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Penang Hokkien - English Dictionary

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The Penang Hokkien-English Dictionary lists words used by the Penang Hokkien. View also the English - Penang Hokkien Dictionary. The numbers after each syllable denotes Intonation. This will not be found in daily use, and are shown here only as a guide.

Words are arranged alphabetically by syllable. As of now, the spelling convention is still being refined. With the Phase II refinement of the spelling and pronunciation of this lesson in July 2013, I have added symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the expected pronunciation, with each syllable separated out by hyphen. Refer to thespelling guide for how to pronounce the IPA symbols. The IPA symbols are shown without the tone marks.

Words marked with ^RW are Regular Words that do notsandhi. Irregular Words of more than one syllable only sandhi their last syllable.

a₁bo₂ [a-bo]: (adverb) how about, why not

a₁boay₃^RW [a-boe]: (adverb) not yet

a₁la₁mak₁ [a-la-mak]: (interjection) expression of dismay (Malay loanword)

a₃chi₁lot₁ [a-tsi-lot]: (noun) hide-and-seek game

a₃gak₃^RW [a-gak]: (verb) to guess (Malay loanword)

a₃kai₄^RW [a-kai]: (noun) idea (from "akal", Malay loanword)

a₃ku₃ [a-ku]: (verb) to admit (Malay loanword)

a₃mor₁koon₄ [a-mɔ-kun]: (noun) neck

a₁nae₁ [a-nɛ]: (adverb) as, so

a₃sam₂ [a-sam]: (noun) servant

a₃si₃^RW [a-si]: (conjunction) if, or

act₁si₄ [ɛkt-si]: (adjective) show off (English loanword)

ah₁ [aʔ]: (noun) box

ah₃ [aʔ]: (noun) duck

ah₃^RW [a]: (particle) interrogative particle used to reaffirm.

Ah₃ Ba₂ [a-ba]: (noun) young man, addressing youths younger than yourself

Ah₃ Boy₂ [a-boi]: (noun) lad, addressing boys up to teenage years

Ah₃ Chee₄ [a-tsi]: (noun) sister, form of address for woman you are not familiar with

Ah₃ Cek₃ [a-tsek]: (noun) uncle, form of address for men in their fifties and above.

Ah₃ Ee₂ [a-i]: (noun) auntie, form of address for women in their fifties and above.

ah₃ knua₁ [a-kuã]: (noun) transvestite

Ah₃ Ko₁ [a-ko]: (noun) brother, form of address for man you are not familiar with

Ah₃ Kong₁ [a-kɔŋ]: (noun) form of address for grandpa

Ah₃ Ma₄ [a-ma]: (noun) form of address for grandma

Ah₃ Mak₃ [a-mak]: (noun) mom

Ah₃ Nya₂ [a-ĩa]: (noun) miss, form of address for young women

Ah₃ Pa₁ [a-pa]: (noun) Dad

Ah₃ Pek₃ [a-pɛk]: (noun) uncle, form of address for men in their seventies and above.

ai₃ [ai]: (verb) to want, to desire

ai₁bin₃: (adjective) vain, excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance

ai₁ceng₂: (noun) lover

ai₁chio₃ [ai-ts^hio]: (adjective) amused

ai₁ khoon₃ [ai-k^hun]: (adjective) sleepy, drowsy

Ai ₃Tam ₃ [.ai-linh]: (Noun) Air Itam

ark₃ [ak]: (verb) to water, to sprinkle on

am₁ [am]: (noun) temple

am₃ [am]: (adjective) dark

I have ₁meh ₂ [am-mɛ:], also [a-mɛ]: (time) Night

am₃po₁che₂ [am-po-ts^hɛ]: (noun) cicada

an₁cnua₄ [an-tsuã]: (adverb) how

an₁cnua₄ nyau₃ [an-tsuã-ĩau]: (adverb) how, by what means, by what method

ang₁ [aŋ]: (noun) husband

ang₂ [aŋ]: (adjective) red

ang ₃Chai ₁Loading ₂ [An-wa ^h ai-t ^h au]: (noun) carrot

ang₃co₂ [aŋ-tso]: (noun) red snapper

Ang ₃Hia ₃ [Aŋ-Hia]: (Noun) by red Ant

ang₃kong₁ [aŋ-kɔŋ]: (noun) Taoist deity

ang₃kong₃na₄ [aŋ-kɔŋ-na]: (noun) toy

ang₃kong₃na₄ pneah₄ [aŋ-kɔŋ-na-piã]: (noun) animal cookie

ang₃kong₃ tok₃ [aŋ-kɔŋ-tok]: (noun) altar table for the Taoist deity

ang₃mor₂ [aŋ-mɔ], also [a-mɔ]: (noun) Westerner,literally "red hair"

ang₃mor₃lau₂ [aŋ-mɔ-lau]: (noun) high-rise building (literally, "Westerner's building")

Ang ₃₃mor tan ₁ [An early preachers tons, in the early preachers-tan: (noun) rambutan ( Malay loanword )

an₃ting₁ [an-tiŋ]: (noun) ear ring (Malay loanword)

at ₁ [au]: (noun) cup

au₄ [au]: (noun, verb) vomit

au₁bo₃ [au-bo]: (noun) stepmother

au₁ ciu₁ [au-tsiu]: (noun) Australia

au₃jit₃ [au-dzit]: (time/duration) the day after

au₁lau₃ [au-lau]: (noun) vomit and diarrhoea

au₁pa₃ [au-pa]: (noun) stepfather

au₁ta₄ [au-ta]: (adjective) unbelievable, absurd

ba₂ [ba]: (adj) numb

ba₃ eok₁ [ba-iok]: (noun) anaesthetic (literally, "numb medicine")

Ba ₃Le ₃pai ₄ [ba-le-pai] (noun) in Bayan Lepas

ba₃lu₁ [ba-lu]: (adverb) just, recently (Malay loanword)
ba₃lu₁ ... nia₃ [ba-lu-nia]: (adverb) recently only

ba₃tok₁ [ba-tok]: (verb) to cough (Malay loanword)

BA _{. 1}TU ₂ [BA-TU]: (noun) Stone

Ba ₃tu ₁Wants ₂ [ba-tu-like]: (noun) Batu Maung

ba₃yam₃ chye₃ [ba-yam]: (noun) spinach

baeh₄ [bɛ]: (noun) horse

bak₃ [baʔ]: (noun) meat

bak₁chang₃ [baʔ-tsaŋ]: (noun) meat dumpling

bak₁pau₁ [bah-pau]: (noun) steamed bun with meat filling

ban₃^RW [ban]: (adjective) slow

ban₃^RW [ban]: (number) ten thousand

ban₄ [ban]: (verb) to pluck

Ban₃ Li₄ Tng₃ Snia₂ [ban-li-tŋ-siã]: (noun) Great Wall of China (literally, "Ten-Thousand-Mile Wall")

ban₃san₁ [ban-san]: (noun) barn, market

bang₃^RW [baŋ]: (noun) net

bang₃^RW [baŋ]: (noun) dream, (verb) to dream

bang₄ [baŋ]: (noun) mosquito

Bang₃ga₁li₄ [baŋ-ga-li]: (noun) North Indian

bang ₃Thurs ₃and ₂ [ban-k ^h a-lan]: (noun) Sungai Kluang

bang₁ku₂ [baŋ-ku]]: (noun) stool (Malay loanword)

bang₃kuang₁ [baŋ-kuaŋ]: (noun) jicama/yam bean

bang₁ta₃ [baŋ-ta]: (noun) mosquito net

bar₁li₄ [ba-li]: (noun) barley, (when ordering drinks) barley drink

bar₁li₁ peng₁ [ba-li-peŋ]: (noun) iced barley drink (when ordering drinks)

bark₁ [bak]: (noun) ink

bart₃ciu₁ [bak-tsiu, bat-tsiu]: (noun) eye

bart₃bai₂ [bak-bai, bat-bai]: (noun) eyebrow

Bart ₃₃₂mor not [bak-not-early preachers, bat-not-early preachers: (noun) eyelash

Bart ₃chiam ₁ [bak-head injuries, Bat-head injuries]: (noun) sty

bart₃eu₂ [bak-iu, bat-iu]: (noun) tear

bart₃knia₃ [bak-kiã, bat-kiã]: (noun) spectacles

bart₃sai₄ [bak-sai, bat-sai]: (noun) eye-crust rheum

bas₁ [bas]: (noun) bus (English loanword via Malay)

be₃^RW [be]: (auxiliary verb) cannot, to not be able to do something

be₃ ha₃rap₃ [be-ha-rap; be-ha-lap]: (adjective) unreliable

be₃ hau₁ kor₁ [be-hau-kɔ]: (adjective) shameless, brazen

be₃hiau₄ [be-hiau]: (auxiliary verb) do not know how to do something

be₃hiau₁ kien₁siau₃ [be-hiau-kiɛn-siau]: (auxiliary verb) shameless

V ₃lite ₁kin ₄ [V-lite-kin]: (spotlight) nevermind

be₃khat₃ [be-k^hat]: (adjective) envious

be₃la₃can₁ [bə-la-tsan]: (noun) shrimp paste solids used for cooking

be₃leh₁keh₄ [bə-lɛ-kɛ]: (adjective) mess (from "selekeh", Malay loanword)

be₃ shiok₁ [be-ʃiɔk]: (adjective) annoyed, upset

be₃ song₄ [be-sɔŋ]: (adjective) dissatisfied, feeling uncomfortable

be₃ ta₁han₃ [be-ta-han]: (adjective) insufferable, intolerable

be₃sai₄ [be-sai]: (auxiliary verb) cannot

be₃sar₃ [bə-saʔ]: (adjective) overbearing, snobbish

bee₄ [bi]: (noun) uncooked rice

bee₁ che₃ [bi-ts^he]: (noun) rice flour

bee₁hoon₄ [bi-hun]: (noun) thin rice noodle

bee₁ kok₃ [bi-kɔk]: (noun) United States of America

bee₁thai₃bak₁ [bi-t^hai-bak]: (noun) rice-flour short noodle

beh₂ [be]: (verb) to hypnotize

beh₃^RW [be]: (verb) to sell

beh₄ [be]: (verb) to buy

beng₂ [beŋ]: (adjective) clear, bright

beng₃pek₁ [beŋ-pek]: to understand

Beng₃ Tiau₂ [beŋ-tiau]: (noun) Ming Dynasty

beo₃^RW [bio]: (noun) temple

ber _3-lian ₂ [by-lian] (noun) diamond

bi - ₃ [bi - ]: (Noun) Smell

bi₁ji₂ [bi-ji]: (noun) seed (Malay loanword)

Follow ₃of ₃tang ₁ [Follow-of-TAN: (noun) animal

₃followed sooorrr ₃ [follow-sɔ: (noun) taste

bin₃^RW [bin]: (noun) face

bin₃^RW [bin]: (classifier) classifier for pages

bin₄ [bin]: (verb) to scrub, to brush

bin₃cherng₂ [bin-ts^həŋ]: (noun) bed

bin directory ₃Phoon ₂ [P-bin directory ^H Un]: (Noun) Basin

bit₃phang₁ [bit-p^haŋ]: (noun) honeybee

a bit ₃Poh ₂ [ a bit-PO]: (Noun) .bat

bit₃thng₂ [bit-t^hŋ]: (noun) honey

bo₂ [bo]: (verb) to disappear, to finish (homophone of boh₂)

bo₃toi₁ [bɔ-tɔi;]: (noun) bottle (from "botol", Malay loanword)

boay₃^RW [boe]: (particle) interrogative particle used to reconfirm, in affirmative sentences.

boay₁yak₁ [boe-iak]: (noun) butterfly

Book ₁ [book]: (noun) socks

boek₃ [boek]: (auxiliary verb/normal verb) want, will

Book ₁kau ₃ [book-kau]: (adverb) almost

boey₄ [boe]: (noun) tail

boey₄ [boe]: (classifier) classifier for fish and reptiles including snake, cuttlefish, squid, etc.

Boey ₁orh ₂ [boe-ɔr]: (noun) snapping bun

boh₂ [bo]: (particle) interrogative particle, used to verify or confirm a statement. (homophone of bo₂)

boh₃ [bo]: (adverb) to express the negative, not, no

boh₃ [bo]: (noun) hat

boh₄ [bo]: (noun) female

boh₃ cio₄ [bo-tsio]: (adjective) not few, a lot

boh₃ cnuah₄ [bo-tsuã]: (adjective) humble

boh₃ ka₃ lee₁ loh₂ [bo-ka-li-lo]: (adjective) not materializing

boh₃ ka₁si₃ [bo-ka-si]: (adjective) no manners

boh₃ kam₃muan₃ [bo-kam-muan]: (adjective) unwilling

boh₂ khee₃ [bo-k^hi]: (adjective) gone, disappeared

boh₃ kho₁leng₂ [bo-k^ho-leŋ]: (adverb) unlikely

boh₃ liau₃ [bo-liau]: (adjective) lame, lacking substance

boh₃ looi₁ [bo-lui]: (adjective) poor (literally, "no money")

boh₃ pnua₁lang₂ [bo-puã-laŋ]: (pronoun) nobody

boh₃ pnua₁hang₃ [bo-puã-haŋ]: (noun, adjective, adverb) nothing

boh₃ song₄ [bo-soŋ]: (adjective) not feeling well

boh₃ thau₃sin₂ [bo-t^hau-sin]: (adjective) absent-minded

boh₃ tnia₃ [bo-tiã]: (adjective) unstable

boh₃ tnia₃ tiok [bo-tiã-tiok]: (adjective) uncertain

boh₃ yong₃ [bo-iɔŋ]: (adjective) useless, futile, vain

bok₃keng₃ [bɔk-keŋ]: (noun) pot

bok₃su₁ [bɔ-su]: (noun) pastor

bong₁ [bɔŋ]: (verb) to feel, to grope

bong₃^RW [bɔŋ]: (noun) grave, cemetery

bong₃mek₁ [bɔŋ-mɛk]: (verb) to feel the pulse

bong₃pai₂ [bɔŋ-pai]: (noun) tombstone

boon₃tay₂ [bun-te]: (noun) trouble

bor₄ [bɔ]: (noun) wife

bo₁la₄ [bɔ-la]: (noun) ball, derived from bola (Malay); actual Hokkien word for ball is keu₂

boon₃te₂ [bun-te]: (noun) problem

buah₃^RW [buah]: (noun) fruit (Malay loanword)

buah₃ ke₃lor₁ [buah-kə-lɔr]: (noun) moringa, drumstick bean

buah₃ ke₃rai₁ [buah-kə-rai]: (noun) candlenut

buak₃ [buak]: (verb) to apply (ointment)

buak₁ eok₁ [buak-iok]: (verb) to apply medicine

Buan₃ciu₁ [buan-tsiu]: (noun) Manchuria

Buan₃ciu₁ lang₂ [buan-tsiu-laŋ]: (noun) Manchurian

Buan₃ lang₂ [buan-tsiu-laŋ]: (noun) Manchu

bui₃^RW [bui]: (verb) to bark

development 3₃₃ceng kih ₁ [bu-of-tsəŋ-Keh: (noun) clover

ca₄ [tsa]: (adjective) early

ca₃bor₄ [tsabɔ]: (noun) girl, woman, female

ca₃bor₁ peng₃iu₄ [tsa-bɔ-peŋ-iu]: (noun) girlfriend

ca₃bor₄ gin₁na₄ [tsabɔ-gin-na]: (noun) little girl

ca₃bor₁ heng₂ [tsabɔ heŋ]: (noun) transvestite

ca₃bor₁ lang₂ [tsabɔ laŋ]: (noun) wife, "missus"

ca₃bor₁ soon₃ ah₄ [tsa-bɔ-sun-a]: (noun) brother's daughter; niece

ca₃cing₄ [tsa-tsiŋ]: (noun) earth worm (Malay loanword)

ca₁khee₄ [tsa-k^hi]: (time) morning

cai₁ [tsai]: (verb) to know

cam₃ [tsam]: (verb) to chop

can₃ [tsan]: (classifier) classifier for storeys of a building

cang₁ [tsaŋ]: (verb) to grab

cang₂ [tsaŋ]: (noun) tree

cang₂ [tsaŋ]: (verb) to bathe

cang₂ [tsaŋ]: (classifier) classifier for plants and leafy vegetables.

