Cantonese words starting with A

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(adjective) short

(loanword) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) (herb)

ai2 deon1 deon1

(plant pathology) to become stunted; (fig.) to diminish the status of; to disparage

ai2 ging3 zyu1 saa1 gan1

矮莖朱砂根矮茎朱砂根

short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)

矮個兒矮个儿

a person of short stature

ai2 goek3 baak6 faa1 se4 lei6 cou2

矮腳白花蛇利草矮脚白花蛇利草

see 白花蛇舌草[bai2 hua1 she2 she2 cao3]

ai2 goek3 fu2 hou1

矮腳苦蒿矮脚苦蒿

see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xiong2 dan3 cao3]

ai2 goek3 lo4 saan3

矮腳羅傘矮脚罗伞

Ardisia villosa

ai2 gon1 ban2 zung2

矮桿品種矮杆品种

short-stalked variety

eggplant (Cantonese)

ai2 hang4 sing1

ai2 joeng4 mui4

矮楊梅矮杨梅

dwarf bayberry (Myrica nana)

Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)

ai2 ngoi4 beng6

short and small; undersized

ai2 siu2 zing1 hon6

short but intrepid (idiom)

short tree; shrub

ai2 zi2 leoi5 bat6 zoeng1 gwan1

矮子裡拔將軍矮子里拔将军

lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs

矮壯素矮壮素

chlormequat chloride

Bixi, one of the nine sons of a dragon with the form of a tortoise, also known as 龟趺guīfū [龟趺]; hercules

obscure; stormy; misty

(adjective) (of room, weather, etc.) 1. hot and stale; (of physically condition) suffocated and compressed (in chest)

to feel dismayed by something that one is annoyed about

to hang oneself

(adjective) hot and stuffy; muggy; suffocating

to choke with resentment

steaming hot (weather)

to strangle to death

to execute by hanging

dyspepsia; indigestion

(verb) 1. deceive; 2. lie; 3. cheat;

crying or crowing sound

to enrich; to soak; great

rip off (money); to cheat money

dirty; filthy; (literary) narrow-minded; petty

telling a lie (spoken)

ak1 jin4 sat1 siu3

啞然失笑哑然失笑

to laugh involuntarily

ak1 lak6 bou3 lou5

厄勒布魯厄勒布鲁

Örebro (city in Sweden)

ak1 lei6 seoi4 aa3

厄利垂亞厄利垂亚

Cheat all the people