Taishanese	IPA	Cantonese	Mandarin	English	Notes
伙记	fɔ55 gi33	伙记	伙计	shop assistant, waiter
企枱	ki33 hɔ215	企枱	餐馆服务员	waiter, waitress
小贩	ɬiau55 fan55	小贩	小贩	peddler, hawker, street vendor
警察	gein55 tsat55	警察	警察	policeman, cop
巡更	tun22 gaŋ33	巡更	巡	to patrol
兵	bein33	兵	兵	soldier
当兵	ɔŋ33 bein33	当兵	当兵	to become a soldier
兵仔壳	bein33 dɔi55 hɔk215	兵仔	小兵	(disdain) low rank soldier, small potatoes
斩头	dzam55 həu225	斩头	砍头	to behead
大力	ai32 lɛt325	抬棺材的	抬棺材的	coffin bearer
师姑	ɬu33 gu33(5)	师姑	尼姑	nun
斋姑	tsai33 gu335	师姑	尼姑	nun
喃巫	nam22 mu225	喃巫	跳神的	shaman, sorcerer
庙祝公	miau32 dzək55 gəŋ335	庙祝公	庙祝	temple curator
老举	lɔu55 gui55	老举	妓女	prostitute
老举寨	lɔu55 gui55 dzai32	鸡窦	妓院	brothel
贼	tak32	贼	贼	robber, bandit
贼佬	tak32 lɔu55	贼佬	贼	robber, bandit
偷	həu33	偷	偷	to steal
抢	tiaŋ55	抢	抢	to rob
烂仔	lan32 dɔi55	烂仔	流氓	gangster, hoodlum
呃	ŋak55	呃	骗	to cheat
监犯	gam33 fan325	监趸	犯人	prisoner
拐子佬	gai55 du55 lɔu55	拐子佬	拐子	kidnapper
小生	ɬiau55 saŋ33	小生	小生	actor taking role of a hero
武生	mu21 saŋ33	武生	武生	actor playing role of a militant young man.
讲口	gɔŋ55 həu55	夸口	夸口	to boast, to brag
托大脚	hɔk33 ai32 giak33	刷鞋	拍马屁	to flatter obsequiously
口多	həu55 ɔ33	口多	多嘴	to speak more than one should, to gab
顶颈	ein55 giaŋ55	顶颈	顶嘴	to contradict a senior, to talk back defiantly
驳嘴	bɔk33 dui55	驳嘴	还嘴	to talk back
拗颈	niu55 giaŋ55	拗颈	斗嘴	to squabble, to be angry
弹	han22	弹	批评	to criticize
*	dai33	(缔)	挖苦	to ridicule sarcastically
笑	ɬiau33	笑	笑	to laugh
笑	ɬiau33	笑	取笑	to tease, to make fun of, to poke fun at, to ridicule
讲舌	gɔŋ55 siat32(5)	讲是非	讲是非	to gossip about the failings of others
学是非	hɔk32 si32 fi33	学是非	学舌	to tell tales, to report malicious stories
造	dɔu32	作	捏造	to fabricate, to make up, to concoct, to invent
搅是非	gɔu55 si32 fi33	搅是非	挑拨是非	to stir up trouble, to incite
惹	ŋia55	惹	惹	to provoke, to attract (something undesirable)
赖	lai32	赖	赖	to blame others for one's own mistake
烂口	lan32 həu55	烂口	讲粗话	using bad words, profanity-filled
劝	hun33	劝	劝	to persuade, to advise, to comfort
就	diu32	就	迁就	to accommodate, to yield, to make a compromise, to adapt
让	ŋiaŋ32	让	迁就	to accommodate, to yield, to make a compromise, to adapt
睇唔起	hai55 m22 hi55	睇唔起	看不起	to look down upon
瞒紧	mɔŋ22 gin55	瞒住	瞒住	to conceal (something from somebody)
假冒	ga55 mɔu32	假冒	假冒	to assume an identity falsely
得罪	ak55 dui32	得罪	得罪	to offend people
带坏	ai33 vai32	带坏	诱坏	to lead astray, rub bad habits on an innocent companion, to badly influence, to mislead
误	m32	误	耽误	to cause opportunity loss	Example: 佢误a个仔 He caused the lost of opportunity for his son (by preventing his son from doing something).
