| Taishanese | IPA | Cantonese | Mandarin | English | Notes |
| 社会 | sia21 vɔi225 | 社会 | 社会 | society, community | |
| 城 | siaŋ22/siaŋ225 | 城/台城 | 城/台城 | town/Taishan City | Noun: [siaŋ22] a town; [siaŋ225] Taishan City (the capital of Taishan). Literal [sein22]; Colloquial [siaŋ22]. |
| 城基 | siaŋ22 gi21 | 城墙 | 城墙 | city wall | |
| 城门 | siaŋ22 mɔn22 | 城门 | 城门 | gates (of a walled city) | |
| 入城 | yip32 siaŋ225 | 入城 | 进城 | to go into town | |
| 城隍庙 | sein22 vɔŋ22 miau325 | 城隍庙 | 城隍庙 | city temple | |
| 路 | lu32 | 路 | 路 | road, street | |
| 街 | gai21 | 街 | 街 | street | typically smaller than 路 |
| 马路 | ma21 lu32 | 马路 | 马路 | road, street | major roads in town |
| 行(路) | haŋ22 (lu32) | 行(路) | 走路 | to walk on foot | |
| 起路 | hi55 lu32 | 起路 | 筑路 | to build a road | |
| 三丫路 | ɬam33 a21 lu32 | 三叉路 | 三叉路 | forked road | |
| 十字路 | sip32 du32 lu32 | 十字路 | 十字路 | crossroads | |
| 十字路口 | sip32 du32 lu32 hǝu55 | 十字路口 | 十字路口 | crossroads (the crossing point) | |
| 路口 | lu32 hǝu55 | 路口 | 路口 | entrance to a road/street | |
| 街口 | gai21 hǝu55 | 街口 | 街口 | entrance to a road/street | |
| 骑楼 | kia22 lǝu225 | 骑楼 | 骑楼 | Qilou | Qilou is a building style that street level storefronts are uniformly set back to create stretches of continuous covered corridors to shield the pedestrians from the sun and rain. |
| 骑楼底 | kia22 lǝu22 ai55 | 骑楼底 | 人行道 | sidewalk | Literally 'under the Qilou.' |
| 过街 | gɔ33 gai21 | 过街 | 过街 | to cross the street | |
| 旅街 | lui21 gai215 | 去街 | 上街 | to go shopping, to take a walk in town | |
| 去街 | hui33 gai215 | 去街 | 上街 | to go shopping, to take to the street | |
| 巷 | hɔŋ32(5) | 巷 | 巷 | lane, alley | |
| 倔头巷 | gut32 hǝu22 hɔŋ325 | 倔头巷 | 死巷 | dead end alley | |
| 乡下 | hiaŋ33 ha325 | 乡下 | 乡下 | countryside | |
| 田基 | hein22 gi21 | 田基 | raised pathways dividing rice paddies | ||
| 路仔 | lu32 dɔi55 | 路仔 | 小路 | path | |
| 桥 | kiau22 | 桥 | 桥 | bridge | |
| 过桥 | gɔ33 kiau22 | 过桥 | 过桥 | to cross the bridge | |
| 村 | tun21 | 村 | 村庄 | village | |
| 村口 | tun21 hǝu225 | 村口 | 村口 | village entrance | |
| 渡口 | bu32 hǝu225 | 渡口 | 渡口 | ferry crossing | |
| 天桥 | hein33 kiau22 | 天桥 | 天桥 | overpass | 天桥 [hein33 kiau225] is a popular shopping destination in Taishan. |
| 墟 | hui21 | 墟 | 市集 | market, country market, market-town | |
| 国家 | gɔk55 ga33 | 国家 | 国家 | country, nation | |
| 政府 | dzein33 fu55 | 政府 | 政府 | government | |
| 人民 | ŋin22 min22 | 人民 | 人民 | people | |
| 亡国 | mɔŋ22 gɔk55 | 亡国 | 亡国 | destruction of a nation | |
| 亡国奴 | mɔŋ22 gɔk55 nu22 | 亡国奴 | 亡国奴 | one whose country was destroyed | |
| 卖国 | mai32 gɔk55 | 卖国 | 卖国 | to betray one's country | |
| 卖国贼 | mai32 gɔk55 tak32 | 卖国贼 | 卖国贼 | betrayer of one's country | |
| 汉奸 | hɔn33 gan335 | 汉奸 | 汉奸 | betrayer of one's country | |
| 党 | ɔŋ55 | 党 | 党 | party, association | |
| 国旗 | gɔk55 ki22 | 国旗 | 国旗 | national flag | |
| 州 | dziu33 | 州 | 州 | state (in the US) | |
| 郡 | gun32 | 郡 | 郡 | county (in the US) | |
| 省 | saŋ55 | 省 | 省 | province | |
| 市 | si215 | 市 | 市 | city | |
| 县 | yɔn325 | 县 | 县 | county (in China) | |
| 税 | sui33 | 税 | 税 | tax | |
| 抽税 | tsǝu33 sui33 | 抽税 | 抽税 | to tax | |
| 纳税 | nap32 sui33 | 纳税 | 纳税 | to pay tax | |
| 纳税人 | nap32 sui33 ŋin22 | 纳税人 | 纳税人 | tax payer | |
| 缴粮 | giau55 liaŋ22 | 纳粮 | 交公粮 | to pay agricultural tax payment-in-grain) | |
| 做官 | du33 gɔn33 | 做官 | 做官 | to be a public office | |
| 平民 | pein22 min22 | 平民 | 平民 | civilian | |
| 社团 | sia21 hɔn22 | 社团 | 社团 | social organization | |
| 选举 | ɬun55 gui55 | 选举 | 选举 | elections | |
| 团结 | hɔn22 gɛt55 | 团结 | 团结 | to unite | |
| 沾米 | tsiam33 mai55 | 沾米 | 粘米 | long-grained nonglutinous rice | Thought to be the colloquial form of 粘米. In the Pearl River Delta, 米(rice) defaults to 沾米, and 沾米 is used mostly to contrast with 糯米(sticky rice, the other major type of rice). |