Cantonese words starting with N

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ngoi6 pei4outer skin

ngoi6 po4(coll.) mother's mother

外胚層外胚层

ngoi6 pui1 cang4ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)

ngoi6 saang2Other provinces

ngoi6 saang2 jan4noun; one who come from another province; one who come from Mainland China to Hong Kong; discriminatory in meaning

ngoi6 sam1(of a married person) interest in a third person; (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon)

ngoi6 sang1sister's son

ngoi6 sang1 neoi2(noun) Niece

ngoi6 sang1 neoi5 sai3sister's daughter's husband

外甥媳婦外甥媳妇

ngoi6 sang1 sik1 fu5sister's son's wife

ngoi6 sau2right-hand side (of a machine)

礙手礙腳碍手碍脚

ngoi6 sau2 ngoi6 goek3(idiom) to be in the way; to be a hindrance

ngoi6 seoi2extra income

ngoi6 si2Unofficial History

ngoi6 si6foreign affairs

ngoi6 si6to be in the way; to be a hindrance

外事處外事处

ngoi6 si6 cyu3Foreign Affairs Office (at a university)

ngoi6 sin3noun; external or exterior line; outside connections, normal for phone dialing out

ngoi6 sing1alien

ngoi6 sing1 jan4space alien; extraterrestrial

ngoi6 sing3Family names which are different from the locals'; family names of the 'outsiders', usually refers to those on the mother side

ngoi6 sit3to leak (usually secret information)

ngoi6 sit3Leak (information); emit

ngoi6 siu1to export

ngoi6 soeng1injury; trauma

ngoi6 soeng1foreign businessman

外商獨資企業外商独资企业

ngoi6 soeng1 duk6 zi1 kei5 jip6wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China)

外商直接投資外商直接投资

ngoi6 soeng1 zik6 zip3 tau4 zi1overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI)

ngoi6 soeng3Foreign Minister

ngoi6 sung3to send out

ngoi6 syun1(noun) Grandchildren

外孫女外孙女

ngoi6 syun1 neoi2daughter's daughter

外孫女兒外孙女儿

ngoi6 syun1 neoi5 ji4granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter)

外孫子外孙子

ngoi6 syun1 zi2(coll.) daughter's son

ngoi6 taai3 gung1noun; great grandfather from the mother's side

ngoi6 taai3 hung1outer space

ngoi6 taai3 po4paternal grandmother's mother; mother of maternal grandparents

ngoi6 taan1the Bund, a waterfront promenade in central Shanghai, running along the western bank of the Huangpu River

ngoi6 tau4outside; outdoors

ngoi6 teoi1to extrapolate

ngoi6 teoi1 faat3extrapolation (math.)

ngoi6 tou3outer garment; jacket; coat

ngoi6 tou4to flee abroad; to desert

ngoi6 waa5lateral malleolus

外環線外环线

ngoi6 waan4 sin3outer ring (road or rail line)

ngoi6 waan6foreign aggression

ngoi6 wai4illegal bookmaking (Cantonese)

礙胃口碍胃口

ngoi6 wai6 hau2to impair the appetite

ngoi6 wui6foreign (currency) exchange

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