害	hɔi32	害	害	to harm, to hurt, to cause opportunity loss
阻住	dzɔ55 dzi32	阻住	阻	to impede
*	ha33	(虾)	欺负	to bully, to take advantage of
欺负	hi33 fu32	欺负	欺负	to bully, to take advantage of
冤枉	yɔn33 vɔŋ55	冤枉	冤枉	to do injustice to, to accuse falsely
监	gam33(5)	监	逼	to compel, to force
霸	ba33	霸	霸占	to keep for oneself, to seize
又...又剩	yiu32 sein32	又...又剩	等等	et cetera, etc.	Somewhat resentful, i.e. 佢又话洗地又剩 He said that he would wash the floor etc. (but had done nothing)
截(住)	dɛt32 (dzi32)	截(住)	截(住)	to intercept, to stop
争第先	dzaŋ33 ai32 ɬein33	㧬	争先	to wedge in, to crowd into the line, to fight to get ahead
打交	a55 gɔu215	打交	打架	to fight, to fist fight; fighting
闹交	nɔu32 gɔu215	闹交	吵架	quarrel
畀偌打	i55 niak55 a55	畀人打	被打	to get beaten
*	vun33	wan	关	to imprison, to put into a cage
认错	ŋin32 tɔ33	认错	认错	to admit one's wrong
招啊咯	dziau33 a33 lɔ55	认咗啦	招认了	had confessed, had admitted guilt
商量	siaŋ33 liaŋ33	商量	商量	to discuss, to consult
求	kiu22	求	求	to beg, to ask
学	hɔk32	学	学	to study, to learn
学	hɔk32	学	模仿	to imitate
应承	yein33 sein22	应承	承若	to promise
靠	kəu33	靠	靠	to rely on, to depend on
打数	a55 su33	谂住	算计	to assume, to take into account
帮	bɔŋ33	帮	帮	to help
保护	bɔu55 vu32	保护	保护	to protect, to defend
救	giu33	救	救	to rescue, to save
顾住	gu33 dzi32	顾住	提防	beware of, to take care of, to pay attention to
睇紧	hai55 gin55	睇实	照顾	to look after, to watch out for, to keep an eye on
服侍	fək32 ɬu32	服侍	侍候	to attend on, to care for, to wait on
刻薄	hak55 bɔk32(5)	刻薄	苛刻	harsh, unkind; to mistreat, to pay very little to one's employee
报答	bɔu33 ap55	报答	报答	to reciprocate, to repay (kindness), to requite
报仇	bɔu33 siu22	报仇	报仇	to revenge
见	gein33	见	见	to meet with
撞见	dzɔŋ32 gein33	撞见	碰见	to run into, to meet by chance
碰见	pəŋ32 gein33	碰见	碰见	to run into, to meet by chance
喊佢来	ham33 kui33 lɔi22	叫佢来	叫他来	to summon (him/her), to ask him/her to come
使佢来	sɔi55 kui33 lɔi22	叫佢来	叫他来	to summon (him/her), to ask him/her to come
使人去	sɔi55 ŋin22 hui33	叫人去	叫人去	to send for, to send somebody to
托	hɔk33	托	托	to entrust; to hold up (with one's shoulder or palm)
带	ai33	带	带	to lead
带	ai215	带	带子	belt, band, ribbon
等	aŋ55	等	等	to wait for
畀	i55	畀	给	to give to
唔攞	m22 hɔ55	唔攞	不拿	to decline
攞	hɔ55	攞	接受	to accept
赔	pɔi22	赔	赔偿	to compensate
传	tun22	传	传	to hand down, to pass on
传家宝	tun22 ga33 bɔu55	传家宝	传家宝	family heirloom
一代传一代	yit55 ɔi32 tun22 yit55 ɔi32	一代传一代	一代一代往下传	to pass on one generation after another
选	ɬun55	选	选	to elect
拣	gan55	拣	拣	to pick, to choose, to compare
开会	hɔi33 vɔi215	开会	开会	to hold a meeting
散会	ɬan33 vɔi325	散会	散会	meeting adjourned; to dismiss a meeting
受私	siu32 ɬu33(5)	受贿	受贿	to accept a bribe
告	gɔu33	告	告	to sue
告状	gɔu33 dzɔŋ325	告状	告状	to sue, to bring a lawsuit against
搜身	ɬəu55 sin33	搜身	搜身	to do a body search, to search
审	sim55	审	审案	to try a case, to judge
有罪	yiu33 dui32	有罪	有罪	guilty
落刑	lɔk32 yein22	落刑	用刑	to use torture
坐监	tɔ33 gam33	坐监	坐牢	to be imprisoned, to go to jail
监犯	gam33 fan325	监犯	监犯	prisoner, inmate
追	dzui33	追	追	to pursue; to court (girl)
杀人	sat33 ŋin22	杀人	杀人	to murder; murder
放火	fɔŋ33 fɔ55	放火	放火	to commit arson; arson
强奸	kiaŋ22 gan33	强奸	强奸	to rape; rape
犯法	fan32 fat55	犯法	犯法	to violate the law, to commit a crime
吓	hak33	吓	吓	to scare, to frighten, to intimidate
唔好手脚	m22 hɔu55 siu55 giak33	手脚唔干净	手脚不太干净	(person) prone to steal
告	gɔu33	告	告	to report misbehavior to (authority/teacher/parents)
回报	vɔi22 bɔu33	回报	回报	pay back, in return
使	sɔi55	使	用	to spend (money), to use, to send
留	liu22	留	留	to keep
试(下)	si33 (ha21)	试(下)	试(下)	to try
准备	dzun55 bi32	准备	准备	to prepare
窉埋	biaŋ33 mɔi22	窉埋	藏起来	to hide (things)
漏	ləu32	漏	漏	to leave behind, (fluid) to leak	Example: 我漏a部手机到餐馆 I left behind my cell phone at the restaurant. 间屋漏水 (The roof of) my home leaks.
限	han32	限	限	to limit
趁(机会)	tsin33 (gi33 vɔi32)	趁(机会)	趁(机)	to take the opportunity, to take advantage of
感情	gam55 tein22	感情	感情	feelings
愁	sǝu22	愁	发愁	to be sad
笑	liau33	笑	笑	to laugh
阴功	yim33 gəŋ33(5)	阴功	惨	tragic, grievous
欢喜	fɔn33 hi55	欢喜	高兴	glad, happy
安乐	ɔn33 lɔk32	安乐	安乐	joyful, at ease
得意	(d)ak55 yi33	得意	(小孩)可爱/自得	(children) cute; self-satisfied
宜得	ŋi22 ak33	宜得	巴不得	to long for
可怜	hɔ55 lein22	可怜	可怜	to pity; piteous
尊重	dun33 dzəŋ32	尊重	尊重	to respect
唔抵得	m22 ai55 ak33	唔抵得	看不惯/顶不住	cannot stand, not able to endure, to envy
呷醋	hap33 tu33	呷醋	妒忌	to envy, to be jealous	Literally 'to sip vinegar.'
妒忌	u32 gi32	妒忌	妒忌	to envy, to be jealous
唔钟意	m22 dzəŋ33 yi33	唔钟意	不喜欢	to dislike, to reject
讨厌	hɔu55 yiam33	讨厌	讨厌	to strongly dislike, to reject
憎	daŋ33	憎	恨	to hate
厌	siam33	厌	厌	get tired of; too much	Example: 吃到厌 ate too much
悔恨	fɔi55 han32	悔恨	后悔	to regret
做差a	du33 tsa33 ə33	做差咗	做得不好	have not done properly, not well done
怕	pa33	怕	怕	to fear, to be afraid of
吓紧	hak33 gin55	吓嚫	受惊	to be frighten	Example: 吓紧吱么? [hak33 gin55 dzi55 mɔ21] Frighten?
