwave; the electrical activity of the brain.