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- 會使 — oi6 sai2: can, may, to be able to
- 噲 — oi6: can (modal, colloquial), will (auxiliary, alt. form of 會)
- 會 — oi6: can; to know how to, will; to be likely to
- 閒聊 — oin5 liou5: to chat; to chitchat
- 閒 — oin5: idle; not busy, free; leisurely
- 奧秘 — on3 bi3: mystery, secret, profundity
- 奧妙 — on3 miao6: profound, mysterious, marvellous
- 烏鴉 — ou1 a1: crow; raven
- 烏暗眩 — ou1 am3 hiêng5: vertigo blackout (everything spins and one blacks out)
- 烏暗天 — ou1 am3 tin1: overcast sky; cloudy day
- 烏暗 — ou1 am3: dark
- 烏毆 — ou1 ao2: bruised; having dark marks from damage (of fruit or vegetables)
- 烏青 — ou1 cên1: bruise; hematoma; black-and-blue mark
- 烏豆 — ou1 dao7: black soybean
- 烏雞 — ou1 goi1: silkie; black-boned chicken
- 烏公 — ou1 gong1: fine; penalty
- 烏鬼 — ou1 gui2: (dated, derogatory) black person, African, (literary) Japanese cormorant
- 烏魚 — ou1 he5: flathead grey mullet
- 烏番 — ou1 huang1: black person (dated term)
- 烏雲 — ou1 hung5: dark clouds; storm clouds, (literary) a woman's dark hair
- 烏陰天 — ou1 im1 tin1: overcast sky; cloudy day
- 烏陰 — ou1 im1: overcast; cloudy; gloomy
- 烏欖 — ou1 lam2: Canarium pimela (black olive)
- 烏涼 — ou1 liang5: oliang; Thai iced black coffee
- 烏龍茶 — ou1 lêng5 dê5: oolong tea
- 烏龍 — ou1 lêng5: mistake; mix-up; blunder, oolong (tea)
- 烏目鏡 — ou1 mag8 gian3: sunglasses
- 烏名單 — ou1 mian5 duan1: blacklist
- 烏面賊 — ou1 ming7 cag8: something of unclear or unverifiable quality; a pig in a poke
- 烏面人 — ou1 ming7 nang5: (dated) black person
- 烏熱 — ou1 ruah8: hot black coffee
- 烏衫旦 — ou1 san1 duan3: black-robed dan (Chaozhou opera role type for a strong-willed, cultured woman)
- 烏心肝 — ou1 sim1 guan1: sinister and vicious heart; wicked-hearted
- 烏色 — ou1 sêg4: black (color)
- 烏糖 — ou1 teng5: brown sugar
- 烏騅馬 — ou1 zui1 bhê2: black piebald steed (esp. the one ridden by Xiang Yu)
- 烏 — ou1: black
- 鎢 — ou1: tungsten, wolfram
- O — ou5: the Latin letter O (as used in Chinese)
- 湖北 — ou5 bag4: Hubei (province in central China)
- 湖泊 — ou5 boh8: lake
- 湖南 — ou5 lam5: Hunan (province of China)
- 湖面 — ou5 ming7: lake surface
- 湖 — ou5: lake
- 芋泥 — ou7 ni5: taro purée, taro paste dessert
- 芋 — ou7: taro
- 拋車 — pa1 cia1: to park (a vehicle)
- 扒囝 — pa1 gian2: pickpocket
- 扒龜囝 — pa1 gu1 gian2: pickpocket
- 脬 — pa1: bladder
- 泡 — pa6: bubble, blister
- 博愛 — pag4 ain3: universal love, fraternity
- 博取 — pag4 cu2: to win (favor/sympathy), to court, to obtain
- 博大精深 — pag4 dai6 zêng1 cim1: broad and profound, extensive and deep (of knowledge or culture)
- 博學多才 — pag4 hag8 do1 cai5: learned and multitalented, erudite and versatile
- 博學 — pag4 hag8: learned, erudite
- 博客 — pag4 kêh4: blog, blogger
- 博物館 — pag4 muêh8 guêng2: museum
- 博士生 — pag4 se6 sêng1: PhD student, doctoral candidate
- 博士 — pag4 se6: PhD, doctor (academic degree holder)
- 博主 — pag4 zu2: blogger
- 博 — pag4: to gamble, to try one's luck
- 膊 — pag4: upper arm, shoulder
- 瀑布 — pag8 bou3: waterfall
- 曝日 — pag8 rig8: to sunbathe; to bask in the sun
- 雹子 — pag8 ze2: hailstone, hail
- 曝 — pag8: to sun; to dry in the sun, to expose; to reveal
