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• 吳 — ghou5: surname Wu
• 誤報 — ghou7 bo3: to misreport, to give a false alarm, to misinform
• 誤導 — ghou7 dao6: to mislead, to give a false impression
• 誤解 — ghou7 goi2: to misunderstand, to misinterpret
• 誤會 — ghou7 huê6: to misunderstand
• 誤區 — ghou7 ku1: misconception, myth, mistaken idea
• 誤讀 — ghou7 tag8: to mispronounce, to misread, to misinterpret
• 誤 — ghou7: mistake, error, mistaken
• 牛排 — ghu5 bai5: steak, beefsteak, beef short rib
• 牛母 — ghu5 bho2: cow, female cow
• 牛螕 — ghu5 bi5: gadfly, horsefly
• 牛百葉 — ghu5 bêh4 hiêh8: beef tripe, omasum
• 牛車水 — ghu5 cia1 zui2: Chinatown, Singapore
• 牛痘 — ghu5 dao7: cowpox, smallpox vaccine pustule
• 牛角 — ghu5 gag4: cow horn, ox horn
• 牛囝褲 — ghu5 gian2 kou3: jeans, blue jeans
• 牛囝 — ghu5 gian2: calf, young cow or bull
• 牛牯 — ghu5 gou2: bull, ox (castrated bull)
• 牛肝菌 — ghu5 guan1 kung2: Boletus mushroom, porcini
• 牛寮 — ghu5 liao5: cowshed, cattle pen
• 牛黃 — ghu5 ng5: bezoar (cattle gallstone used in traditional Chinese medicine)
• 牛奶 — ghu5 ni6: cow's milk, milk
• 牛肉 — ghu5 nêg8: beef
• 牛螉 — ghu5 ong3: gadfly, warble fly
• 牛蒡 — ghu5 pang5: burdock
• 牛皮紙 — ghu5 puê5 zua2: kraft paper
• 牛屎龜 — ghu5 sai2 gu1: dung beetle
• 牛屎核 — ghu5 sai2 hug8: dung beetle
• 牛屎 — ghu5 sai2: cow dung
• 牛 — ghu5: cow, ox, cattle, beef
• 外包 — ghua7 bao1: to outsource
• 外賣 — ghua7 bhoi7: takeout, food delivery, carryout
• 外幣 — ghua7 bi6: foreign currency
• 外表 — ghua7 bio2: appearance, exterior, look
• 外爿 — ghua7 boin5: outside; exterior
• 外出 — ghua7 cug4: to go out, to set out on a trip
• 外地人 — ghua7 di7 nang5: outsider, non-local, out-of-towner
• 外地 — ghua7 di7: other places, elsewhere, out of town
• 外界 — ghua7 gai3: outside world, external world
• 外江戲 — ghua7 gang1 hi3: Hakka opera (as known in eastern Guangdong)
• 外江佬 — ghua7 gang1 lao2: person from another (northern) province, non-local Chinese person
• 外交官 — ghua7 gao1 guan1: diplomat
• 外交 — ghua7 gao1: diplomacy, foreign affairs
• 外語 — ghua7 ghe2: foreign language
• 外國語 — ghua7 gog4 ghe2: foreign language
• 外國貨 — ghua7 gog4 huê3: foreign goods, imports
• 外國人 — ghua7 gog4 nang5: foreigner, foreign national
• 外國儂 — ghua7 gog4 nang5: foreigner (Teochew/Coastal Min form)
• 外國話 — ghua7 gog4 uê7: foreign language
• 外國 — ghua7 gog4: foreign country, abroad
• 外公 — ghua7 gong1: maternal grandfather
• 外家 — ghua7 gê1: married woman's natal family home, mother's family home
• 外海 — ghua7 hai2: open sea, offshore waters
• 外匯 — ghua7 huê6: foreign exchange, foreign currency
• 外援 — ghua7 iang6: foreign aid, external help, imported foreign player
• 外殼 — ghua7 kag4: outer covering, shell, casing
• 外口 — ghua7 kao2: outside, exterior
• 外來 — ghua7 lai5: foreign, external, extraneous
• 外媽 — ghua7 ma2: maternal grandmother
• 外面 — ghua7 ming7: outside, exterior
• 外砂 — ghua7 sua1: Waisha (subdistrict in Longhu District, Shantou)
• 外孫女 — ghua7 sung1 neng2: granddaughter (daughter's daughter)
• 外孫 — ghua7 sung1: grandson (daughter's son)
• 外省囝 — ghua7 sên2 gian2: person from outside Chaoshan, non-Teochew person
