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講心啫gong2 sam1 ze1to treat a person with sincerity; be loyal in friendship; to carry one's heart upon one's sleeve; to confide in someone講心嗰句gong2 sam1 go2 geoi3to tell you the truth from the heart講情gong2 cing4To intercede; to plead for somebody; to ask for leniency for somebody;講手gong2 sau2martial art contest; sparring講打講殺gong2 daa2 gong2 saat3violence講故仔gong2 gu3 zai2Storytelling講故gong2 gu3Storytelling講數口gong2 sou3 hau2negotiating the terms or the price; to haggle講數gong2 sou3negotiation to settle issue(s) or problem(s) between two parties (at least two); to haggle; to negotiate講明就陳顯南gong2 ming4 zau6 can4 hin2 naam4One will naturally understand without having to explain all the details講是非gong2 si6 fei1gossiping講書gong2 syu1teaching (spoken)講法gong2 faat3way of saying something; wording講波佬gong2 bo1 lou2football commentators講波gong2 bo1football commentatory (spoken)講漏嘴gong2 lau6 zeoi2blurt out講真嗰句gong2 zan1 go2 geoi3"seriously," ...講真gong2 zan1tell the truth (spoken)講笑搵第樣gong2 siu3 wan2 dai6 joeng6joke about something else (spoken)講笑gong2 siu3(verb) kidding; to joke講粗口gong2 cou1 hau2swearing講耶穌gong2 je4 sou1(verb) to preach; to lecture; to bull shit about (usually when referring to talk that others are not interested in or they consider to be a waste of time)講耶穌gong2 je4 sou1to preach; to lecture講話有骨gong2 waa6 jau5 gwat1speech with hidden message; to hint at something講說話gong2 syut3 waa6say something講gong2(verb) to tell講起上嚟gong2 hei2 soeng5 lei4by the way講起又講gong2 hei2 jau6 gong2by the way, incidentally; since we are on the topic講過算數gong2 gwo3 syun3 sou3to keep one's words講道理gong2 dou6 lei5To reason things out講道理gong2 dou6 lei5to reason things out; to reason with講開又講gong2 hoi1 jau6 gong2since we are on the topic