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拗氣aau3 hei3to feel wronged and act rashly just to vent one's anger or to just make a statement拗腰aau2 jiu1to bend backwards拗頸aau3 geng2(slang) to disagree; to argue; to dispute; (adjective) stubborn; argumentative; obstinate拚死無大害ping3 sei2 mou4 daai6 hoi6to do everything one can, even if it costs one's life, because one has nothing left to lose; fear; to be all in拚爛pun2 laan2to give up on oneself and act recklessly; to write oneself off as hopeless and let oneself go招人仇口ziu1 jan4 sau4 hau2to offend people and provoke hatred; to make enemies招呼唔到ziu1 fu1 m4 dou3cannot provide good hospitality, a polite expression used by the host招呼ziu1 fu1(verb) 1. serve; 2. beckon招惹ziu1 je5to trigger招搖撞騙ziu1 jiu4 zong6 pin3to bluff; to go around scamming people招牌ziu1 paai4(noun) billboard招積ziu1 zik1cocky; arrogant招紙ziu1 zi2noun; label; poster; advertising; brand label招股上市ziu1 gu2 soeng5 si5initial public offering (IPO); stock market launch招郎入舍ziu1 long4 jap6 se3take in a son-in-law to bear bride's family name; have the groom live with one's family after the marriage, uxorilocal marriage招降ziu1 hong4to summon surrender; to take in enemies who surrender; to recruit bad; evil people to do evil things together招魂ziu1 wan4calling the spirit of the dead; the soul of a person who just passed away拜偶像baai3 ngau5 zoeng6to worship idols拜占庭帝國baai3 zim1 ting4 dai3 gwok3The Byzantine Empire拜墊baai3 zin2a zabuton, a mat for kneeling拜山baai3 saan1(v.)(n.) to visit ancestral graves to pay respects by cleaning and sweeping the graves, worshipping and burning joss paper.拜年咭baai3 nin4 kaat1Greeting cards for new year拜baai3to greet; goodbye拜新山baai3 san1 saan1visiting the graveyard that the deceased that just passed away within a year拜祖先baai3 zou2 sin1 to visit one's ancestors' graveyard拜神唔見雞baai3 san4 m4 gin3 gai1verb; literally: worship god without chicken ; sacrifices, which means missing an important item in the task or one who is always nagging or talkative拜神baai3 san4to pray to God ; the gods; to worship𢫕頭fing6 tau2(verb) to shake one's head拮傷gat1 soeng1to be injured by being stabbed; poked; pierced拮肉gat1 juk6somehting that makes people feel itchy, such as scratchy clothing拯溺cing2 nik6life saving, in water拱北gung2 bak1Gongbei