- (coll.) penny; buck
- to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy
- to bow; (literary) to bend down
- health; healthy
- to imprison; to lock up (in jail)
- to handle; to take care of; to punish
- to require effort; strenuous
- 翘 qiáo: 翘 qiao2: outstanding; to raise翘 qiào: 翘 qiao4: to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
- (speak) without thinking the matter through
- to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction; CL:個|个[ge4]
- in the dead of night (idiom)
- luckily; by a fluke
- to get out of danger
- muddleheaded; careless
- to release; to set free; to allow (a person or an animal) to go; to liberate
- (idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
- to turn pale; to lose color; to go white
- to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble
- to collect; to recruit
- name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
- to present; to give; to hand over; to hand in; to lay before
- male; man (Cantonese)
- firmly; safely
- to look after
- petition (for action to be taken)
- to explain the facts; to defend against an accusation
- to hold one's tongue; Shut up!
- 歪 wǎi: 歪 wai3: to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)歪 wāi: 歪 wai1: askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side
- (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy
- to cut; to cut apart
- skin; fur
- to allow; to grant; to permit
- item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye