Cantonese words starting with N
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偽證伪证
ngai6 zing3perjury
偽裝伪装
ngai6 zong1to pretend to be (asleep etc); pretense; (military) to camouflage
偽造伪造
ngai6 zou6to forge; to counterfeit
偽造品伪造品
ngai6 zou6 ban2counterfeit object; fake
偽造者伪造者
ngai6 zou6 ze2forger
魏忠賢魏忠贤
ngai6 zung1 jin4Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
𩜠
ngam1(Cant.) soft rice for a small child (baby talk)
揞
ngam2to apply (medicinal powder to a wound); to conceal
揞脈揞脉
ngam2 mak6to take the pulse
揞住
ngam2 zyu6to cover up
揞住良心
ngam2 zyu6 loeng4 sam1to go against one's conscience [colloquial]
揞住嘴笑
ngam2 zyu6 zeoi2 siu3to cover up one's smile
扲
ngam4(Cant.) to pull out
吟沉
ngam4 cam4nagging; mumbling
扲荷包
ngam4 ho4 baau1verb; bring the wallet
吟吟沉沉
ngam4 ngam4 cam4 cam4muttering
奀
ngan1(Cant.) skinny; meagre
奀雌雌
ngan1 ci1 ci1skinny and weak (spoken)
奀得滯奀得滞
ngan1 dak1 zai6that's a bit too little (a phrase used to imply that one is looking for a bit...
奀啲
ngan1 di1a little bit more [colloquial]
奀妹
ngan1 mui1girls who are small, short and thin, fragile
奀嫋嫋奀袅袅
ngan1 niu1 niu1Very small, short and thin, fragile
奀皮
ngan1 pei4naughty (spoken)
韌皮韧皮
ngan1 pei4normally describes a child who is naughty and not obliging; thick-skinned
奀細奀细
ngan1 sai3adj; one who looks thin and small
奀瘦
ngan1 sau3lean, slender, slim, tiny
奀星
ngan1 sing1an actor or actress who is not famous
奀嫋鬼命奀袅鬼命
ngan1 tiu1 gwai2 meng6describes a person (normally female) who is very thin and looking weak; frail...
奀挑鬼命
ngan1 tiu1 gwai2 ming6exceptionally and unattractively thin and weak
奀仔
ngan1 zai2a weak boy or male
銀仔银仔
ngan2 zai2(noun) coin
䟴
ngan3to shake; to move; to stand on tiptoe
䟴腳䟴脚
ngan3 goek3to shake one's leg; to enjoy life [colloquial]
䟴高
ngan3 gou1to stand on tiptoe
印印腳印印脚
ngan3 ngan3 goek3legs bouncing up and down while sitting
䟴䟴腳䟴䟴脚
ngan3 ngan3 goek3to be in a position to be able to be relaxed and chilled to enjoy life as the...
䟴䟴吓
ngan3 ngan3 haa5to shake one's body or leg rhythmically [colloquial]
䟴身䟴勢䟴身䟴势
ngan3 san1 ngan3 sai3to act in a low class manner [colloquial]
嚚
ngan4insincere; argumentative; to be speechless
垠
ngan4limit; river bank
誾訚
ngan4surname Yin
鄞
ngan4used in 鄞州[Yin2 zhou1] (the name of a place in Zhejiang)
銀银
ngan4(noun) coin; cash
銀鷗银鸥
ngan4 au1(bird species of China) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
銀白银白
ngan4 baak6silver white
銀白楊银白杨
ngan4 baak6 joeng4silver birch
銀包银包
ngan4 baau1(n.) a purse or wallet.
銀幣银币
ngan4 bai6silver coin
齦病龈病
ngan4 beng6gingival disease
銀箔银箔
ngan4 bok6silver foil
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