Cantonese words starting with A
1,257 entries
aang1 suk1
罌粟罂粟
poppy
aap2
鴨鸭
(slang) male prostitute
aap3
押
to mortgage; to detain in custody; (literary) to sign; a surname; pawn
aap3 baa1 din1
鴨巴甸鸭巴甸
Aberdeen, Scotland
aap3 daan2
鴨蛋鸭蛋
duck egg
aap3 daan2 ceng1
鴨蛋青鸭蛋青
pale blue
aap3 dim3
鴨店鸭店
a gigolo brothel
aap3 goek3
鴨腳鸭脚
duck feet
aap3 goek3 zaat3
鴨腳扎鸭脚扎
steamed duck feet wrapped in a beancurd sheet roll, a famous dish of Cantonese cuisine
aap3 juk6
鴨肉鸭肉
duck meat
aap3 jung2
鴨絨鸭绒
eiderdown; duck down
aap3 lei2
鴨梨鸭梨
Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)
aap3 lei6
鴨脷鸭脷
duck tongue
aap3 lei6 zau1
鴨脷洲鸭脷洲
Ap Lei Chau, an island offshore from Hong Kong Island in the Southern District
aap3 liu4 gaai1
鴨寮街鸭寮街
Apliu Street, a street in Hong Kong, China
aap3 luk6 gong1
鴨綠江鸭绿江
Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
aap3 naa2 tai4
鴨乸蹄鸭乸蹄
flat foot
aap3 san2
鴨腎鸭肾
duck gizzard
aap3 sit6 mou2
鴨舌帽鸭舌帽
peaked cap
aap3 zai2
鴨仔鸭仔
a duckling
aap3 zai2 daan2
鴨仔蛋鸭仔蛋
Balut-Vietnamese cuisine (a duck's egg during the 15th-18th day of the incubation period)
aap3 zai2 tyun4
鴨仔團鸭仔团
a tour group
aap3 zau1
鴨洲鸭洲
Robinson Island
aap3 zeoi2 lei4
鴨嘴梨鸭嘴梨
Chinese white pear
aap3 zeoi2 lung4
鴨嘴龍鸭嘴龙
hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur)
aap3 zeoi2 mou6
鴨咀帽鸭咀帽
cricket-cap; baseball cap
aap3 zeoi2 mou6
鴨嘴帽鸭嘴帽
cricket-cap; baseball cap
aap3 zeoi2 sau3
鴨嘴獸鸭嘴兽
platypus
aap3 zi2
鴨子鸭子
duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
aap3 zi2 ji4
鴨子兒鸭子儿
(coll.) duck's egg
aap3 zoeng2
鴨掌鸭掌
duck foot
aat1
揠
to eradicate
aat1 miu4 zo6 coeng4
揠苗助長揠苗助长
see 拔苗助長|拔苗助长[ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3]
aat3
堨
dam; check
aat3
壓压
to press; to keep under (control); to oppress; to suppress; to restrain; to draw near
aat3
戛
lance; to scrape; custom
aat3
遏
to restrain; to hold back; to suppress
aat3 baan2
壓板压板
vise jaw
aat3 bik1
壓迫压迫
to oppress; to constrict; stress (physics)
aat3 bin2
壓扁压扁
to squash
aat3 bou2
壓寶压宝
a type of gambling game
aat3 ce1
壓車压车
variant of 押車|押车[ya1 che1]
aat3 ce1
押車押车
to escort (goods) during transportation
aat3 dai1
壓低压低
to lower (one's voice)
aat3 dai1 dik1
壓低的压低的
suppressed; lowered; driven down [written]
aat3 din6
壓電压电
piezoelectricity (physics)
aat3 din6 tai2
壓電體压电体
piezo-electric
aat3 dong3
押當押当
to pawn something; a small pawnshop
aat3 dou2
壓倒压倒
to overwhelm; overwhelming
aat3 dou2 sing3
壓倒性压倒性
overwhelming