Cifu Cantonese – Ranks 1001–2000

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Hong Kong Cantonese terms ranked 1001–2000 by corpus frequency.

Sourced from Cifu: a frequency lexicon for Hong Kong Cantonese.

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Cantonese

Jyutping

English

緊要

gan2jiu3

important

裡面

leoi5min6

inside/interior

交

gaau1

to hand over/to deliver/to pay (money)/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)

槍

coeng1

gun/firearm/rifle/spear

激動

gik1dung6

to excite/to agitate/exciting

毫無

hou4mou4

not in the least/none whatsoever/completely without

自

zi6

from/self/oneself/since

一張

jat1zoeng1

sheet

尾

mei5

tail/a reprisal/bad consequences/loose ends

#10

無錯

mou4co3

noerror

#11

要求

jiu1kau4

to request/to require/to stake a claim/to ask/to demand

#12

互相

wu6soeng1

each other/mutually/mutual

#13

地點

dei6dim2

place/site/location/venue

#14

右手

jau6sau2

right-hand

#15

活動

wut6dung6

to exercise/to move about/to operate/activity/loose/shakey/active/movable/maneuver/to use connections

#16

記住

gei3zyu6

to remember

#17

戴

daai3

to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)/to respect/to bear/to support/surname Tai

#18

動物

dung6mat6

animal

#19

計劃

gai3waak6

plan/project/program/to plan/to map out

#20

外

ngoi6|oi6

outside/in addition/foreign/external

#21

生命

sang1ming6

life/living/biological

#22

豆

dau6|dau2

bean/pea/CL:粒[nāp]

#23

本

bun2

roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/(classifier for books, periodicals, files etc)

#24

流

lau4

to flow/to disseminate/to circulate or spread/to move or drift/to degenerate/to banish or send into exile/stream of water or sth resembling one/class, rate or grade/unreal, false, "fake"

#25

班房

baan1fong2

classroom/jail (Mandarin)

#26

咀

zeoi2

to kiss

#27

屍體

si1tai2

dead body/corpse/carcass

#28

全

cyun4

all/whole/entire/every/complete/a surname

#29

安慰

on1wai3

to comfort/to console

#30

事情

si6cing4

affair/matter/thing/business

#31

關心

gwaan1sam1

to care for sth/caring/concerned

#32

片

pin3|pin2

thin piece/flake/a slice/film/TV play/to slice/to carve thin/partial/incomplete/one-sided/classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water/classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc (Mandarin)/used with numeral 一[yāt]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc/a blade/to fight/to compete/to be rivals/a bribe, protection money, paid to an official

#33

即

zik1

namely/that is/i.e./prompt/at once/at present/even if/prompted (by the occasion)/to approach/to come into contact/to assume (office)/to draw near

#34

一般

jat1bun1

same/ordinary/common/general/generally/in general

#35

王

wong4

king/surname Wong

#36

伸手

san1sau2

to hold out a hand/to ask for sth

#37

發覺

faat3gok3

to find/to detect/to discover

#38

完成

jyun4sing4

complete/accomplish/perfect tense (grammar)

#39

屬於

suk6jyu1

classified as/to belong to/to be part of

#40

按

on3

to press (with the hand)/to push/to control/to restrain/to check/pressing down (brush movement in painting)/according to/in the light of

#41

背脊

bui3zek3

the back of the human body

#42

琴晚

kam4maan5

yesterday night

#43

衰

seoi1|ceoi1

to decline/to wane/to become weak or feeble/bad, irritating, useless, annoying/to be arrested or convicted of an offence/losing face

#44

真心

zan1sam1

sincere/heartfelt

#45

逼

bik1

to force (sb to do sth)/to compel/to press for/to extort/to press on towards/to press up to/to close in on/used in the place of 屄, cunt (Mandarin)

#46

杯

bui1

cup/classifier for drinks: glass, cup

#47

左邊

zo2bin1

left/the left side/to the left of

#48

他們

taa1mun4

they

#49

渣

zaa1

slag (in mining or smelting)/dregs

#50

刺激

ci3gik1

to provoke/to irritate/to upset/to stimulate/to excite/irritant

#51

公仔

gung1zai2

doll/cuddly toy

#52

想像

soeng2zoeng6

imagine/visualize

#53

口水

hau2seoi2

saliva/CL:啖[daahm]/very talkative

#54

吻

man5

kiss/mouth

#55

事實

si6sat6

a fact/the fact that

#56

小學

siu2hok6

primary school

#57

隊

deoi6

squadron/team/group/to attack/to stab/to drink, especially to drink alcohol/to eat greedily