Cang ₃ek ₁ [Tsan-ek]: (verb) to Bathe

cang₃ke₁lit₁ [tsaŋ-kə-lit]: (noun) cricket [insect]

cap₁ [tsap]: (number) ten

cark₁ [tsa]: (verb) to block

cat₁ [tsat]: (adj) crowded

cat ₃ [TSAT]: (noun) segment

cau₃ [tsau]: (noun) stove

cau₃ [tsau]: (verb) to return change

cau₄ [tsau]: (verb) to run

cau₁ lor₃ [tsau-lɔ]: (verb) to escape

cau₁wa₄ [tsau-ua]: (noun) daughter

ce₁bok₁ [tse-bok]: (verb) to cleanse oneself after defecating

₃Kork ₁ [tsə kɔ; tsu-kɔ: (noun) sand ginger

ce₃la₃ka₃^RW [tsə-la-ka]: (interjection) drat! (Malay loanword)

ceh₁ [tse]: (pronoun) short for Cit₁leh₁, this

ceh₃^RW [tse]: (verb) to sit (homophone of che₃

ceh₃ beh₃ tiam₃ [tse-be-tiam]: (adjective) restless

cek₃ [tsek]: (noun) father's younger brother; (adjective) indigestion

cek₁ kong₁ [tsek-kɔŋ]: (noun) paternal grandfather's younger brother; grand uncle

che₃-che₃ [tse-tse]: (adverb) very much

ceh₃ beh₃ tiam₃ [tse-be-tiam]: (adjective) restless

ceng₄ [tseŋ]: (adjective) swollen

ceng₁hu₄ [tseŋ-hu]: (noun) government

ceok₃^RW [tsiok]: (verb) to borrow, to lend

cha₁ [ts^ha]: (adjective) mediocre

cha₂ [ts^ha]: (noun) wood (homophone of char₂)

cha₄ [ts^ha]: (verb) to disturb (homophone of char₄)

Cha _{3 -}hu ₂ [ty ^H of a- - hu]: (Noun) Tuna

chaek₃ [ts^hɛk]: (noun) book

chai₁ [ts^hai]: (verb) to guess

cham₁ [ts^ham]: (verb) to mix

cham₄ [ts^ham]: (adjective) in trouble, terrible

cham₃-cham₁ [ts^ham]: (adjective, adverb) mixed together

chan₁ [ts^han]: (verb) to lament

chan₂ [ts^han]: (noun) paddy field

charng₁ [ts^haŋ]: (noun) spring onion

charng₃ [ts^haŋ]: (adj) bushy

chang₃ [tsaŋ]: (noun) dumpling

chang₃mau₂ [ts^haŋ-mau]: (noun) lemon grass

chang₃thau [ts^haŋ-t^hau]: (noun) onion

chap₃ [ts^hap]: (verb) to involve oneself in a matter

chap₁siau₂ [ts^hap-siau]: (verb) to meddle, to interfere

char₂ [ts^ha]: (verb) to investigate (homophone of cha₂)

char₄ [ts^ha]: (verb) to stir-fry (homophone of char₄)

char₁ koay₁ teow₂ [ts^ha-koe-tiau]: (dish) fried flat rice noodles

chat₁ [ts^hat]: (noun) thief, burglar

chat₃ [ts^hat]: (noun) paint, (verb) to paint

chau₁ [ts^hau]: (verb) to copy

chau₃ [ts^hau]: (adjective) bad, evil, rotten, smelly

chau₄ [ts^hau]: (noun) grass

chau₁chiu₄ [tsau-tsiu]: (noun) broom

chau₁ kha₃siau₃ [ts^hau-k^ha-siau]: (adjective) playing dirty

chau₁mek₃ [ts^hau-mɛk]: (noun) grasshopper

chau₁ sniau₃ [ts^hau-siãu]: (verb) to cheat

chau₁por₁ [ts^hau pɔ]: (noun) field

che₃^RW [tse]: (adverb) many (homophone of ceh₃

chee₄ [tsi]: (noun) elder sister

chee₄ [tsi]: (noun) seed

chee₃ chee₄ [tsi-tsi]: (noun) sister, form of address for elder sister

chee₁ hoo₁ [tsi-hu]: (noun) husband's elder sister's husband

chek₃ [ts^hek]: (noun) paddy

chek₁a₁ ciau₄ [tsek-a-tsiau]: (noun) sparrow

cheng₁ [ts^heŋ]: (number) thousand

cheng₁ [ts^heŋ]: (adjective) clear

cheng₃^RW [ts^heŋ]: (verb) to wear

cheng₃ [ts^heŋ]: (noun) gun

Cheng₃ Beng₂ [ts^heŋ-beŋ]: (noun) Qingming Festival, Ancestors Day, Tomb Sweeping Day

cheng₁chee₄ [ts^heŋ-tsi]: (noun) bullet

cheng₃ji₃ [ts^heŋ-dzi]: (noun) four digits [gambling] (lit. "thousand number")

cheng₃khee₃ [ts^heŋ-k^hi]: (adjective) clean

cham₁ [ts^ham]: (verb) add, combine

chee₃^RW [ts^hi]: (verb) to feed

chee₁kek₃ [ts^hi-kek]: (adjective) exciting

chee₁kek₃ [ts^hi-kek]: (adjective) infuriating

cheet₃ [ts^hit]: (noun) to wipe (homophone of chit₃)

chek₁ [ts^hek]: (verb) to shake

cheng₄ [ts^heŋ]: (verb) to brush

chi₃^RW [ts^hi]: (noun) thorn [plants], bone [fish]

chi₁kek₃ [ts^hi-kek]: (adjective) excited

chia₁ [ts^hia]: (noun) car

chia₁ [ts^hia]: (verb) to sew [using sewing machine]

chia₃chiu₄ [ts^hia-ts^hiu]: (noun) steering wheel

chia₃snar₁ [ts^hia-sã]: (noun) sewing

chia₂ [ts^hia]: (adjective) sloping, slanting

chiak₃ [ts^hiak]: (adjective) caustic, curt, sharp-tongued, fierce

chiam₂ [ts^hiam]: (noun) orange

chiam₂ [ts^hiam]: (verb) to pierce

chiam₄ [ts^hiam]: (noun) prong

chiam₁ma₄ [ts^hiam-ma]: (noun) fork

chiau₂ [ts^hiau]: (verb) to shift, to move

chien₄ [ts^hiɛ̃]: (adjective) shallow, light

chien₁ chnae₁ [ts^hiɛ̃-ts^hɛ̃]: (adj) light green

chien₁ lam₁ [ts^hiɛ̃-lam]: (adj) light blue

chien₁thua₁ [ts^hiɛ̃-t^hua]: (noun) sandals, slippers

chik₁ [ts^hiʔ]: (noun) flower crab

chim₁ [ts^him]: (adjective) deep

chin₃^RW [ts^hin]: (verb) to weigh

chin₁chai₄ [ts^hin-ts^hai]: (adjective) easy-going

ching₃ kae₁ [ts^hiŋ-kɛ]: (noun) sons'/daughters' father-in-law

chio₁ [ts^hio]: (adjective) flashy, brightly coloured

chio₃^RW [ts^hio]: (verb) to laugh

chiu₁ [ts^hiu]: (noun) beard

chiu₃^RW [ts^hiu]: (noun) morpheme for tree

chiu₄ [ts^hiu]: (noun) hand

chiu₃chang₂ [ts^hiu-tsaŋ]: (noun) tree

chiu₃chang₃ kie₁ [ts^hiu-tsaŋ-ki]: (noun) branch

chiu₁chee₄ [ts^hiu-tsi]: (noun) ring

chiu₃heok₁ [ts^hiu-hio]: (noun) leaf

chiu₁chiu₁ [ts^hiu-ts^hiu]: (noun) moustache

chiu₁cai₄ [ts^hiu-tsai]: (noun) finger

chiu₃chu₂ [ts^hiu-tsu]: (noun) tapioca

chiu₃chu₃ kuih₄ [ts^hiu-tsu-koe]: (noun) Nyonya tapioca cake

chiu₁tian₃ [ts^hiu-tian]: (noun) torchlight

chit₃ [ts^hit]: (number) seven

chnae₁ [ts^hɛ̃]: (adjective) green

chnae₄ [ts^hɛ̃]: (verb) to wake up

chnae₃boey₄ [ts^hɛ̃-boe]: (noun) shrimp scad/herring scad

chnae₃ chau₁ hang₃ [ts^hɛ̃-ts^hau-haŋ]: (noun) Green Lane

chnae₃ mm₄ [ts^hɛ̃-m]: (noun) son/daughter's mother-in-law

chni₁ [ts^hĩ]: (adjective) fresh

chnia₃^RW [ts^hiã]: (verb) to employ, hire

chnia₄ [ts^hiã]: (verb) to invite, to treat

chnia₁mui₃ [ts^hiã mui]: (phrase) excuse me

chniau₂ [ts^hiãu]: (noun) fence

chniau₃^RW [ts^hiãu]: (noun) elephant

chniau₄ [ts^hiãu]: (verb) to snatch

chniau₃ngek [ts^hiãu-ŋɛk]: (noun) scorpion

cho₃ [ts^ho]: (adjective) error, (noun) mistake

cho₁wa₃ [ts^ho-ua]: (noun) a slip or blunder

choay₁ [ts^hoe]: (verb) to blow (homephone of choe₁)

choay₃^RW [ts^hoe]: (verb) to find, to search, to look for

choay₃ ciak₁ [ts^hoe-tsiak]: (verb phrase) to look for food, to earn a living (literally, "to look for something to eat")

choay₃ tharn₃ [tsoe-t^han]: (verb) to recover, to find what was lost

choe₁ [ts^hoe]: to steam (homophone of choay₁)

choi₄ [ts^hoi]: (interjection) exclamation of negativity

choo₁ [tsu]: (noun) pearl

choo₃^RW [ts^hu]: (verb) to slip

chooi₄ [tsui]: (noun) water

chooi₁ ang₂ [tsui-aŋ]: (adjective) pink

chooi₁ gu₂ [tsui-gu]: (noun) water buffalo

chooi₁ kay₁ [tsui-ke]: (noun) edible frog (literally, "water chicken")

chooi₁kuan₃ [tsui-kuan]: (noun) tumbler, pitcher, jug

chooi₁cho₂ [tsui-tso]: (noun) rain gutter

chooi₁phoon₂ [tsui-p^hun]: (noun) sink

chooi₁ti₂ [tsui-ti]: (noun) water tank

chooi₁seh₁ [tsui-se]: (noun) water bill

choon₁ [ts^hun]: (noun) spring

choon₃ piah [ts^hun-piã]: (noun) deep-fried springroll

choot₃ [ts^hut]: (noun, classifier) episode (of TV show)

chor₁ [ts^hɔ]: (adjective) rough

chu₂ [tsu]: (noun) bulbous root

chu₁khee₄ [ts^hu k^hi]: (noun) tooth

chu₁khee₁bin₄ [ts^hu-k^hi-bin]: (noun) toothbrush

chu₁khee₁koe₁ [ts^hu-k^hi-ko]: (noun) toothpaste

chu₁khee₄ thnia₃ [ts^hu k^hi t^hiã]: (noun) toothache

chu₃ [ts^hu]: (noun) house

chua₃^RW [ts^hua]: (verb) to fetch

chua₃ bor₄ [ts^hua-bɔ]: (verb) to take a wife, to marry

chuak₃^RW [ts^huak]: (adjective) terrified, shocked

chuan₄ [ts^huan]: (adjective) tired, exhausted

chuan₁ khui₃ [ts^huan-k^hui]: (verb) to breathe

chui₃ [ts^hui]: (noun) mouth

chui₃ [ts^hui]: (noun) smashed

chui₃ phua₃ [ts^hui-p^hua]: (noun) mouth ulcer

chui₁tun₂ [ts^hui-tun]: (noun) lips

chut₃ [ts^hut]: (verb, adverb) to go out, to get out

chut₁choo₁ [ts^hut-tsu]: (noun) chicken pox

chut₁hien₃ [ts^hut-hiɛn]: (verb) to appear

chut₃ khee₃ [ts^hut-k^hi]: (verb) to go out, to get out; (adverb) out

chut₃ lai₂ [ts^hut-lai]: (verb) to come out

chut₁mia₂ [ts^hut-mia]: (adjective) well-known

chut₁phiak₁ [ts^hut-p^hiak]: (noun) measles

chye₃ [tsai]: (noun) vegetables

chye₄ [tsai]: (noun) cloth hung over the door, usually red, during festive occasions

chye₁por₄ [tsai-pɔ]: (noun) dried radish

chye₁sim₁ [tsai-sim]: (noun) mustard green

chye₁tau₃ [tsai-tau]: (noun) long beans

ci₃cak₁ [tsi-tsak]: (noun) house lizard (Malay loanword)

ciak₃ [tsiak]: (classifier) classifier for animals such as dogs, chickens, frogs, etc.

ciak₁ [tsiak]: (verb) to eat

ciak₃ beh₃ liau₄ [tsiak-be-liau]: (adj) in excessive abundance

ciak₃chor₃ [tsiak-ts^hɔ]: (adjective) jealous

ciak₃ cua₂ [tsiak-tsua]: (verb) to take off from work, to shirk or neglect one's duty (literally "eat snake")

ciak₃liau₄ [tsiak-liau]: (verb) to finish eating

ciak₃pnui₃ tok₁teng₄ [tsiak-puĩ-toʔ-teŋ]: (noun) dining table

ciak₃ tok₄ [tsiak-tok]: (verb) to have a feast

ciam₁ [tsiam]: (noun) needle

ciam₁ [tsiam]: (adjective) pointed

ciam₃chia₁ [tsiam-tsia]: (noun) sewing machine

ciam₃thak₃ [tsiam-t^ha]: (noun) spire

ciap₃ [tsiap]: to receive

ciap₁siu₃ [tsiap-siu]: (verb) to accept

ciau₄ [tsiau]: (noun) bird

cien₁ [tsiɛn]: (verb) to fry, to sauté

cik₁ [tsiʔ]: (noun) tongue

cim₁ [tsim]: (verb) to kiss

cim₂ [tsim]: (noun) crab

cim₃ [tsim]: (verb) to dip

cim₄ [tsim]: (noun) father's brother's wife, aunt

cim₁thau₂ [tsim-t^hau]: (noun) pillow

cin₁ [tsin]: (adjective) genuine

cin₃ [tsin]: (adverb) very

cin₃cnia₁ [tsin-tiã]: (adverb) very

cin₃cnia₁ [tsin-tsiã]: (adverb) very

cing₁ka₃ [tsiŋ-ka]: (noun) fingernail

cio₃ [tsio]: (verb) to shine

cio₄ [tsio]: (adjective) few

cio₁ knia₃ [tsio-kiã]: (verb) to x-ray

ciok₁ {tsiok]: (noun) granite

ciok₃thau₂ [tsiok-t^hau]: (noun) stone

cit₁ [tsit]: (number) one

cit₁ + classifier [tsit]: (demonstrative adjective) this

cit₁leh₁ [tsit-le]: (demonstrative adjective) this

cit₁peng₁ [tsit-peŋ]: (adverb) here, over here

cit₁peng₂ [tsit-peŋ]: (adverb) here

cit₃ sim₁ norh₃ ie₃ [tsit-sim-nɔ-i]: (verb phrase) to be undecided or hesitant

cit₃thau₃ [tsit-t^hau]: (adverb) right away, immediately

ciu₃ [tsiu]: (verb) [tooth] to decay

ciu₄ [tsiu]: (noun) wine

ciu₁ au₁ [tsiu-au]: (noun) goblet

ciu₁ sien₁ [tsiu-siɛn]: (noun) alcoholic (literally, "wine angel")

cna₃hnui₁ [tsã-huĩ]: (noun) yesterday

cna₃meh₂ [cã-mɛ]: (noun) last night

cnae₁ [tsɛ̂]: (verb) to budge in

cnae₄ [tsɛ̃]: (noun) well [bored hole for obtaining water]

cnai₃keng₁ [tsãi-keŋ]: (noun) bathroom

cni₁ [tsĩ]: (verb) to stuff

cni₂ [tsĩ]: (verb) money

cni₃ [tsĩ]: (verb) to deep-fry

cni₄ [tsĩ]: (adj) immature [as in plant shoots]

cnia₃ [tsiã]: (adjective) genuine

cnia₄ [tsiã]: (adjective) bland; (when ordering drinks) less sugar

cnia₁chiu₄ [tsiã-ts^hiu]: (preposition) right side

cnia₁chooi [tsiã-tsui]: (noun) freshwater

cnia₁ hu₂ [tsiã-hu]: (noun) mullet fish

cnua₁ [tsuã]: (verb) to boil water

cnuah₄ [tsuã]: (adjective) boastful

co₃ [tso]: (verb) to do, to make

co₃ ha₁mik₁ kui₄ [tso-ha-mik-kui]: (phrase, colloquial) what's up?

co₁ kang₁ [tso-kaŋ]: (verb) to work

co₁ lang₂ [tso-laŋ]: (verb) to conduct oneself in a way that is expected, to behave properly

co₁ luan₃ [tso-luan]: (verb) to make noise

co₃klat₁ [tsɔ-klat]: (adjective) brown (Malay loanword from English)

co₁mik₁su₃ [tso-mik-su]: (question word) why

coe₃ [tsoe]: (noun) sin

Cong₁ Ceng₁ Ong₃ Tay₃ [tsoŋ-tseŋ-ɔŋ-te]: (noun) Chongzhen Emperor (reign 1627-1644)

cor₄ [tsɔ]: (noun) great-grandparents

cor₃ ceh₃ [tsɔ-tse]: (adverb) how much/how many

cor₃ku₄ [tsɔ-ku]: (adverb) how long

cor₁mah₄ [tsɔ-ma]: (noun) great-grandmother

cu₂ [tsu]: (noun) bulbous root

cu₄ [tsu]: (verb) to cook

cu₃bit₁ [tsu-bit]: (verb) to pinch (Malay loanword)

cu₁ char₄ [tsu-ts^ha]: (noun) cooked-to-order meal

cu₁ee₃ [tsu-i]: (noun) to notice

cu₃rut₁ [tsu-rut]: (noun) cheroot

cu₃sat₃ [tsu-sat]: (verb) to commit suicide

cua₂ [tsua]: (noun) snake

cua₄ [tsua]: (noun) paper

cuan₃por₃ [tsuan-pɔ]: (adverb) all

cui₃cui₃^RW [tsui-tsui]: (adverb) who

cui₃cui₃ lang₂ [tsui-tsui-laŋ]: (adverb) who

cun₂ [tsun]: (noun) ship

cun₃^RW [tsun]: (verb) to shiver

cun₄ [tsun]: (adjective) precise

cun₃liong₃ [tsun-lioŋ]: (verb) to try one's best, to use up all capacity, to do one's utmost

cun₃thau₂ [tsun-t^hau]: (noun) pier

dan₃dan₁ [dan-dan]: (adverb) right away

du₃rian₂ [du-lian]: (noun) durian (Malay loanword)

e₃^RW [e]: (auxiliary verb) can, able to

e₃sai₄ [e-sai]: (auxiliary verb) can

ee₁ [i]: (pronoun) she, third person singular for females, female animals and items regarded in the female gender

ee₂ [i]: (noun) mother's sisters; aunts

ee₁lang₂ [e-laŋ]: (pronoun) they (third person plural)

ee₃ poh₂ [i-po]: (noun) maternal grandparents' sister as well as paternal grandmother's sisters; grand aunt

ee₃ tniau₃ [i-tiãu]: (noun) mother's sisters' husbands; uncles

ee₃ tniau₃ kong₁ [i-tiãu-kɔŋ]: (noun) paternal grandmother's sisters' husband and maternal grandparents' sisters' husbands; grand uncles

eh₂ [e]: (noun) shoe

eh₂ [e] (particle): Emphatic particle, used to emphasize or stress what is wanted or desired.

