Cantonese words starting with A

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To soothe, comfort, or calm down someone who has been frightened.

A security deposit.

To postpone; to temporarily put something on hold and reschedule it for a later date.

To compress air.

To suppress, hold back, or keep emotions from showing.

壓延機压延机

A calender mill or rolling machine.

To squash, crush, or flatten until broken or ruined.

Physical force per unit area, or psychological stress and oppression.

壓力表压力表

Pressure gauge; an instrument used to measure and display pressure.

壓力盤压力盘

Pressure plate; a component used in clutch systems or other mechanical press applications.

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壓歲錢压岁钱

Lucky money given to the younger generation by elders in red envelopes during Chinese New Year.

To compress or compact.

壓縮機压缩机

Compressor; a machine that compresses gas to increase its pressure.

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壓縮空氣压缩空气

Compressed air.

To escort or send goods or criminals under guard from one place to another.

To rhyme; for the final characters of lines to share the same or similar vowel sounds.

To press or squeeze in order to extract juice, or to exploit someone.

To squeeze, press, or extract; to oppress or exploit people.

壓榨者压榨者

Oppressor; an exploiter.

To suppress or oppress freedom, ideas, or people through force or pressure.

To prevent, control, or contain something.

To suppress, hold back, or stop something from happening or spreading.

The highlight or grand finale of a performance, often referring to the last or second-to-last act.

To scratch the skin, typically to relieve an itch.

A mountain pass; the lowest point or depression along a mountain ridge.

To scratch an itch.

To scratch an itch on the skin using fingernails or a hard object.

A bogie, bogeyman, or scary character from fairy tales used to frighten children into behaving.

A bogeywoman or scary woman from folklore used to frighten children into behaving.

To sprain one's ankle.

To do a backbend, or for the stock market to rebound from a low point.

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To arm-wrestle; to compete or challenge.

To snap or bend and break a long object.

To bend, flex, or curve an object.

To argue, quarrel, or bicker with someone.

To bicker, argue, or contrarily take the opposite stance for the sake of opposing.

To argue, bicker, or obstinately disagree with someone.

An argument, dispute, or quarrel.

To argue, dispute, or have a disagreement.

Hard to pronounce, tongue-twisting, or awkward to read aloud smoothly.

To quarrel, argue, or clash with someone out of spite or stubbornness.

To insist on one's point of view; to hold stubbornly to an opinion.

To argue, dispute, or disagree, especially over money or the division of benefits.

To haggle, negotiate, or argue about a price, bill, or quantitative amount.

An interjection expressing sadness, regret, annoyance, tiredness, or relief.

Short in height; low; not tall.

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Short and small; petiteness in stature and build.

Very short in height.

A type of low-floor double-decker bus, specifically the Dennis Trident 3 model.

Very short in height.