#58

易

ji6|jik6

change/easy/simple/surname Yik

#59

腰

jiu1

waist/lower back/pocket/middle

#60

酒店

zau2dim3

wine shop/pub (public house)/hotel/restaurant

#61

零

ling4

remnant/zero

#62

叮

ding1

sting (of mosquito, bee etc)/to say repeatedly/to urge insistently/to ask repeatedly/to stick to a point/onomat. tinkling or jingling sound

#63

高潮

gou1ciu4

high tide/high water/upsurge/climax/chorus (part of a song)

#64

戰鬥

zin3dau3

to fight/to battle

#65

老婆

lou5po4

wife/a girlfriend, a steady girlfriend

#66

自從

zi6cung4

since (a time)/ever since

#67

第

dai6

(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)

#68

再見

zoi3gin3

goodbye/see you again later

#69

這

ze5

this/these/(commonly pronounced zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

#70

攪

gaau2

to disturb/to annoy/to mix/to stir

#71

派

paai3|paai1

clique/school/group/faction/to dispatch/to send/to assign/to appoint

#72

幾乎

gei1fu4

almost/nearly/practically

#73

當初

dong1co1

at that time/originally

#74

馬

maa5

horse/CL:隻[jek],匹[pāt]/a junior employee/a subordinate

#75

蛋糕

daan6gou1

cake

#76

叻

lek1

smart, bright, sharp

#77

秦

ceon4

surname Qin/Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇/abbr. for Shaanxi province 陕西

#78

舊

gau6

old/opposite: new 新/former/worn (with age)

#79

歌

go1

song

#80

行為

hang6wai4

action/conduct/behavior/activity

#81

層

cang4

layer/stratum/laminated/floor (of a building)/storey/classifier for layers/repeated/sheaf (math.)

#82

重新

cung4san1

again/once more/re-

#83

嘆

taan3

sigh/gasp/exclaim

#84

喜歡

hei2fun1

to like/to be fond of

#85

病

beng6

illness/CL:場[chèuhng]/disease/to fall ill/defect

#86

無聊

mou4liu4

bored/boring/senseless

#87

熟

suk6

cooked (of food)/ripe (of fruit)/mature (of seeds)/familiar/skilled/done

#88

認為

jing6wai4

to believe/to think/to consider/to feel

#89

首先

sau2sin1

first (of all)/in the first place

#90

當日

dong1jat6

that very day/the same day

#91

撲

pok3

to throw oneself at/to pounce on/to devote one's energies/to flap/to flutter/to dab/to pat/to bend over

#92

願意

jyun6ji3

to wish/to want/ready/willing (to do sth)

#93

大大

daai6daai6

greatly/enormously

#94

首領

sau2ling5

head/boss/chief

#95

呼

fu1

to call/to cry/to shout/to breath out/to exhale

#96

裡

leoi5|lei5

inside/internal/interior/lining/village/basic unit of city administration

#97

輕

hing1|heng1

light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in number/unstressed/neutral

#98

各位

gok3wai2

everybody (a term of address)

#99

部分

bou6fan6

part/share/section/piece

#100

文

man4

language/culture/writing/formal/literary/gentle/surname Wen

#101

簡直

gaan2zik6

simply/at all/practically

#102

放過

fong3gwo3

to let slip away

#103

或

waak6

maybe/perhaps/might/possibly/or

#104

禮物

lai5mat6

gift/present

#105

支持

zi1ci4

to be in favor of/to support/to back/support/backing/to stand by

#106

其

kei4

his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)

#107

出手

ceot1sau2

to show one's ability in offering assistance, or in finding a solution to a problem.

