Cantonese words starting with N

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ngau4 zai2 mou2(noun) a cowboy hat

ngau4 zai2 pin2a cowboy film

ngau4 zek3 juk6sirloin (beef joint)

ngau4 zeon1Oxford (city in England)

牛津大學牛津大学

ngau4 zeon1 daai6 hok6University of Oxford

ngau4 zi3oregano (Origanum vulgare)

ngau4 zi6a corned beef sandwich

ngau4 zin2(noun) xo's shank; Or (food) beef shank

ngau4 zing1(adjective) mean and unreasonable; rude and bad-tempered; stubborn

ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1good food wasted by one who does not appreciate (spoken)

ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1to not have the palate for refined food

ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1doesn't know chalk from cheese [colloquial]

ngau4 zoeng1Cinnamomum kanehirae; stout camphor (indigenous to Taiwan)

ngau5accidental; pair; once in a while; counterpart

ngau5a pair; a couple; plowshare; even (number); team of two

ngau5root of lotus

藕斷絲連藕断丝连

ngau5 dyun6 si1 lin4lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another

ngau5 faan6casual offender

ngau5 faat3accidental; happen at times

ngau5 fan2lotus root starch

ngau5 geoi1to live together (as husband and wife)

ngau5 gik6dipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)

ngau5 gin3to happen upon; occasional

偶函數偶函数

ngau5 haam4 sou3even function (math.)

ngau5 hap6coincidence

ngau5 hap6coupling (physics); to be coupled (with sth)

ngau5 jan4idol (i.e. statue for worship)

ngau5 jat1accidentally; very occasionally

偶一為之偶一为之

ngau5 jat1 wai4 zi1to do sth once in a while (idiom)

ngau5 ji4occasionally

ngau5 ji5occasionally; sometimes

ngau5 jin4incidentally; occasionally; randomly

ngau5 jin4 si6 gin2random accident

ngau5 jin4 sing3chance; serendipity

ngau5 jyu5to have a tete-à-tete

偶語棄市偶语弃市

ngau5 jyu5 hei3 si5chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)

ngau5 jyu6to meet by chance

ngau5 jyun4Couple's Retreat Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu

偶聯反應偶联反应

ngau5 lyun4 faan2 jing3chain reaction (chemistry)

耦聯晶體管耦联晶体管

ngau5 lyun4 zing1 tai2 gun2coupled transistor (electronics)

ngau5 sou3even number

ngau5 tai4artiodactyl (zoology)

偶蹄類偶蹄类

ngau5 tai4 leoi6Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)

ngau5 tai4 muk6Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)

ngau5 zoeng6idol

ngau5 zoeng6 faa3idolize

偶像劇偶像剧

ngau5 zoeng6 kek6idol drama

ngau5 zoeng6 sung4 baai3idolatry

ngau6(Cantonese); stupid

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