-eh₃^RW [e] (particle): Possessive particle, used to form possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns.

eh₄ [e]: (adjective) short

eh₃hiau₄ [e-hiau]: (auxiliary verb) to know how to do something

eh₃kaek₃ [e-kɛk]: (noun) shoe rack

eh₃sai₁ [e-sai]: (auxiliary verb) can, may

eh₃sai₄ boh₂? [e-sai-bo]: (phrase) "can or not?"

eh₃teh₄ [e-te]: (preposition) below, under

ek₁ [eʔ]: (adjective) narrow

en₃pik₃ [ɛn-pik]: (noun) pencil

eng₁ [eŋ]: (noun) eagle

eng₂ [eŋ]: (adjective) easy

eng₄ [eŋ]: (noun) wave

eng₃ai₂ [eŋ-ai]: (noun) mumps

eng₁chye₃ [eŋ-ts^hai]: (noun) water convolvulus, kangkong

eng₃goay₃ [eŋ-goe]: (conjunction) because

eng₃kai₃^RW [eŋ-kai]: (auxiliary verb) should, ought to; (phrase) by right

eng₃ko₁ [eŋ-ko]: (noun) parrot

eng₃ kok₃ [eŋ-kɔk]

eo₁ [io]: (noun) waist

eo₃chee₄ [io-tsi]: (noun) kidney

eok₁ [iok]: (noun) medicine

eok₃chooi₄ [iok-tsui]: (noun) liquid medicine

eok₃wan₂ [iok-uan]: (noun) pill

erh₁kau₄ [ɛ-kau]: (noun) a mute person

erh₃por₁ [ɛ-pɔ]: (time) evening

et₃/et₁ [it]: (number) one

eu₂ [iu]: (noun) oil (homophone of iu₂)

eu₃ [iu]: (adjective) tiny, minute

eu₁ haeh₂: (noun) shrimp

ga₃loh₃^RW [ga-lo]: (verb) to quarrel (from "gaduh",Malay loanword)

ga₃rang₁ [ga-raŋ]: (adjective) fierce (Malay loanword)

ga₃ring₁ [ga-riŋ]: (adjective) crispy (Malay loanword)

ga₃tai₄ [ga-tai]: (adjective) to itch (Malay loanword)

gai₃ [gai]: (adjective) serious (injury), (interjection) bummer, done for

geh₂ [gɛ]: (noun) tooth, molar

gam₄ [gam]: (verb) to paste

gau₂ [gau]: (adjective) clever

ge₃lai₁ [gə-lai]: (noun) glass (from "gelas", Malay loanword)

ge₃li₄ [gə-li]: (verb) to tickle, (adjective) ticklish

ge₃ram₁ [gə-ram]: (adjective) flustered, annoyed (Malay loanword)

gee₂ [gi]: (verb) suspect

gek₁ [gek]: (noun) jade

geng₃geng₁ kua₃bak₃ [geŋ-geŋ]: (noun) dried longan

ger₃lang₄ [gə-laŋ]: (noun) bracelet (Malay loanword)

gia₂ [gia]: (verb) to take; also pronounced as ya₂

gia₂ chut₃ lai₁ [gia-ts^hut-lai]: (verb) to take out

giaet₁ [giɛt]: (adjective) mischievous

giam₂ [giam]: (adjective) strict

gien₃ [giɛn]: (verb, auxiliary verb) to desire, to crave

gien₁kiu₃ [giɛn-kui]: (verb) to research, to analyse

gim₂ [gim]: (adjective) strict

gim₃ [gim]: (verb) to hold

gim₁cua₂ [gim-tsua]: (noun) python

gin₂ [gin]: (noun) money

gin₃^RW [gin]: (verb) to hate

gin₁na₄ [gin-na]: (noun) children

gin₃sin₂ [gin-sin]: (verb, adjective) to be upset

go₂ [go]: (noun) goose

go₃ [go]: (verb) to be famish, to starve

go₁starn₄ [go-starn]: (verb) to reverse

goay₁ [goeʔ]: (time/duration) month, (noun) moon

goay₃ pneah₄ [goeʔ-piã]: (noun) mooncake

goe₃ [goe]: (adverb) than

goh₁ [gɔ]: (number) five

goh₃ peh₁ si₃ [gɔ-pek-si]: (adjective) lewd; (noun) womaniser, literally five-eight-four

gok₃^RW [gok]: (particle) Emphatic particle that corresponds to "some more", "another", and "else", similar to kokh₃

gok₃^RW [gok]: (adverb) yet, some more

gong₃^RW [goŋ]: (adjective) stupid

gu₂ [gu]: (noun) cow, bull

gu₃la₁ma₄ [gu-la-ma]: (noun) croaker fish

gu₃lai₄: (noun) curry (Malay loanword)

gua₄ [gua]: (pronoun) I (first person singular), alternative spelling for wah, refer to wah

gua₃bin₃^RW [gua-bin]: (adverb) outside

gua₃ ca₃bor₁ soon₄ [gua-tsa-bɔ-sun]: (noun) maternal granddaughter

gua₃khau₄ [gua-k^hau]: (preposition) outside

gua₃ kong₁ [gua-kɔŋ]: (noun) maternal grandfather

gua₃ mah₄ [gua-ma]: (noun) maternal grandmother

gua₃ seng₁ [gua-seŋ]: (noun) sister's son; nephew

gua₃ seng₃ lu₄ [gua-seŋ-lu]: (noun) sister's daughter; niece

gua₃ soon₄ [gua-sun]: (noun) maternal grandson

gu₃lai₄ [gu-lai]: (noun) curry (Malay loanword)

guan₃lai₂ [guan-lai]: (adverb) actually

ha₁kak₁ [ha-kak]: (verb) to throw away, to discard

ha₁ku₄ [ha-ku]: (adverb) last time, previously

ha₁ hee₃^RW [ha-hi]: (verb) to yawn

ha₁mik₁ [ha-mik]: (noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb) what

ha₁mik₁su₃^RW [ha-mik-su]: (noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb) why, how come

ha₁mik₁ wna₁ko₁ [ha-mik-uã-ko]: (phrase) whatever

ha₃nga₁ hu₂ [ha-ŋa-hu]: (noun) sting-ray

hai₁ [hai]: (adjective) huge

hai₃^RW [hai]: (verb) to cause

hai₄ [hai]: (noun) sea

hai₁ baeh₄ [hai-bɛ]: (noun) seahorse

hai₁ ciau₄ [hai-tsiau]: (noun) seagull

hai₁ gu₂ [hai-gu]: (noun) dugong, manatee

hai₁ kaw₄ [hai-kau]: (noun) seal

hai₁theh₃ [hai-t^he]: (noun) jellyfish

haeh₂ [hɛ]: (noun) prawn

haeh₃ [hɛ]: (verb) to place, to put

haeh₃knia₄ [hɛ-kiã]: (noun) shrimp

haeh₃ku₁ [hɛ-ku]: (noun) asthma

ham₃ban₃^RW [ham-ban]: (adjective) tarrying, doing things slowly, dragging one's feet

ham₃bin₂ [ham-bin]: (noun) nightmare, (verb) to have a nightmare

ham₃sarp₁ [ham-sap]: (adjective) lewd (Cantonese loanword, literally "salty & moist")

Han₃ Kok₃ [han-kɔk]: (noun) Korea

hang₁ [haŋ]: (verb) to heat over an open flame

hap₃seng₁ [hap-seŋ]: (noun) student

harng₃ngah₁ hu₂ [haŋ-ŋa-hu]: (noun) ray

hau₁lien₄ [hau-liɛn]: (adjective) conceited, vain

hau₃snaeh₁ [hau-sɛ̃]: (noun) son

hee₃ya₄ [hi-ia]: (noun) ear

hee₃ya₁ khang₁ [hi-ia-k^haŋ]: (noun) ear canal

hee₃ya₁ sai₄ [hi-ya-sai]: (noun) ear wax

heh + classifier [he]: (demonstrative adjective) that

heh₁leh₁ [he-le]: (definite article) the, (demonstrative adjective) that

heh₁peng₂ [he-peŋ]: (adverb) there, over there.

heng₂ [heŋ]: (verb) to return (to revert to former owner)

heng₃chye₃ [heŋ-tsai]: (noun) spinach

heng₃jin₂ [heŋ-dzin]: (noun) almond

heo₂^RW [hiɔ]: (particle) interrogative particle used to reconfirm, in both affirmative and negative sentences.

heok₁ [hiok]: (noun) leaf

hi₃bang₃^RW [hi-baŋ]: (noun) hope, (verb) to hope, (adverb) hopefully

hia₃ [hia]: (noun) ant

hiak₄ [hiak]: (noun) forehead

hiam₁ [hiam]: (adjective) spicy

Hiang₃ Kang₄ [hiaŋ-kaŋ]: (noun) Hong Kong

hien₃tiok₁ [hiɛn-tiok]: (verb) to see

hin₂ [hin]: (adjective) dizzy

hip₃ [hip]: (verb) to photograph

hiu₃ [hiu]: (verb) to toss, to fling

hiu₃sek₃ [hiu-sek]: (verb) to rest

hniau1 [hiãu]: (noun) joss

hniau3kor1 [hiãu-kɔ]: (noun) (Chinese) shiitake mushroom

hnua₃ [huã]: (verb) to drive [vehicle]

hnua₃hee₄ [huã-hi]: (adjective) happy

hnui₃ [huĩ]: (noun) plantation

ho₂ [ho]: (noun) river

ho₃ [ho]: (noun) number

ho₄ [ho]: (adjective, adverb) good, well

ho₃baeh₄ [ho-bɛ]: (number) number, (noun) hippopotamus

ho₁giak₁ [ho-giak]: (adjective) rich (literally, "well proportioned")

ho₁-ho₄ [ho-ho]: (adverb) well, carefully, properly

ho₁ liau₃ [ho-liau]: (adjective) great, tasty

ho₁ka₃cai₃ [ho-ka-tsai]: (adverb) luckily, fortunately; synonym/abbreviation: ho₁cai₄ [ho-tsai]

ho1seh3 [ho-se]: (adjective) terrific, succeeded

ho1si4 [ho-si]: (adverb) well [health]

ho₃thau₂ [ho-t^hau]: (noun) number

ho₁tna₄ [ho-tã]: (adjective) daring, audacious

hoay₁ [hoe]: (noun) cement, [construction] plaster

hoay₃ [hoe]: (noun) age, years old; (homophone of hoe₃)

hoay₄ [hoe]: (noun) fire

hoay₁hu₁ [hoe-hu]: (adjective) gray

hoay₁ kay₁ [hoe-ke]: (noun) turkey

hoay₃kuan₃ [hoe-kuan]: (noun) association building, premises of the association

hock₃ [hɔk]: (noun) blessing

hock₁cap₁ [hɔk-tsap]: (adjective) complex

hock₁khi₃ [hɔk-k^hi]: (noun) luck

hoe₃ [hoe]: (noun) products, goods

hoek₃ [hoeʔ]: (noun) blood

hoek₃ kae₃ [hoek-kɛ]: (noun) low blood pressure

hoek₃ kuan₂ [hoek-kuan]: (noun) high blood pressure

Hok₁kien₁ Seng₄ [hɔk-kiɛn-seŋ]: (noun) Fujian Province

hong₁ [hoŋ]: (noun) wind

hong₃cheok₃ [hɔŋ-ts^hiok]: (noun) square feet

hong₃hiam₄ [hɔŋ-hiam]: (adverb) suddenly

hong₃khi₃ [hɔŋ-k^hi]: (noun) air

hong₃kuak₃ [hɔŋ-kuak]: (noun) jicama/yam bean

hong₃seep₃ [hɔŋ-sip]: (noun) rheumatism

hong₃sni₃ [hɔŋ-sĩ]: (noun) fan

hong₃sniah₁ [hɔŋ-siã]: (noun) rumour

hooi₃ [hui]: (noun) lung

hoon₁ [hun]: (noun) minutes, marks, points

hoon₁ [hun]: (noun) smoke

hoon₂ [hun]: (noun) cloud

hoon₄ [hun]: (noun) powder

hoon₃ceng₁ [hun-tseŋ]: (n) minute [duration]

hoot₃ [hut]: (verb) to wallop, to thrash

hor₃^RW [hɔ]: (noun) rain

hor₃^RW [hɔ]: (verb) to let, to give, to receive an action

hor₃^RW [hɔ]: (preposition) for, [in passive voice] by

hor₃ cai₁ [hɔ-tsai]: (verb) to inform

hor₃cio₁ [hɔ-tsio]: (noun) pepper

hor₃ fun₂ [hɔ-fʌn]: (noun) piece rice noodle

hor₃lee₂ [hɔ-li]: (noun) fox

hor₃sin₂ [hɔ-sin]: (noun) housefly

hu₂ [hu]: (noun) fish

hu₃ti₂: (noun) aquarium

hua₁ [hua]: (noun) flower

hua₃cang₂ [hua-tsaŋ]: (noun) flowering plant

huan₃cheo₁ [huan-tsio]: (noun) chilli

huan₃cheo₃ knia₄ [huan-tsio-kiã]: (noun) bird-eye chilli, cili padi

huan₃chu₂ [huan-tsu]: (noun) sweet potato

huan₃chu₃ heok₁ [huan-tsu-hiok]: (noun) sweet potato leaf

huan₃hu₃ [huan-hu]: (verb) to order, to command, to instruct

huan₃loh₄ [huan-lo]: (verb) to worry

huan₃suan₁ [huan-suan]: (adjective) picky, particular about things

huan₁tui₁tong₄ [huan-tui-tɔŋ]: (noun) opposition party

huat₃ [huat]: (verb) to punish, (botany) to grow, to sprout, (baking) to rise, (colloquial) to become erect

huat₁hong₂ [huat-hɔŋ]: (verb) to become inflamed

Huat₁ Kok₃ [huat-kɔk]: (noun) France

huat₁hong₂ [huat-hɔŋ]: (verb) to inflame, (noun) inflamation

huat₁ juak₁ [huat-dzuak]: (verb) to have a fever, to have rising temperature

huat₁seng₁ [huat-seŋ]: (verb) to happen

huat₁ sio₁ [huat-sio]: (verb) to have a fever, to have a temperature

hui₂ [hui](noun) porcelain

hui₃hiam₄ [hui-hiam]: (noun) danger, (adjective) dangerous

ie₁ [i]: (pronoun) he, third person singular for males, male animals and items of non-specific gender

i₁ [i]: (verb) to treat; (pronoun) it (for inanimate objects and animals of undetermined gender)

i₃seng₁ [i-seŋ]: (noun) physician, doctor

i₃seng₃kuan₄ [i-seŋ-kuan]: hospital

In₁ni₂ [in-ni]: (noun) Indonesia

In₁tor₃ [in-tɔ]: (noun) India

iu₂ [iu]: (verb) to swim (homophone of eu₂

iy₂ [ĩ]: (adjective) round

ja₁gong₃^RW [dza-goŋ]: (noun) corn (from "jagung",Malay loanword)

ja₁li₄ [dza-li]: (noun) finger (Malay loanword)

jam₁ban₂ [dzam-ban]: (noun) toilet (Malay loanword)

jam₁bu₃^RW [dzam-bu]: (noun) guava (Malay loanword)

je₃lak₁ [dzə-lak]: (adjective) sated (Malay loanword)

