Cantonese words starting with A

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aat3 wan6 jyun4

押運員押运员

supercargo (in maritime law); an escort

to exploit; to crush; to press; to squeeze in order to juice [written and colloquial]

to press; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing

壓榨者压榨者

oppressor [written and colloquial]

to check; to hold back; to constrain

to bring up the rear; to hold the lines

to hold back; to resist

to stop; to deter

Finale; highlight performance

壓軸戲压轴戏

next-to-last item on a program (theater)

aat3 zuk6 hou2 hei3

壓軸好戲压轴好戏

see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]

to press down; to restrain (anger)

(Cant.) to scratch

a depression; concave

a depression; hollow; a mountain pass

to grab; to arrest; to scratch; to control

to scratch an itch [colloquial]

to scratch an itch [colloquial]

scary people in the fairy tales, it is used to scare children

scary women in the fairy tales, it is used to scare children

to twist the ankle

to bend backwards

aau2 sau2 gwaa1

(v.) to arm wrestle with someone; to compete with someone.

(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)

(verb) 1. quarrel; 2. argue; 3. disagree

拗不過拗不过

can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)

(slang) to disagree; to argue; to dispute; (adjective) stubborn; argumentative; obstinate

argue; disagreement

(geology) depression

hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding

aau3 hau2 ling6

to feel wronged and act rashly just to vent one's anger or to just make a statement

verb; to insist; Adhere to

disputes; conflicts

argue about the amount of something quantitative; to haggle; to negotiate

ai2 ai2 sai3 sai3

矮矮細細矮矮细细

to be inferior to

short and stout; roly-poly

矮醜窮矮丑穷

(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)

very short (of a person) [colloquial]

(adjective) very short