#108

廚房

cyu4fong4

kitchen

#109

支

zi1

to support/to sustain/to erect/to raise/branch/division/to draw money/classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

#110

甘

gam1

sweet/willing/big trouble/heavily, badly, seriously/abbr. for Gansu 甘肅 province/surname Kam

#111

大門

daai6mun4

entrance/door/gate

#112

顯得

hin2dak1

to seem/to look/to appear

#113

地面

dei6min2

floor/ground/surface

#114

客人

haak3jan4

guest

#115

伸

san1

to stretch/to extend/to beat/to hit

#116

得意

dak1ji3

cute/strange/proud of oneself/pleased with oneself/complacent

#117

情侶

cing4leoi5

sweethearts/lovers

#118

衝

cung1

dash against/of great force/towards

#119

光

gwong1

light/ray/CL:道[douh]/bright/only/merely/to use up

#120

遲

ci4

late/delayed/slow

#121

分開

fan1hoi1

to separate/to part

#122

某

mau5

some/a certain/sb or sth indefinite/such-and-such

#123

師

si1

teacher/master/expert/model/army division/(old) troops/to dispatch troops

#124

花

faa1

flower/blossom/CL:朵[dó/déu],枝[jī],紮[jaat],束[chūk],盆[pùhn],簇[chūk]/fancy pattern/florid/to spend (money, time)

#125

煮

zyu2

to cook/to boil

#126

推開

teoi1hoi1

push open

#127

傑

git6

hero/heroic

#128

含

ham4

to keep/to contain/to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)

#129

誤會

ng6wui6

to misunderstand/to mistake/misunderstanding

#130

垃圾

laap6saap3

trash/refuse/garbage

#131

理解

lei5gaai2

to comprehend/understanding/comprehension/to understand

#132

接觸

zip3zuk1

to touch/to contact/access/in touch with

#133

姊妹

zi2mui6|zi2mui2

(older and younger) sisters|1. female friends/2. women who are close friends and show loyalty to each other

#134

方便

fong1bin6

convenient/to help out/to make things easy for people/convenience/suitable/having money to spare/(euphemism) to go to the toilet

#135

令人

ling6jan4

to cause sb (to do)/to make one (feel sth)/(used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)

#136

方

fong1

square/quadrilateral/power (such as cube 立方)/classifier for square things/upright/honest/fair and square/surname Fang/direction/party (to a dispute)/one side/place/method/prescription/just/then/only then

#137

可憐

ho2lin4

pitiful/pathetic

#138

早餐

zou2caan1

breakfast

#139

駛

sai2

hasten/proceed to/sail a vessel

#140

巨龍

geoi6lung4

giant dragon

#141

六

luk6

six/6

#142

大陸

daai6luk6

mainland China (reference to the PRC)/continent/mainland/CL:個[go]

#143

沒

mut6

(negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not/drowned/to end/to die/to inundate

#144

單

daan1

bill/list/form/CL:張[jēung]/single/only/sole/odd number

#145

重

zung6|cung4|cung5

to attach importance to/important/weighty/furthermore/further/more/still/to lay stress on/discreet|repeat/again/double|heavy (in weight)/deep/heavy/serious/weight

#146

靜靜

zing6zing6

Jingjing

#147

蚊

man1

mosquito/a dollar

#148

羅

lo4

gauze/to collect/to gather/to catch/to shift/surname Luo

#149

示意

si6ji3

to hint/to indicate (an idea to sb)

#150

如此

jyu4ci2

in this way/so

#151

這樣

ze2joeng6

this (kind of, sort of)/this way/like this/such

#152

檯

toi2

desk/platform

#153

運動

wan6dung6

movement/CL: 場|场[chang3]/campaign/sports

#154

魔王

mo1wong4

archfiend

#155

山

saan1

mountain/hill/CL:座[joh]

#156

對手

deoi3sau2

opponent/adversary/match

#157

女性

neoi5sing3

the female sex/a woman

#158

鬆

sung1

loose/to loosen/to relax/to escape/to get away

#159

不安

bat1on1

unpeaceful/unstable/uneasy/disturbed/restless/worried

#160

劉

lau4

surname Lau

#161

輸

syu1

to transport/to lose

#162

漸漸

zim6zim2

gradually

#163

暫時

zaam6si4

temporary/provisional

#164

娘

noeng4

mother/young lady

#165

上前

soeng5cin4

to go forward/front upper

#166

嬸

sam2

wife of father's younger brother

#167

空間

hung1gaan1

space

#168

刻

hak1|haak1

quarter (hour)/moment/to carve/to engrave/to cut/oppressive/(classifier for short time intervals)