Je₃lor₃tong₃^RW [dzə-lɔ-tɔŋ]: (noun) Jelutong

jee₃^RW [dzi]: (number) two;

jee₃ chee₄ [dzi-tsi]: (noun) form of address for second eldest sister

jee₃ ko₁ [dzi-ko]: (noun) form of address for second eldest brother

ji₃^RW [dzi]: (noun) word, [alphabet] letter

ji₃lat₁ [dzi-lat]: (verb) to lick (Malay loanword)

jiak₃ [dziak]: (noun) stain

jiang₄ [dziaŋ]: (verb) to scream, to yell

jin₃ [dzin]: (verb) to admit, to acknowledge

jio₃^RW [dzio]: (noun) urine

jio₃swui₁ [dzio-suĩ]: (noun) gout

jio₃tor₃ [dzio-tɔ]: (noun) bladder

jip₁ [dzip]: (verb) to enter

jip₁ khee₃ [dzip-khi]: (verb) to go in

jip₁ lai₂ [dzip-lai]: (verb) to come in

jip₃ sim₁ [dzip-sim]: (adjective) engrossed

jit₁ [dzit]: (time/duration) day; (noun) sun, sunshine

jit₃tau₃^RW [dzit-tau]: (time) afternoon

jit₁thau₂ [dzit-t^hau]: (noun) sun

Jit₃pun₄ [dzit-pun]: (noun) Japan

jiu₃ hoo₃ char₄ [dziu-hu]: (noun) Nyonya dish of fried cuttlefish floss with julienne vegetables

jiu₃hoo₃ see₁ [dziu-hu-si]: (noun) cuttlefish floss

joay₂ [dzoe]: (verb) to rub

jok₁ [dzok]: (verb) to crumple (as of paper)

jok₃ga₄ [dzɔk-ga]: (noun) mattress

jok₃ga₁ kham₃ [dzɔk-ga-k^ham]: (noun) bedsheet

jok₃ga₁ por₃ [dzɔk-ga-pɔ]: (noun) bedsheet

jom₃^RW [dzom]: (verb) to reserve

juak₁ [dzuak]: (adjective) hot

juak₃chooi₁kuan₃ [dzuak-tsui-kuan]: (noun) flask

ka₁ [ka]: (verb) to cut (with scissors); (conjunction) and, until, (adverb) then, more

ka₃ [ka]: (preposition) to, with; (verb) to bite (homophone of kah₃)

ka₃cang₃ ngin₃liak₁ [ka-tsaŋ-ŋin-liak]: (noun) lady's fingers, okra

ka₃ciak₃ [ka-tsiak]: (noun) back [of torso]

ka₃cuak₁ [ka-tsuak]: (noun) cockroach

ka₃ki₃ [ka-ki]: (pronoun) oneself, alone

ka₃lak₃ hu₂ [ka-lak-hu]: (noun) goldbanded jobfish

ka₃leng₃ [ka-leŋ]: (noun) starling

ka₁ leow₄ [ka-liau]: (phrase) until finish (homophone of ka₁liau₄)

ka₁liau₄ [ka-liau]: (adjective, pronoun) all (homophone of ka₁ leow₄)

ka₃loh₄ [ka-lo]: (noun) colander

ka₃nia₃^RW [ka-nia]: (adverb) only, just

ka₃ta₃pu₁lu₄ [ka-ta-pu-lu]: (noun) frog (from "katak puru", Malay loanword)

ka₁wan₁ [ka-uan]: (noun) friend (Malay loanword)

ka₃yu₃ ma₃neh₁ [ka-yu-ma-ne]: (noun) cinnamon (Malay loanword)

kae₁ [kɛ]: (noun) family

kae₁ [kɛ]: (verb) to add

kae₁ [kɛ]: (adverb) more

kae₂ [kɛ]: (noun) burden (as in ya₃ kae₂, carry the burden)

kae₃ [kɛ]: (adjective) low (homophone of keh₃)

kae₄ [kɛ]: (adjective) false, immitation, not genuine

kae₃leong₃ haeh₂ [kɛ-liɔŋ-hɛ]: (noun) lobster

kae₃lor₃^RW [kɛ-lɔ]: (noun) road

kae₃lor₃ pnee₁ [kɛ-lɔ-pĩ]: (noun) roadside

kae₁si₄ [kɛ-si]: (verb) to pretend

kae₃si₁ [kɛ-si]: (noun) furniture

kae₃teng₂ [kɛ-teŋ]: (noun) family

kah₁ [ka]: (verb) to teach (homophone of ka₃

kai₁lan₃ chye₃ [kai-lan-tsai]: (noun) kailan

kai₃-kai₁ [kai-kai]: (verb) to go out (baby talk)

kam₁ [kam]: (noun) mandarin orange, tangerine

kam₂ [kam]: (verb) to hold or retain in the mouth

kam₁ [kam]: (adjective) orange [colour]

kam₃borng₃ hu₂ [kam-bɔŋ-hu]: (noun) short mackerel

kam₁ceng₂ [kam-tseŋ]: (noun) relationship

kam₃chek₃ [kam-tsek]: (noun) worms in the stomach [disease]

kam₃cia₃ [kam-tsia]: (noun) sugarcane

kam₃muan₃ [kam-muan]: (adjective) satisfied

kam₁pong₁ [kam-poŋ]: (noun) village (Malay loanword)

kam₁siah₃ [kam-siah]: thank you

kan₁ [kan]: (adjective) cunning

kan₃nang₃ chu₂ [kan-naŋ-tsu]: (noun) potato

kang₄ [kaŋ]: (noun) river

kang₃ hu₃ knia₄ [kaŋ-hu-kiã]: (noun) anchovy

kap₃ [kap]: (noun) pigeon

kap₃^RW [kap]: (verb) to chatter, to bitch

kap₁ster₃^RW [kap-stə]: (noun) bitchy person

kark₃ [kak]: (noun) edge, corner

kark₁kua₁ [kak-kua]: (noun) luffa/loofah

kark₁tau₃^RW [kak-tau]: (noun) lady's fingers, okra

kau₁ [kau]: (verb) to hang

kau₂ [kau]: (noun) monkey

kau₃ [kau]: (verb) to arrive

kau₃ [kau]: (adjective) thick [book, coffee] (homophone of kaw₃)

kau₃ [kau]: (adverb) enough (homephone of kaw₃)

kau₄ [kau]: (noun) nine

kau₄ [kau]: (number) nine

kau₃ie₄ [kau-i]: (noun) chair

kau₃ee₃ kha₁ [kau-i-k^ha]: (noun) foot of the chair

kau₃ ka₁ [kau-ka]: (conjunction/preposition) until

kau₃ liau₄ [kau-liau]: (adverb) enough

kau₃tai₃ [kau-tai]: (verb) to remind, to place in custody

kau₂tim₂ [kau-tim]: (verb) to settle (Cantonese loanword)

kau₂tim₃sai₁ [kau-tim-sai]: (adjective) settled (Cantonese loanword)

kau₃wah₄ [kau-ua]: (noun) drain

kaw₃ [kau]: (verb) to reach (homophone of kau₃)

kaw₄ [kau]: (noun) dog (homophone of kau₄)

kaw₃in₂ [kau-in]: (verb) to marry (from "kahwin",Malay loanword)

kay₁ [ke]: (noun) chicken; (noun) street

kay₃po₂ [ke-po]: (noun) busybody

kay₃po₃cni₁ [ke-po-tsĩ]: (noun) busybody

Ke₁ling₃na₄ [ke-liŋ-na]: (noun) South Indian

Ke₁ling₃na₁ heok₁ [ke-liŋ-na-hiok]: (noun) curry leaf

ke₁piah₃ [ke-piaʔ]: next door

ke₃tiak₁ [ke-tiak]: (noun) armpit (Malay loanword)

keat₁hoon₁ [kiat-hun]: (verb) to marry

keat₁la₄ [kiat-la]: (noun) calamansi

kee₂ [ki]: (noun) flag

keh₃ [kɛ]: (noun) price, short for keh₁cni₂ [kɛ-tsĩ] (homophone of kae₃)

kek₁khee₃^RW [kek-k^hi]: (adjective) infuriating

kek₁ sai₄ [kek-sai]: (noun) constipation

kek₁sim₁ [kek-sim]: (adjective) sad, depressed

keng₁ [keŋ]: (classifier) classifier for buildings.

keng₃che₃ [keŋ-tse]: (adj) economic

keng₃giam₃^RW [keŋ-giam]: (noun) experience

keo₂ [kio]: (noun) brinjal (homophone of kio₂ bridge)

Keong₃ Hee₄ [kiɔŋ-hi]: (noun) congratulations

kha₁ [k^ha]: (noun) leg, foot

kha₃chui₁ [k^ha-tsui]: (noun) buttocks

kha₃ jiak₃ [k^ha-dziak]: (noun) footprint

kha₃kiak₁ [k^ha-kiak]: (noun) clogs

kha₃sau₃^RW [k^ha-sau]: (verb) to cough

kha₃ta₃uh₁ [k^ha-ta-u]: (noun) knee

kha₃ tay₄ [k^ha-te]: (noun) sole

kha₁theng₂ [k^ha-t^heŋ]: (time) afterwards

kha₁tien₃ [k^ha-tiɛn]: (verb) to phone

khah₁ [k^ha]: (adverb) more than (often used with goe₃, for degrees of comparison)

khai₁ [k^hai]: (verb) to spend

kham₁ [k^ham]: (verb) to close, to shut

khan₁ [k^han]: (verb) to lead by the hand

khan₃hart₁ [k^han-hat]: (noun) enlarged lymph nodes

khang₁ [k^haŋ]: (noun) hole

khang₃khoay₃^RW [k^haŋ-k^hoe]: (noun) work

kham₃ [k^ham]: (verb) to cover

khau₁ [k^hau]: (verb) to scrape; (verb) to court

khe₁mak₃ [k^he-mak]: (noun) foster mother

khe₁pa₃ [k^he-pa]: (noun) foster father

khee₃ [k^hi]: (verb) to go

khee₁ ciak₃ hong₁ [k^hi-tsiak-hɔŋ]: (verb phrase) to go on holiday

khee₁ form₄ [k^hi-fɔm]: (adj) enthusiastic (colloquial, English derivative)

khee₁hong₂ [k^hi-hɔŋ]: (verb) to become angry, (adjective) angry

khek₃ [k^hek]: (verb) to carve

kheng₃ hu₂ [k^heŋ-hu]: (noun) whale

kheok₃ [k^hiok]: (verb) to pick up

kheok₃ [k^hiok]: (classifier) classifier for people.

khi₄ [k^hi]: (verb) to go up

khia₃ [k^hia]: (verb) to stand

khiap₁si₃ [k^hiap-si]: (adjective) disfigured; see also moh₃peng₁

khien₃ [k^hiɛn]: (classifier) classifier for people.

khiu₄ [k^hiu]: (verb) to pull

khnua₃ [k^huã]: (verb) to look, to see

khnua₁sim₁ [k^huã-sim]: (adjective) anxious

kho₃^RW [k^ho]: (verb) to depend on

kho₄ [k^ho], also kho₁ chaek₃ [k^ho-tsɛk]: (verb) to sit for exam; (noun) examination

kho₁leng₂ [k^ho-leŋ]: (adverb) likely

khooi₁ [k^hui]: (verb) to open

khooi₃ toh₁ [k^hui-to]: (verb) to operate [surgery]

khong₃ [k^hɔŋ]: (number) zero

khoon₃ [k^hun]: (verb) to sleep

khoon₁ pang₂ [k^hun-paŋ]: (noun) bedroom

khoon₁ sna₁ [k^hun-sã]: (noun) pajamas

khor₁ [k^hɔ]: (noun) hoop

khor₁ [k^hɔ]: (money) ringgit

khor₃ [k^hɔ]: (noun) pants, trousers

khor₃kut₁ [k^hɔ-kut]: (adjective) anti-social, anal, loner

khor₄ [k^hɔ]: (adjective) bitter, sorrow, hardship

khor₁kua₁ [k^hɔ-kua]: (noun) bitter gourd

khor₁lien₂ [k^hɔ-liɛn], khor₁lien₃tai₃ [k^hɔ-liɛn-tai]: (adjective) pitiful

khu₃kha₃ lau₂ [k^hu-k^ha-lau]: (noun) house on stilts or raised from the ground

khuah₃ [k^huaʔ]: (adjective) wide

khuai₃ [k^huai]: (adjective) quick

khuai₁-khuai₃ [k^huai-k^huai]: (adverb) quickly

khuan₄ [k^huan]: (adjective) behaviour, attitude

khui₃ [k^hui]: (noun) breath

ki₃chee₄ [ki-tsi]: (noun) Chinese wolfberries, goji

ki₃kuai₃^RW [ki-kuai]: (adjective) strange, odd

ki₁sian₃^RW [ki-sian]: (adjective) pitiful

ki₃toh₄ [ki-to]: (verb) to pray

kia₃ [kia]: (verb) to send

kiam₂ [kiam]: (adjective) salty

kiam₄ [kiam]: (verb) to lack, (adjective) less

kiam₃chye₃ [kiam-tsai]: (noun) salted vegetable

kiam₃hu₂ [kiam-hu]: (n) salted fish

kiam₄ [kiam]: (verb) to reduce

kiam₁ keh₃ [kiam-kɛ]: (verb) to discount, to reduce price

kiam₁-kiam₄ [kiam-kiam]: (adverb) nearly

kiam₁ liau₃ [kiam-liau]: (adjective) less sugar (when ordering drinks)

kian₁ [kiɛn): (verb) to form crust

kian₁seow₃ [kian-siau]: (adjective) shy

kie₄ [ki]: (classifier) classifier for long objects that are stiff such as stick, branch, pole, post, column, etc.

kie₁ [ki]: (noun) morpheme for branch

kim₁ [kim]: (noun) gold

kim₃ [kim]: (noun) mother's brothers' wives, wife's brother's wives; aunts, sisters-in-law

kim₃chiam₁ [kim-tsiam]: (noun) dried lily buds

kim₃chiam₃ kor₁ [kim-tsiam-kɛ]: (noun) enoki mushroom

kim₃hu₂ [kim-hu]: (noun) goldfish

kim₃khee₃ [kim-k^hi]: (noun) jewellery

kim₃kua₁ [kim-kua]: (noun) pumpkin

kim₃ poh₂ [kim-po]: (noun) grandparents' brother's wife; grand aunt

kim₃siu₃ [kim-siu]: (noun) animal

kin₁ [kin]: (noun) root

kin₁ [kin]: (noun) muscle

kin₃ [kin]: (adjective) near

kin₄ [kin]: (adjective) fast

kin₃chye₃ [kin-tsai]: (noun) coriander, cilantro, Chinese parsley

kin₁ciong₁ [kin-tsiɔŋ: (adjective) nervous

kin₃jit₁ [kin-dzit]: (noun) today

kin₃thau₂ [kin-t^hau]: (noun) shoulder

kio₁ [kio]: (noun) bridge (homonym with keo₂, brinjal)

kip₃ [kip]: (noun) chapter

kit₁ [kit]: (adjectve) thick [sauce]

kio₃ [kio]: (verb) to call

kiu₁ [kiu]: (verb) to shrink, to contract

kiu₂ [kiu]: (noun) ball

kiu₃ [kiu]: (verb) to rescue, to save

kiu₁mia₃ [kiu-mia]: (verb) to save life, S.O.S.

knia₁ [kiã]: (adjective) afraid, frightened, scared

knia₂ [kiã]: (verb) to walk

knia₃ [kiã]: (noun) mirror

knia₄ [kiã]: (noun) child, offspring

knia₃ kang₁ [kiã-kaŋ]: (verb) to start work

knia₁ sai₃ [kiã-sai]: (noun) son-in-law; (noun) bridegroom

knia₁soon₁ [kiã-sun]: (noun) descendant

kniau₁ [kiãu]: (noun) ginger

knua₁ [kuã]: (noun) liver (homophone of knuah₁)

knua₂ [kuã]: (verb) to feel cold

knua₃ [kuã]: (noun) sweat, perspiration

knua₄ [kuã]: (verb) to herd, to drive, to hurry

knuah₁ [kuã]: (noun) judge (homophone of knua₁)

knuai₁ [kuãi]: (noun) county

ko₁ [ko]: (noun) elder brother (homophone of koe₁)

ko₁ko₄ [ko-ko]: (adj) brown

ko₃ ko₁ [ko-ko]: (noun) for addressing elder brother

ko₃lay₃ chye₃ [ko-le-tsai]: (noun) cabbage

ko₃lay₃chye₁ hua₁ [ko-le-tsai-hua]: (noun) cauliflower

ko₃pi₁ [ko-pi]: (noun) coffee (with milk)

ko₃pi₃ or₁ [ko-pi-ɔ]: (noun) coffee black (without milk)

ko₃pi₃ or₃ peng₁ [ko-pi-ɔ-peŋ]: (noun) iced coffee black (without milk)

ko₃pi₃ peng₁ [ko-pi-peŋ]: (noun) iced coffee (with milk)

