Cantonese words starting with N
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韌皮部韧皮部
ngan6 pei4 bou6phloem
韌性韧性
ngan6 sing3toughness
韌體韧体
ngan6 tai2firmware
罨爛罨烂
ngap1 laan6leave something covered up too long to be rotten
噏乜撚嘢
ngap1 me1 lan2 je5what the fuck ; she) talking about [colloquial]
噏三噏四
ngap1 saam1 ngap1 sei3the act of a person who tell things or gossip about others without any releva...
岋
ngap6verb; swing or shake
岌頭岌头
ngap6 tau2nodding of one's head
扤失
ngat1 sat1not generous; calculating
扤實扤实
ngat1 sat6to press tightly
扤死貓扤死猫
ngat1 sei2 maau1to set up people for crimes; bad things; to frame someone for wrongdoing
屹
ngat6high and steep; to rise high
杌
ngat6a low stool; unstable; sterility
汔
ngat6nearly; almost
阢
ngat6uneasy; apprehensive
兀凳
ngat6 dang3Chinese-style low stool
迄今
ngat6 gam1so far; until now
迄今為止迄今为止
ngat6 gam1 wai4 zi2so far; still (not)
屹然
ngat6 jin4stable and standing; to stand tall
兀鷹兀鹰
ngat6 jing1griffon vulture
兀臬
ngat6 jit6variant of 杌隉|杌陧[wu4 nie4]
兀臲
ngat6 jit6variant of 杌隉|杌陧[wu4 nie4]
兀立
ngat6 laap6to stand upright
屹立
ngat6 laap6(verb) Stand
矻矻
ngat6 ngat6assiduously
扤扤搖扤扤摇
ngat6 ngat6 jiu4rocking
杌隉杌陧
ngat6 nip6(literary) unsettled; unstable
阢隉阢陧
ngat6 nip6variant of 杌隉|杌陧[wu4 nie4]
兀鷲兀鹫
ngat6 zau6vulture
兀自
ngat6 zi6(literary) still; yet
勾出
ngau1 ceot1to delineate; to evoke; to tick off
勾踐勾践
ngau1 cin5King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemo...
鉤蟲钩虫
ngau1 cung4hookworm;ancylostoma
勾搭
ngau1 daap3(verb) Seduce
勾兌勾兑
ngau1 deoi3to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)
勾當勾当
ngau1 dong3shady business
鉤端螺旋體病钩端螺旋体病
ngau1 dyun1 lo4 syun4 tai2 beng6leptospirosis
鉤花钩花
ngau1 faa1to crochet
勾縫勾缝
ngau1 fung6to point a brick wall
勾肩搭背
ngau1 gin1 daap3 bui3(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
勾結勾结
ngau1 git3to collude with; to gang up with
勾股定理
ngau1 gu2 ding6 lei5Pythagorean theorem
勾起
ngau1 hei2to evoke; to call to mind
勾芡
ngau1 him3to thicken with cornstarch
勾人
ngau1 jan4sexy
勾引
ngau1 jan5to seduce
勾義嫂勾义嫂
ngau1 ji6 sou2to seduce ; female partner of a friend [colloquial]
勾玉
ngau1 juk6magatama (Japanese curved beads)
鈎稽钩稽
ngau1 kai1variant of 鉤稽|钩稽[gou1 ji1]
鉤稽钩稽
ngau1 kai1to explore; to audit (accounts, books etc)
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