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• 重來 — dêng5 lai5: to start over; to redo, to come back; to return
• 重新 — dêng5 sing1: again, anew, afresh
• 重申 — dêng5 sing1: to reaffirm; to reiterate; to restate
• 重巡 — dêng5 sung5: double eyelids
• 重疊 — dêng5 tah8: to overlap; to superimpose
• 重整旗鼓 — dêng5 zian2 gi5 gou2: to rally one's forces after a defeat; to regroup and start over
• 亭 — dêng5: pavilion, kiosk
• 婷 — dêng5: surname, used in given names (connoting gracefulness)
• 綻 — dêng6: to burst open, to split at the seam
• 鄧 — dêng6: a surname
• 予以 — e2 in2: to give, to grant, to accord
• 與其 — e2 ki5: rather than
• 予 — e2: to give; to deliver, to allow, by (passive marker)
• 與 — e2: with; for, and (connecting two nouns), to give; to offer
• 污漬 — e3 ze3: unpleasant; foul; nasty, dirty; filthy
• 淤積 — e3 zêg4: to silt up, to accumulate sediment
• 淤 — e3: silt, sediment
• 飫 — e3: full (from overeating), sick of food
• 輿論場 — e5 lung6 dion5: field/arena of public opinion
• 輿論 — e5 lung6: public opinion
• 餘生 — e5 sên1: remainder of one's life, one's remaining years
• 餘震 — e5 zing2: aftershock
• 予 — e5: alternative form of 余 (I, me)
• 余 — e5: a surname (Yu), I; me (literary)
• 妤 — e5: (bound form) used only in 婕妤, a former imperial concubine rank
• 輿 — e5: cart; carriage, public; the masses (bound morpheme, as in public opinion)
• 餘 — e5: surplus, remainder, leftover
• 預備 — e6 bi6: to prepare, to get ready
• 預計 — e6 goi3: to estimate, to predict, to anticipate
• 預警 — e6 gêng6: to give early warning, to forewarn
• 預防 — e6 huang5: to prevent, to take precautions against
• 預約 — e6 iêh4: to make an appointment, to book, to reserve
• 譽為 — e6 ui5: to be honored as, to be hailed as
• 與 — e6: to participate, to interfere
• 譽 — e6: fame; reputation, to praise
• 豫 — e6: Henan (abbreviation), short for 河南 (Hénán)
• 預 — e6: to foresee, to anticipate, to prepare
• 與 — e7: sentence-final particle expressing exclamation, doubt, or a question (Classical)
• 扼 — eh4: grasp, clutch, choke
• 恩惠 — eng1 hui6: favor, grace, kindness
• 恩賜 — eng1 se3: bestow favor, grant charity (condescendingly)
• 隱蔽 — eng2 bi7: to conceal, to take cover, hidden
• 隱藏 — eng2 cang5: to hide, to conceal
• 隱患 — eng2 huang6: hidden danger, hazard, potential problem
• 隱形 — eng2 hêng5: invisible, stealth
• 隱瞞 — eng2 muan5: to conceal, to hide, to cover up
• 隱私 — eng2 se1: privacy, private matters
• 癮 — eng2: addiction, craving, urge
• 隱 — eng2: to hide; to conceal
• 加薄棉 — ga1 bog8 mi5: kapok, kapok cotton
• 鉸布 — ga1 bou3: to buy cloth
• 尻川後 — ga1 ceng1 ao6: secretly, behind someone's back, on the sly
• 尻川斗 — ga1 ceng1 dao2: buttocks; butt
• 鉸刀 — ga1 do1: scissors, reamer
• 膠卷 — ga1 geng2: photographic film (roll)
• 家己儂 — ga1 gi6 nang5: one's own people, a fellow Teochew
• 家己人 — ga1 gi7 nang5: one of us; insider, oneself
• 家己 — ga1 gi7: self; oneself
• 交拉吧 — ga1 la1 ba1: Java (island of Indonesia; obsolete), Batavia; Jakarta (obsolete), (by extension) faraway place
• 咖喱 — ga1 li5: curry
• 鉸毛 — ga1 mo5: to have a haircut, to get a haircut
• 交圇 — ga1 neng5: entire; whole; total
• 膠片 — ga1 piang3: photographic film, fiche
• 咳嗽 — ga1 sao3: to cough
• 鉸剪 — ga1 zain2: scissors, small scissors
