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Nail, a | Tahng, yit moy. |
Nail, to hammer in a | Tahng, tahng yit moy (lit. to nail a nail). |
Nail | (finger) Shoo chee kahp; (toe) keeok chee kahp. |
Name | Meeahng; (surname) seeahng; (other name) p'et sz; (milk name) youee meeahng. |
Narrow | Tsahk; k'eeahp. |
Native | Poon t'oo (a) poon t'oo nyin.[1] |
Near | K'eeoon. |
Needle | Chim. |
New | Seen. |
News | Seen woon. |
Next year | Ch'oot hoi nyen; mean nyen; ch'oot nyen. |
Next month | T'ea nyee chahk nyet. |
Night | Yah poo shin; mahn shin t'eu. |
Noon | Ahn choo. |
North | Pet; (the) pet pen t'eu. |
Nose | P'ea koong. |
Notes (bank) | Nyoon chee. |
Now | Kin hah. |
O | |
Oar | Tseong. |
Obey | T'ahng wah. |
Office | Seeah sz leu. |
Often | How toh pie. |
Oil | Yeeoo. |
- ↑ A Cantonese is known as Poon-t'ea-nyin.