呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn 基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 拼音 pīn yīn phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization) 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn 粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine 无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century 汉语拼音 漢語拼音 hàn yǔ pīn yīn Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 广东人 廣東人 guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) 广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language 粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn 烧腊 燒臘 shāo là barbecue (Cantonese style) 吉列 jí liè breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese) 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 叫鸡 叫雞 jiào jī rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 唔 wú oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not syn 佬 lǎo male / man (Cantonese) syn 哩 lī this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1] syn 曲奇 qǔ qí cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4) 噼 pī child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 呔 tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn 粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1] 乜 miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn 连写 連寫 lián xiě to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces) 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 腩 nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin 官非 guān fēi lawsuit (from Cantonese) 白斩鸡 白斬雞 bái zhǎn jī Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" 瞓 xùn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4] 瞓 fèn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4] 脷 lì (cattle) tongue (Cantonese) 篼 dōu bamboo, rattan or wicker basket / sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese) 腬 róu greasy (Cantonese) 粤拼 粵拼 yuè pīn Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems / abbr. of 粵語拼音|粤语拼音[Yue4 yu3 Pin1 yin1] 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 国语罗马字 國語羅馬字 guó yǔ luó mǎ zì Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26 威妥玛 威妥瑪 wēi tuǒ mǎ Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system 威妥玛拼法 威妥瑪拼法 wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn fǎ Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) 威妥玛拼音 威妥瑪拼音 wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) 威玛拼法 威瑪拼法 wēi mǎ pīn fǎ Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) 威玛拼音 威瑪拼音 wēi mǎ pīn yīn Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) 拉丁化 lā dīng huà romanization 罗马化 羅馬化 luó mǎ huà romanization 翟理斯 zhái lǐ sī Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system 通用拼音 tōng yòng pīn yīn the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003 连书 連書 lián shū to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces) 韦氏拼法 韋氏拼法 wéi shì pīn fǎ Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) 罗马化系统工作组 羅馬化系統工作組 Working Group on Romanization Systems 单一拉丁化拼写制度工作组 單一拉丁化拼寫制度工作組 Working Group on a Single Romanization System 威翟 wēi zhái Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese) 邮政式拼音 郵政式拼音 yóu zhèng shì pīn yīn Chinese postal romanization, developed in the early 1900s, used until the 1980s 台罗字 臺羅字 tái luó zì Tai-lo, romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien (abbr. for 臺灣閩南語羅馬字拼音方案|台湾闽南语罗马字拼音方案[Tai2wan1 Min3nan2yu3 Luo2ma3zi4 Pin1yin1 Fang1an4]) 屌 diǎo penis / (slang) cool or extraordinary / (Cantonese) to fuck 鬼佬 guǐ lǎo foreigner (Cantonese) / Westerner 鬼婆 guǐ pó Caucasian woman (Cantonese) 咁 gān so (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 這樣|这样[zhe4 yang4] 冇 mǎo to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 沒有|没有[mei2 you3]) 奶昔 nǎi xī milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1) 佢 qú (Cantonese) he, she, it 㗂 shěng variant of 省[sheng3] / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese) 㗎 jià sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese) / see also 嘅[kai4] 乜嘢 miē yě what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]) 九声六调 九聲六調 jiǔ shēng liù diào nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages) 乪 nāng a bend in a river (Cantonese) 乸 nǎ feminine suffix (Cantonese) / postfix indicating feminine 仆街 pū jiē drop dead! / go to hell! / fuck you! (Cantonese) 八婆 bā pó meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese) 利事 lì shì (Cantonese) same as 紅包|红包[hong2 bao1] 北佬 běi lǎo northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese) 唔好睇 wú hǎo dì unattractive (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 不好看[bu4 hao3 kan4] 唞 dǒu to take a rest (Cantonese) 啱 yān correct / suitable / to suit sb / just now (Cantonese) 啲 dī some / few / a little (Cantonese) 啽 án to speak (Cantonese) 喥 dù used in location words (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 裡|里[li3] 喺 xǐ to be at, in or on (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 在[zai4] 嗰 gě that (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 那[na4] 嘅 kài possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的[de5] 嘢 yě (Cantonese) thing / matter / stuff 嘥 sāi to waste (Cantonese) 噏 xī to gossip / to babble (Cantonese) 埲 běng used in 塕埲[weng3beng3] / (Cantonese) classifier for walls 好睇 hǎo dì good-looking (Cantonese) 孭 miē to carry on the back or shoulders (Cantonese) 屋企 wū qǐ (Cantonese) home / family (Mandarin equivalent: 家[jia1]) 巴闭 巴閉 bā bì (Cantonese, Jyutping: baa1 bai3) / to act high and mighty / to make big fuss over a small matter / impressive 手掣 shǒu chè handbrake / game controller (Cantonese) 揾食 搵食 wèn shí to earn one's living (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 謀生|谋生[mou2 sheng1] 撚 niǎn to play tricks on or toy with / delicate / exquisite (Cantonese) 攰 guì totally exhausted (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 累[lei4] 晒骆驼 曬駱駝 shài luò tuo xylitol (Cantonese) / see also 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2] 炆 wén (Cantonese) to simmer / to cook over a slow fire 