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A1
* FORK IN A ROUTE
su4 a1 = fork in the branches of a tree
* CROTCH
* USED WITH A GIVEN NAME TO IMPLY FAMILIARITY
a1-Min2 = Min (boy's name)
a1-Moi2 = Moi (girl's name)
a1-ba1 = father
a1-ma1 = mother
a1-gung1 = grandfather (paternal)
a1-po2 = grandmother (paternal)
a1-go1 = older brother
a1-jia3 = older sister
a1-moi4 = when addressing a child (used of both boys and girls sometimes)
a1-bak5 = older paternal uncle, used as a reference for men older than one's father
a1-suk5 = younger paternal uncle, used as a reference for men younger than one's father
a1-ngiong2 = wife of a1-bak5 - aunt used of women (or whose spouse is) older than one's father
a1-suk5-me1 = wife of a1-suk5 - aunt used of women (or whose spouse is) younger than one's father
A3
* DUMB; UNABLE TO SPEAK
a3-ma3 = dumb female
a3-moi4 = dumb girl
a3-tsai3 = dumb male
lung1 dap5 a3 = deaf and dumb
* HERE YOU ARE
a3! brusk way of saying 'Here you are!'
AI1
* TO LEAN AGAINST
ai1 den4 = leaning against
AI2
* THAT
ai3-tsak5 = that one
AI3
* SHORT
ai3-ma4 = short woman
ai3-tsai1 = short man
AI4
* THAT (THING OVER THERE)
ai4 tsak5 dung1 si1 = that thing over there
AK5
* BRACELET
su3 ak5 = bracelet
ngiuk6 ak5 = jade bracelet
gim1 ak = gold bracelet
AM4
* DARK
am4 mo1 mo1 = dark
am4 man1 sin2 = night time, evening
* TO RAISE BEANSPROUTS
am4 tdiu4 nga2 = to raise beansprouts
ANG1
* BOTTLE
ang1 gung1 = bottle
ang1 gung1 bad5 tdiu2 = bottles and bowls = crockery
pu2 lu2 ang1 tang1 = pots and pans
bo1 li1 ang1 = glass bottle
AO3
* BEND OR BREAK
ao3 tai2 = to break twigs for fire wood
ao3 tsen1 pang2 = a fishing mechanism using a net suspended from a frame
AO4
* TO ARGUE
ao4 gao1 = to have an argument
ao4 giang3 = to answer back or be argumentative
* PASSAGE BETWEEN TWO HILLS; PLACE
sak6 tung1 ao4 = Shek Chung O = Border pass in HK's New Territories
AP5
* DUCK
ap5 ma1 = duck (female)
ap5 gung = drake = male duck
ap5 tsai3 = ducklings
fan1 ap5 = a type of domesticated duck
sao1 ap5 = roasted duck
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