瑣記 SO GEI
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
飄 biu: float, drift, whirl.
著 juek, jyu: to touch, to wear; to make known, to author; action in progress.
些 se: a little, a few; rather.
微 mei: small, minute; decline; millionth part.
吹 cheui: puff, blow; brag, boast.
動 dung: move, happen; to act, to move, to change.
髮 faat: hair.
戀 luen, lyun: love, long for, year; feel attachement.
般 bun: sort, class, category.
分行 fan hang: branch company; subsidiary.
蜜 mat: honey.
教 gaau: teach, instruct.
慢慢 maan maan: slowly; in a leisurely manner.
流 lau: flow, drift; class, ranking.
底 dai: bottom part, underneath.
游 yau: float, swim, drift, wander, roam.
枯樹 fu syu: withered trees.
冷 laang: cool, cold; lonely.
裡 leui: inside, interior; within.
搖 yiu: swing, shake, wave; to row with oars.
野 ye: wilderness, moors.
暮 mou: evening, sunset, dusk.
殘 chaan: destroy, opress, ruin; cruel, oppressive, savage; broken.
霞 haa: rosy clouds, especially at dawn.
自助 ji jou: self service.
檀島 taan tou: 'sandalwood island' - Hawaii, specifically Honolulu.
撻 taat: flog; a tartlett.
塔 taap: tower, pagoda; a tartlett.
櫃枱 gwai toi: shop counter.
海泡石煙斗 hoi paau sek yin dau: 'sea foam stone smoking pipe' - meerschaum pipe.
鼠 syu: rat, mouse.
狐狸 wu lei: fox.
水貂 seui diu: mink, mustelid spp.
冒充 mou chung: feign, pretend to be.
冒 mou: to risk, dare.
充 chung: fill up, be full; supply.
淺灘 chin taan: shoal; shallow beach; a sand bank
儲錢罐 chyu chin gun: money box, piggy bank.
豬仔錢罐 jyu jai cin gun: piggy bank, money box.
陰司紙 yam si ji: Hell bank notes.
庫
撲
罌
汀洲
恆
刷 chaat: to brush; scrub.
蔘茸藥行 saam yung yuek hang: apothecary.
河堤 ho tai: embankment.
河邊 ho pin: riverside river bank.
行長 hong jeung: president of an enterprise.
衆 jung; masses, multitude; the public.
棕果 jung gwo: palm fruit.
短 duen: short, weak, lacking.
褐 hot: coarse woolens, hemp; dark brown or grey.
灰 fui: ashes, dust; slaked lime; grey; dejected.
伏 fuk: crouch, crawl; conceal.
扁 pin: flat; board, tablet. Same as 匾 (pin): horizontal inscribed sign.
翼 yik: wings, fins.
顱 lou: forehead, skull.
鼠 syu: mouse, rat.
耳 yi: ear, handle.
足 juk: foot, attain.
腿 teui: thighs, gams.
霍 fok: suddenly.
氏 si: clan; maiden name.
蹄 tai: hooves, trotters.
魯 lou: foolish, stupid; vulgar.
鬚 sou: whiskers, moustaches.
墓 mou: tomb.
皺 jau: wrinkles, wattles, skin folds; creased.
唇 seun: lips.
吻 man: kiss, lips & mouth.
青檸汁 ching ning chap: 'green lemon sap' - lime juice.
酸豆 suen dau: 'sour bean' - tamarind.
醋 tsou: vinegar.
鹽 yim: salt.
物 mat: thing, object; matter.
氛圍 fan wai: ambience, atmosphere.
氛 fan: gas, vapour.
圍 wai: surround, encircle.
靚女 leng neui: pretty girl.
改善 goi sin: make better, improve.
站 jaam: stand guard; station, stand, bus stop.
立場 laap cheung: position, standpoint; point of view.
無可能 mou ho nang: impossible; can't be done.
對岸 deui ngon: opposite bank; other side of a body of water.
錢莊 chin jong: money changer.
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