Cantonese words starting with A

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渥太華渥太华

Ottawa, capital of Canada

bad luck; adversity

to speak (Cantonese)

to be versed in; to be fully acquainted with

court mourning (for the late emperor or empress)

conversant; proficient

see 餘甘子|余甘子[yu2 gan1 zi3]

am1 mo1 lak6 gaa1 gwo2

庵摩落迦果

see 餘甘子|余甘子[yu2 gan1 zi3]

(literary) hesitant; indecisive

am1 seon4 daan2

鵪鶉蛋鹌鹑蛋

Buddhist nunnery

(interjection) oh! ; so (expressing interrogation); (used in buddhist transliterations) om

to cover up; to surprise; to conceal

deep black; dull (color); dreary

variant of 暗淡[an4 dan4]

am2 jin4 sat1 sik1

to lose one's splendor; to be eclipsed

am2 jin4 siu1 wan4

黯然銷魂黯然销魂

overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting

dark; secret; hidden

暗啞底暗哑底

secretly; silently; underhand [colloquial]

暗啞抵暗哑抵

bear; endure; undergo something but cannot speak out; to suffer in silence

noun; unmentionable disease

am3 bui3 jyu5 jin3

(bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)

am3 caat3 ming4 fong2

暗察明訪暗察明访

see 明察暗訪|明察暗访[ming2 cha2 an4 fang3]

unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute

dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab

secretly; inwardly; on the sly

暗地裡暗地里

secretly; inwardly; on the sly

axillary furuncle

camera bag (for changing film)

am3 dou6 can4 cong1

暗度陳倉暗度陈仓

the cover of darkness; to do something illicit under the cover of a diversion

am3 dou6 can4 cong1

暗渡陳倉暗渡陈仓

lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu); to cheat under cover of a diversion

sealed pot calcination (TCM)

a slush fund, a special fund for illegal purposes; a reward for carrying out a mission; the price on someone's head [colloquial]

暗花兒暗花儿

veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric

to make secret inquiries

am3 fuk1 syut3 gai1

暗腹雪雞暗腹雪鸡

(bird species of China) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)

noun; secret compartment