• 虼蚤 — ga1 zao2: flea
• 尻脊後 — ga1 ziah4 ao6: secretly, behind someone's back
• 尻脊骨 — ga1 ziah4 gug4: vertebra, spine bone
• 尻脊 — ga1 ziah4: back (body part)
• 虼蚻 — ga1 zuah8: cockroach
• 家 — ga1: bound form of 家 occurring only in 家己 ("oneself")
• 膠 — ga1: glue; adhesive, rubber (material)
• 虼 — ga1: bound element occurring in 虼蚻 (cockroach) and 虼蚤 (flea)
• 鉸 — ga1: to cut with scissors, to trim
• 絞 — ga2: to twist, to wring, to wind
• 教材 — ga3 cai5: teaching materials, textbook
• 教堂 — ga3 deng5: church, chapel
• 教官 — ga3 guan1: instructor, military instructor, drill instructor
• 教學樓 — ga3 hag8 lao5: classroom building, school building
• 教學 — ga3 hag8: teaching, instruction, education
• 教訓 — ga3 hung3: to lecture; to scold, to teach someone a lesson
• 教會 — ga3 huê6: church
• 教育部 — ga3 iog8 bou6: Ministry of Education
• 教育 — ga3 iog8: education, instruction, schooling
• 教區 — ga3 ku1: diocese, parish
• 教師節 — ga3 se1 zoih4: Teachers' Day
• 教師 — ga3 se1: teacher, instructor
• 教示 — ga3 si7: to teach, to instruct, to guide
• 教室 — ga3 sig4: classroom
• 教授 — ga3 siu6: professor
• 較為 — ga3 ui5: comparatively; relatively; fairly
• 尕 — ga3: small, little (dialectal)
• 教 — ga3: to teach, to instruct
• 滘 — ga3: branch of a river, river channel/inlet
• 漖 — ga3: thin; dilute
• 珓 — ga3: moon blocks (divination device)
• 窖 — ga3: pit, cellar, storage pit
• 較 — ga3: comparatively; more, than (marks a comparison)
• 咬文嚼字 — ga6 bhung5 ziag4 ri7: to nitpick over wording, to be overly pedantic about phrasing
• 咬牙切齒 — ga6 ghê5 ciag4 ki2: to grit one's teeth (in anger), to gnash one's teeth
• 咬破粿 — ga6 pua3 guê2: to make a fool of oneself
• 咬 — ga6: to bite
• 夾板 — gab4 bang2: plywood, board for clamping, splint
• 合萬 — gab4 bhuang7: safe (box), strongbox
• 蛤婆 — gab4 bo5: toad
• 蛤蟆 — gab4 bo5: frog; toad, tadpole
• 蛤胿 — gab4 guai1: tadpole
• 蛤虯 — gab4 kiu2: frog, small frog
• 蛤 — gab4: clam, frog/toad (dialectal)
• 鴿 — gab4: pigeon, dove
• 結拜 — gag4 bai3: to become sworn brothers or sisters
• 結尾 — gag4 bhuê2: ending, conclusion
• 結冰 — gag4 bian1: to freeze
• 各處 — gag4 cu3: everywhere, all around
• 覺醒 — gag4 cên2: to awaken (to a truth), to become aware, to realize
• 各地 — gag4 di7: everywhere, various places, all over
• 覺得 — gag4 dig4: to think; to believe, to feel; to sense
• 結賬 — gag4 dion3: to pay a bill, to settle an account
• 角逐 — gag4 dog8: to contend, to compete, to vie for
• 角度 — gag4 dou7: angle, perspective, point of view
• 各界 — gag4 gai3: all walks of life, all circles/sectors of society
• 結構 — gag4 gou3: structure, construction, organization
• 結果 — gag4 guê2: result, outcome
• 結局 — gag4 gêg8: final result, outcome, ending
• 結合 — gag4 hah8: to combine, to integrate, to be joined in marriage
• 結婚 — gag4 hung1: to get married, to marry
• 結夥 — gag4 huê2: to team up, to gang up, to join together
• 結核病 — gag4 hêg4 bên7: tuberculosis
• 角落頭 — gag4 lag8 tao5: corner, nook
• 角落 — gag4 loh8: corner, nook
• 各類 — gag4 lui7: all sorts of, all kinds of, various types of
• 結論 — gag4 lung6: conclusion, verdict
• 各人 — gag4 nang5: each person, everyone
• 結業 — gag4 ngiab8: to complete a course of study, to graduate, to cease trading
