点烟器 點煙器 diǎn yān qì cigarette lighter (in a car) / 12-volt cigarette lighter receptacle 雪茄头 雪茄頭 xuě jiā tóu cigarette lighter plug (inserted in a car's cigarette lighter socket to draw power) 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 粤语拼音 粵語拼音 yuè yǔ pīn yīn Cantonese romanization / Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 叫鸡 叫雞 jiào jī rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute 屌 diǎo penis / (slang) cool or extraordinary / (Cantonese) to fuck 白车 白車 bái chē ambulance (slang) (Cantonese) 鰦 zī (archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang) 小改改 xiǎo gǎi gǎi (Internet slang) young lady (Cantonese-influenced alternative to 小姐姐[xiao3 jie3 jie5]) 收山 shōu shān (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate 香烟 香煙 xiāng yān cigarette (variant of 香煙|香烟[xiang1yan1]) syn 打火机 打火機 dǎ huǒ jī lighter / cigarette lighter 卷烟 卷煙 juǎn yān cigarette / cigar syn 点着 點著 diǎn zháo to light (a candle, cigarette etc) 烟头 煙頭 yān tóu cigarette butt / fag-end / CL:根[gen1] syn 烟灰 煙灰 yān huī cigarette ash 烟蒂 煙蒂 yān dì cigarette butt syn 万宝路 萬寶路 wàn bǎo lù Marlboro (cigarette) 乱丢 亂丟 luàn diū to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc) / to leave one's things lying around 烟厂 煙廠 yān chǎng cigarette factory 烟卷 煙捲 yān juàn cigarette / cigar syn 纸烟 紙煙 zhǐ yān cigarette syn 烟屁股 煙屁股 yān pì gu cigarette butt syn 借火 jiè huǒ to borrow a light (for a cigarette) 叼 diāo to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) syn 菸 yān variant of 煙|烟[yan1] / cigarette / tobacco / smoke 吞云吐雾 吞雲吐霧 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke 抽菸 chōu yān variant of 抽煙|抽烟[chou1 yan1] / to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) 焌 qū to extinguish a burning object / to singe sth with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette) / to stir-fry / to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food 烟卷儿 煙捲兒 yān juǎn r cigarette / CL:棵[ke1] syn 对火 對火 duì huǒ to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own 敬烟 敬煙 jìng yān to offer a cigarette (to a guest) 烟屁 煙屁 yān pì cigarette butt 纸煤儿 紙煤兒 zhǐ méi r paper taper used to light cigarette etc 菸蒂 yān dì variant of 煙蒂|烟蒂[yan1 di4] / cigarette butt 让烟 讓煙 ràng yān to offer a cigarette 过滤嘴香烟 過濾嘴香煙 guò lǜ zuǐ xiāng yān filter-tipped cigarette 电子烟 電子煙 diàn zǐ yān e-cigarette / vape 滤嘴 濾嘴 lǜ zuǐ cigarette filter 威卜 wēi bǔ vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword) 烟卷 煙捲 yān juǎn cigarette / cigar syn 纸媒 紙媒 zhǐ méi print media / (old) paper taper used to light a cigarette etc 点烟 點煙 diǎn yān to light a cigarette 动Ｌ 動Ｌ dòng L flowing / flexible / lively (internet slang) / flowing / flexible / lively (Internet slang) 小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice / greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool / idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy 尬舞 gà wǔ (slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬[ga4]) / (slang) to perform weird dance moves 下头 下頭 xià tóu (slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off syn 拆家 chāi jiā (slang) low-level drug dealer / (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc) 捡漏 撿漏 jiǎn lòu to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault / to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity 树洞 樹洞 shù dòng tree hollow / (slang) anonymous platform for sharing secrets / (slang) confidant 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn 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 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}) 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) 粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine 广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 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 呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 哩 lī this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1] syn 粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1] 唔 wú oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not syn 佬 lǎo male / man (Cantonese) syn 噼 pī child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 呔 tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn 乜 miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn 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 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) 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) 