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孖展maa1 zin2margin (profit); security deposits; a merchant; foreign currency trading孖指徑maa1 zi2 ging3Smuggler's Ridge, located in Hong Kong孖沙maa1 saa1noun; master, describes leader or company management孖煙通maa1 jin1 tung1noun; male boxer shorts (underpants)孖生maa1 saang1noun; twins孖葉maa1 jip6handcuffs (slang)孖裝maa1 zong1Twin Pack孖辮maa1 bin1double braids孖鋪maa1 pou1sleepover (slang)字一色zi6 jat1 sik1a combination in mahjong字匯zi6 wui6Glossary字zi6(noun) the number of floor字字珠璣zi6 zi6 zyu1 gei1it describes one's speech; word choice is very elegant字粒zi6 lap1cast metal type pieces used in printing字紙zi6 zi2waste papers which have text written on them already字紙籮zi6 zi2 lo1wastepaper basket字花zi6 faa1noun; Chinese folk gambling字鎖zi6 so2a combination lock字面上zi6 min2 soeng6Literally字墨zi6 mak6culture; knowledge存心不良cyun4 sam1 bat1 loeng4with bad; evil intentions存款機cyun4 fun2 gei1Cash Deposit Machine存款簿cyun4 fun2 bou2Passbook存疑cyun4 ji4having a doubt about存身cyun4 san1to take shelter孝堂haau3 tong4a funeral parlour孝子賢孫haau3 zi2 jin4 syun1filial sons and good grandchildren孟母三遷maang6 mou5 saam1 cin1Literally: it is a Proverb "The mother of Mencius changed her home; abode three times to better her son's education (to avoid bad influence on her son)." Metaphor: A wise mother would do everything for the healthy growth of her children.孢子植物baau1 zi2 zik6 mat6Spore plants季候風gwai3 hau6 fung1noun; monsoon季秋gwai3 cau1the last month of autumn季軍gwai3 gwan1to come third in a competition or race