- 瀑 — pag8: waterfall
- 雹 — pag8: hail
- 拍靶 — pah4 ba2: to shoot at a target
- 拍包 — pah4 bao1: to pack (an object), to get a doggy bag, to order food as takeaway
- 拍賣 — pah4 bhoi7: to auction, to sell at a discount
- 拍拚 — pah4 bian3: to work hard, to strive, to work diligently
- 拍赤膊 — pah4 ciah4 bag4: shirtless, bare-chested, naked to the waist
- 拍搶 — pah4 cion2: to rob, to mug
- 拍手 — pah4 ciu2: to clap, to applaud
- 拍電話 — pah4 diêng6 uê7: to make a telephone call
- 拍電 — pah4 diêng6: to make a telephone call
- 拍倒 — pah4 do2: to knock over, to topple, to knock down
- 拍的 — pah4 dêg8: to take a taxi, to hail a cab
- 拍咳嚏 — pah4 ga1 ti3: to sneeze
- 拍結 — pah4 gag4: to tie a knot, to tie
- 拍工 — pah4 gang1: to work part-time, to do casual/temporary work
- 拍劫 — pah4 giab4: to rob, to plunder, to loot
- 拍球 — pah4 giu5: to play a ball game, to play ball
- 拍官司 — pah4 guan1 si1: to engage in a lawsuit; to sue somebody
- 拍更 — pah4 gên1: to sound the night watch
- 拍火機 — pah4 huê2 gi1: lighter, cigarette lighter
- 拍印機 — pah4 ing3 gi1: printer (computer)
- 拍印 — pah4 ing3: to print (by machine); to print out
- 拍尻川 — pah4 ka1 ceng1: to spank, to smack the buttocks
- 拍拳 — pah4 kung5: to shadowbox, to practice martial arts forms
- 拍獵 — pah4 lah8: to hunt
- 拍雷 — pah4 lui5: to thunder
- 拍脈 — pah4 mêh8: to take a pulse
- 拍攝 — pah4 niab4: to shoot (film), to take a photo, to film
- 拍呃 — pah4 oh4: to burp, to belch
- 拍片 — pah4 piang3: to shoot a film, to have an X-ray taken
- 拍噗 — pah4 pog8: to applaud, to clap
- 拍破 — pah4 pua3: to break, to smash
- 拍字 — pah4 ri7: to type
- 拍算 — pah4 seng3: to plan, to intend
- 拍死 — pah4 si2: to beat to death
- 拍頭陣 — pah4 tao5 ding7: to take the lead, to be first
- 拍鐵囝 — pah4 tih4 gian2: blacksmith
- 拍針 — pah4 zam1: to get an injection, to give an injection
- 拍子 — pah4 ze2: beat; tempo (music), racket; paddle; swatter
- 拍折 — pah4 zih4: to give a discount, discount
- 拍 — pah4: to hit
- 歹囝 — pai2 gian2: naughty child; brat, hooligan; troublemaker
- 歹球 — pai2 giu5: bad shot; bad pass (in a ball game)
- 歹勢 — pai2 sê3: sorry; excuse me; pardon me, embarrassed; shy
- 歹 — pai2: bad, spoiled, broken
- 派別 — pai3 biag8: faction, branch, denomination
- 派出所 — pai3 cug4 so2: police station
- 派遣 — pai3 kiang2: to dispatch, to send (on a mission), to deploy
- 派頭 — pai3 tao5: style, swagger, panache
- 沛 — pai3: abundant, copious, full
- 派 — pai3: to send; to dispatch, school of thought; faction
- 霈 — pai3: heavy rain, torrential rain
- 冇粟 — pan3 cêg4: blighted grain, abortive grain, immature grain
- 冇弦 — pan3 hin5: a Teochew two-string bowed instrument with a coconut-shell body
- 泛石 — pan3 ziêh8: pumice
- 冇 — pan3: empty, hollow, not sturdy
- 怕 — pan3: to fear, to be afraid of, to dread
- 蜂蜜 — pang1 bhig8: honey
- 芳餅藥 — pang1 bian2 ioh8: scented soap
- 斑駁 — pang1 boh4: mottled, motley
- 芳飯 — pang1 bung7: fried rice
- 攀爬 — pang1 bê5: to climb, to clamber, to scale
- 蜂竇 — pang1 dao3: honeycomb, beehive
- 芳鹼 — pang1 gang2: scented soap
- 蜂蝦 — pang1 hê5: silkworm chrysalis
- 芳油 — pang1 iu5: sesame oil (especially from white sesame)
