Cantonese Dictionary

傲骨嶙峋

ngou6 gwat1 leon4 seon1

Mandarin: ao4 gu3 lin2 xun2

haughty and unbending

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儂

nung4

Mandarin: nong2

Simplified: 侬

you (Wu dialect) | I, me (classical) | a family name | # adapted from cc-cedict

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儺

no4

Mandarin: nuo2

Simplified: 傩

to exorcise demons | graceful | # adapted from cc-cedict

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儺戲

no4 hei3

Mandarin: nuo2 xi4

Anhui local opera

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儺神

no4 san4

Mandarin: nuo2 shen2

a god who drives away plague and evil spirits

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兀

ngat6

Mandarin: wu4 wu1

[1] towering; lofty [2] (of a hill) barren; bald

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兀立

ngat6 lap6

[v] to stand upright

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兀自

ngat6 zi6

Mandarin: wu4 zi4

still; continue to

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兀鷲

ngat6 zuk6

Mandarin: wu4 jiu4

griffon vulture / condor

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兒

ngai4

Mandarin: r5

Simplified: 儿

surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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內

noi6

Mandarin: nei4

Simplified: 内

inside | inner | internal | within | interior | domestic | one's wife | wife's relatives | the imperial courts | the female members (of a family) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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內丘

noi6 jau1

Mandarin: nei4 qiu1

Neiqiu (place in Hebei)

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內亂

noi6 lyun6

Mandarin: nei4 luan4

civil unrest; internal disorder; civil strife

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內人

noi6 jan4

wife

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內傭

noi6 jung4

Mandarin: nei4 yong1

domestic workers, maid, helper from mainland China (and working in Hong Kong) [abbreviation for] 內地女傭, 內地家傭

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內傷

noi6 soeng1

[1] an internal injury (of the body) [2] [TCM] disorder of internal organs caused by improper diet, fatigue, emotional strains, sexual excess, etc.

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內六角螺絲刀

noi6 luk6 gok3 lo4 si1 dou1

Mandarin: nei4 liu4 jiao3 luo2 ​si1​ dao1​

an Allen driver (which fits hexagon head screws)

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內分泌

noi6 fan1 bei3

Mandarin: nei4 fen1 mi4

endocrine

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內分泌系統

noi6 fan1 bei3 hai6 tung2

Mandarin: nei4 fen1 mi4 xi4 tong3

Simplified: 内分泌系统

Endocrine System

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內功

noi6 gung1

Mandarin: nei4 gong1

Simplified: 内功

a set of internal skills consisting of breathing and meditating which are associated with Chinese martial arts | one who is extremely tolerable or patient

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內助

noi6 zo6

Mandarin: nei4 zhu4

Simplified: 内助

a polite name for wife to be used with friends

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內含子

noi6 ham4 zi2

Mandarin: nei4 han2 zi5

Simplified: 内含子

Intron

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內含體

noi6 ham4 tai2

Mandarin: nei4 han2 ti3

inclusion bodies

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內在

noi6 zoi6

Mandarin: nei4 zai4

intrinsic, the nature of something

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內在的

noi6 zoi6 dik1

Mandarin: nei4 zai4 de5

inner; internal

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內在美

noi6 zoi6 mei5

inner beauty

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內地

noi6 dei6

Mandarin: nei4 di4

Simplified: 内地

(noun) China

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內地同志

noi6 dei6 tung4 zi3

Mandarin: nei4di4 tong2zhi4

Simplified: 内地同志

comrades from the mainland [written and colloquial]

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內地同胞

noi6 dei6 tung4 baau1

Mandarin: nei4 di4 tong2 bao1

mainland brethren

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內埔鄉

noi6 bou3 hoeng1

Mandarin: nei4 bu4 xiang1

Neipu (village in Taiwan)

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