吓死	hak33 ɬi55	吓死	吓死	to be stunned
得人怕	ak55 ŋin22 pa33	得人惊	可怕	frightful, terrible, horrible
出奇	tsut55 ki22(5)	奇怪	奇怪	to feel strange
怕丑	pa33 tsiu55	怕丑	害羞	bashful, shy
唔怕丑	m22 pa33 tsiu55	唔知丑	无耻	shameless
丢架	iau33 ga215	丢架	丢脸	disgraced, losing face
丑	tsiu55	丑	惭愧	to be ashamed
惭愧	tam22 ki33(5)	惭愧	惭愧	to be ashamed
恶过	ɔk33 gɔ33(5)	伤心	难过	sad, distressed
好心机	hɔu55 ɬim33 gi33(5)	好心机	耐心	have patience, patient
受气	siu21 hi33	受气	委屈	grievance
忍	ŋin33	忍	忍(受)	to bear, to endure
毋世做	mɔu33 sai33 du335	无所事事	无所事事	bore, there's nothing to do
唔得过日	mak33 gɔ33 ŋit21	闷到抽筋	无聊死了	bored to death	Assimilation: [m22 ak33] → [mak33]
清静	tein33 dein32	清静	宁静	peaceful, quiet
担心	am33 ɬim33	担心	担心	to be worried; to worry
放心	fɔŋ33 ɬim33	放心	放心	to relax,  to be free from anxiety
感动	gam55 əŋ32	感动	感动	to be moved, moving, inspired
感激	gam55 gɛt55	感激	感激	to be grateful
多谢	ɔ33 dia32	多谢	谢谢	to be thankful; 'Thank you!'
轻轻	hiaŋ32 hiaŋ215	轻轻	轻轻	carefully, lightly, quietly, slowly
差心肝	tsai55 ɬim33 gɔŋ33	偏心	偏心	partial to
狼心乸	lɔŋ22 ɬim33 na55		狠心娘	(expletive) She-wolf
享福	hiaŋ55 fək55	享福	享福	to enjoy life, to live comfortably
意见	yi33 gein33	意见	意见	opinion
意思	yi33 ɬu33	意思	意思	intention
计	gai325	计	计	idea	Verb: [gai33] to calculate; Noun [gai215] idea
本心	bɔn55 ɬim33	本心	良心	conscience, the conscience to repay favor
明白	mein22 bak32	明白	明白	to understand, to be clear
明白事理	mein22 bak32 ɬu32 li21	明白事理	明白	reasonable, sensible, of understanding
想着	liaŋ55 dziak32	谂起	想起	to recollect, to remember, to become aware of
醒悟	ɬein55 m32	醒悟	醒悟	to come to realize, to wake up to
谂	nam55	谂	想	to think, to consider
记得	gi33 ak33	记得	记得	to remember, to realize, to recall
打并数	a55 bein32 su33	打定数	打算	to plan to
估	gu55	估	猜	to guess, to speculate
思疑	ɬu33 ŋi22	思疑	怀疑	to suspect, to fancy
信	ɬin33	信	信	to believe, to trust
挂	ka33	挂	挂	to hang (something)
挂	ka33	挂	想念	to miss, to long for, to worry
唔记得	m22 gi33 ak33	唔记得	忘记	to forget
认得	ŋin32 ak33	认得	认得	to recognize
记紧	gi33 gin55	记实	记住	to commit to memory, to keep in mind
心散	ɬim33 ɬan55	心散	注意力分散	distracted, unable to concentrate
散心	ɬan55 ɬim33	散心	散心	to take a leave from work
想攞	ɬiaŋ55 hɔ55	想要	想要	to want
睇出	hai55 tsut55	睇出	看出来	to perceive, to see through
睇穿	hai55 tsun33	睇穿	看破	to see through
应该	yein33 gɔi335	应该	应该	ought to, should
应份	yein33 fun325	应份	份内	to be obligated to, ought to
值	dzɛt32	值	值得	is worthy of
会	vɔi21	会	会	to be possible to; to know how to, will	Example: 会落水 It may rain. 我会去 I will go.
肯	haŋ55	肯	愿意	to agree to, to be willing to
敢	gam55	敢	敢	to dare to, to be brave enough to
情愿	tein22 ŋun32(5)	情愿	情愿	to prefer to, to be willing to
唔想	m22 liaŋ55	唔想	不想	not willing to
耳灵	ŋi55 liaŋ22(5)	耳利	耳尖	quick of hearing
悭	han33	悭	省	thrifty, frugal; to save (money, utility, time, etc.)