Cantonese words starting with A

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押運員押运员

aat3 wan6 jyun4supercargo (in maritime law); an escort

aat3 zaa3to exploit; to crush; to press; to squeeze in order to juice [written and col...

aat3 zaa3to press; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing

壓榨者压榨者

aat3 zaa3 ze2oppressor [written and colloquial]

aat3 zai1to squeeze out

aat3 zai3(verb) Curb

aat3 zai3to check; to hold back; to constrain

aat3 zan6to bring up the rear; to hold the lines

aat3 zi2to hold back; to resist

aat3 zo2to stop; to deter

aat3 zou1rent deposit

aat3 zuk6Finale; highlight performance

壓軸戲压轴戏

aat3 zuk6 hei3next-to-last item on a program (theater)

壓軸好戲压轴好戏

aat3 zuk6 hou2 hei3see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]

aat3 zyu3to bet

aat3 zyu6to press down; to restrain (anger)

aau1(Cant.) to scratch

aau1a depression; concave

aau1a depression; hollow; a mountain pass

aau1to grab; to arrest; to scratch; to control

aau1 han4to scratch an itch [colloquial]

aau1 han4to scratch an itch [colloquial]

aau1 wu1scary people in the fairy tales, it is used to scare children

aau1 wu1 po2scary women in the fairy tales, it is used to scare children

aau2 caai4to twist the ankle

aau2 jiu1to bend backwards

aau2 sau2 gwaa1(v.) to arm wrestle with someone; to compete with someone.

aau2 tyun5(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)

aau3(verb) 1. quarrel; 2. argue; 3. disagree

拗不過拗不过

aau3 bat1 gwo3can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)

aau3 gaau1argue

aau3 geng2(slang) to disagree; to argue; to dispute; (adjective) stubborn; argumentativ...

aau3 geng2to argue

aau3 giu6argue; disagreement

aau3 haam6(geology) depression

aau3 hau2hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding

aau3 hau2 ling6tongue twister

aau3 hei3to feel wronged and act rashly just to vent one's anger or to just make a sta...

aau3 sat6verb; to insist; Adhere to

aau3 sou3disputes; conflicts

aau3 sou3argue about the amount of something quantitative; to haggle; to negotiate

矮矮細細矮矮细细

ai2 ai2 sai3 sai3Short and thin

ai2 bun3 zit6to be inferior to

ai2 bun6short and stout; roly-poly

矮醜窮矮丑穷

ai2 cau2 kung4(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)

ai2 dak1 dak1very short (of a person) [colloquial]

ai2 dan2a type of bus

ai2 dang3low stool

ai2 dat1 dat1(adjective) very short

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