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周圍貢zau1 wai4 gung3to go around everywhere [colloquial]周身唔𠶧zau1 san1 m4 dim4to have nothing going right; to feel uneasy all over; to have everything going pear shaped [colloquial]呼佬fu1 lou2full (loanword); full house in poker [colloquial]呼吸器疾病fu1 kap1 hei3 zat6 beng6respiratory diseases [written and colloquial]命仔都冇埋meng6 zai2 dou1 mou5 maai4to lose one's life over something [colloquial]命硬meng6 ngaang6to be able to survive through the roughs and the toughs; someone who is hard to kill [colloquial]咀啖zeoi2 daam6to give a kiss (when requesting someone to give a kiss) [colloquial]咁大隻哈乸隨街跳gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3something that is too good to be true [colloquial]咁就差唔多gam2 zau6 caa1 m4 do1that's more like it [colloquial]咁橋gam3 kiu2what a coincidence [colloquial]咁都得gam2 dou1 dak1that cannot possibly be; I cannot believe that they can get away with that; that can't be right [colloquial]咁鬼gam3 gwai2so very…; so damn…; so bloody…[colloquial]咕𠱸gu1 seon2cushion (loanword) [colloquial]咕順gu1 seon2cushion (loanword) [colloquial]咖啡仔gaa3 fe1 zai2a traffic warden; a parking inspector; a parking attendant; a parking enforcement officer [colloquial]咖啡佬gaa3 fe1 lou2a traffic warden; a parking inspector; a parking attendant; a parking enforcement officer [colloquial]咖啡精gaa3 fe1 zing1instant coffee; coffee essence [written and colloquial]咖喱雞gaa3 lei1 gai1a hickey; a love bite; a kiss markl a slag tag; literally: curry chicken [colloquial]咦咦哦哦ji4 ji1 o4 o4to go on and on about the same stuff over and over again [colloquial]咩呀me1 aa3what? [colloquial]咪咪嚒嚒mi1 mi1 mo1 mo1to be very slow in doing something; to take a long time to do something [colloquial]咪嚒mei1 mo1to be very slow in doing something; to take a long time to do something [colloquial]咪狗經mei1 gau2 ging1to read up on the dog racing tips [colloquial]咪馬經mei1 maa5 ging1to read up on the horse racing tips [colloquial]咬兜ngaau5 dau1to smoke a pipe [colloquial]咬我食ngaau5 ngo5 sik6…cannot intervene ; interfere ; stop whatever I am doing in anyway; …simply can't do anything to me [colloquial]咬掉ngaau5 diu6to bite off; to bite away [written]咬灰ngaau5 fui1to take heroin [colloquial]咬米ngaau5 mai5to eat [colloquial]咬老軟ngaau5 lou5 jyun5to be a ponce; to be a man who lives off a woman [colloquial]咬草ngaau5 cou2to smoke weed [colloquial]咬蔗啦去ngaau5 ze3 laa1 heoi3go piss off! [colloquial]