times; -fold; kind/sort of

back; again; afresh

take turns; do in turns

foreign; barbarian; alien

foreign country/state

points for mahjong game (Cantonese)

to gamble at fantan

to gamble at fantan (a type of gambling in China similar to roulette)

barely escape death; come back from the dead

narrow escape; close call (spoken)

a female westerner

(noun) a Western lady

fan-tan, a Cantonese form of gambling

'fan-tan' (a gambling game)

the guava fruit | Some Cant. dialects: 雞屎果 | Scientific name: Psidium guajava

sweetsop

tomato juice; ketchup [Var.] 蕃茄汁

irremediable; beyond remedy; unable to fix

cannot be fixed; irremediable; beyond repair

slang for Christmas

Christmas (spoken)

foreigner or westerner, see also 鬼佬, has the potential to be used in a derogatory or offensive manner

(noun) Western people; a Westerner; a foreigner

上班

to go to work |

this is a popular alternative/Var. 返工

going to work (spoken)

好返, 好翻

heal [華]: 康復

to become reconciled

verb; to recover (sickness)

guava juice

Southern fruits

southern fruits; wax apple / Jambu air (a type of fruit)

sweet potato | [普]: 白薯

half chinese and half westerner (lit., "half-Chinese barbarians")

(noun) a mixed-race person (half Chinese, half foreign) person; something that combines Chinese and Western elements

to be good at do something, [short for]有番兩度散手

beer (Lit., "foreigner's medicinal herbal tea")

(metaphor) beer

"save your breath," used to tell someone who is talking that it is pointless and nobody is listening to him

saving one's breath (spoken)

younger westerners

(noun) a Western boy

tomato sauce, ketchup;

a foreigner, a non-Chinese person

tomato soup [Var.] 蕃茄湯

soap. Mand.: 肥皂. 梘 is probably related to 鹼 or 碱 (alkaline).

(noun) soap