Ko₃ Ean₁ [ko-ɛn]: (noun) Nibong Tebal

koay₃ [koe]: (verb) to pass

koay1 au3 [koe-au]: (adv) after that

koay1chee4 [koe-tsi]: (noun) fruit

koay1chee1 bah₂ [koe-tsi-ba]: (noun) fruit bat

Koay₁ Kang₄ [koe-kaŋ]: (noun) Butterworth

koay₁kau₂ [koe-kau]: (noun) grouper

koay₁sin [koe-sin]: (verb) to pass away

Koay₁ Snua₁ [koe-suã]: (noun) Sungai Tiram

koay₁ teow₂ [koe-tiau]: (noun) flat rice noodle

koe₁ [ko]: (noun) paste (homophone of ko₁)

kok₃ [kɔk]: (noun) country

kokh₃ (particle) [koʔ]: particle that corresponds to "yet", "yet another", "some more" and "else", similar to gok₃.

kokh₁cai₁ [koʔ-tsai]: (adverb) again

kong₁ [kɔŋ]: (noun) grandfather

kong₂ [kɔŋ]]: (adverb) in a hurry

kong₃^RW [kɔŋ]: (noun) to knock, hit

kong₄ [kɔŋ]: (verb) to say

kong₄ [kɔŋ]: (noun) tin can

kong₄ [kɔŋ]: (subordinating conjunction) that

kong3hoay3 [kɔŋ-hoe]: (noun) guild, association, the association in general (and the members that make it up), compare with hoay3kuan4

kong₄ hor₃ thnia₁ [kɔŋ-hɔ-t^hia]: (verb phrase) to tell, to inform

kong₃kho₃ [kɔŋ-k^ho]: (noun) homework

kong₁ko₃ [kɔŋ-ko]: (noun) advertisement

Kong₃ Pa₁ [kɔŋ-pa]: (noun) Teluk Kumbar

kong₃si₁ [kɔŋ-si]: (noun) company; (verb) to share

kong₁ wa₃ [kɔŋ-ua]: (verb) to speak

koo₃ [ku]: (verb) to saw (homophone of ku₃; (noun) mother's brothers, wife's brothers; uncles

koo₃ kong₁ [ku-kɔŋ]: (noun) grandmothers' brothers; grand uncle

kooi-₁^RW [kui]: (adverb) how many [used with classifier]

kooi₁leh₂ [kui-le]: (adverb) how many [pieces]?

kooi₁looi₁ [kui-lui]: (adverb) how much [price]?

kooi₁ tiam₄ [kui-tiam]: (time) what time

kor₁ [kɔ]: (noun) mushroom; (noun) father's sisters, husband's sisters; aunts, sisters-in-law

kor₂ [kɔ]: (noun) adhesive; (verb) to paste

kor₃ [kɔ]: (verb) to care, to look after

kor₄ [kɔ]: (noun) drum

kor₃eok₁ [kɔ-iok]: (noun) medicated plaster

kor₁leh₄ [kɔ-lɛ]: (noun) mug

kor₃ poh₂ [kɔ-po]: (noun) paternal grandfather's elder/younger sister; grand aunt

kor₁su₃ [kɔ-su]: (noun) story

kor₁ tiam₃ [kɔ-tiam]: (verb) to look after the shop

kor₃ tniau₃ [kɔ-tiãu]: (noun) father's sisters' husband; uncle

kor₃ tniau₃ kong₁ [kɔ-tiãu-kɔŋ]: (noun) paternal grandfather's sisters' husband; grand uncle

kor₁tong₄ [kɔ-tɔŋ]: (noun) antique

ku₁ [ku]: (noun) tortoise, beetle

ku₃ [ku]: (adj) old (for things) (homophone of koo₃)

ku₄ [ku]: (adj) long [duration]

ku₁chye [ku-tsai]: (noun) chive

ku₃ku₁ciau₄ [ku-ku-tsiau]: (noun) penis

ku₃li₄ [ku-li]: (noun) labourer, coolie

kua₁ [kua]: (noun) song

kua₃ [kua]: (noun) cover, lid

kuak₃ [kuak]: (verb) to cut, to overtake

kuan₂ [kuan]: (adjective) high, tall

kuan₄ [kuan]: (noun) building, academy, hall, centre

kuan₄ [kuan]: (verb) to control, to administer, to manage, to rule

kuan₁si₃ [kuan-si]: (adjective) familiar

kuan₁si₃ toh₃ ho₄ liau₄ [kuan-si-toʔ-ho-liau]: (phrase) get used to it

kui₁ [kui]: (adverb) how many, a few (used with classifier)

kui₃ [kui]: (adjective) whole, entire

kui₃ [kui]: (verb) to kneel

kui₃ [kui]: (adjective) expensive (homophone of kwi₃)

kui₄ [kui]: (noun) ghost

kuih₄ [koe]: (noun) Nyonya pastry (also spelledkueh₄ in Singapore)

kut₃ [kut]: (noun) bone

kut₁lat₁ [kut-lat]: (adjective) hardworking

kut₃thau₂ [kut-t^hau]: (noun) skeleton

kwa₁ [kua]: (noun) gourd, melon

kwai₁ [kuai]: (adjective) well-behaved

kwai₁ku₁ [kuai-ku]: (adjective) mischievous

kwi₃ [kui]: (verb) to kneel (homophone of kui₃)

la₃ [la]: (verb) to stir

la₃gia₂ [la-gia]: (noun) spider

la₁ku₂ [la-ku]: (adjective) popular, well-received (Malay loanword)

la₃pik₁ [la-pek]: (verb) to line

la₃sa₁ [la-sa]: (verb) to feel

la₃sarm₂ [la-sam]: (adjective) dirty

la₁tah₁ [la-ta]: (verb) exclaiming with a rapid-fire burst of words, made while agitated or surprised

lah₃^RW [la]: (particle) Emphatic particle to show irritation or annoyance.

lah₄ [la]: (particle) Emphatic particle to stress or to persuade.

lai₂ [lai]: (verb) to come

lai₂^RW [lai]: (particle) interrogative particle to affirm, usually placed at the end of affirmative sentences that begin with si₃ mm₃ si₃.

lai₃bin₃ [lai-bin]: (adverb) inside

lai₃ ca₃bor₁ soon₄ [lai-tsa-bɔ-sun]: (noun) paternal granddaughter

lai₃ kong₁ [lai-kɔŋ]: (noun) paternal grandfather

lai₃ mah₄ [lai-ma]: (noun) paternal grandmother

lai₃ soon₄ [lai-sun]: (noun) paternal grandson

lang₂ [laŋ]: (noun) person, people, man

lang₃chia₁ [laŋ-tsia]: (noun) trishaw

lang₃khek₃, also spelled lang₃kheh₃ [laŋ-k^hɛʔ]: (noun) guest, customer

lark₁ [lak]: (number) six

lam₂ [lam]: (adjective) blue

lam₃me₃na₄ [lam-me]: (adjective) purple

lam₄ [lam]: (adjective) weak

larn₄ [lan]: (pronoun) we [both of us]

larn₃ciau₄ [lan-tsiau]: (noun) penis

larn₃pha₁ [lan-p^ha]: scrotum

larn₃pha₃ chee₄ [lan-p^ha-tsi]: (noun) testicle

lat₁ [lat]: (noun) energy

lat₃sniau₃ [lat-siãu]: (adjective) diligent

lau₂ [lau]: (verb) to leave behind, to retain; to flow

lau₃^RW [lau]: (adjective) old

lau₄ [lau]: (verb) to swindle

lau₃eng₁ [lau-eŋ]: (noun) eagle

lau₁ hong₁ [lau-hɔŋ]: (verb) to leak air

lau₃ hoek_{₃ [lau-hoek]: (verb) to bleed}

lau₃hor₁ [lau-hɔ]: (noun) tiger

lau₃juak₁ [lau-dzuak]: (adjective) fun, entertaining, amusing, (colloquial) happening

lau₃kau₂ [lau-kau]: (noun) monkey

lau₃kha₁ [lau-k^ha]: (noun) downstairs (literally, "foot of the building")

lau₃ phnee₃ [lau-p^hĩ]: (verb) runny nose

lau₁ sai₄ [lau-sai]: (noun) diarrhoea

lau₁sit₁ [lau-sit]: (adjective) honest

lau₃teng₄ [lau-teŋ]: (noun) upstairs (literally, "top of the building")

lau₃ti₃mun₃ [lau-ti-mun]: (noun) old cucumber

lau₃ya₂ [lau-ia]: (adjective) unsophisticated, old-fashioned

law₁ya₄ [lɔ-ia]: (noun) lawyer (English loanword)

le₁sen₁ [lɛ-sɛ]: (noun) license (English loanword via Malay)

lea₂ [le]: (noun) snail

lee₃ lee₁ loh₃ loh₁ [li-li-lo-lo]: (adjective) not straight to the point, beating around the bush, talking rubbish

-leh₂ [le]: (classifier) General classifier for countable items

leh₃^RW [le]: (particle) Emphatic particle to express a concern over an existing or impending situation.

leh₁pai₃ [le-pai]: (time/duration) week; (noun) Sunday

leh₁pai₁terng₂ [le-pai-təŋ]: (noun) church

leng₁ [leŋ]: (noun) milk, breast

leng₂ [leŋ]: (noun) dragon (colloquial form)

leng₄ [leŋ]: (adjective) cold

leng₃ haeh₂ [leŋ-hɛ]: (noun) lobster

leng₁khi₃ [leŋ-k^hi]: (noun) air-conditioner

leng₃ngau₃^RW [leŋ-ŋau]: (noun) lotus root

leong₂ [lioŋ]: (noun) dragon (literary reading)

leow₄ [liau]: (verb) to finish, to waste, to use up

li₁eu₂ [li-iu]: (noun) reason

li₃khui₁ [li-k^hui]: (verb) to separate

li₃mong₄ [li-moŋ]: (noun) lemon

liak₁ [liak]: (verb) to catch, to apprehend, to arrest

liak₃kong₂ [liak-kɔŋ]: (adj) highly irritable

liam₂ [liam]: (verb) to paste

liam₃ [liam], liam₃lor₃ [liam-lɔ]: (verb) to grumble, to moan

liam₃por₃ [liam-pɔ]: (noun) plaster

lian₃teh₁ [lian-te]: (noun) necklace, neck chain (Malay loanword)

liap₁ [liap]: (classifier) classifier for small objects that are usually portable such as fruits, rocks, eggs, balls, etc.

liau₄^RW [liau]: (adverb) already, (particle) emphatic particle to express the perfect tense. (Homophone of leow₄)

liau₁kai₄ [liau-kai]: (verb) to comprehend

lien₄ [liɛn]: (noun) wheel

liew₄ [liu]: (verb) to button

liew₁wa₄ [liu-ua]: (noun) button

lim₁ [lim]: (verb) to drink

lo₃long₄ [lɔ-lɔŋ]: (noun) lane (from "lorong", Malay loanword)

lo₃ti₁ [lo-ti]: (noun) bread

loh₄^RW [lo]: (particle) Emphatic particle, used to stress a point.

lok₁ [loʔ]: (verb) to go down, (adverb) down

lok₃ hor₃ [loʔ-hɔ]: (verb) to rain

lom₃pang₁ [lɔm-paŋ]: (verb) to hitch a ride (from "tumpang", Malay loanword)

long₂ [lɔŋ]: (noun) paper bag, plastic bag

long₃ [lɔŋ]: (verb) to hit [collide]

long₁cong₄ [lɔŋ-tsɔŋ]: (adjective): all

Long₁Boey₄ [lɔŋ-boe]: (noun) Paya Terubong

long₃kau₁ [lɔŋ-kau]: (noun) drain (from "longkang",Malay loanword)

long₃kaw₄ [lɔŋ-kau]: (noun) wolf

long₃kui₁ [lɔŋ-kui]: (noun) galangal

looi₁ [lui]: (noun) money, cent

loon₄ [lun]: (verb) to tolerate

lor₃^RW [lɔ]: (noun) road

lor₃soon₄ [lɔ-sun]: (noun) asparagus

lork₁ [lɔk]: (noun) deer

lork₃tho₂ [lɔk-t^ho]: (noun) camel

low₁koon₁ [lo-kun]: (noun) physician, doctor

low₁koon₃chu₃ [lo-kun-tsu]: (noun) hospital

lu₄ [lu]: (pronoun) you (second person singular)

lu₁lang₂ [lu-laŋ]: (pronoun) you (second person plural)

luak₁ [luak]: (adjective) spicy

lui₄ [lui]: (classifier) classifier for flowers.

lun₃ ka₃lok₁ [lun-ka-lok]: wild pepper (from "daun kaduk", Malay loanword)

lun₃chun₃^RW [lun-tsun]: (adjective) clumsy

lut₃ [lut]: (verb) to drop off

mah₄ [ma]: (noun) grandmother

ma₁cai₃^RW [ma-tsai]: (noun) tomorrow

ma₃cheok₃ [ma-ts^hiok]: (noun) mahjong

ma₃huan₂ [ma-huan]: (adjective) difficult, troublesome, bothersome

ma₃ ma₁^RW [ma-ma]: (noun) Mom

ma₁na₄ [ma-na]: (pronoun) where (Malay loanword)

ma₁na₄ uh₃ [ma-na-u]: (phrase) "where got (?)"

ma₁ta₂ [ma-ta]: (noun) police (Malay loanword)

Ma₃tang₁ [ma-taŋ]: (noun) Permatang Damar Laut

maek₃ [mɛk]: (noun) sheep

mah₁^RW [ma]: (particle) Emphatic particle to reaffirm a situation, corresponding to "after all" in English.

mai₃ [mai]: (auxiliary verb) do not want

mai₁ liau₃ [mai-liau]: (phrase) no sugar (literally, "no substance")

mai₃ liau₄ [mai-liau]: (phrase) don't want anymore

mak₃^RW [maʔ]: (noun) mother

mam₁-mam₁ [mam-mam]: (verb) to eat (baby talk)

man₃ja₁ [man-dza]: (adjective) pampered (Malay loanword)

mang₃ [maŋ]: (auxiliary verb) don't (short for mm₃thang₃)

mang₁chang₁ [maŋ-tsaŋ]: (adjective) agitated, under pressure (Cantonese loanword), a hair-pulling situation that drives you nuts, grouchy

mang₃git₃ [maŋ-git]: (noun) mangosteen (Malay loanword)

mang₃kuang₁ [maŋ-kuaŋ]: (noun) jicama/yam bean

mau₁ [mau]: (verb) to hit, to wallop

mee₃^RW [mi]: (noun) egg noodle, also written mi₃

mee₃suah₃ [mi-suah]: (noun) vermicelli

meh₄ [mɛ]: (particle) particle to express doubt, disbelief and incredulity.

mek₁ [mɛʔ]: (verb) to feel the pulse

mek₃ [mɛk;] mek₁ mek₃ [mɛk-mɛk]: goat, sheep

mi₃knia₃^RW [mi-niã]: (noun) item, things

mi₃si₁ [mi-si]: (noun) nurse

mi₃si₃ pang₂ [mi-si-paŋ]: (noun) clinic

mi₃sway₄ [mi-sue]: (n) boils

mia₂ [mia]: (noun) name

miau₄ [miau]: (time) seconds

mien₄ [miɛn]: (auxiliary verb) do not have to, not necessary to; also rendered as mm₃ mien₄

mm₃ [m]: (particle) Negation particle, used to form the negative.

mm₄ [m]: (noun) father's elder brother's wife; aunt

mm₃ cai₁ [m-tsai]: (verb phrase) do not know

mm₃ cnia₃ [m-tsiã]: (verb phrase) not genuine

mm₃ cnia₃ kaw₁ kui₄ [m-tsiã-kau-kui]: (verb phrase) hideous, grotesque, appalling (literally, "not like a dog's ghost")

mm₃ mai₃ [m-mai]: (auxiliary verb) to not want, the opposite of ai₃ and boek₃)

mm₃ mien₄ [m-miɛn]: (auxiliary verb) don't have to [often contracted to just mien₄]

mm₃ poh₂ [m-po]: (noun) paternal grandfather's elder brother's wife; grand aunt

mm₃ si₃ [m-si]: (verb) to not be, i.e. isn't, aren't, etc.

