Cantonese words starting with N

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饿殍载道
ngo6 piu5 zoi3 dou6starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
饿莩载道
ngo6 piu5 zoi3 dou6starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
卧铺
ngo6 pou1a bed (on a train)
卧薪尝胆
ngo6 san1 soeng4 daam2endure hardship to accomplish an ambition
卧薪尝胆
ngo6 san1 soeng4 daam2variant of 臥薪嘗膽|卧薪尝胆[wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3]
卧室
ngo6 sat1bedroom
饿死
ngo6 sei2to starve to death
饿死老婆熏臭屋
ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1a man who isn't capable of raising his families
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]
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]
卧式
ngo6 sik1(of an object or device) horizontal in design; intended to lie flat or operate in a lying position
卧榻
ngo6 taap3a couch
卧推
ngo6 teoi1bench press
饿肚子
ngo6 tou5 zi2to go hungry
卧位
ngo6 wai2berth
ngoi1ammonia
ngoi3fine quality jade
瑷珲
ngoi3 wan4Aigun, a historical Chinese town
ngoi4foolish; stupid; variant of 待[dai1]
ngoi4 baan2(adjective) 1. Sluggish; (of people)
ngoi4 ban6dimwitted
呆钝
ngoi4 deon6dumb, slow, inflexible
ngoi4 gan1(literary) idiot
ngoi4 gwaa1idiot
呆若木鸡
ngoi4 joek6 muk6 gai1lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
皑皑
ngoi4 ngoi4(literary) white as snow; pure white
硙硙
ngoi4 ngoi4(literary) lofty; towering; (literary) hard; solid
ngoi4 paan1 sau2open spanner; flat spanner
呆会儿
ngoi4 wui6 ji4variant of 待會兒|待会儿[dai1 hui4 r5]
呆滞
ngoi4 zai6dull; sluggish
ngoi4 zi2fool
呆帐
ngoi4 zoeng3bad debt
呆账
ngoi4 zoeng3bad debt
ngoi4 zyu6to be dumbfounded
ngoi6outside; foreign; informal; sisters ; abroad
ngoi6to hinder; to block; to be harmful to
外办
ngoi6 baan6foreign affairs office
外八字脚
ngoi6 baat3 zi6 goek3splayed feet
ngoi6 baat3 zi6 teoi2bow legs
ngoi6 baau1outsourcing
外币
ngoi6 bai6foreign currency
外宾
ngoi6 ban1foreign guest
外边
ngoi6 bin1outside; abroad
外边儿
ngoi6 bin1 ji4erhua variant of 外邊|外边[wai4 bian5]
便
ngoi6 bin6outside
ngoi6 biu2external; outward appearance
ngoi6 bong1 jan4gentile
ngoi6 bou6the outside; (attributive) external
外部链接
ngoi6 bou6 lin4 zip3external link (on a website)
ngoi6 caa1heterodyne (electronics)

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