#169

郁

juk1

to move/elegant/surname Yuk

#170

忙

mong4

busy

#171

餵

wai3

to feed

#172

開門

hoi1mun4

open (the) door

#173

目的

muk6dik1

purpose/aim/goal/target/objective

#174

失望

sat1mong6

disappointed/to lose hope/to despair

#175

掙扎

zang1zaat3

to struggle/struggling

#176

借

ze3

to lend/to borrow/excuse/pretext/by means of/to seize (an opportunity)/to take (an opportunity)

#177

電影

din6jing2

movie/film

#178

反抗

faan2kong3

to resist/to rebel

#179

出門

ceot1mun4

to go on a journey/away from home/exit door/to go out of the door

#180

房間

fong4gaan1

room

#181

當中

dong1zung1

among/in the middle/in the center

#182

將軍

zoeng1gwan1

(army) general

#183

眼睛

ngaan5zing1

eye

#184

見過

gin3gwo3

to have seen

#185

腳步

goek3bou6

footstep/step

#186

抄

caau1

to copy/to plagiarize/to search and seize/to go/to transcribe/to take a shortcut/to search and confiscate

#187

傷心

soeng1sam1

to grieve/broken-hearted

#188

見面

gin3min6

to meet/to see sb

#189

胸

hung1

chest/bosom/heart/mind/thorax

#190

法

faat3

law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/abbr. for France

#191

扶

fu4

to support with hand/to help sb up/to help

#192

眼鏡

ngaan5geng2

spectacles/eyeglasses/CL:副[fu]

#193

擁有

jung2jau5

to have/to possess

#194

耳

ji5

ear/handle (archaeology)/and that is all (classical Chinese)

#195

夢想

mung6soeng2

to dream of/to hope in vain

#196

煩

faan4

to feel vexed/to bother/to trouble/superfluous and confusing/edgy

#197

棒

paang5

a stick/club or cudgel/smart/capable/strong/wonderful

#198

式

sik1

type/form/pattern/style

#199

自信

zi6seon3

confidence/self-confidence

#200

通常

tung1soeng4

regular/usual/ordinary/normal

#201

下來

haa6loi4

to come down/(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)/(indicates continuation from the past towards us)/to be harvested (of crops)/to be over (of a period of time)/to go among the masses (said of leaders)

#202

貼

tip1

to stick/to paste/to keep close to/to fit snugly/to subsidize/to guess/allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)/sticker

#203

食物

sik6mat6

food

#204

水晶

seoi2zing1

crystal

#205

轉

zyun2|zyun3

to convey/to forward (mail)/to transfer/to turn/to shift|to revolve/to turn/to circle about/to walk about/classifier for turns: revs/classifier for repeated actions

#206

暖

nyun5

warm

#207

兒

ji4

non-syllabic diminutive suffix/retroflex final/son

#208

盡量

zeon6loeng6

as much as possible/to the greatest extent

#209

隨時

ceoi4si4

at any time

#210

頸

geng2

neck/CL:條[tìuh]

#211

戲

hei3

drama/play/show/trick/CL:齣[chēut],場[chèuhng],臺[tòih]

#212

當年

dong1nin4

in those days/then/in those years/during that time

#213

身份

san1fan2

identity/status/capacity/dignity/position/rank

#214

疑惑

ji4waak6

(a sense of) uncertainty/to feel unsure about sth/unconvincing/to puzzle over

#215

臭

cau3

sense of smell/smell bad/stench/stink/smelly/to smell (bad)

#216

好心

hou2sam1

kindness/good intentions

#217

出來

ceot1loi4

to come out/to emerge

#218

整個

zing2go3

whole/entire/total

#219

隔

gaak3

to separate/to partition/to stand or lie between/at a distance from/after or at an interval of

#220

沉默

cam4mak6

silence/uncommunicative

#221

陌生

mak6sang1

strange/unfamiliar

#222

好人

hou2jan4

good person

#223

西

sai1

west/often used as a euphemism for the obscene term for "vagina", 閪 [hāi]/the West/Spain (abbr.)

