Canto Writing 5

消

vanish/disappear/die out (siu)

防

defend/protect (fong)

處

department/place/location/get along with (chyu)

消防處

fire department (siu fong chyu)

取

take/gain/select (chuy)

取消

cancel (chuy siu)

毒

poison/drugs/toxin (dook)

消毒

disinfect (siu dook)

病毒

virus (beng dook)

吸毒

take drugs (kup dook)

茉

jasmine (mut)

莉

jasmine (lei)

茉莉奶茶

jasmine milk tea (mut lei nai cha)

抽

pull out/take away (chau)

抽氣

ventilation (chau hay)

生抽

light soy sauce (saan chau)

老抽

dark soy sauce (lo chau)

抽筋

cramp (chau gun)

魚露

fish sauce (jyu lo)

統

unite/altogether/interconnected (tung)

總統

president (zung tung)

傳

pass/transmit/spread (chyun)

傳統

tradition (chyun tung)

染

dye/tint/pollute (yeem)

染髮

dye hair (yeem faat)

傳染病

transmit sickness (chyun yeem beng)

澳

land near water/bay (oh)

澳洲

Australia (oh jiao)

德

German/virtue (dak)

德國

Germany (dak gwok)

故

old/ancient/past (gu)

故事

story (gu si)

背

back (bui)

脊

spine/backbone (zek)

背脊

back (bui zek)

背心

vest (bui sum)

景

scenery/landscape (ging)

背景

background (bui ging)

私

private/secret (si)

自私

selfish (zi si)

私人

private (si yun)

薦

recommend (zin)

推薦

recommend (tuy zin)

肯

agree/consent (hung)

肯定

definitely (hung ding)

炎

inflammation (yeem)

發炎

inflamed (faat yeem)

盲

blind (maang)

盲腸炎

appendicitis (maang churn yeem)

淡

bland/tasteless/dull (daam/taam)

淡水小龍蝦

crawfish (taam sui siu long haa)

夠

enough (gau)

夠鐘

time’s up (gau jong)

膽

courage/bravery/guts (daam)

夠膽

courage (gau daam)

晒

entirely/very much (sai)

唔該晒

thank you very much (mm goi sai)

扁

flat (been)

扁晒

completely flattens (been sai)

鼻

nose (bei)

涕

tears/nasal mucus (tai)

流鼻涕

runny nose (lau bei tai)

擤

blow nose (sung)

塞

stuck (sut/coi)

鼻塞

stuffy nose (bei sut)

誇

exaggerate/brag (kwaa)

誇張

to exaggerate (kwaa jern)

蠔

oyster (ho)

蠔菇

oyster mushroom (ho goo)

扇

fan (seen)

風扇

electric fan (fung seen)

魷

squid (yau)

魷魚

squid (yau yue)

炒魷魚

get fired (chau yau yue)

宵

night (siu)

宵夜

night time snack (siu yea)

慢

slow (maan)

拎

carry/bring over (ning)

拎走

take away (ning jau)

藏

hide (chong)

捉

capture/catch (jook)

迷

enthusiast/fascinate/get lost (mai)

捉迷藏

hide and seek (jook mai chong)

決

decide/determine (kyut)

解決

to solve (gai kyut)

決定

decide (kyut ding)

潔

clean/pure/spotless (geet)

清潔

clean (ching geet)

燉

stew over burning fire (dun)

燉燕窩

stew bird’s swallow (dun yeen wal)

龜

turtle (gwai)

苓

fungus used as medicinal (ling)

龜苓膏

herbal tortoise jelly/guiling jelly (gwai ling go)

限

limit/boundary/restrict (haan)

制

establish/set up/control/system (zai)

限制

limit/restrict (haan zai)

枝

branch/twig (zi)

枝竹

soybean stick (zi juk)

荔

lychee (lai)

荔枝

lychee (lai zi)