• 外省 — ghua7 sên2: another province, province other than one's own
• 外甥女 — ghua7 sêng1 neng2: niece (sister's daughter)
• 外甥 — ghua7 sêng1: nephew (sister's son)
• 外頭 — ghua7 tao5: outside (colloquial), exterior
• 外籍 — ghua7 zia6: foreign nationality, of foreign origin
• 外 — ghua7: outside, external, foreign
• 魏國 — ghui7 gog4: Wei (ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty), Liang (the same state after being raised to a kingdom)
• 魏 — ghui7: Wei (surname)
• 月眉 — ghuêh8 bhai5: crescent moon
• 月尾 — ghuêh8 bhuê2: end of the month
• 月餅 — ghuêh8 bian2: mooncake
• 月大 — ghuêh8 dua7: long month (30-day lunar month)
• 月光 — ghuêh8 guang1: moonlight, moon (dialectal)
• 月經 — ghuêh8 gêng1: menstruation, period
• 月痕 — ghuêh8 hung5: crescent moon
• 月內 — ghuêh8 lai6: postpartum confinement (month), lying-in period
• 月亮 — ghuêh8 liang6: moon
• 月娘 — ghuêh8 niê5: moon
• 月兒 — ghuêh8 ri5: moon (affectionate/diminutive)
• 月食 — ghuêh8 sih8: lunar eclipse
• 月細 — ghuêh8 soi3: short month, small month (29-day lunar month)
• 月色 — ghuêh8 sêg4: moonlight
• 月頭 — ghuêh8 tao5: beginning of the month, start of the month
• 牙母 — ghê5 bho2: molar
• 蜈蚣 — ghê5 gang1: centipede
• 牙膏 — ghê5 go1: toothpaste
• 芽籠 — ghê5 lang2: Geylang (a planning area in Singapore)
• 衙門 — ghê5 meng5: yamen (imperial government office)
• 牙刷 — ghê5 suêh4: toothbrush
• 牙頭母 — ghê5 tao5 bho2: molar
• 牙醫 — ghê5 ui1: dentist
• 牙 — ghê5: tooth
• 芽 — ghê5: bud; sprout; shoot
• 蚜 — ghê5: aphid; plant louse
• 衙 — ghê5: government office; yamen, official residence
• 玉不琢，不成器 — ghêg8 bug4 dog4: one must be trained/educated to succeed (lit. 'jade must be carved to become a vessel')
• 玉皇大帝 — ghêg8 huang5 dai6 di3: the Jade Emperor (supreme deity in Chinese folk religion and Taoism)
• 玉林 — ghêg8 lim5: Yulin (a city in Guangxi, China)
• 玉兔 — ghêg8 tou3: Jade Rabbit (mythological rabbit associated with the moon), the moon (literary)
• 獄 — ghêg8: prison, jail
• 玉 — ghêg8: jade
• 機房 — gi1 bang5: machine room, computer room
• 基本 — gi1 bung2: basic, fundamental, essential
• 基礎 — gi1 co2: foundation, basis
• 機智 — gi1 di3: quick-witted, resourceful
• 基地 — gi1 di7: base, site
• 枝條 — gi1 diao5: twig, branch, stem
• 機場 — gi1 diên5: airport, airfield
• 幾多 — gi1 do1: how many, how much
• 基督教 — gi1 dog4 ga3: Christianity, Protestantism (colloquial)
• 基督 — gi1 dog4: Christ
• 機動 — gi1 dong6: mobile, motorized, flexible
• 基金 — gi1 gim1: fund
• 機構 — gi1 gou3: organization, institution, agency
• 機關 — gi1 guang1: institution; agency, mechanism, trick; scheme
• 機械 — gi1 hai6: machine, machinery
• 饑荒 — gi1 heng1: famine; crop failure, (figurative) financial difficulty; debt
• 幾何 — gi1 ho5: geometry
• 幾乎 — gi1 hu1: almost, nearly, all but
• 磯法 — gi1 huab4: Cephas (the apostle Peter)
• 機會 — gi1 huê6: opportunity, chance
• 稽核 — gi1 hêg4: to audit, to examine (accounts/records)
• 機型 — gi1 hêng5: model (of a machine, aircraft, or phone)
• 機油 — gi1 iu3: engine oil, motor oil
• 機器學習 — gi1 ki3 hag8 sib8: machine learning
• 機器人 — gi1 ki3 nang5: robot
