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• 頃 — kuang2: a unit of area (~6.67 hectares), a short while (literary)
• 礦場 — kuang3 dion5: mining field, mine site
• 礦物 — kuang3 muêh8: mineral
• 擴散 — kuang3 suan2: to spread, to diffuse, to proliferate
• 擴張 — kuang3 ziang1: to expand, to dilate
• 礦石 — kuang3 ziêh8: ore
• 礦泉水 — kuang3 zuan5 zui2: mineral water
• 礦泉 — kuang3 zuan5: mineral spring
• 曠 — kuang3: vast, broad, open
• 況 — kuang3: condition, situation
• 礦 — kuang3: mineral deposit; ore, mine
• 鄺 — kuang3: surname
• 狂妄 — kuang5 bhuang2: egotistical; wildly arrogant
• 權柄 — kuang5 bên3: power, authority
• 權限 — kuang5 hang6: authority, jurisdiction, permissions (computing)
• 權益 — kuang5 iah4: rights and interests, entitlements
• 狂犬病 — kuang5 kiang2 bên7: rabies
• 狂熱 — kuang5 riag8: fanatical; feverish; enthusiastic
• 權威 — kuang5 ui1: authority, prestige
• 權 — kuang5: power; authority, right; entitlement
• 狂 — kuang5: crazy; mad; insane, wildly arrogant; conceited
• 瓊 — kuang5: fine jade (particularly red jade), elegant; exquisite
• 屈原 — kug4 nguêng5: Qu Yuan (Chu poet and statesman)
• 屈辱 — kug4 rog8: humiliation, disgrace
• 屈 — kug4: to bend, to flex, to yield
• 窟 — kug4: cave; hole, cavity; hollow, den; lair
• 開市 — kui1 ci6: to open for business, for a market to open
• 開車 — kui1 cia1: to drive (a vehicle)
• 開燈 — kui1 dêng1: to turn on a light
• 開工 — kui1 gang1: to start work, to begin production or construction
• 開機 — kui1 gi1: to turn on a device, to start filming (a movie)
• 開價 — kui1 gê3: to quote a price, to state a price
• 開花 — kui1 huê1: to bloom; to blossom, to burst open
• 開會 — kui1 huê6: to hold or attend a meeting
• 開藥 — kui1 ioh8: to prescribe medicine, to write a prescription
• 開考 — kui1 kao2: to begin (of an exam or test)
• 開門 — kui1 meng5: to open the door, to open for business
• 開業 — kui1 ngiab8: to open for business, to start a private practice
• 開辦 — kui1 poin7: to found; to establish, to set up
• 虧損 — kui1 sung2: to lose money; to run at a loss, to become weak
• 開戰 — kui1 ziêng3: to start a war, to go to war
• 虧 — kui1: to lose; to suffer a loss, to be lacking; deficient, luckily; thanks to (ironic/reproachful)
• 開 — kui1: to open, to turn on; to start
• 軌道交通 — kui2 dao6 gao1 tong1: rail transit
• 軌道 — kui2 dao6: railway track; railroad, orbit (astronomy)
• 軌跡 — kui2 ziah4: trajectory; track; locus
• 簋 — kui2: gui (ancient bronze ritual food vessel)
• 軌 — kui2: track; rail, rut; path
• 季節 — kui3 zoih4: season
• 季 — kui3: season, quarter (of a year), youngest (among siblings)
• 氣 — kui3: air; breath, qi; vital energy
• 葵花 — kui5 huê1: sunflower
• 揆 — kui5: premier, head of government
• 葵 — kui5: mallow, sunflower (short for 向日葵)
• 逵 — kui5: thoroughfare; crossroads
• 饋贈 — kui6 zang7: to present a gift
• 愧 — kui6: ashamed, guilty, conscience-stricken
• 潰 — kui6: to break; to burst (of a dike or dam), to be routed; utterly defeated
• 饋 — kui6: to present (a gift), to offer food to a superior
• 坤甸 — kung1 diang6: Pontianak (city in West Kalimantan, Indonesia)
• 昆明 — kung1 mêng5: Kunming (city in Yunnan, China)
• 坤 — kung1: earth (Yijing trigram, ☷), feminine principle
• 昆 — kung1: elder brother (literary), descendants
