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請鎗cing2 coeng1paying someone to inpersonate or disguise as one (slang)請飲咖啡ceng2 jam2 gaa3 fe1to invite for coffee; (ICAC) to bring in a suspect for interrogation請飲ceng2 jam2being invited to the wedding or a formal banquet論功行賞leon6 gung1 hang4 soeng2to reward people according to their contributions論盡leon6 zeon6(adj.) clumsy, usually refers to person or object; careless; cumbersome; all fingers and thumbs論著leon6 zyu3a treatise; works; book論處leon6 cyu2to punish論論盡盡leon6 leon6 zeon6 zeon6very clumsy諗住lam2 zyu6thinking (spoken)諗唔到nam2 m4 dou2no idea; cannot think of; never thought of; unexpected; unforeseen諗唔過nam2 m4 gwo3not worthwhile諗嚟度去nam2 lei4 dok6 heoi3think about this and that; to ponder諗得過nam2 dak1 gwo3be worth considering諗掂nam2 dim6to think out; to think through諗法lam2 faat3a thought (spoken)諗爛心肝nam2 laan6 sam1 gon1to turn over the matter in one's head; to consider seriously about something; over-thinking諗真啲nam2 zan1 di1to be serious; to think about something clearly; after careful consideration諗縮數nam2 suk1 sou3(phrasal verb, with a negative connotation) to come up with some ideas ; tricks so as to reduce the cost or stop spending more than one wants; to be stingy and scheming selfishly with no consideration for others諗翻lam2 faan1thinking back (spoken)諗翻轉頭nam2 faan1 zyun3 tau4to think back諗落lam2 lok6thinking again or deeply (spoken)諗計lam2 gai3brainstorm; come up with a solution or plan (spoken)諗sam2(verb) think諗通lam2 tung1think it through; understood (spoken)諗錯隔籬nam2 co3 gaak3 lei4To think in the wrong way諗頭nam2 tau4(n.) creative idea; thoughts; a well thought out idea; a solution to a problem; (adjective) to describe someone who is good at thinking up ideas or solutions; to describe someone who has plans and ambition; to describe someone with big ideas; to describe something (such as an opportunity) that is worth considering𧨾鬼食豆腐tam3 gwai2 sik6 dau6 fu6a feeble attempt to deceive somebody into a trap that is very easy to see through諢名wan6 ming4nickname諦dai3sarcasm諫阻gaan3 zo2to admonish and dissuade someone not to do something諱言wai5 jin4dare not or would not speak up; to avoid mentioning something諷刺畫fung3 ci3 waa2caricature