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• 清澈 — cêng1 tiag4: clear (of water, sky), limpid
• 稱為 — cêng1 ui5: to call; to be called; to be known as
• 稱讚 — cêng1 zang3: to praise; to compliment; to commend
• 清一色 — cêng1 zêg8 sêg4: uniform, all the same, homogeneous
• 清靜 — cêng1 zên6: tranquil, quiet, peaceful
• 清 — cêng1: clear, clean, pure
• 稱 — cêng1: to call; to name, to weigh
• 銃空 — cêng2 kang1: bullet hole
• 銃藥 — cêng3 ioh8: gunpowder
• 銃子 — cêng3 zi2: bullet
• 倩 — cêng3: beautiful; pretty; handsome, smiling
• 稱 — cêng3: to match; to fit, balanced; suitable
• 銃 — cêng3: gun, firearm, blunderbuss
• 情報 — cêng5 bo3: information, intelligence
• 情敵 — cêng5 dêg8: rival in love
• 情感 — cêng5 gam2: emotion, feeling, affection
• 情歌 — cêng5 go1: love song
• 情景 — cêng5 gêng2: scene, sight, circumstance
• 情懷 — cêng5 huai5: feelings, mood, sentiment
• 情況 — cêng5 kuang3: situation, circumstances, status
• 情侶 — cêng5 le6: sweetheart, lover, couple
• 情理 — cêng5 li2: reason, sense
• 情人 — cêng5 nang5: lover, sweetheart
• 情誼 — cêng5 ngi3: friendship, camaraderie
• 情義 — cêng5 ngi6: ties of relationship, loyalty and affection, friendship bond
• 情人節 — cêng5 ring5 zoih4: Valentine's Day
• 情緒 — cêng5 su2: mood, emotion, feelings
• 橙色 — cêng5 sêg4: orange (color)
• 情信 — cêng5 sêng3: love letter
• 情緣 — cêng5 uang5: fated romantic connection, destiny of love
• 情節 — cêng5 zag4: plot, story, circumstances
• 情書 — cêng5 ze1: love letter
• 情 — cêng5: feeling; emotion; sentiment, affection; love
• 橙 — cêng5: orange (fruit), orange (tree)
• 穿衫 — cêng7 san1: to put on clothes; to get dressed
• 丈夫囝 — da1 bou1 gian2: boy, son
• 大官 — da1 guan1: father-in-law (husband's father)
• 大家 — da1 gê1: mother-in-law (husband's mother), respectful address for a woman (literary)
• 焦洗 — da1 soi2: to dry-clean
• 乾 — da1: alternative form of 焦 (dry)
• 灱 — da1: dry
• 焦 — da1: dry
• 打扮 — da2 bang3: to dress up, to make up, to deck out
• 丈夫朋友 — da2 bou1 pêng5 iu2: boyfriend
• 打動 — da2 dong6: to move (emotionally), to touch, to stir
• 打劫 — da2 giab4: to rob, to loot, to plunder
• 打滑 — da2 gug8: to skid, to slip
• 打限 — da2 hang3: to endure, to withstand, to tolerate
• 打烊 — da2 iang6: to close up shop, to close for the night
• 打擊 — da2 kêg4: to strike, to hit, to attack
• 打字 — da2 ri7: to type
• 打擾 — da2 riou2: to disturb, to bother, to trouble
• 打賞 — da2 siên2: to reward, to tip (e.g. on a livestream)
• 打頭陣 — da2 tao5 ding7: to take the lead, to be the first, to spearhead
• 打退堂鼓 — da2 to3 deng5 gou2: to give up halfway, to back out, to beat a retreat
• 打造 — da2 zao6: to forge, to build, to create
• 打招呼 — da2 zio1 hu1: to greet, to say hello
• 打 — da2: to hit, to strike, to beat
• 答辯 — dab4 biang6: to defend oneself (against accusations), to give a thesis defense
• 答題卡 — dab4 doi5 ka2: scantron, answer sheet, bubble sheet
• 答題 — dab4 doi5: to answer a (exam) question
• 答謝 — dab4 sia7: to express appreciation, to acknowledge (someone's kindness)
• 答案 — dab4 uan3: answer, solution
• 瘩 — dab4: lump; pimple (bound form, as in 疙瘩)
• 答 — dab4: to answer; to reply, to repay
• W — dab8 liu7: the Latin letter W (as used in Chinese)
• 霅 — dab8: to patter (of rain)
• 噠浪 — dag4 nng7: wasteful; extravagant, superfluous; unnecessary
• 毒品 — dag8 bing2: drug (illegal narcotic); narcotic substance
• 值得 — dag8 dig4: to be worth, to deserve, worthwhile
