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• 人行道 — nang5 gian5 dao6: sidewalk, pavement, footpath
• 人行橫道 — nang5 gian5 huên5 dao6: pedestrian crossing, crosswalk
• 人行天橋 — nang5 gian5 tiang1 gio5: pedestrian overpass, footbridge
• 人行 — nang5 gian5: pedestrian (attributive), built for pedestrians
• 人家 — nang5 gê1: family, household
• 人格權 — nang5 gêh4 kuang5: personality rights (law)
• 人格 — nang5 gêh4: personality, character, dignity
• 人海 — nang5 hai2: sea of people, huge crowd
• 人口 — nang5 kao2: population, number of people
• 人群 — nang5 kung5: crowd, group of people, the public
• 人力車 — nang5 lag8 cia1: rickshaw
• 人力資源 — nang5 lag8 ze1 nguang5: human resources, HR
• 人力 — nang5 lag8: manpower, human power, human effort
• 人臉 — nang5 liam2: human face
• 人民幣 — nang5 ming5 bi6: renminbi, RMB
• 人們 — nang5 mung5: people, everyone, folks
• 人物 — nang5 muêh8: figure, character, personage
• 人士 — nang5 se6: public figure, person (of a certain group)
• 人身 — nang5 sing1: personal (of freedom, safety, attacks, etc.), bodily; of the human body
• 人數 — nang5 siou3: number of people, headcount
• 人設 — nang5 siêg4: character profile/design (fiction), public persona; image
• 人相 — nang5 siên3: looks; physiognomy; countenance
• 人選 — nang5 suêng2: candidate, person selected/nominated
• 人生觀 — nang5 sên1 guang1: outlook on life, one's view of life
• 人生 — nang5 sên1: life, human life
• 人性化 — nang5 sên3 huê3: user-friendly, humanized
• 人員 — nang5 uêng5: staff; personnel; employee
• 人之常情 — nang5 ze1 sion5 cêng5: human nature, it's only natural, common human feeling
• 儂 — nang5: person, people
• 難 — nang5: difficult; hard
• 難 — nang7: disaster; calamity; catastrophe
• 硇 — nao1: sal ammoniac (bound morpheme, as in 硇砂)
• 腦部 — nao2 bou6: brain
• 腦孬 — nao2 mo2: brain-dead, stupid, dim-witted
• 腦膜炎 — nao2 moh8 iam7: meningitis
• 腦癱 — nao2 tuan1: cerebral palsy, (derogatory) idiot
• 腦卒中 — nao2 zui6 dong3: stroke, apoplexy
• 堖 — nao2: mound, small hill
• 惱 — nao2: to be angered; to be irritated, unhappy; vexed
• 瑙 — nao2: agate (bound form, as in 瑪瑙)
• 腦 — nao2: brain, mind; brains
• 猱 — nao5: macaque; a kind of monkey
• 鬧鐘 — nao6 zêng1: alarm clock
• 鬧 — nao6: noisy, rowdy
• 鬧劇 — nao7 giah8: farce, slapstick
• 鬧事 — nao7 se7: to cause trouble; to create a disturbance
• 肉 — nêg8: meat, flesh
• 軟件 — neng2 gian6: software
• 女孩 — neng2 hai6: girl, young woman, lass
• 女友 — neng2 iu2: girlfriend
• 軟弱 — neng2 nioh8: delicate; elegant; gentle; graceful
• 女朋友 — neng2 pêng5 iu2: girlfriend
• 軟弱 — neng2 riag8: weak; feeble; infirm
• 女士 — neng2 se6: lady, Ms., madam
• 女神 — neng2 sing5: goddess, idealized woman
• 女性 — neng2 sên3: female, woman, the female sex
• 女生 — neng2 sêng1: schoolgirl, female student, girl
• 女王 — neng2 uang5: queen, queen regnant
• 女皇 — neng2 uang5: empress, female monarch
• 軟䭕 — neng2 zian2: weak; feeble (physically)
• 女 — neng2: woman; female, daughter
• 軟 — neng2: soft, flexible; pliable
• 郎中 — neng5 dong1: doctor, especially a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine
• 瓤 — neng5: flesh of fruits and nuts; pulp; pith
• 郎 — neng5: young man; man (as in compounds like bridegroom, lover), darling; term of address for a husband or lover
• 卵妹 — neng6 muê6: egg donor (person who provides ova to be sold)
• 卵仁 — neng6 ring5: egg yolk
• 卵子 — neng6 ze2: ovum, egg cell
• 恩 — ng1: kindness; grace; favor, affection
• 秧 — ng1: rice seedling, sprout; shoot
• 䘼 — ng2: sleeve
• 尹 — ng2: a surname (Yin/Wun)
• 黃銅 — ng5 dang5: brass
• 黃豆 — ng5 dao7: soybean
• 黃帝 — ng5 di3: the Yellow Emperor
• 黃彈 — ng5 duain7: wampee (fruit, Clausena lansium)
• 黃牛 — ng5 ghu5: ox, cattle, (fig.) ticket scalper
• 黃麖 — ng5 gian1: Reeves's muntjac, Chinese muntjac
• 黃瓜 — ng5 guê1: cucumber
• 黃河 — ng5 ho5: Yellow River, Huang He
• 黃昏 — ng5 hung1: dusk, twilight
• 黃酸 — ng5 sng1: thin and sickly-looking
• 黃色 — ng5 sêg4: yellow, pornographic (slang)
• 黃 — ng5: yellow
• 㦙囝 — nga3 gian2: fool, simpleton, idiot
• 㦙 — nga3: stupid, foolish, silly
• 鱷魚 — ngag8 he5: crocodile, alligator
• 嶽麓 — ngag8 log8: Yuelu (district/mountain in Changsha, Hunan)
• 噩 — ngag8: ill-omened, shocking, ominous
• 岳 — ngag8: tall mountain; peak, parent-in-law (in compounds)
• 嶽 — ngag8: tall mountain, peak
• 萼 — ngag8: calyx
• 諤 — ngag8: frank; outspoken (in speech)
• 鄂 — ngag8: Hubei (abbreviation), a surname
• 顎 — ngag8: jaw
• 鱷 — ngag8: crocodile, alligator
• 睚眥 — ngai5 ci3: staring in anger, vengeful
• 呆 — ngai5: dull; stupid; simple-minded
• 崖 — ngai5: cliff, precipice
• 挨 — ngai5: to endure; to suffer, to drag out; to stall
• 捱 — ngai5: to endure, to suffer, to drag out
• 涯 — ngai5: shore; bank (literary), limit; boundary; margin
• 睚 — ngai5: rim of the eye (archaic), cliff edge
• 騃 — ngai5: stupid; foolish
• 岸邊 — ngai6 bin1: shore, riverbank
• 啱啱 — ngam1 ngam1: just now, a moment ago, barely
• 啱 — ngam1: correct, right, fitting; suitable
• 癌變 — ngam5 biang3: carcinogenesis; cancerization
• 岩石 — ngam5 ziêh8: rock
• 癌症 — ngam5 zêng3: cancer (disease)
• 岩 — ngam5: rock; cliff, cave
• 癌 — ngam5: cancer; carcinoma
• 昂 — ngang1: to raise, to lift, high-spirited
• 眼中釘 — ngang2 dang1 dêng1: a thorn in one's side; an eyesore; someone hated
• 眼界 — ngang2 gai3: field of vision; horizon; scope of knowledge
• 眼球 — ngang2 giu5: eyeball, (figurative) attention; focus
• 眼光 — ngang2 guang1: gaze; eyes, insight; vision, perspective; point of view
• 眼科 — ngang2 kuê1: ophthalmology; eye clinic
• 眼簾 — ngang2 liam5: eyes (literary)
• 眼淚 — ngang2 lui6: tear; teardrop
• 眼神 — ngang2 sing5: look in one's eyes; gaze; expression shown in the eyes
• 眼前 — ngang2 zoin5: before one's eyes, right now; at present
• 眼睛 — ngang2 zêng1: eye; eyes
• 眼 — ngang2: eye
• 唁 — ngang3: to offer condolences
• 言語 — ngang5 ghe2: speech, spoken language
• 言論自由 — ngang5 lung6 ze6 iu5: freedom of speech, free speech
• 言論 — ngang5 lung6: speech, public discourse, views on public affairs
• 言辭 — ngang5 se5: words (in speech or writing), wording, language used
• 凝天時 — ngang5 tin1 si5: winter, the cold season
• 言 — ngang5: to speak, to say (literary)
• 雁鵝 — ngang6 gho5: brown Chinese goose, swan goose (dialectal)
• 彥 — ngang6: person of virtue and talent, worthy person
• 犴 — ngang6: a kind of wild dog (northern China), jail; prison (archaic)
• 犴 — ngang6: moose
• 諺 — ngang6: proverb; maxim
