Cantonese words starting with N
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鳥不生蛋鸟不生蛋
niu5 bat1 saang1 daan2deserted (of a place)
鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niu5 bat1 sang1 daan2, gau2 bat1 laai1 si2lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom); remote and desolate
鳥巢鸟巢
niu5 caau4bird's nest
鳥取縣鸟取县
niu5 ceoi2 jyun6Tottori Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan
鳥槍鸟枪
niu5 coeng1flintlock musket; air gun
鳥槍換炮鸟枪换炮
niu5 coeng1 wun6 paau3bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
鳥澡盆鸟澡盆
niu5 cou3 pun4birdbath
鳥銃鸟铳
niu5 cung3bird gun
鳥蟲書鸟虫书
niu5 cung4 syu1bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书[zhuan4 shu1], but with characters decorated as birds and insects
鳥道鸟道
niu5 dou6a road only a bird can manage
鳥糞鸟粪
niu5 fan3guano
鳥苷酸二鈉鸟苷酸二钠
niu5 gam1 syun1 ji6 naap6disodium guanylate (E627)
鳥機鸟机
niu5 gei1fowling piece (archaic gun)
鳥擊鸟击
niu5 gik1bird strike (aviation)
鳥腳亞目鸟脚亚目
niu5 goek3 aa3 muk6Ornithopoda (suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs)
鳥腳下目鸟脚下目
niu5 goek3 haa6 muk6Ornithopoda, suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs including iguanodon
鳥瞰鸟瞰
niu5 ham3to get a bird's-eye view; broad overview
鳥瞰圖鸟瞰图
niu5 ham3 tou4bird's-eye view
鳥人鸟人
niu5 jan4(vulgar) damned wretch; also pr. [niao3 ren2]
鳥兒鸟儿
niu5 ji4bird
鳥疫鸟疫
niu5 jik6ornithosis
鳥疫衣原體鸟疫衣原体
niu5 jik6 ji1 jyun4 tai2Chlamydia ornithosis
鳥羽鸟羽
niu5 jyu5pinion
鳥語花香鸟语花香
niu5 jyu5 faa1 hoeng1lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
鳥禽鸟禽
niu5 kam4bird
鳥類鸟类
niu5 leoi6birds
鳥類學鸟类学
niu5 leoi6 hok6ornithology
鳥籠鸟笼
niu5 lung4birdcage
鳥鳴鸟鸣
niu5 ming4birdsong
裊裊袅袅
niu5 niu5rising in spirals
裊裊婷婷袅袅婷婷
niu5 niu5 ting4 ting4(idiom) (of a woman) elegant and supple
裊娜袅娜
niu5 no5slim and graceful
鳥胺酸鸟胺酸
niu5 on1 syun1(Tw) ornithine
鳥嘌呤鸟嘌呤
niu5 piu1 ling4guanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
鳥獸鸟兽
niu5 sau3birds and beasts
鳥獸散鸟兽散
niu5 sau3 saan3to scatter like birds and beasts
鳥事鸟事
niu5 si6damn thing
鳥篆鸟篆
niu5 syun6bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
鳥屋鸟屋
niu5 uk1birdhouse
鳥窩鸟窝
niu5 wo1bird's nest
鳥嘴鸟嘴
niu5 zeoi2beak
鳥盡弓藏鸟尽弓藏
niu5 zeon6 gung1 cong4lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
鳥雀鸟雀
niu5 zoek3bird
尿
niu6to urinate; CL:泡[pao1]
尿不濕尿不湿
niu6 bat1 sap1(coll.) disposable diaper
尿布
niu6 bou3diaper
尿床
niu6 cong4to wet the bed
脲醛
niu6 cyun4urea formaldehyde
尿袋
niu6doi6literally 'urine bag'
尿道
niu6 dou6urethra
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