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| N | |
| Nail, a | Tahng, yit moy. |
| Nail, to hammer in a | Tahng, tahng yit moy (lit. to nail a nail). |
| Nail | (finger) Shoo chee kahp; (toe) keeok chee kahp. |
| Name | Meeahng; (surname) seeahng; (other name) p'et sz; (milk name) youee meeahng. |
| Narrow | Tsahk; k'eeahp. |
| Native | Poon t'oo (a) poon t'oo nyin.[1] |
| Near | K'eeoon. |
| Needle | Chim. |
| New | Seen. |
| News | Seen woon. |
| Next year | Ch'oot hoi nyen; mean nyen; ch'oot nyen. |
| Next month | T'ea nyee chahk nyet. |
| Night | Yah poo shin; mahn shin t'eu. |
| Noon | Ahn choo. |
| North | Pet; (the) pet pen t'eu. |
| Nose | P'ea koong. |
| Notes (bank) | Nyoon chee. |
| Now | Kin hah. |
| O | |
| Oar | Tseong. |
| Obey | T'ahng wah. |
| Office | Seeah sz leu. |
| Often | How toh pie. |
| Oil | Yeeoo. |
- ↑ A Cantonese is known as Poon-t'ea-nyin.