#224

一面

jat1min6

one side

#225

九

gau2

nine/9

#226

剛才

gong1coi4

just

#227

技能

gei6nang4

skill

#228

畢業

bat1jip6

graduation/to graduate/to finish school

#229

搬

bun1

to move/to shift/to remove/to transport/fig. to apply indiscriminately/to copy mechanically

#230

嘿

hei1

hey

#231

多次

do1ci3

many times/repeatedly

#232

老實

lou5sat6

honest/sincere/open and guileless/naive

#233

壞

waai6

bad/spoiled/broken/to break down

#234

考試

haau2si3

exam

#235

死人

sei2jan4

dead person

#236

痴

ci1

imbecile/sentimental/stupid/foolish/silly

#237

身材

san1coi4

stature/build (height and weight)/figure

#238

好在

hou2zoi6

luckily/fortunately

#239

社會

se5wui2

society

#240

後來

hau6loi4

afterwards/later

#241

避開

bei6hoi1

to avoid/to evade/to keep away from

#242

輕鬆

hing1sung1

gentle/relaxed

#243

們

mun4

plural marker for pronouns and a small number of animate nouns

#244

嗄

aa2|saa3

hoarse/variant of 啊, interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer/Eh?/what?/to show realization/to stress

#245

表示

biu2si6

to express/to show/to say/to state/to indicate/to mean

#246

有關

jau5gwaan1

to have sth to do with/to relate to/related to/to concern/concerning

#247

不會

bat1wui5

improbable/unlikely/will not (act, happen etc)/not able/not having learned to do sth

#248

新聞

san1man4

news

#249

未來

mei6loi4

future/tomorrow/approaching/coming/pending

#250

主角

zyu2gok3

leading role/lead

#251

範圍

faan6wai4

range/scope/limit/extent

#252

一起

jat1hei2

in the same place/together/with/altogether (in total)

#253

意外

ji3ngoi6

unexpected/accident/mishap

#254

訓練

fan3lin6

to train/to drill/training

#255

止

zi2

to stop/to prohibit/untill

#256

另外

ling6ngoi6

additional/in addition/besides/separate/other/moreover/furthermore

#257

照

ziu3

according to/in accordance with/to shine/to illuminate/to reflect/to take (a photo)/photo/as requested/as before/to protect/to support/to back-up

#258

加

gaa1

to add/plus/abbr. for Canada 加拿大

#259

地鐵

dei6tit3

subway/metro

#260

店

dim3

inn/shop/store

#261

女生

neoi5saang1

female students

#262

自由

zi6jau4

freedom/free/liberty

#263

清

cing1

clear/distinct/quiet/just and honest/pure/to settle or clear up/to clean up or purge/Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911)

#264

哩

lei5|le1|lei1|li1

(modal final particle sim. to 呢 or 啦)/(onomat.)/see 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗 lililuoluo endless mumbling noise/see 哩哩啦啦 lililala, scattered or intermittent/mile/old form of modern 英里

#265

少年

siu3nin4

juvenile/youngster

#266

微

mei4

micro/tiny/miniature/Taiwan pr. wei2

#267

計

gai3

to calculate/to compute/to count/to regard as important/to plan/ruse/meter/gauge

#268

森林

sam1lam4

forest

#269

同事

tung4si6

colleague/co-worker

#270

只好

zi2hou2

without any better option/to have to/to be forced to

#271

窗

coeng1

shutter/window

#272

上身

soeng6san1

upper part of the body

#273

腿

teoi2

leg

#274

味道

mei6dou6

flavor

#275

受到

sau6dou3

to receive/to suffer/obtained/given

#276

港

gong2

harbor/port/CL:個[go]/Hong Kong, abbr. for 香港[hēung góng]

#277

試

si3

to test/to try/experiment/examination/test

#278

招

ziu1

to recruit/to provoke/to beckon/to incur/to infect/contagious/a move (chess)/a maneuver/device/trick/to confess

#279

不禁

bat1gam1

can't help (doing sth)/can't refrain from

#280

回頭

wui4tau4

to turn round/to turn one's head/later/by and by

#281

勇氣

jung5hei3

courage/valor

#282

畢竟

bat1ging2

after all/all in all/when all is said and done/in the final analysis

#283

友

jau5

friend

#284

不可

bat1ho2

cannot/should not/must not

#285