• 毒株 — dag8 du1: viral strain
• 達到 — dag8 gao3: to achieve, to attain, to reach
• 達濠 — dag8 hao5: Dahao (a subdistrict of Shantou, Guangdong)
• 毒藥 — dag8 iêh8: poison
• 逐暝 — dag8 mê5: every night, nightly
• 達標 — dag8 piao1: to meet the standard, to reach a target
• 達成 — dag8 sêng5: to reach (an agreement), to attain (an objective)
• 值錢 — dag8 zin5: valuable, costly
• 達州 — dag8 ziu1: Dazhou (city in Sichuan)
• 值 — dag8: to be worth, value, to be on duty
• 度 — dag8: to estimate; to guess, to measure; to judge
• 毒 — dag8: poison, toxin, venom
• 獨 — dag8: alone; solitary, only
• 達 — dag8: to reach, to achieve, to attain
• 鐸 — dag8: large bronze bell with clapper (historical, used for proclamations)
• 貼地 — dah4 di7: to an extreme degree (of a bad situation); rock-bottom (slang)
• 搭建 — dah4 giang6: to build; to put up; to erect, to set up; to establish
• 搭金 — dah4 gim1: to gild a deity statue with gold leaf, to embellish; to exaggerate one's merits (figurative)
• 搭客 — dah4 kêh4: passenger
• 搭訕 — dah4 sang1: to strike up a conversation, to make small talk
• 搭設 — dah4 siag4: to build; to put up; to erect
• 搭乘 — dah4 sêng5: to ride (a vehicle), to travel by (train, plane, etc.)
• 搭載 — dah4 zai3: to transport; to carry (people, cargo), to be equipped with (hardware)
• 搭 — dah4: to join; to attach, to take (a vehicle); to ride, to put up; to build
• 踏 — dah8: to step on; to tread on; to trample, to ride (a bicycle) (Teochew/Hokkien)
• 呆板 — dai1 bang2: stiff, dull, inflexible
• 秮囝 — dai1 gian2: foxtail millet
• 秮 — dai1: foxtail millet (plant and grain)
• 歹毒 — dai2 dog8: vicious, malicious, ruthless
• 靆 — dai2: hazy; cloud-covered (bound form, as in 靉靆)
• 貸款 — dai3 kuêng2: loan, to lend/borrow money
• 玳 — dai3: tortoiseshell; hawksbill sea turtle (short for 玳瑁)
• 貸 — dai3: to lend; to loan
• 黛 — dai3: dark pigment for painting eyebrows (archaic), black; women's eyebrows
• 坮 — dai5: to bury
• 薹 — dai5: sedge (Carex), tender plant shoot; scape
• 大馬 — dai6 bhê2: Malaysia
• 大便 — dai6 biang6: to defecate; to have a bowel movement, feces; stool
• 逮捕 — dai6 bu6: to arrest, to apprehend
• 大清國 — dai6 cêng1 gog4: the Qing dynasty, Great Qing
• 大跌眼鏡 — dai6 diag4 ngang2 gêng3: to be greatly surprised, to be astonished, jaws drop in shock
• 大多數 — dai6 do1 siou3: the majority, most of
• 怠工 — dai6 gang1: to slack off at work, to go slow (as a labor action)
• 大吉大利 — dai6 gig4 dai6 li6: good luck and prosperity, very auspicious
• 舵工 — dai6 gong1: steersman, helmsman
• 大家好 — dai6 gê1 ho2: hello everyone, hi everybody
• 大家 — dai6 gê1: everyone; everybody; all of us
• 大吉利市 — dai6 gêg4 li7 ci6: very lucky and prosperous, auspicious greeting
• 大學生 — dai6 hag8 sêng1: university student, college student
• 大學 — dai6 hag8: university; college
• 大夫 — dai6 hu1: doctor, physician
• 大廈 — dai6 hê7: large building, skyscraper, high-rise
• 大型 — dai6 hêng5: large-scale, large, major
• 大意 — dai6 i3: careless, negligent, inattentive
• 大約 — dai6 ioh4: approximately, about, probably
• 大概 — dai6 kai3: approximately, probably, roughly
• 大氣 — dai6 ki3: atmosphere, air
• 大理 — dai6 li2: Dali (city/prefecture in Yunnan, China), Dali Kingdom (historical)
• 大連 — dai6 liang5: Dalian (city in Liaoning, China)
• 大量 — dai6 liang6: large quantity of, abundant, a lot of
• 大陸 — dai6 lêg8: continent, mainland, Mainland China