• 贗 — ngang6: counterfeit, fake, forged
• 雁 — ngang6: wild goose
• 囂張 — ngao1 ziang1: arrogant, aggressive, unbridled
• 囂 — ngao1: noisy, clamorous, arrogant
• 熬暝 — ngao5 mê5: to stay up late, to pull an all-nighter
• 嶅 — ngao5: mountain full of small stones (rare, historical)
• 廒 — ngao5: granary, storehouse
• 洨 — ngao5: semen (vulgar slang)
• 淆 — ngao5: confused, mixed up, in disarray
• 熬 — ngao5: to stew; to simmer, to endure (hardship)
• 爻 — ngao5: hexagram line (I Ching)
• 翱 — ngao5: to soar, to spread wings and fly
• 遨 — ngao5: to roam; to travel for pleasure, to spin; to rotate (Southern Min)
• 鰲 — ngao5: large mythological sea turtle
• 傲 — ngao6: arrogant, proud, haughty
• 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人 — ngeg4 dig4 kou2 dang1 kou2: no pain, no gain
• 吃 — ngeg4: to stammer; to stutter; to falter
• 迄 — ngeg4: until; up to
• 銀錠 — ngeng5 dian6: silver ingot, paper ingot offering (spirit money)
• 銀行卡 — ngeng5 hang5 ka2: bank card
• 銀行 — ngeng5 hang5: bank (financial institution)
• 銀河系 — ngeng5 ho5 hi6: Milky Way galaxy, the Galaxy
• 銀河 — ngeng5 ho5: Milky Way
• 垠 — ngeng5: boundary; limit, dike; riverbank
• 狺 — ngeng5: to bark; to snarl (of a dog)
• 鄞 — ngeng5: a surname, Yin County, Ningbo (historical)
• 銀 — ngeng5: money; cash, silver
• 議論文 — ngi2 lung6 bhung5: argumentative essay, argumentative writing
• 議論 — ngi2 lung6: to discuss, to debate, to comment on
• 議員 — ngi2 uêng5: member of parliament, legislator, councillor
• 擬 — ngi2: to plan, to draft, to imitate
• 議 — ngi2: to discuss, to talk over, to deliberate
• 誼 — ngi3: friendship
• 儀式 — ngi5 sêg4: ritual, ceremony
• 倪 — ngi5: origin; beginning (of a matter), surname
• 儀 — ngi5: ceremony; rite, instrument; apparatus
• 宜 — ngi5: appropriate, suitable, fitting
• 毅 — ngi5: resolute; decisive; firm; staunch
• 霓 — ngi5: secondary rainbow
• 鯢 — ngi5: giant salamander
• 義務教育 — ngi6 bhu6 ga3 iog8: compulsory education
• 義務 — ngi6 bhu6: duty, obligation, responsibility
• 義工 — ngi6 gang1: volunteer worker, volunteer, voluntary work
• 義舉 — ngi6 ge2: magnanimous act for the public good, charitable undertaking
• 義診 — ngi6 ziang2: to provide free medical consultation, to hold a charity clinic
• 劓 — ngi6: punishment of cutting off the nose
• 義 — ngi6: righteousness, justice, morality
• 雅哉哉 — ngia2 zai6 zai6: very pretty (of a woman), strikingly beautiful
• 雅 — ngia2: pretty, beautiful
• 業務 — ngiab8 bhu6: business, operations, affairs
• 業態 — ngiab8 tai3: form of business operation, business model
• 業主 — ngiab8 zu2: proprietor, owner
• 業 — ngiab8: profession, business, karma (Buddhism)
• 虐待 — ngiag8 tai6: to abuse; to maltreat; to be cruel to
• 孽 — ngiag8: naughty; mischievous, evil; sin
• 虐 — ngiag8: to abuse; to maltreat, cruel; tyrannical
• 謔 — ngiag8: to crack a joke, to banter, to tease
• 儼然 — ngiam2 riang5: just like, as if, obviously
• 釅茶 — ngiam5 dê5: strong tea
• 嚴謹 — ngiam5 geng2: rigorous, meticulous, careful
• 嚴禁 — ngiam5 gim3: to strictly forbid, to strictly prohibit
• 嚴管 — ngiam5 guang2: to strictly regulate, to manage rigorously
• 嚴格 — ngiam5 gêh4: strict, rigorous, stringent
• 嚴控 — ngiam5 kong3: to strictly control