• 覺悟 — gag4 ngo6: to become aware, to awaken (to a truth), to realize
• 結伴 — gag4 puan6: to go together with, to form a companionship
• 結算 — gag4 seng3: to settle a bill, to close an account, to settle a transaction
• 結束 — gag4 sog4: to end, to conclude, to finish
• 各式各樣 — gag4 sêg4 gag4 ion7: all kinds and sorts, various, of all types
• 各色 — gag4 sêg4: of all kinds, assorted, of every description
• 角頭 — gag4 tao5: corner (formed by two walls), nook
• 結案 — gag4 uan3: to conclude a legal case, to close a case
• 結怨 — gag4 uang3: to incur enmity, to arouse ill will
• 各位 — gag4 ui7: everyone, ladies and gentlemen (polite)
• 結晶 — gag4 zian1: crystal, crystallization (fig.); fruit of one's labor
• 角石 — gag4 zioh8: Kakchioh (a historical promontory/district in Shantou, Guangdong)
• 各種 — gag4 zêng2: various, all kinds of, every kind of
• 各 — gag4: each, every
• 結 — gag4: to tie; to bind; to join; to connect
• 覺 — gag4: to feel, to sense, to become aware
• 角 — gag4: horn
• 軋 — gag4: to jostle; to push against; to squeeze together
• 捔掉 — gag8 diao7: to throw away, to discard
• 捔 — gag8: to throw
• 甲骨文 — gah4 gug4 bhung5: oracle bone script
• 佮意 — gah4 i3: to like
• 芥藍頭 — gah4 na5 tao5: kohlrabi
• 甲西 — gah4 sai1: Jiaxi (a town in Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong)
• 佮 — gah4: with
• 甲 — gah4: shell; carapace, armor, first; A (rank)
• 胛 — gah4: shoulder, shoulder blade
• 皆大歡喜 — gai1 dai6 huêng1 hi2: everyone is happy, to everyone's delight and satisfaction
• 階段 — gai1 deng7: stage, phase
• 楷 — gai1: Chinese pistache (tree)
• 痎 — gai1: tertian malaria (literary)
• 皆 — gai1: all; every; everybody (literary)
• 該 — gai1: should, ought to, have to
• 階 — gai1: stair; step, level; rank
• 該死 — gai2 si2: damn (it)!
• 丐幫 — gai3 bang1: beggars' gang, group of beggars
• 戒備 — gai3 bi6: to guard against, to take precautions
• 戒毒 — gai3 dag8: to quit drugs, to detox from drug addiction
• 界限 — gai3 hang6: boundary; limit, limitation
• 介意 — gai3 i3: to mind, to take offense, to be bothered by
• 介音 — gai3 im1: glide (phonetics), semivowel
• 尬聊 — gai3 liao5: to chat awkwardly
• 戒嚴 — gai3 ngiam5: to impose martial law
• 介入 — gai3 rib8: to intervene, to get involved
• 屆時 — gai3 si5: when the time comes, at the appointed time
• 介紹 — gai3 siao6: to introduce, to recommend
• 戒心 — gai3 sim1: wariness, vigilance
• 界線 — gai3 suan3: dividing line; boundary, edge; margin
• 戒指 — gai3 zi2: ring, finger ring
• 丐 — gai3: beggar
• 介 — gai3: to introduce, to connect; to link
• 尬 — gai3: awkward; embarrassing (short for 尷尬)
• 戒 — gai3: to quit (a habit), to give up, to guard against
• 界 — gai3: boundary, realm; domain; circle
• 芥 — gai3: mustard greens (Brassica juncea)
• 蓋 — gai3: to cover, lid; cap
• 誡 — gai3: to warn, to admonish, to caution
• 鈣 — gai3: calcium
• 個個 — gai5 gai5: each; every, everyone; every one
• 甘蜜 — gam1 bhig8: gambier (Uncaria gambir)
• 甘草 — gam1 cao2: licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis)
• 監測 — gam1 cêg4: to monitor (with instruments), to measure
• 監管 — gam1 guang2: to supervise, to regulate, to oversee
• 監護人 — gam1 hu6 nang5: guardian, custodian
• 監護 — gam1 hu6: to watch over and protect, to act as guardian
• 監犯 — gam1 huang6: prisoner