mm₃thang₃ [m-t^haŋ]: (adj) don't

mm₃ tiok₁ [m-tiok]: (adj) wrong, incorrect

mm₃ tu₁ho₄ [m-tu-ho]: (adverb) unexpectedly

moi₂ [mɛi]: (noun) porridge

moi₃ sai₃ [mɔi-sai]: (noun) husband's younger sister's husband; younger sister's husband; brother-in-law

moh₃peng₁ [mɔ-peŋ]: (noun) blemish

mor₂ [mɔ]: (noun) [body] hair

mua₄ [mua]: (adjective) full

mua₁ee₃ [mua-i]: (adjective) satisfied

Mua₁Goay₁ [mua-goe]: (noun) Full Moon, a ceremony to mark a baby having reach a full month of age

muah₂ [mua]: (noun) sesame

muah₃ hu₂ [mua-hu]: (noun) eel

mui₂ [mui]: (noun) door

mui₃ [mui]: (noun) to ask

mui₃li₂ [mui-li]: (noun) door screen

na₂ [na]: (noun) basket

na₃nah₄ [naʔ]: (noun) pus

nah₃^RW [naʔ]: (interjection) there you are

nah₃au₂ [naʔ-au]: (noun) throat

nah₃au₂ thnia₃^RW [naʔ-au-t^hiã]: (noun) sore throat

nau₄ [nau]: (noun) brain

nee₁^RW [ni]: (particle) interrogative particle to reconfirm, corresponding to "how about" or "then" in English.

ng₃ knua₁ [ŋ-kuã]: (noun) husband's father; father-in-law

ngam₁ [ŋam]: (adjective) matching, suitable (Cantonese loanword)

ngeh₃boey₄ [ŋɛ-boe]: (noun) torpedo scad

ngor₁ah₁ [ŋɔ-a]: (noun) fourfinger threadfin

ni₄ [ni]: (noun) dye

nia₂^RW [nia]: (particle) interrogative particle to verify a statement, corresponding to "right?"

nia₃^RW [nia]: (particle) Emphatic particle, corresponding to "only" or "just".

niau₁ [niau]: (noun) cat

niau₂ [niau]: (noun) husband's mother

niau₃ [niau]: (verb) to yield

niau₁chu₄ [niau-ts^hu]: (noun) mouse

niau₄suan₁ [niau-suan]: (noun) uric acid

nie₂ [ni]: (time/duration) year

norh₃^RW [nɔ]: (number) two

norh₃-can₃-eh₃ bin₃cherng₂ [nɔ-tsan-e-bin-ts^həŋ]: (noun) double-decker bed

norh₃ pehk₁chiu₁ [nɔ-pɛk-ts^hiu]: (noun) moustache

nua₃^RW [nua]: (noun) saliva

nua₃^RW [nua]: (verb) to rot

nui₃^RW [nui]: (noun) egg

nui₄ [nui]: (adjective) soft

nya₂ [iã]: (verb) to win

nya₄ [iã]: (noun) shadow, image

nyau₂ [iãu]: (noun) goat, sheep

nyau₃tho₂ [iãu-t^ho]: (noun) starfruit

oe₁ [oe]: (noun) small pot, casserole

oh₂ [o]: (noun) oyster

oh₃ eu₂ [o-iu]: (noun) oyster sauce

oh₃lo₄ [o-lo]: (verb) to compliment

oh₃wah₁chye₃ [o-ua-ts^hai]: (noun) lettuce

oi₄ [oe]: (interjection) hey

ok₁ [oʔ]: (noun) school

ok₁ [oʔ]: (verb) to learn

ok₃terng₂ [oʔ-təŋ]: (noun) school

ong₂ [ɔŋ]: (noun) king

ong₃boh₃ [ɔŋ-bo]: (noun) crown

ong₃tay₃ [ɔŋ-te]: (noun) emperor

ooi₂ [uĩ]: (adjective) yellow

ooi₃boey₄ [u&$297;-boe]: (noun) yellowtail scad

ooi₃kniau₁ [uĩ-kiãu]: (noun) tumeric

or₁ [ɔ]: (adjective) black

or₂ [ɔ]: (noun) lake

or₃^RW [ɔ]: (noun) taro

or₄ [ɔ]: (verb) to dig

or₃a₁ [ɔ-a]: (noun) crow

or₃ bok₃nee₄ [ɔ-bok-ni]: (noun) black wood-ear fungus, ingredient in Chinese and Nyonya dishes

or₃ cheoh₁ [ɔ-ts^hiãu]: (noun) black pomfret

or₃hia₃ [ɔ-hia]: (noun) black ant

or₃kui₁ [ɔ-kui]: (noun) terrapin

or₃kui₁ tau₃^RW [ɔ-kui-tau]: (noun) French beans

or₁lor₃ [ɔ-lɔ]: (adjective) bashful

orh₃^RW [ɔ]: (particle) Emphatic particle used to express anxiety or worry over an existing or impending situation.

Orh₃ Lai₃^RW [ɔ-lai]: (noun) Relau

ork₃ [ɔk]: (adjective) fierce

Ou₁ Co₁ [ou-tso]: (noun) Europe

pa₁ [pa]: (noun) dad

pa₂ [pa]: (verb) to slap

pa₃^RW [pa]: (noun) leopard

pa₄ [pa]: (adjective, adverb) sated, full, fully

pa₃cat₁ [pa-tsat]: (noun) leech

pa₃dan₁ [pa-dan]: (interjection) justified, serve him right (Malay loanword)

pa₃gar₁ [pa-ga]: (noun) fence (Malay loanword)

pa₃ha₁ [pa-ha]: (noun) thigh

Pa₁hai₄ [pa-hai]: (noun) Perai

pa₃ pa₁ [pa-pa]: (noun) Dad

pa₁sar₁ ma₁lam₄ [pa-sa-ma-lam]: (noun) night market (from "pasar malam", Malay loanword)

pa₁sat₃ [pa-sat]: (noun) market (Malay loanword)

pae₂ [pɛ]: (verb) to crawl

paeh₃ [pɛk]: (verb) to pry open, to peel off the skin (homophone of paek₃)

paek₁ [pɛk]: (adjective) white

paek₃ [pɛk]: (verb) to climb

paek₃ khee₄ [pɛk-k^hi]: (verb) to climb up (homophone of paeh₃)

paek₃chai₁thau₂ [pɛ-ts^hai-t^hau]: (noun) white radish, daikon

paek₃chye₃ [pɛk-ts^hai]: (noun) Chinese cabbage

paek₃chiau₁ [pɛ-t^hiãu]: (noun) white pomfret

paek₃co₂ [pɛk-tso]: (noun) grunt fish

paek₃ hia₃ [pɛk-hia]: (noun) termite

paek₃kha₃teh₄ [pɛk-k^ha-te]: (noun) traffic police (literally "white soles")

paek₃koay₄ [pɛk-koe]: (noun) ginkgo

paek₃thor₃ [pɛk-t^hɔ]: (noun) rabbit

paek₃tio₃^RW [pɛk-tio]: (noun) skin depigmentation

paek₃tuah₃ [pɛk-tuah]: (noun) largehead hairtail fish

pai₂ [pai]: (noun) signboard, pendant; (verb) to arrange; adjective) linked, terrace

pai₃ [pai]: (verb) to worship

paik₃ [pek]: (verb) to force

pah₃ [paʔ]: (number) hundred

pah₁ban₃ [paʔ-ban]: (adjective) stuck up, snobbish (from pah₁-ban₃, literally, "one million", hence millionaire), a person acting pah₁ban₃ is showing off like he is some big-shot millionaire

pah₁pai₃ [paʔ-pai]: (adjective) show off, colloquial: "action", fussiness with an arrogant air (Cantonese loanword)

Pak₁knia₁ [pak-kiã]: (noun) Beijing

pan₁ [pan]: (noun) class, classroom

pan₁caet₁ [pan-tsɛt]: (noun) puncture (English loanword)

pan₃dan₄ [pan-dan]: (noun) fragrant pandanus leaf, used in cooking (Malay loanword)

pan₃gee₂ [pan-gi]: (adjective) cheap

pan₃jiu₂ [pan-dziu]: (noun) handkerchief

pan₂ mee₃^RW [pan-mi]: (noun) wheat/flour noodle

pan₃tang₁ [pan-taŋ]: (noun) abstinence (Malay loanword)

pang₁ [paŋ]: (noun) plank

pang₂ [paŋ]: (noun) room

pang₃ [paŋ]: (verb) to release, to let go

pang₃keng₁ [paŋ-keŋ]: (noun) room, bedroom

pang₁ jio₃ [paŋ-dzio]: (verb) to urinate

pang₁ khin₃ sang₁ [paŋ-k^hin-saŋ]: (verb) to relax

pang₁ phooi₃ [paŋ-p^hui]: (verb) to fart

pang₁sai₄ [paŋ-sai]: (verb) to defecate, to experience a bowel movement, to crap, to do one's business

pao₃hu₃ kor₁ [pau-hu-kɔ]: (noun) abalone mushroom

park₁ [pak]: (verb) to tie

pau₁ [pau]: (noun) steamed bun

pau₃hu₂ [pau-hu]: (noun) abalone

peeh₃ [piʔ]: (noun) turtle

peh₃ [peʔ]: (number) eight

pek₁chek₃^RW [pek-ts^hek]: (adjective) agitated, under pressure, stressed, a hair-pulling situation that drives you nuts

pek₁kark₃^RW [pek-kak]: (noun) star anise

pek₁ kong₁ [pɛk-kɔŋ]: (noun) paternal grandfather's elder brother; grand uncle

peng₁ [peŋ]: (noun) ice, (adjective) iced; (noun) soldier

peng₄ [peŋ]: (verb) to turn, to turn (to speak to someone), to overturn

peng₃iu₄ [peŋ-iu]: (noun) friend

Peng₃ Sniah₂ [peŋ-siã]: (noun) Penang

pha₁ka₃laut₁ [p^ha-ka-laut]: (verb) to drop

phaeh₃^RW [p^hɛ̃]: (noun) disease

phah₃ [p^haʔ]: (verb) to beat up

phah₁ chiu₄ [p^haʔ-ts^hiu]: (verb) to clap, to clap hands

phah₃chniau₄ [p^haʔ-ts^hiãu]: (verb) to rob

phah₁ ciam₁ [p^haʔ-tsiam]: (verb) to administer injection

phah₁erk₃ [p^haʔ-ek]: (noun) hiccups

phah₁ kong₁ko₃ [p^haʔ-kɔŋ-ko]: (verb) to advertise

phah₁ phua₃ [p^haʔ-p^hua]: (verb) to breach, to break down

phah₁ sng₄ [p^haʔ-sŋ]: (phrase) what a waste; regretfully; pity

phah₁ thor₁ [p^haʔ-t^hɔ]: to go on a date, to make out (Cantonese loanword, literally "beat & drag")

phak₁ [p^hak]: (verb) to dry under the sun

phang₁ [p^haŋ]: (noun) bee (see also Bit₃phang₁)

phang₁ [p^haŋ]: (adjective): fragrant

phang₂ [p^haŋ]: (verb) to serve, to lay on the table

phang₃ [p^haŋ]: (noun) fissure between to pieces of wood

phang₄ [p^haŋ]: (verb) to spin around

phe₁ [p^he]: (noun) letter

pheng₃ko₄ [p^heŋ-ko]: (noun) apple

phien₃ [p^hiɛn]: (verb) to lie

phin₄ [p^hin]: (verb) to agree, to decide

phnai₃ [p^hãi]: (adjective) bad, fierce, broken, out-of-order

phnai₁ co₁ lang₂ [p^hãi-tso-laŋ]: (phrase) to be in a difficult position trying to please everyone

phnai₁seh₃ [p^hãi-se]: (adjective) embarrassed, shy

phnai₁si₃ [p^hãi-si]: (adjective) naughty

phnee₁ [p^hĩ]: (verb) to take advantage of someone

phnee₃^RW [p^hĩ: (noun) mucus

phnee₃ chooi₄ [p^hĩ-tsui]: (noun) mucous fluid

phnee₃khang₁ [p^hĩ-k^haŋ]: (noun) nostril

phnee₃khang₃ sai₄ [p^hĩ-k^haŋ-sai]: (noun) booger, dried nasal mucus

phnee₃kong₄ [p^hĩ-kɔ]: (noun) nose

pho₁ [p^ho]: (noun) town

pho₃chim₄ [p^ho-tsim]: (noun) pillow

pho₃tay₄ [p^ho-te]: (noun) downtown, city centre, George Town

phoe₂ [p^hoe]: (noun) skin, leather

phoe₃tnua₁ [p^hoe-tuã]: (noun) blanket

phong₃ [p^hɔŋ]: (adjective) bloated, puffed up

phong₁chu₄ [p^hɔŋ-ts^hu]: (noun) squirrel

phong₁pha₃ [p^hɔŋ-p^ha]: (noun) blister

phooi₁ [p^hui]: (verb) to spit out

phooi₃ [p^hui]: (noun) fart

phooi₃ki₃cheng₃ [p^hui-ki-ts^heŋ]: (noun) cobra

phu₂ [p^hu]: (verb) to float

phua₃ [p^hua]: (verb) to break, to tear; (adjective) broken, torn

phua₁khang₁ [p^hua-k^haŋ]: (adjective) punctured

phua₁pnaeh₃ [p^hua-pɛ̃]: (verb) to fall sick

phuak₁ [p^huak]: (verb) to drap

Pi₃nang₃ Su₃ [pi-naŋ-su]: (noun) Penang Island

pi₃ring₃ knia₄ [pi-riŋ-kiã]: (noun) saucer

piak₃ [piaʔ]: (noun) wall

piak₁tu₂ [piaʔ-tu]: (noun) wall cupboard

pian₃ [piɛn]: (adjective) ready

pian₁-pian₂ [piɛn-piɛn]: (adverb) in advance, beforehand

ping₃gang₁ [pin-ŋaŋ]: (noun) waist (Malay loanword)

piau₃ chee₁ [piau-tsi]: (noun) elder maternal female cousin

piau₃ ko₁ [piau-ko]: (noun) elder maternal male cousin

piau₃ moi₃ [piau-moi]: (noun) younger maternal female cousin

piau₃ tee₃ [piau-ko]: (noun) younger maternal male cousin

pien₃ [piɛn]: (verb) to transform, to change (homophone of pian₃)

pnaeh₁ [pɛ̃]: (verb) to pry open

pnaeh₂ [pɛ̃]: (adjective) flat

pnaeh₃ [pɛ̃]: (noun) sickness

pneah₄ [piã]: (noun) cracker, biscuit

pnee₁ [pĩ]: (preposition, noun) side, edge

pnee₄ [pĩ]: (adjective) flat

pnee₁ hu₂ [pĩ-hu]: (noun) flounder

pnee₁nya₄ [pĩ-ĩa]: (preposition) side

pni₁sai₃ [pĩ-sai]: (verb) to contest, to enter in a competition

pnua₁ [puã]: (verb) to shift, to relocate, to rummage (homophone of pnuah₁

pnua₂ [puã]: (noun) plate

pnua₃ [puã]: (adjective) half

pnua₁ [puã]: (adjective) half

pnua₁hang₃ [puã-haŋ]: (adverb) anything

pnua₁jit₁ [puã-dzit]: (noun) half a day

pnua₃ knia₄ [puã-kiã]: (noun) saucer

pnua₁lang₂ [puã-laŋ]: (pronoun) anybody

pnua₁meh₂ [puã-mɛ]: (time) midnight

pnua₁hang₃^RW [puã-haŋ]: (pronoun) anything

pnua₁ si₄ [puã-si]: (adverb) severely

pnua₃wna₁ tu₂ [puã-uã-tu]: (noun) kitchen cabinet

pnuah₁ [puã]: (verb) to act (homophone of pnua₁)

pnui₃^RW [puĩ]: (noun) cooked rice

po₁kan₁ [po-kan]: (noun) village centre, small town (from "pekan", Malay loanword)

po₃lo₃so₁ [po-lo-so]: (verb) to sweet talk, to soothe, to placate

po₃piah₄ [po-piã]: (noun) wet springroll

po₃piah₁ cni₃ [po-piã-tsĩ]: (noun) deep-fried popiah

poay₁ [poe]: (verb) to fly

poay₃cun₁ [poe-tsun]: (noun) plane

poay₃cun₃por₁ [poe-tsun-pɔ]: (noun) airfield

poay₃ki₁ [poe-ki]: (noun) plane

poay₃ki₃tniau₂ [poe-ki-tiãu]: airport

poh₁cua₄ [po-tsua]: (noun) newspaper

poh₁koh₃ [po-ko]: (verb) to report

poh₁ hiau₂ [po-hiau]: (noun) transvestite

poh₁poay₃ [po-poe]: (adjective) precious

pom₃-pom₂ [pom-pom]: (verb) to bathe (baby talk)

pon₁dan₄ [pɔn-dan]: (noun) transvestite

poon₂ [pun]: (verb) to blow

poon₁ [pun]: (classifier) classifier for book.