• 鯤 — kung1: fish roe; fry, Kun (mythical giant fish that transforms into the roc, from Zhuangzi)
• 捆 — kung2: to tie up; to bind, bundle
• 窘 — kung2: embarrassed, hard-pressed
• 菌 — kung2: germ, bacterium, fungus
• 困頓 — kung3 dung6: exhausted, fatigued, weary
• 困囝 — kung3 gian2: a short while, a moment
• 困境 — kung3 gêng2: predicament, difficult situation, plight
• 困惑 — kung3 hog8: confused, perplexed, puzzled
• 困難 — kung3 lang5: difficult; hard; challenging, poor; impoverished
• 困擾 — kung3 riao2: to trouble, to bother, to disturb
• 困 — kung3: hungry
• 睏 — kung3: to sleep
• 拳打腳踢 — kung5 da2 ka1 tag4: to punch and kick, to beat up
• 群島 — kung5 dao2: archipelago, chain of islands
• 拳頭母 — kung5 tao5 bho2: fist
• 拳頭 — kung5 tao5: fist
• 群組 — kung5 zu1: group (on social media)
• 群主 — kung5 zu2: admin of a social media group (esp. chat group)
• 群眾 — kung5 zêng3: the masses, general public, crowd of people
• 拳 — kung5: fist, boxing
• 群 — kung5: group, crowd, flock/herd (classifier)
• 蝌蚪 — kuê1 dao2: tadpole
• 科舉 — kuê1 ge2: Chinese imperial examination
• 科技 — kuê1 gi6: science and technology
• 科學家 — kuê1 hag8 gê1: scientist
• 科學院 — kuê1 hag8 in7: scientific institute, academy of sciences
• 科學性 — kuê1 hag8 sên3: scientific nature, scientificity
• 科學 — kuê1 hag8: science
• 恢復 — kuê1 hog8: to restore, to recover, to resume
• 科幻片 — kuê1 huang3 piang3: science fiction film, sci-fi movie
• 科幻 — kuê1 huang3: science fiction, sci-fi
• 科目 — kuê1 mag8: subject (school/curriculum), course
• 科研 — kuê1 ngiêng2: scientific research, academic research
• 科普 — kuê1 pou2: popular science, to popularize science
• 科室 — kuê1 sig4: administrative office, technical department office
• 恢 — kuê1: to expand, to restore, vast
• 盔 — kuê1: helmet, bowl; basin
• 科 — kuê1: branch of study; department, section; category
• 魁 — kuê1: chief; leader, outstanding; first-rate
• 課桌 — kuê3 doh4: student desk, school desk
• 課題 — kuê3 doi5: topic, subject, task, project, assignment
• 課間 — kuê3 gang1: break between classes, recess
• 課外 — kuê3 ghua7: extracurricular, time outside class
• 課程 — kuê3 tian5: course, curriculum, coursework
• 課 — kuê3: lesson, class, course, classwork
• 瘸手 — kuê5 ciu2: crippled in the hand or arm
• 瘸跤 — kuê5 ka1: lame; crippled
• 瘸 — kuê5: lame; crippled
• 缺陷 — kuêh4 ham7: defect, flaw, deficiency
• 缺乏 — kuêh4 huag8: to lack, to be short of
• 缺貨 — kuêh4 huê3: to be out of stock, to be in short supply
• 缺失 — kuêh4 sig4: deficiency, shortcoming, defect
• 缺少 — kuêh4 zio2: to lack, to be short of
• 缺 — kuêh4: to lack; to be short of, incomplete; deficient
• 闕 — kuêh4: watchtower flanking a palace gate, imperial palace
• 髖 — kuêng1: hip
• 權力 — kuêng5 lag8: power; authority
• 權利 — kuêng5 li6: right, entitlement
• 家婆 — kê1 bo5: nosy, meddlesome
• K — kê5: the Latin letter K (as used in Chinese)
• 刻板 — kêg4 bang2: stiff, mechanical, stereotyped; inflexible
• 曲線 — kêg4 suan3: curve, curved line
• 刻畫 — kêg4 uê7: to depict, to portray, to characterize
• 刻 — kêg4: to carve; to engrave
• 擊 — kêg4: to strike; to hit, to attack
• 曲 — kêg4: curved; bent, wrong; not right
• 客車 — kêh4 cia1: passenger train, coach, bus
• 客店 — kêh4 diam3: inn, tavern, roadhouse
• 客頂 — kêh4 dêng2: Hakka region (Meixian and Xingning area of Guangdong)
