Cantonese words starting with N
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餓殍載道饿殍载道
ngo6 piu5 zoi3 dou6starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
餓莩載道饿莩载道
ngo6 piu5 zoi3 dou6starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
臥鋪卧铺
ngo6 pou1a bed (on a train)
臥薪嘗膽卧薪尝胆
ngo6 san1 soeng4 daam2endure hardship to accomplish an ambition
臥薪嚐膽卧薪尝胆
ngo6 san1 soeng4 daam2variant of 臥薪嘗膽|卧薪尝胆[wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3]
臥室卧室
ngo6 sat1bedroom
餓死饿死
ngo6 sei2to starve to death
餓死老婆燻臭屋饿死老婆熏臭屋
ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1a man who isn't capable of raising his families
餓死老婆薰臭屋饿死老婆熏臭屋
ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1to be unable to earn enough money to feed one's wife [colloquial]
餓死老婆瘟臭屋饿死老婆瘟臭屋
ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 wan1 cau3 uk1to be unable to earn enough money to feed one's wife [colloquial]
臥式卧式
ngo6 sik1(of an object or device) horizontal in design; intended to lie flat or operate in a lying position
臥榻卧榻
ngo6 taap3a couch
臥推卧推
ngo6 teoi1bench press
餓肚子饿肚子
ngo6 tou5 zi2to go hungry
臥位卧位
ngo6 wai2berth
氨
ngoi1ammonia
璦瑷
ngoi3fine quality jade
璦琿瑷珲
ngoi3 wan4Aigun, a historical Chinese town
呆
ngoi4foolish; stupid; variant of 待[dai1]
呆板
ngoi4 baan2(adjective) 1. Sluggish; (of people)
呆笨
ngoi4 ban6dimwitted
呆鈍呆钝
ngoi4 deon6dumb, slow, inflexible
呆根
ngoi4 gan1(literary) idiot
呆瓜
ngoi4 gwaa1idiot
呆若木雞呆若木鸡
ngoi4 joek6 muk6 gai1lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
皚皚皑皑
ngoi4 ngoi4(literary) white as snow; pure white
磑磑硙硙
ngoi4 ngoi4(literary) lofty; towering; (literary) hard; solid
呆扳手
ngoi4 paan1 sau2open spanner; flat spanner
呆會兒呆会儿
ngoi4 wui6 ji4variant of 待會兒|待会儿[dai1 hui4 r5]
呆滯呆滞
ngoi4 zai6dull; sluggish
呆子
ngoi4 zi2fool
呆帳呆帐
ngoi4 zoeng3bad debt
呆賬呆账
ngoi4 zoeng3bad debt
呆住
ngoi4 zyu6to be dumbfounded
外
ngoi6outside; foreign; informal; sisters ; abroad
礙碍
ngoi6to hinder; to block; to be harmful to
外辦外办
ngoi6 baan6foreign affairs office
外八字腳外八字脚
ngoi6 baat3 zi6 goek3splayed feet
外八字腿
ngoi6 baat3 zi6 teoi2bow legs
外包
ngoi6 baau1outsourcing
外幣外币
ngoi6 bai6foreign currency
外賓外宾
ngoi6 ban1foreign guest
外邊外边
ngoi6 bin1outside; abroad
外邊兒外边儿
ngoi6 bin1 ji4erhua variant of 外邊|外边[wai4 bian5]
外便
ngoi6 bin6outside
外表
ngoi6 biu2external; outward appearance
外邦人
ngoi6 bong1 jan4gentile
外部
ngoi6 bou6the outside; (attributive) external
外部鏈接外部链接
ngoi6 bou6 lin4 zip3external link (on a website)
外差
ngoi6 caa1heterodyne (electronics)
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