por₃ [pɔ]: (noun) cloth

por₃mui₂ [pɔ-mui]: (noun) department

por₁tor₄ [pɔ-tɔ]: (noun) stomach

por₁tor₄ thnia₃ [pɔ-tɔ-tiã]: (noun) stomach ache

pot₃-pot₁ [pot-pot]: (noun) car (baby talk)

pu₂ [pu]: (verb) to bake

pu₁lak₁^RW [pu-lak]: (particle) particle that corresponds to "then", "some more", "too" and "also", see also tu₁lak₁. (from "pula", Malay loanword)

pu₃lok₃ i₃kan₁ [pu-lok-i-kan]: (noun) Nyonya mixed vegetable curry with fish stomach (from "perut ikan", Malay loanword)

pu₃lor₂ [pu-lɔ]: (noun) Balik Pulau

pu₃lok₁ [pu-lok]: (noun) pillow (from "peluk" meaning "to hug", Malay loanword)

puak₁ [puak]: (verb) to gamble

puak₃chau₃ [puak-tsau]: (verb) to play dirty

puat₁ [puat]: (noun) Sen in tens

puat₃toh₄ [puat-to]: (verb) to fall (from "jatuh", Malay loanword)

pun₁ [pun]: (particle) Emphatic particle that corresponds to "also", see also tun₁. (from "pun",Malay loanword)

pun₁tau₄ [pun-tau]: (noun) dustpan

ro₁jak₁ [ro-jak]: (noun) fruit salad with shrimp paste; (noun) mishmash of items

sa₁ [sa]: (verb) to seize

sa₁bun₂ [sa-bun]: (noun) soap

sa₃din₃ hu₂ [sa-din-hu]: (noun) sardine

sa₃lah₃^RW [sa-lah]: (adjective) wrong, guilty (Malay loanword)

sa₃man₃^RW [sa-man]: (noun) fine for an offence (Malay loanword)

sa₃man₃ hu₂ [sa-man-hu]: (noun) salmon

sa₃seh₁ [sa-se]: (noun) comb

sa₃yang₁ [sa-yaŋ]: (verb) to love (Malay loanword)

saeh₃^RW [sɛ]: (verb) to shoot

sai₁ [sai]: (noun) lion

sai₄ [sai]: (noun) stool, faeces, excrement

sai₄ [sai]: (noun) to drive [vehicle]

sai₃ gu₂ [sai-gu]: (noun) rhinoceros

sai₁seng₂ [sai-seŋ]: (noun) giant catfish, bronze catfish

sai₃toh₁ [sai-to]: (noun) wolf herring

sak₁ [saʔ]: (verb) to boil

sam₃bai₁ [sam-bai]: chili paste (Malay loanword)

sam₃pah₄ [sam-pah]: (noun) rubbish, trash (Malay loanword)

san₃da₁ [san-da]: (verb) to lean (from "sandar",Malay loanword)

sang₁ [sŋ]: (adj) loose [soil]

sark₃ [sak]: (verb) to push

sau₃ [sau]: (noun) cough; (verb) to sweep

se₁ [se]: (verb) to comb

se₃ [se]: (noun) method, procedure, solution (homophone of seh₃)

se₄ [se]: (verb) to clean, to wash

se₁sna₃ki₁ [se-sã-ki]

see₃tua₃ [si-tua]: (adjective) eldest

seen₂ [sin]: (verb) to catch with the hands (homophone of sin₂)

seh₃ [se]: (adjective) small (vernacular reading) (homophone of se₃₎

seh₁cek₃ [se-tsek]: (noun) father's youngest brother

seh₁cim₃ [se-tsim]: (noun) father's youngest brother's wife

seh₁ee₂ [se-i]: (noun) second wife, lesser wife, mistress

seh₁ thau₃keong₁ [se-t^hau-kiɔŋ]: (noun) teaspoon

sek₃ [sek]: (noun) colour

sem₁bang₄ [sem-baŋ]: (verb) to loaf, to hang out

sen₃duk₁ [sən-dok]: (noun) ladle

seng₁ [seŋ]: (verb) to raise [as with a flag]

seng₃ [seŋ]: (verb) to pamper

seng₃ kee₃ snua₁ [seŋ-ki-suã]: (noun) Penang Hill

seng₃kong₁ [seŋ-kɔŋ]: (adjective) successful

seo₁ [sio]: (verb) to burn, to grill (homophone of sio₁)

shiok₁ [ʃiok]: (adj) pleasurable

si₁ [si]: (noun) fibre

si₂ [si]: (verb) to dismiss, to fire from a job

si₃^RW [si]: (verb) to be (is/are/was/were)

si₃^RW [si]: (adverb) yes; (number) four

si₄ [si]: (verb) to die; (adjective) dead

si₁ kak₃ [si-kak]: (noun) rectangle

si₁ kak₁-kak₃ [si-kak-kak]: (noun) square

si₁kha₃ cua₂ [si-k^ha-tsua]: (noun) monitor lizard

si₃put₁ [si-put]: (noun) shellfish

si₃ceng₁ [si-tseŋ]: (noun) clock

si₃ meh₄ [si-mɛ]: (expression) really?

si₃mm₃ si₃^RW [si-m-si]: (verb) isn't it

si₁paek₃ [si-pɛk]: (adjective) extremely, exceedingly

si₁ si₄ [si-si]: (adverb) insistently

sia₃ [sia]: (verb) to wither, to shrivel

sia₄ [sia]: (verb) to write

sia₃kap₃ [sia-kap]: (noun) barramundi (Malay loanword)

siah₃ [siaʔ]: to peel off the skin

siam₃ tay₃ [siam-te]: (noun) Thailand

siang₃ [siaŋ]: (adjective) same

siang₃ka₁: (adjective) just like

siap₃ [siap]: (adjective) astringency

siau₁ [siau]: (adjective) digested

siau₃ [siau]: (noun) account

siau₄ [siau]: (adjective) crazy

siau₁eng₄ [siau-eŋ]: (noun) photograph

siau₁eng₄ki₁ [siau-eŋ-ki]: (noun) camera

siau₄ khee₃ liau₄ [siau-k^hi-liau]: (phrase) go crazy

siau₁liam₃^RW [siau-liam]: (verb) to miss

siau₃sit₃ [siau-sit]: (noun) news

sien₁ [siɛn]: (noun) rust; (noun) angel

sien₃ [siɛn]: (adjective) bored, tired, reluctant

sim₁ [sim]: (noun) heart

sim₃ceng₂ [sim-tseŋ]: (noun) mood

sim₃chong₃ pnaeh₃ [sim-tsɔŋ-pɛ̃]: (noun) heart attack

sim₃knua₁ [sim-kuã]: (noun) heart

sim₃knua₃thau₂ [sim-kuã-t^hau]: (noun) chest

sim₃pu₃ [sim-pu]: (noun) daughter-in-law

sim₁ thiau₃ [sim-t^hiau]: (noun) heart beat

sin₁ [sin]: (adjective) new

sin₂ [sin]: (noun) spirit, God (homophone of seen₂)

sin₃bun₂ [sin-bun]: (noun) news

Sin₃ka₃po₁ [sin-ka-po]: (noun) Singapore

sin₃kang₄ [sin-kaŋ]: (noun) Sungai Ara

sin₃kheh₃ [sin-k^hɛʔ]: (noun) new immigrants (literally, "new guests")

sin₃seh₁ [sin-sɛ]: (noun) Chinese traditional medicine physician

sin₃thang₂ [sin-t^haŋ]: (noun) house lizard

sing₃ku₁ [siŋ-ku]: (noun) body

sio₁ [sio]: (adjective) small (literary reading, homophone of seo₁)

sio₁ moi₃ [sio-moi]: (noun) younger sister

sio₁ tee₃ [sio-ti]: (noun) younger brother

Sio₁ Chia₄ [sio-tsia]: (noun) Miss (young lady)

sio₁ khi₃ [sio-k^hi]: (noun) sensitive

sio₁su₃ [sio-su]: (noun) small matter

sio₁ti₃ [sio-ti]: (noun) younger brother, [colloquial] penis

siong₁ [siɔŋ]: (noun) injury, wound (adjective) injured, wounded, see also Tiok₃ siong₁

siong₃ hong₁ [siɔŋ-hoŋ]: (noun) influenza

siong₃siong₂ [siɔŋ-siɔŋ]: (adverb) often, frequently

sit₃ [sit]: (adjective) extinguished

sit₃bang₃ [sit-baŋ]: (adjective) disappointed

sit₁pai₃ [sit-pai]: (adjective) unsuccessful, failure

siu₁ [siu]: (verb) to keep, to put away, to receive

siu₂ [siu]: (verb) to swim

siu₃ [siu]: (noun) nest

siu₃li₄ [siu-li]: (verb) to repair

siu₃ sna₁ [siu-sã]: (verb) to bring in the washing

soh₄ [so]: (verb) to lock

soh₁see₂ [so-si]: (noun) key

soh₁thau₂ [so-t^hau]: (noun) lock

sok₃ [sok]: (verb) to suck

soon₁ [sun]: (noun) grandchild

soon₄ [sun]: (noun) bamboo shoot

soon₃hong₁ [sun-hɔŋ]: (noun) threadfin (ikan kurau)

sna₁ [sã]: (noun) clothes, shirt (homophone of snar₁)

sna₃kau₁ [sã-kau]: (noun) clothes hanger

snaeh₁ [sɛ̃]: (verb) to give birth

snaeh₃ [sɛ̃]: (noun) surname

snaeh₄ [sɛ̃]: (ver) to save, (adjective) thrifty

snaeh₃ciok₁ [sɛ̃-tsiok]: (noun) kidney stones

snaeh₃knia₄ [sɛ̃-kiã]: (verb) to give birth to a child

snaeh₁mia₃ [sɛ̃-mia]: (noun) life

snaeh₃ mor₃ thang₂ [sɛ̃-mɔ-t^haŋ]: (noun) caterpillar

snar₁ [sã]: (number) three (homophone of sna₁)

snee₃ [sĩ]: (verb) to preserve, to prepare food or any perishable substance so as to resist decomposition or fermentation (homophone of sni₃ and snie₃)

sng₁ [sŋ]: (noun) ice

sng₄ [sŋ]: (verb) to waste

sng₃pang₂ [sŋ-paŋ]: (noun) cold room

sng₃tu₂ [sŋ-tu]: (noun) refrigerator

sni₃ [sĩ]: (noun) fan

snie₃ [sĩ]: (adjective) sting, sharp irritation (homophone of snee₃ and sni₃)

sniah₁ [siã]: (noun) sound

sniau₁ [siãu]: (noun) crate

sniau₁ [siãu]: (noun) birth sign

sniau₃ [siãu]: (verb) to think

sniau₄ [siãu]: (verb) to award

snua1 [suã]: (noun) hill, mountain

snua3 [suã]: (noun) string

snua4 [suã]: (noun) odds and ends, miscellaneous items

snua₃ hu₂ [suã-hu]: (noun) shark

snua₃ tu₁ [suã-tu]: (noun) wild boar

snui₁ [suĩ]: (adjective) sour

snui₃ [suĩ]: (verb) to count; snui₁ pah₁: in the hundreds, snui₁ cheng₁: in the thousands

snui₃kam₁ [suĩ-kam]: (noun) lime

snui₁pnua₁ [suĩ-puã]: (noun) abacus

snui₁siau₃ [suĩ-siau]: (verb) to calculate

so₁ [so]: (verb) to stroke

so₃-so₁ [so-so]: (verb) to caress

soe₁ [soe]: (adjective) unfortunate

soh₄ [so]: (noun) elder brother's wife; husband's elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

som₃bong₃ [sɔm-bɔŋ]: (adjective) haughty

song₄ [sɔŋ]}: (adjective) enjoyable

soon₂ ah₄ [sun-a]: (noun) brother's son; nephew

soon₃ sai₃ [sun-sai]: (noun) son's daughter's husband; daughter's daughter's husband; grand son-in-law

soon₁ sim₃pu₃ [sun-sim-pu]: (noun) son's son's wife; daughter's son's wife; grand daughter-in-law

sor₃ie₃ [sɔ-i]: (conjunction) so

sor₃lien₂ [sɔ-liɛn]: (noun) Russia

su₁ [su]: (verb) to lose, to be defeated

su₃ [su]: (noun) matter

su₃ [su]: (noun) island

su₃bang₁ [su-baŋ]: (noun) earring (Malay loanword)

su₃ka₃ [su-ka]: (verb) to like

su₃ku₄ [su-ku]: (noun) quarter (Malay loanword)

sua1 [sua]: (noun) sand

sua4 [sua]: (verb) to move

suan₁ [suan]: (verb) to roll over

suan₁ [suan]: (verb) to mock

suan1ku4 [suan-ku]: (noun) election

suan₁na₄ [suan-na]: (noun) leek

suan₁thau₂ [suan-t^hau]: (noun) garlic

sut₃ [sut]: (verb) to whip

swee₄ [sui]: (adjective) beautiful

ta₁ [ta]: (adjective) dry

ta₃bek₁ [ta-bek]: (verb) to salute (from "tabek",Malay loanword)

ta₁han₃^RW [ta-han]: (verb) tolerate

ta₁lok₁ [ta-lok]: (adverb) where

ta₃ma₁ [ta-ma]: (adverb) just now;

ta₃ma₁ ... nia_{₃ [ta-ma-nia]: (adverb) just now;}

ta₃pi₁ [ta-pi]: (conjunction) but (Malay loanword)

ta₃por₁ [ta-pɔ]: (noun) man, male, boy

ta₃por₁ knia₄ [ta-pɔ-kiã]: (noun) small/little boy

ta₃por₁ lang₂ [ta-pɔ-laŋ]: (noun) husband, "hubby"

ta₃por₁ peng₃iu₄ [ta-pɔ-peŋ-iu]: (noun) boyfriend

ta₃ta₃ [ta-ta]: (adverb) every

ta₃ta₃ leh₂ [ta-ta-le]: (adverb) every item

ta₃ta₃ tau₂ [ta-ta-tau]: (adverb) every time, always

tai₂ [tai]: (verb) to bury

tai₃ci₃ [tai-tsi]: (noun) matter, affair

tai₃et₁ [tai-ɛt]: (adjective) stuck up

tai₃kae₁ [tai-kɛ]: (noun) everybody

tai₁piau₄ [tai-piau]: (verb) to represent, to replace, to stand in (for someone)

tak₃ [taʔ]: (verb) to stick, to paste

tam₂ [tam]: (verb) wet

tam₃po₃yak₃^RW [tam-po-yak]: (noun) Teluk Tempoyak

tam₃pok₁ [tam-pok]: (noun) bit

tam₃pok₃-tam₃pok₁ [tam-pok-tam-pok]: (noun) bit by bit

tang₂ [taŋ]: (noun) brass

tang₃^RW [taŋ]: (noun) weight; (adjective) heavy

tang₃hoon₄ [taŋ-hun]: glass noodle, used in many Penang Nyonya dishes

tang₃ mui₂ [taŋ-mui]: (noun) wife's sisters' husband; brothers-in-law

tang₃ pnua₂ [taŋ-puã]: (noun) tray

tang₃ siong₁ [taŋ-siɔŋ]: (noun) serious injury

tap₃ [tap]: (verb) to answer

tap₃an₄ [tap-an]: (noun) answer

tarn₄ [tan]: (verb) to wait

tau₁ [tau]: (adjective) stuck-up, snobbish

tau₂ [tau]: (verb) to report, to tell tale

tau₃ [tau]: (verb) to join

tau₃^RW [tau]: (noun) bean

tau₄ [tau]: (classifier) instance, times

tau₃cheow₃ [tau-tsiau]: (noun) fermented bean paste

tau₃ eu₂ [tau-iu]: (noun) soya sauce

tau₃ eu₃ bak₃ [tau-iu-bah]: (noun) Penang Nyonya dish of pork belly in soysauce

tau₃geh₂ [tau-gɛ]: (noun) beansprout

tau₁hu₃ [tau-hu]: (noun) soft beancurd

tau₃hua₁ [tau-hua]: (noun) soyabean pudding [dessert]

tau₃ju₄ [tau-dzu]: (noun) fermented beancurd

tau₃kwah₁ [tau-kuã]: (noun) hard beancurd

tau₃pok₁ [tau-pok]: (noun) soyabean puffs

tau₁tay₄ [tau-te]: (noun) silver pomfret

tay₃ [te]: (classifier) classifier for flat pieces of items.

tay₃ {te]: (noun) earth, land

tay₄ [te]: (verb) to fill, to contain

tay₄ [te]: (adjective) short

tay₃ci₄ [te-tsi]: (noun) address

te₃ [te]: (number) ordered sequence [first, second, etc.]

te₃tek₁ [tɛ-tɛk]: (noun) nipple (Malay loanword)

te₃ya₄ [te-ia]: (noun) pocket

tee₁ [ti]: (preposition) at

tee₁ hu₃ [ti-hu]: (noun) younger brother's wife; husband's younger brother's wife; sister-in-law

tee₃see₂ [ti-si]: (time) when

teh₂ [tɛ]: (noun) tea, (when ordering drinks) tea with milk

teh₃ au₁ [tɛ-au]: (noun) tea cup

teh₃kor₄ [tɛ-kɔ]: (noun) kettle

teh₃ or₁ [tɛ-ɔ]: (noun) tea black (without milk)

teh₃ or₃ peng₁ [tɛ-ɔ-peŋ]: (noun) iced tea black (without milk)

teh₃ peng₁ [tɛ-peŋ]: (noun) iced tea (with milk)

tek₁ga₁kee₁ [tek-ga-ki]: (noun) soyabean stick, beancurd sticks

tek₁ kok₃ [tek-kɔk]: (noun) Germany

teng₁ [teŋ]: (noun) lantern, lamp

teng₁ [teŋ]: (adjective) previous

teng₃^RW [teŋ]: (verb) to sting [bee, mosquito, insects]

teng₃ [teŋ]: (verb) to nail

teng₃ [teŋ]: (adjective) hard [not soft]

teng₄ [teŋ]: (classifier) classifier for vehicles

teng₄ [teŋ]: (classifier) classifier for vehicles.