- 蜂蠟 — pang1 lah8: beeswax
- 蜂岫 — pang1 siu7: honeycomb
- 攀升 — pang1 sêng1: to climb, to rise, to increase
- 攀談 — pang1 tam5: to chat, to strike up a conversation
- 芳水 — pang1 zui2: perfume
- 攀 — pang1: to climb, to clamber, to cling to
- 芳 — pang1: fragrant, sweet-smelling
- 蜂 — pang1: bee, wasp
- 紡 — pang2: to spin, to reel, to weave
- 盼望 — pang3 mo7: to look forward to, to hope
- 盼 — pang3: to hope for; to long for, to look forward to
- 襻 — pang3: button loop, loop (for fastening)
- 旁邊 — pang5 biang1: side, beside; next to
- 磅礴 — pang5 boh8: boundless, majestic
- 篷布 — pang5 bou3: tarpaulin, canvas
- 旁白 — pang5 bêh8: narration, voice-over, aside
- 龐大 — pang5 dai6: immense; huge; large in scale
- 旁觀 — pang5 guang1: to look on, to be an onlooker, to stand by
- 彷徨 — pang5 huang5: to wander irresolutely, to hesitate, to pace back and forth
- 傍晚 — pang5 mung2: dusk, evening, nightfall
- 旁若無人 — pang5 riag8 bho5 nang5: to act as if no one else were present, to behave without regard for others
- 航線 — pang5 suan3: shipping route, course of a ship or plane, air route
- 滂沱 — pang5 to5: pouring; torrential (of rain), streaming down (of tears)
- 旁聽 — pang5 têng3: to audit (a class), to sit in as an observer
- 篷船 — pang5 zung5: sailboat, junk
- 傍 — pang5: to be next to, to rely on, to approach
- 帆 — pang5: sail
- 彷 — pang5: to wander aimlessly (as in 彷徉/彷徨)
- 彷 — pang5: to resemble; as if (variant of 仿, as in 彷彿)
- 旁 — pang5: side; beside, other
- 滂 — pang5: torrential; rushing (of water), voluminous
- 篷 — pang5: awning, canopy, sail
- 螃 — pang5: crab (bound form)
- 逄 — pang5: a surname, variant of 逢 ("to meet")
- 龐 — pang5: huge, big
- 縫隙 — pang7 kiah4: crack, crevice, chink
- 縫 — pang7: seam; crack, gap; narrow opening
- 拋擲 — pao1 dan6: to throw, to cast, to throw away
- 褒揚 — pao1 iang5: to praise; to commend
- 拋開 — pao1 kui1: to get rid of, to throw aside, to disregard
- 拋物 — pao1 muêh8: to throw objects
- 拋 — pao1: to throw; to toss, to abandon; to discard
- 泡 — pao1: puffy; spongy; soft
- 褒 — pao1: to praise; to honor; to commend
- 跑步機 — pao2 bou7 gi1: treadmill
- 跑步 — pao2 bou7: to run, to jog
- 跑道 — pao2 dao6: runway, airstrip, track
- 跑 — pao2: to run, to run away, to flee
- 泡茶 — pao3 dê5: to make tea, to brew tea
- 炮樓 — pao3 lao5: pillbox (military fortification)
- 泡麵 — pao3 min7: instant noodles
- 炮臺 — pao3 tai5: gun battery; fort; barbette
- 炮 — pao3: cannon; artillery gun, firecracker
- 袍 — pao5: robe; gown; cloak (Chinese-style)
- 抱負 — pao6 hu6: aspiration, ambition
- P — pi1: the Latin letter P (as used in Chinese)
- P圖 — pi1 dou5: to photoshop, to digitally edit a photo
- 披風 — pi1 hong1: cloak, cape, mantle
- 披露 — pi1 lou7: to disclose, to reveal, to make public
- 披 — pi1: to drape, to put on (over the shoulders), to wrap around
- 被 — pi1: to cover oneself; to drape over
- 丕 — pi2: great; grand (literary)
- 否 — pi2: adversity; misfortune (literary), 12th hexagram of the I Ching
- 鄙 — pi2: mean, ignoble, low
- 媲美 — pi3 mui2: to compare favorably with, to match, to rival
- 譬如 — pi3 ru5: for example, for instance, such as