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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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