teng₁bin₃^RW [teŋ-bin]: (preposition, adverb) above

teng₁goay₄ [teŋ-goeʔ]: (adverb) last month

teng₁nie₂ [teŋ-ni]: (adverb) last year

teng₁tau₄ [teŋ-tau]: (adverb) last time, previously

teng₃thiau₃ [teŋ-t^hiau]: (noun) lamp post

tet₃pet₁ [tɛt-pɛt]: (adjective) special, exceptional

tha₃mor₂ [t^ha-mɔ]: (noun) hair [of the head]

tha₁na₁ [t^ha-na]: (time) now

thah₁ [t^haʔ]: (classifier) classifier for things in stacks such as paper and books.

thai₁ko₁ [t^hai-ko]: (noun) leprosy

thai₁ko₃ kam₁ [t^hai-ko-kam]: (noun) kaffir lime

thai₁ko₃ kam₁-eh₃ heok₁ [t^hai-ko-kam-e-hiok]: (noun) kaffir lime leaf

thai₁ kok₃ [t^hai-kɔk]: (noun) Thailand

thai₂ si₄ [t^hai-si]: (verb) to slaughter, to slay

thak₁ [t^haʔ]: (verb) to pile

thak₃ [t^haʔ]: (noun) pagoda

tham₁ [t^ham]: (verb) to desire

tham₂ [t^ham]: (noun) phlegm

tham₃phooi₃ [t^ham-p^hui]: (noun) spitoon, children's potty

thang₂ [t^haŋ]: (noun) worm, insect

thang₄ [t^haŋ]: (noun) barrel

thang₃ chee₁ [t^haŋ-tsi]: (noun) elder paternal female cousin

thang₃ ko₁ [t^haŋ-ko]: (noun) elder paternal male cousin

thang₃ moi₃ [t^haŋ-moi]: (noun) younger paternal female cousin

thang₃nga₄ [t^haŋ-ŋa]: (noun) window

thang₃nga₁por₃ [t^haŋ-ŋa-pɔ]: (noun) curtain

thang₃ tee₃ [t^haŋ-ko]: (noun) younger paternal male cousin

thark₁ [t^hak]: (verb) to read

tharn₃ [t^han]: (verb) to get something good (compare with Tiok₁)

that₃ [tat]: (verb) to kick

thau₂ [t^hau]: (noun) head

thau₂ [t^hau]: (adverb) secretly

thau₃ [t^hau]: (adjective) strong (for wind)

thau₃ceng₂ [t^hau-tseŋ]: (preposition) front

thau₃hong₁ [t^hau-hɔŋ]: (adjective) crazy

thau₃ hong₁ [t^hau-hɔŋ]: (noun) strong wind

thau₃keong₁ [t^hau-kiɔŋ]: (noun) spoon

thau₃keong₃knia₄ [t^hau-kiɔŋ-kiã]: (noun) teaspoon

thau₃khak₃ [t^hau-k^hak]: (noun) head

thau₃khak₃ wna₄ [t^hau-k^hak-uã]: (noun) crown [upper skull]

thau₃seng₁ [t^hau-seŋ]: (adverb) foremost (within a series of actions), first

thau₂ thnia₃ [t^hau-t^hiã]: (n) headache

thau₃ thek₁ [t^hau-seŋ-t^heʔ] (verb) to steal

thay₁ [t^he]: (noun) to recline

thay₃ie₄ [t^he-i]: (noun) reclining armchair

theek₃ [t^hik]: (noun) iron, steel

theek₁boh₃ [t^hik-bo]: (noun) helmet

thek₁ [t^heʔ]: (verb) to take

thek₃ hoay₃ [t^heʔ-hoe]: (verb) to collect products

thiak₃ [t^hiaʔ]: (verb) to tear

thiau₃ [t^hiau]: (noun) pole, pillar, post

thiau₃ [t^hiau]: (verb) to jump

thieu₁ [t^hiu}: (verb) to take, to draw out

thieu₃ hoek₃ [t^hiu-hoeʔ]: (verb) to take blood sample

thit₁tho₂ [t^hit-t^ho]: (verb) to play

thiu₃ kin₁ [t^hiu-kin]: (noun) muscle cramp

thnae₃ [t^hɛ̃]: (verb) to defend oneself, to ward off attack

thng₁ (often written th'ng₁) [t^hŋ]: (noun) soup

thng₂ [t^hŋ]: (noun) sugar

thng₃ [t^hŋ]: (verb) to heat up

thni₁ [t^hĩ]: (noun) sky

thni₁ [t^hĩ]: (verb) to add on

thni₃^RW [t^hĩ]: (verb) to sew

thnia₁ [t^hiã]: (verb) to hear, to listen (homophone of thniah₁)

thnia₃ [t^hiã]: (noun) ache, pain (homephone of thniah₃)

thnia₁ kong₄ [t^hiã-kɔŋ]: (adverb) reportedly, according to hear say

thniah₁ [t^hiã]: (noun) living room, lounge, reception hall (homophone of thnia₁)

thniah₃^RW [t^hiã]: (verb) to love (homophone of thnia₃)

tho₄ [t^ho]: (verb) to request, to seek, [job] to apply

thor₂ [t^hɔ]: (noun) soil

thor₃kha₁ [t^hɔ-k^ha]: (noun) floor

thor₃khor₃ [t^hɔ-k^hɔ]: (noun) company

thor₃sat₃ [t^hɔ-sat]: (noun) catfish

thua₁ [t^hua]: (verb) to drag

thuak₃ [t^huak]: (noun) drawer

thui₁ [t^hui]: (verb) to massage

thui₃ kut₃ [t^hui-kut]: (noun) massage

thuk₃ [t^huk]: (verb) rub [to erase]

ti₃lam₁ [ti-lam]: (noun) mattress (Malay loanword)

ti₃mun₃ [ti-mun]: (noun) cucumber (Malay loanword)

ti₃tu₁ [ti-tu]: (noun) spider

tia₁ [tia]: (noun) father

tiam₁ [tiam]: (noun) chopperboard

tiam₂ [tiam]: (verb) to sink

tiam₃ [tiam]: (adj) quiet (Malay loanword)

tiam₄ [tiam]: (noun) dot, (time) o'clock

tiam₁ceng₁ [tiam-tseŋ]: (time) hour

tiam₁sniah₁ [tiam-siã]: (noun) time

tiau₂ [tiau]: (classifier) for long objects that are bendy, i.e. road, thread, rope, string, etc.; (noun) dynasty

tiau₃ [tiau]: (verb) to hang

tiau₁am₃ [tiau-am]: (verb) to commit suicide by hanging

tien₃^RW [tiɛn]: (noun) electricity

tien₃hoay₄ [tiɛn-hoe]: (noun) computer

tien₃nau₄ [tiɛn-nau]: (noun) computer

tien₃si₃ki₁ [tiɛn-si-ki]: (noun) television

tien₃sni₃ [tiɛ-sĩ]: (noun) electric fan

tien₃thor₂ [tiɛn-t^hɔ]: (noun) battery

tien₃tiok₁ [tiɛn-tiok]: (adverb) definitely

tien₃wa₃ [tiɛn-ua]: (noun) telephone, (verb) to phone

tim₃ [tim]: (verb) to throw, to toss

tim₃ba₁ [tim-ba]: (noun) pail (Malay loanword)

tin₁ [tin]: (noun) tin, can

tiok₁ [tiok]: (adjective) to be correct, to be right

tiok₁ [tiok]: (verb suffix) to get, to receive (used with a main verb)

tiok₃boek₃ [tiok-boek]: (auxiliary verb) must, have to

tiok₃ chiam₂ [tiok-ts^hiam]: (verb) to be stabbed, to be pricked

tiok₃chnae₃knia₁ [tiok-ts^hɛ̃-kiã]

tiok₃ kam₄ [tiok-kam]: (verb) to catch a cold

tiok₃ kuak₃ [tiok-kuak]: (verb) to get a cut

tiok₃ lau₄ [tiok-lau]: (verb) to get cheated

tiok₃ long₃ [tiok-loŋ]: (verb) to get hit by a vehicle

tiok₃ phah₃ [tiok-p^haʔ]: (verb) to get beaten up

tiok₃ sio₁ [tiok-sio]: (verb) to get burnt

tiok₃ siong₁ [tiok-siɔŋ]: (verb) to get injured

tiok₃ teng₃ [tiok-teŋ]: (verb) to get stung

tiok₃ that₃ [tiok-t^hat]: (verb) to get kicked, to be blocked [as in the sink]

tiok₃ thng₃^RW [tiok-tŋ]: (verb) to be scalded

tiong₁ [tiɔŋ]: (adjective) medium, middle, moderate

tiong₃hong₁ [tiɔŋ-hɔŋ]: (noun) stroke [disease]

Tiong₃ Kok₃ [tiɔŋ-kɔk]: (noun) China

tiong₃ng₁ [tiɔŋ-ŋ]: (adverb) in the middle, centre

tnee₁ [tĩ]: (adjective) sweet

tnee₃jio₃^RW [tĩ-dzio]: (noun) diabetes

tnee₃ kuih₄ [tĩ-koe]: (noun) Sticky Nyonya pastry

tniau₃ [tiãu]: (noun) parents' sisters' husbands; uncles

tniau₃ kong₁ [tiãu-kɔŋ]: (noun) grandfathers' sisters' husband; grand uncle

tniau₃ lang₂ [tiãu-laŋ]: (noun) wife's father; father-in-law

tniau₃ mm₄ [tiãu-m]: (noun) wife's mother; mother-in-law

tng₁ [tŋ]: (verb) to spy

tng₂ [tŋ]: (noun) intestine

tng₂ [tŋ]: (adjective) long [measurement]

tng₃ [tŋ]: (verb) to pawn

Tng₃ Snua₁ [tŋ-suã]: (noun) China

tnia₃ [tiã]: (verb) to place an order

tnia₄ [tiã]: (noun) wok

tnui₄ [tuĩ]: (verb) to go home

tnui₄ lai₂ [tuĩ-lai]: (verb) to return

to₄ [to]: to lie down, to recline, to collapse

to₃long₃ [tɔ-lɔŋ]: (adverb) please (Penang Hokkien word adopted from Malay)

to₁thau₃peng₄ [to-t^hau-peŋ]: (verb) to overturn; (adjective) upside down

toay₃ [toe]: (verb) to follow

toh₁ [to]: (noun) knife

toh₃ [to]: (verb) to pour

toh₄ [to]: (verb) to collapse

toh₁chiu₄ [to-tsiu]: (preposition) left side

tok₁ cit₃-leh₂? [tok-tsit-le]: (phrase) "which one?"

tok₃ si₃ [tok-si]: (verb) is/are

tok₁teng₄ [tok-teŋ]: (noun) table

tok₁teng₁por₃ [tok-teŋ-pɔ]: (noun) table mat

tong₃^RW [tɔŋ]: (verb) to touch

tong₃kat₃ [tɔŋ-kat]: (noun) walking stick

tong₃kim₁ [tɔŋ-kim]: (adverb) now

tong₃kat₃ [tɔŋ-kat]: (noun) walking stick (Malay loanword)

tor₃^RW [tɔ]: (noun) intestine

tor₃cai₂ [tɔ-tsai]: (noun) bellybutton

tu₂ [tu]: (noun) cupboard

tu₃ [tu]: (noun) chopsticks

tu₁ku₁ [tu-ku]: (adjective) drowsy

tu₁lak₁ (particle) [tu-lak]: particle that corresponds to "then", "some more", "too" and "also", see also pu₁lak₁. (from "pula", Malay loanword)

tu₁ [tu]: (noun) pig

tu₁ho₄ [tu-ho]: (adverb) coincidentally

tu₁tu₁ho₄ [tu-tu-ho]: (adverb) precisely

tu₃knua₁ [tu-kuã]: (noun) pig liver

tu₃knua₃ ang₂ [tu-kuã-aŋ]: (adjective) maroon

tua₁ [tua]: (particle) particle to form the continuous tense ("in the midst of")

tua₃^RW [tua]: (noun) tract, pipe, hose; (verb) to live, to stay, to be located; (adjective) big

tua₃bart₁ [tua-bak]: (noun) bigeye scad

tua₃bor₄ [tua-bɔ]: (noun) main wife

tua₃ chee₄ [tua-tsi]: (noun) form of address for eldest sister

tua₃han₃ [tua-han]: (adjective) grown up

tua₃ ko₁ [tua-ko]: (noun) form of address for eldest brother

tua₃kor₁ [tua-pɛk]: (noun) father's eldest brother's wife

tua₃lang₂ [tua-laŋ]: (noun) adult, grown-up

tua₃pek₁ [tua-pɛk]: (noun) father's eldest brother

tua₃pek₁kong₁ [tua-pɛk-kɔŋ]: (noun) paternal grandfather's eldest brother; Tua₃ Pek₁ Kong₁ is the Taoist god of prosperity

tua₃ pnua₂ [tua-puã]: (noun) dish, serving plate, platter

tua₃ thau₃keong₁ [tua-t^hau-kiɔŋ]: (noun) tablespoon

tua₃la₁ [tua-la]: (noun) towel

tua₃liap₃ chang₁ [tua-liap]: (noun) big onion

tua₃ larn₃pha₁ [tua-lan-p^ha]: (noun) hernia

tua₁ lau₂ [tua-lau]: (verb) to be hospitalized

tua₃ pui₂ [tua-pui]: (noun) fatso, fatty

Tua₃ Snua₃ Kha₁ [tua-suã-k^ha]: (noun) Bukit Mertajam

tua₃ tee₁ [tua-ti]: (prep) to be located at

tua₃-tua₃ [tua-tua]: (adverb) adverb for big

tua₃-tua₃ sniah₁ [tua-tua-siã]: (adverb) loudly

tua₃ wna₁kong₁ [tua-uã-kɔŋ]: (noun) tureen

tui₁ [tui]: (verb) to chase

tui₂ [tui]: (verb) to pound

tui₃ [tui]: (classifier) classifier for groups of people; (noun) team, group

tun₁ [tun]: (particle) particle that corresponds to "also", see also pun₁. (from "pun", Malay loanword)

u₃lam₁ [u-lam]: (noun) Malay/Nyonya traditional salad

u₁lu₄ [u-lu]: (adjective) rural

uh₃^RW [u]: (phrase) there is/are; (verb) to have, it forms the negative (not have) using boh₂; got

uh₃ boh₂ [u-bo]: (expression) is there?

uh₃ looi₁ [u-lui]: (adjective) wealthy, rich

uh₃nya₄ [u-ĩa]: (adjective) true

uh₃seh₃ [u-se]: (adjective) brazen, audacious

ut₃ [ut]: (verb) to iron

ut₁cut₃ [ut-tsut]: (adjective) moody, awkward looking, out of place

ut₁tau₄ [ut-tau]: (noun) clothes iron

ut₃tiok₁ [ut-tiok]: (noun) sprain

wa₂ [ua]: (verb) to draw

wa₃^RW [ua]: (noun) language, word

wa₄ [ua]: (pronoun) I (first person singular, alternative spelling for wah)

wah₄ [ua]: (pronoun) I (first person singular), alternative spelling for wa

wah₃ [ua]: (interjection) declaration of surprise and/or awe

wah₁lang₂ [ua-laŋ]: (pronoun) we (first person plural)

wak₁ [uaʔ]: (adjective) alive

wan₃cuan₂ [uan-tsuan]: (adverb, pronoun) all

wan₃snui₁ [uan-su&297;]: (noun) parsley

wna₄ [uã]: (noun) bowl

wna₃^RW [uã]: (verb) to exchange, to change

wna₃^RW [uã]: (adj) late

wna₁chan₂ [uã-tsan]: (noun) tiffin carrier

wna₃ chiu₁chee₄ [uã-ts^hiu-tsi]: (verb) to be engaged

ya₂ [ia]: (noun) coconut

ya₂ [ia]: (verb) to take; also pronounced as gia₂

ya₃^RW [ia]: (verb) to scatter

ya₃kang₁ [ia-kaŋ]: (noun) centipede

ya₃soh₁ [ia-sɔ]: (noun) Jesus

yam₂ [iam]: (noun) salt

yang₃^RW [iaŋ]: (verb) to piggy back

yau₁ [iau]: (adjective) hungry

yio₃ [io]: (verb) to shake

yio₃na₂ [io-na]: (noun) cradle, cot

yong₃ [iɔŋ]: (verb) to use

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