• 大使館 — dai6 sai3 guêng2: embassy
• 大使 — dai6 sai3: ambassador
• 大賽 — dai6 sai3: major competition, tournament, contest
• 大選 — dai6 suang2: general election
• 大王 — dai6 uang5: king, monarch, chief
• 大戰 — dai6 ziêng3: major war, great battle
• 大總統 — dai6 zong2 tong2: president (of a republic, dated)
• 大專 — dai6 zuang1: tertiary college, community college, polytechnic
• 大眾 — dai6 zêng3: the public, the masses, popular (attributive)
• 怠 — dai6: idle, lazy, negligent
• 殆 — dai6: nearly; almost, probably; perhaps
• 甙 — dai6: glycoside
• 耽誤 — dam1 ghou7: to delay, to hold up, to procrastinate
• 擔心 — dam1 sim1: to worry; to feel anxious
• 擔 — dam1: to carry on a shoulder pole, to bear; to shoulder; to undertake
• 眈 — dam1: to stare at
• 耽 — dam1: to delay, to indulge in
• 髧眉囝 — dam3 bhai7 gian2: good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
• 髧眉兒 — dam3 bhai7 ri5: idiot; good-for-nothing
• 髧眉 — dam3 bhai7: weak and useless; idiotic (offensive)
• 髧 — dam3: (of hair) to hang down; to droop, to suspend; to hang
• 㴷 — dam5: wet, damp
• 淡薄 — dam6 boh8: some
• 賧 — dam6: to offer to; to present to (esp. a religious offering)
• 擔負 — dan1 hu6: to shoulder, to bear, to undertake
• 擔憂 — dan1 iu1: to worry, to be anxious, to be concerned
• 中央 — dan1 ng1: center; middle, central authorities
• 咊 — dan1: now; then; in that case
• 膽汁 — dan2 zab4: bile, gall
• 膽戰心驚 — dan2 ziang3 sim1 gian1: to tremble with fear, terror-stricken
• 膽 — dan2: gallbladder, guts; courage; nerve
• 呾笑話 — dan3 cio3 uê7: to joke, to kid, to make a joke
• 呾大話 — dan3 dua7 uê7: to lie, to brag, to talk big
• 呾卵話 — dan3 lang6 uê7: to brag, to boast, to talk big
• 呾唔聽 — dan3 m6 tian1: to not heed advice, to not listen
• 呾夢話 — dan3 mang7 uê7: to talk in one's sleep, to sleeptalk
• 呾騙話 — dan3 piang3 uê3: to lie, to tell a lie
• 呾耍笑 — dan3 seng2 ciê3: to joke; to kid around
• 呾耍 — dan3 seng2: to joke, to kid, to joke around
• 呾話 — dan3 uê7: to speak, to talk
• 呾 — dan3: to say, to speak, to tell (someone off)
• 擔 — dan3: carrying pole (with loads on both ends), burden; load
• 淡季 — dan6 kui3: off-season, low season
• 淡妝 — dan6 zuang1: light makeup
• 淡水 — dan6 zui2: fresh water
• 擲 — dan6: to throw, to hurl
• 淡 — dan6: bland (of taste), light (in color), thin (of liquid)
• 澹 — dan6: wet
• 東北 — dang1 bag4: northeast, Northeast China
• 丹麥 — dang1 bhêh8: Denmark
• 東半球 — dang1 buan3 giu5: Eastern Hemisphere
• 丹田 — dang1 cang5: dantian, elixir field (in Chinese medicine/martial arts)
• 丹青 — dang1 cên1: painting, cinnabar and ochre pigments
• 東都 — dang1 dou1: eastern capital (archaic), Luoyang (under the Han dynasty)
• 東京 — dang1 gian1: Tokyo
• 東莞 — dang1 guang2: Dongguan (prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)
• 冬瓜 — dang1 guê1: winter melon; wax gourd
• 當局 — dang1 gêg8: authorities; those in power; government; regime
• 東漢 — dang1 hang3: Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
• 東方 — dang1 huang1: east, eastern region
• 東風 — dang1 huang1: east wind, favorable situation (fig.)
• 東區 — dang1 ku1: eastern district
• 東司 — dang1 si1: toilet, restroom
• 坍塌 — dang1 tab8: to collapse, to cave in
• 冬蟲草 — dang1 tang5 cao2: caterpillar fungus, Cordyceps
• 冬蟲夏草 — dang1 tang5 hê7 cao2: caterpillar fungus, Cordyceps
• 冬天 — dang1 tin1: winter
• 冬至 — dang1 zi3: winter solstice
• 冬節 — dang1 zoih4: winter solstice, winter