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個喎go3 waa1a phrase indicating an exclamation, or a question個噃go3 bo3… like that; an expression which is used at the end of a sentence個囉go3 lo1a phrase indicating a claim, an assertion個自go3 zi6individual, to describe a lone person or a single thing個陣go3 zan6back then; at that time倒dou3to place upside down; to invert; to reverse; inverted; to move backwards; however; actually; as a matter of fact; contrary to expectation倒冧dou2 lam3collapse; cave in; topple倒吊冇滴墨水dou3 diu3 mou5 dik1 mak6 seoi2hanging upside down without dropping one drop of ink, which means a person seems to know a certain thing, but actually is clueless and lack of content倒吊沙煲dou3 diu3 saa1 bou1lit. upside-down pot, meaning have no money for food倒吊荷包dou3 diu3 ho4 baau1having to spend money unnecessarily, yet cannot be avoided; willing to make a profit loss, willing to empty the pocket倒垃圾dou3 laap6 saap3to dump the rubbish倒塔咁早dou2 taap3 gam3 zou2very early in the morning倒夜香dou2 je6 hoeng1night soil, is the euphemism for human feces collected at night from cesspools or privies倒屎dou2 si2emptying a latrine倒屎咁早dou2 si2 gam3 zou2lit. as early as emptying a latrine, meaning extremely early in the morning倒後鏡dou3 hau6 geng3Rear-view Mirror倒掟dou3 deng3hanging upside down倒掟頭dou3 deng3 tau4upside down倒模dou2 mou4to mold or moulding倒水dou2 seoi2pour water倒汗水dou2 hon6 seoi2drip of an air conditioner, drops of water on the window倒瀉dou3 se3spill倒瀉籮蟹dou2 se2 lo4 haai5(slang) anarchic; chaotic; extremely messy倒牙dou2 ngaa4sensitive tooth倒瓤dou2 nong4melons become rotten or empty from the inside from being over ripe倒瓤冬瓜dou2 nong4 dung1 gwaa1one who has the looks or pretend to be knowledgable, but actually without substance倒眼dou3 ngaan5Strabismus倒竈dou2 zou3to be more of a hinderance than a help倒米dou2 mai5(verb) to wreck; to destroy or to ruin a business倒米壽星dou2 mai5 sau6 sing1describes one who tries to help and ends up doing more harm than good倒翻轉dou3 faan1 zyun3upside down倒茶dou2 caa4Pour tea; serve the tea