• 機器 — gi1 ki3: machine
• 基隆拿 — gi1 long5 na2: Kelowna (city in British Columbia, Canada)
• 機遇 — gi1 ngo6: opportunity, favorable circumstances
• 肌肉 — gi1 nêg8: muscle
• 機票 — gi1 pio3: plane ticket, airline ticket
• 基數 — gi1 siao3: cardinal number, base number
• 基層 — gi1 zang5: grassroots level, basic level
• 機制 — gi1 zi3: mechanism, system
• 基 — gi1: foundation, base, basis
• 姬 — gi1: beautiful woman, concubine, surname
• 支 — gi1: classifier for long, thin objects, branch; limb
• 枝 — gi1: branch, twig
• 梔 — gi1: gardenia, Cape jasmine
• 機 — gi1: machine, apparatus, opportunity
• 璣 — gi1: imperfect/irregular pearl
• 畿 — gi1: imperial domain, area near the capital
• 稽 — gi1: to examine, to investigate, to check
• 箕 — gi1: winnowing basket, dustpan
• 肌 — gi1: muscle, flesh
• 紀念碑 — gi2 liam6 bi1: monument, memorial tablet
• 紀念 — gi2 liêm6: to commemorate; to remember, souvenir; memento
• 紀錄片 — gi2 log8 piang3: documentary film
• 紀錄 — gi2 log8: record (best known achievement), documentation; documentary
• 紀律 — gi2 lug8: discipline
• 紀元 — gi2 nguang5: era; epoch, beginning of an era or reign
• 己 — gi2: self; oneself, personal
• 杞 — gi2: wolfberry, a kind of willow tree
• 紀 — gi2: rule; discipline, century
• 記池 — gi3 di5: memory, ability to remember
• 記得 — gi3 dig4: to remember, to recall
• 記憶 — gi3 i3: memory; recollection, to remember
• 記錄 — gi3 log8: to record, to take notes, to document
• 既然 — gi3 riang5: since; as; now that
• 繼任 — gi3 rim7: to succeed (someone in a post)
• 計算機 — gi3 seng3 gi1: computer, calculator
• 繼續 — gi3 sog8: to continue, to persist
• 記性 — gi3 sên3: memory, ability to remember
• 繼承 — gi3 sêng5: to inherit, to succeed, to carry on
• 既有 — gi3 u6: already existing, established
• 記載 — gi3 zai3: to record, to document in writing
• 記者 — gi3 zia2: reporter, journalist
• 繼 — gi3: to continue, to inherit; to succeed
• 薊 — gi3: thistle
• 記 — gi3: to record, to remember
• 棋牌室 — gi5 bai5 sig4: game room (for chess, cards, mahjong, etc.)
• 棋盤 — gi5 buan5: chessboard
• 旗杆 — gi5 guan1: flagpole, flagstaff
• 旗袍 — gi5 pao5: qipao, cheongsam
• 棋子 — gi5 zi2: chess piece; game piece, (figurative) pawn
• 旗下 — gi5 ê6: under the banner of, subsidiary of
• 旗 — gi5: flag, banner
• 棋 — gi5: chess; board game
• 忌平安 — gi6 bên5 uan1: 16th-20th days of the first lunar month (a Teochew calendar taboo period)
• 技工 — gi6 gang1: technician, skilled worker, mechanic
• 企鵝 — gi6 gho5: penguin
• 技藝 — gi6 ghoi7: craftsmanship, artistry, skill
• 忌諱 — gi6 hui3: to avoid as taboo, to consider taboo
• 技巧 — gi6 ka2: technique, skill
• 伎倆 — gi6 liang2: trick, scheme, ploy
• 技能 — gi6 lêng5: skill, ability
• 冀望 — gi6 mo7: to hope for, to long for
• 妓女 — gi6 neng2: prostitute
• 企業 — gi6 ngiab8: enterprise, company, firm
• 企業家 — gi6 ngieb8 gê1: entrepreneur, businessperson
• 技術 — gi6 sug8: technology, technique, skill
• 企圖 — gi6 tu5: to attempt, to try, to scheme
• 企 — gi6: to stand
• 冀 — gi6: to hope for, to look forward to, to wish
• 妓 — gi6: prostitute, female entertainer
• 屨 — gi6: shoe, footwear