• 客囝 — kêh4 gian2: Hakka person, person of Hakka descent
• 客觀 — kêh4 guang1: objective
• 客家人 — kêh4 gê1 nang5: Hakka person, person of Hakka descent
• 客家話 — kêh4 gê1 uê7: Hakka language, Hakka (Chinese lect)
• 客家 — kêh4 gê1: Hakka (people), Hakka ethnic group
• 客服 — kêh4 hog8: customer service, customer service representative
• 客戶端 — kêh4 hou6 duang1: client (computing), app
• 客戶 — kêh4 hou6: client, customer
• 客氣 — kêh4 ki3: polite, courteous, you're welcome
• 客人 — kêh4 nang5: guest, visitor, customer
• 喀斯特 — kêh4 se1 dêg8: karst (landform)
• 客套 — kêh4 tao3: polite formalities, courtesies, to exchange pleasantries
• 客廳吊草蓆——唔是畫 — kêh4 tian1 diou3 cao2 cioh8: something is amiss with what was said
• 客廳 — kêh4 tian1: living room, sitting room
• 客話 — kêh4 uê7: Hakka language, Hakka (Chinese lect)
• 客鳥 — kêh4 ziao2: magpie
• 客 — kêh4: guest, visitor, customer
• 坑溝 — kên1 gao1: gully, ditch, trench
• 坑 — kên1: pit, hole, ditch
• 輕狂 — kêng1 kuang5: frivolous
• 輕聲 — kêng1 sian1: quietly; softly
• 兢 — kêng1: cautious, fearful (bound morpheme)
• 卿 — kêng1: minister; high official (historical), term of endearment (archaic, between spouses)
• 筐 — kêng1: bamboo basket; bamboo chest (especially square)
• 肯定 — kêng2 dian7: surely; definitely; certainly
• 肯德基 — kêng2 dêg4 gi1: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
• 肯 — kêng2: to be willing to, to consent to; to agree
• 慶典 — kêng3 diêng2: celebration; formal celebration
• 慶賀 — kêng3 ho7: to celebrate, to congratulate
• 慶幸 — kêng3 hêng6: to feel fortunate, to be glad something turned out well
• 慶祝 — kêng3 zog4: to celebrate
• 慶 — kêng3: to celebrate, to congratulate
• 罄 — kêng3: to exhaust, to use up, empty
• 鯨魚 — kêng5 he5: whale
• 擎 — kêng5: to prop up; to hold up; to lift
• 莖 — kêng5: stem, stalk
• 鯨 — kêng5: whale
• 黥 — kêng5: to tattoo the face (as ancient punishment), to tattoo
• 虹 — kêng6: rainbow
• 喇叭花 — la1 ba1 huê1: morning glory (flower)
• 喇叭 — la1 ba5: horn; trumpet, loudspeaker; speaker
• 拉丁 — la1 dêng1: Latin
• 拉黑 — la1 hêg4: to blacklist, to block (a contact, user, etc.)
• 拉空 — la1 kang1: to boast, to brag, to talk big
• 垃圾分類 — la1 kib4 hung1 lui7: waste sorting, garbage classification
• 拉鏈 — la1 liang7: zipper, zip fastener
• 喇嘛 — la1 ma1: lama (Buddhist monk/teacher)
• 拉滿 — la1 muan2: to max out, to maximize
• 拉誧 — la1 pu2: to boast, to brag, to talk big
• 拉舍爾 — la1 sia3 re2: blanket (esp. a Raschel-knit blanket)
• 喇 — la1: trumpet (in 喇叭), lama (in 喇嘛)
• 拉 — la1: to pull, to drag, to tug
• 朥肪 — la5 bang1: leaf fat, leaf lard
• 蟧蜈 — la5 ia5: giant crab spider (huntsman spider)
• 朥朗 — la5 lang5: at the crack of dawn, at first light
• 朥涼 — la5 liang5: to enjoy a cool breeze, to relax in the shade
• 拉圇燒 — la5 lung5 siê1: lukewarm
• 拉圇 — la5 lung5: slightly; a little; somewhat
• 膫粕 — la5 poh4: pork rind, crackling
• 朥 — la5: lard; fat; tallow
• 膫 — la5: lard
• 落色 — lag4 sêg4: to fade; to lose color; to discolor
• 叻幣 — lag8 bi6: Singapore dollar, Straits dollar (historical)
• 叻埠 — lag8 bou1: Singapore (dated, regional term)
• 六點 — lag8 diam2: six o'clock
• 力度 — lag8 dou7: intensity, strength, force
• 六月 — lag8 ghuêh8: June, sixth month
• 六藠 — lag8 gio6: Chinese onion (Allium chinense)