| | hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) | HSK 6 |
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| | light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert | HSK 7-9 |
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| | male / man (Cantonese) | |
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| | (bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) | |
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| | (Cantonese) he, she, it | |
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| | (coll.) awesome / stunning / electrifying / breathtaking / (originally Cantonese) / also pr. [jin4 bao4] | |
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| | the bleating of sheep / final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese) | |
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| | Cantonese language | |
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| | Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東｜广东 | |
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| | cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4) | |
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| | (Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon) | |
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| | Cantonese cuisine | |
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| | penis / (slang) cool or extraordinary / (Cantonese) to fuck | |
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| | to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility | |
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| | milkshake (Note: 昔 is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1) | |
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| | a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage | |
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| | brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩 esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin | |
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| | used in location words (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 裡｜里 | |
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| | used in 塕埲 / (Cantonese) classifier for walls | |
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| | oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not | |
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| | greasy (Cantonese) | |
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| | to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) | |
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| | brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin | |
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| | (Cantonese) to topple / to collapse / to coax / flower bud | |
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| | Cantonese opera | |
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| | to look for (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 找 | |
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| | breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese) | |
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| | downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc | |
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| | to gossip / to babble (Cantonese) | |
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| | child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc | |
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| | to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡 | |
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| | used in 乜斜 / (Cantonese) what? | |
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| | Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) | |
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| | pasta (abbr. for 意大利麵｜意大利面) / (Tw) yi mein, a variety of Cantonese egg noodle | |
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| | (Cantonese) thing / matter / stuff | |
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| | to look down upon (classical) / to see / to look at (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 看 | |
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| | to speak (Cantonese) | |
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| | soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) | |
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| | rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute | |
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| | (Cantonese) to simmer / to cook over a slow fire | |
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| | to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 沒有｜没有) | |
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| | meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese) | |
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| | so (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 這樣｜这样 | |
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| | Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" | |
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| | possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的 | |
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| | feminine suffix (Cantonese) / postfix indicating feminine | |
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| | to be at, in or on (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 在 | |
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| | Cantonese particle equivalent to 了 or 過｜过 | |
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| | some / few / a little (Cantonese) | |
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| | (cattle) tongue (Cantonese) | |
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| | (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing / loser | |
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| | to waste (Cantonese) | |
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| | bamboo, rattan or wicker basket / sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese) | |
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| | correct / suitable / to suit sb / just now (Cantonese) | |
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| | to take a rest (Cantonese) | |
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| | (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) | |
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| | totally exhausted (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 累 | |
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| | (archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang) | |
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| | to carry on the back or shoulders (Cantonese) | |
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| | cigarette (slang) (Cantonese) | |
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| | barbecue (Cantonese style) | |
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| | a bend in a river (Cantonese) | |
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| | alone and poor / humble / (Cantonese) miserly | |
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| | variant of 省 / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese) | |
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| | northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese) | |
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| | to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡覺｜睡觉 | |
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| | siu mei / spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine | |
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| | Guangdong pidgin (a mix of Standard Mandarin and Cantonese) | |
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| | to earn one's living (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 謀生｜谋生 | |
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| | Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration) | |
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| | prisoner (Cantonese) | |
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| | what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼｜什么) | |
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| | foreigner (Cantonese) / Westerner | |
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| | (Cantonese) same as 紅包｜红包 | |
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| | Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking | |
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| | good-looking (Cantonese) | |
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| | (Cantonese) to stop talking; to shut up | |
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| | nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages) | |
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| | drop dead! / go to hell! / fuck you! (Cantonese) | |
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| | yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle | |
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| | talkative person (Cantonese) | |
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| | unattractive (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 不好看 | |
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| | that (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 那 | |
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| | lawsuit (from Cantonese) | |
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| | (Internet slang) young lady (Cantonese-influenced alternative to 小姐姐) | |
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| | home / family (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 家 | |
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| | (Cantonese, Jyutping: baa1 bai3) / to act high and mighty; to make big fuss over a small matter / impressive | |
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| | Cantonese (people) | |
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| | Cantonese language | |
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| | handbrake / game controller (Cantonese) | |
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| | (Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot | |
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| | to play tricks on or toy with / delicate / exquisite (Cantonese) | |
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| | (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate | |
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| | small sum of money / loose change / Cantonese equivalent of 零錢｜零钱 | |
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| | xylitol (Cantonese) / see also 木糖醇 | |
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| | Cantonese seafood soup | |
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| | Hong Kong pidgin (a mix of Standard Mandarin and Cantonese) | |
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| | Montreal (chiefly used in Hong Kong and the Chinese community in Canada) (from Cantonese 滿地可｜满地可 Mun5 dei6 ho2) | |
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| | (Cantonese cuisine) zhaliang, rice noodle rolls 腸粉｜肠粉 stuffed with youtiao 油條｜油条 | |
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| | silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century | |
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