Cantonese words starting with N

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nap1 tau3 geng3

凹透鏡凹透镜

Concave lens; a diverging lens that disperses light.

A recessed area, dent, or groove on a surface.

Sticky, greasy, or damp; often implies being dirty or unclean.

Sticky or slimy; covered in sticky liquid or slime.

Indecisive, hesitant, or sluggish in action.

To speak slowly or to stammer.

Angry; displeased.

nau1 baau3 baau3

Furious, enraged, or extremely angry.

nau1 dou3 daan6 hei2

嬲到彈起嬲到弹起

Extremely angry; so furious that one jumps up.

nau1 hou2 ding6 siu3 hou2

嬲好定笑好

To not know whether to laugh or cry; to be stuck between anger and amusement.

To get extremely angry; to be furious.

Girl; young girl.

Accustomed to or familiar with.

To twist, turn, or rotate.

Accustomed to; familiar with.

Button, knob, or handle; to turn or twist.

Button; a fastener on garments, or any similar device used to hold things together.

Decayed and rotten.

To throw a tantrum, fuss, or coo (usually of children) to get what they want.

nau2 gai2 sing1

扭計星扭计星

A spoiled, fussy child who cries or throws tantrums to get what they want.

nau2 gai2 zou2 zung1

扭計祖宗扭计祖宗

A tricky, cunning person; someone who is full of schemes, tricks, or mischief.

nau2 gai3 si1 je4

扭計師爺扭计师爷

A clever advisor, cunning lawyer, or person full of ideas who devises various schemes to help others.

扭計骰扭计骰

Rubik's Cube; a 3D combination puzzle toy consisting of colored squares that can be rotated.

To twist someone's ear as a punishment, or metaphorically to control and dominate someone.

The twist; a dance characterized by twisting the hips.

New York or New York City.

To physically twist or distort, or to warp the facts of an event.

nau2 kwai1 wai4 jing4

扭虧為盈扭亏为盈

To turn a loss into a profit; to become profitable.

nau2 leon4 bou2

紐倫堡纽伦堡

Nuremberg, a city in southeastern Germany.

To use every possible tactic, scheme, or measure to achieve one's goal.

Senile, decrepit, or aged.

To throw a tantrum, behave in a demanding, crying, or fussy manner, typically of a child.

nau2 man4 caai4

扭紋柴扭纹柴

A troublesome child or an obstinate, demanding, and difficult person to deal with.

nau2 muk6 fan3 tou2

朽木糞土朽木粪土

Rotten wood and manure; used to describe a useless, worthless person who contributes nothing to society.

nau2 nau2 ling6 ling6

扭扭擰擰扭扭拧拧

Hesitant, coy, or behaving in an indecisive or affected manner.

Hesitant and indecisive, or acting shy and bashful.

Niue, an island nation in the south-central Pacific Ocean.

nau2 sai1 laan4

紐西蘭纽西兰

New Zealand; an island nation in Oceania located southeast of Australia with its capital at Wellington.

nau2 san1 nau2 sai3

扭身扭勢扭身扭势

To move around or behave exaggeratedly to draw attention to oneself.

nau2 si2 fat1 faa1

To behave in a difficult, evasive, or indirectly uncooperative way when asked to do something.

To steer a car; to turn the steering wheel to change the direction of a vehicle.

nau2 zeon6 luk6 jam6

扭盡六壬扭尽六壬

To rack one's brains; to use every scheme, strategy, or method at one's disposal to solve a problem.

To twist or turn; to reverse or change the direction of a situation.

To weed; to remove weeds, or a hoe used for weeding.

Fatty or greasy, especially of food containing too much fat.

Overly sweet or greasy to the point of causing nausea.

Unsellable, unmarketable, or experiencing poor sales; in excess of demand.

Right?; is that so?; isn't that right?