Cantonese words starting with N
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巖巖巉巉岩岩巉巉
ngaam4 ngaam4 caam4 caam4adj; ugly; uneven; one with unbearable characteristics
岩沙海葵毒素
ngaam4 saa1 hoi2 kwai4 duk6 sou3palytoxin
癌細胞癌细胞
ngaam4 sai3 baau1cancer cell
岩手
ngaam4 sau2Iwate prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
岩手縣岩手县
ngaam4 sau2 jyun6Iwate prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
岩石
ngaam4 sek6(geology) rock
巖石岩石
ngaam4 sek6Rock
岩石層岩石层
ngaam4 sek6 cang4rock stratum
岩石學岩石学
ngaam4 sek6 hok6petrology; study of rocks
岩石圈
ngaam4 sek6 hyun1(geology) lithosphere
岩屑
ngaam4 sit3(rock) debris
岩土體岩土体
ngaam4 tou2 tai2gneiss
巖畫岩画
ngaam4 waa2rock painting
癌症
ngaam4 zing3cancer
岩漿岩浆
ngaam4 zoeng1(geology) magma
岩漿流岩浆流
ngaam4 zoeng1 lau4lava flow
岩漿岩岩浆岩
ngaam4 zoeng1 ngaam4igneous rock
顏颜
ngaan4color; countenance; prestige; honour
顏厚颜厚
ngaan4 hau5brazen
顏厚有忸怩颜厚有忸怩
ngaan4 hau5 jau5 nuk6 nei4even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)
顏淵颜渊
ngaan4 jyun1Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known a...
顏料颜料
ngaan4 liu2paint; pigment
顏面颜面
ngaan4 min6face
顏面掃地颜面扫地
ngaan4 min6 sou3 dei6lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
顏射颜射
ngaan4 se6to ejaculate onto sb's face
顏色颜色
ngaan4 sik1(slang) someone's ability or captivity
顏色筆颜色笔
ngaan4 sik1 bat1colour pen
顏體颜体
ngaan4 tai2Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
顏回颜回
ngaan4 wui4Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan...
顏真卿颜真卿
ngaan4 zan1 hing1Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
眼
ngaan5(noun) 1. the unit of needles; 2. eyesight
眼壓眼压
ngaan5 aat3intraocular pressure
眼巴巴
ngaan5 baa1 baa1waiting anxiously
眼白
ngaan5 baak6white of the eye
眼白白
ngaan5 baak6 baak6(adverb) (look on) dully or blankly; (look on) helplessly; to describe how on...
眼不見，心不煩眼不见，心不烦
ngaan5 bat1 gin3, sam1 bat1 faan4what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
眼不見為乾淨眼不见为干净
ngaan5 bat1 gin3 wai4 gon1 zeng6(slang) things become clean and tidy when people don't see the mess
眼不見為淨眼不见为净
ngaan5 bat1 gin3 wai4 zing6what remains unseen is deemed to be clean
眼不轉睛眼不转睛
ngaan5 bat1 zyun2 zing1with fixed attention (idiom)
眼啤啤
ngaan5 be1 be1to stare [colloquial]
眼柄
ngaan5 beng3eye stalk (of crustacean etc)
眼病
ngaan5 beng6eye disease
眼波
ngaan5 bo1fluid glance
眼岔
ngaan5 caa3to mistake for sth else
眼饞眼馋
ngaan5 caam4to covet
眼饞肚飽眼馋肚饱
ngaan5 caam4 tou5 baau2to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)
眼赤
ngaan5 cek3Red Eye; sore eye
眼眵
ngaan5 ci1sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
眼淺眼浅
ngaan5 cin2(adj.) to describe someone who bursts into tears easily
眼前
ngaan5 cin4before one's eyes; at present
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