Cantonese words starting with F
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faan1to go to one's school or office; added after a verb to imply that the action ...
番鴨番鸭
faan1 aap3musk duck (spoken)
翻白眼
faan1 baak6 ngaan5to roll one's eyes
翻版
faan1 baan2(noun) Counterfeit
翻版碟
faan1 baan2 dip2copy of DVD
返畀
faan1 bei2to give back
番邦
faan1 bong1(old) foreign land
翻本
faan1 bun2(verb) get back or obtain back what someone's has lost (usually it refers to ...
翻抄
faan1 caau1reproducing; copying from previous (spoken)
翻炒
faan1 caau2to stir-fry
翻沉
faan1 cam4to capsize and sink
翻車魚翻车鱼
faan1 ce1 jyu2ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
返出嚟
faan1 ceot1 lai4to come back out [colloquial]
翻唱
faan1 coeng3to cover (a previously recorded song)
翻牆翻墙
faan1 coeng4lit. to climb over the wall
番菜
faan1 coi3(old) Western-style food
翻草
faan1 cou2ruminate
番地
faan1 dei6foreigner place
番刀
faan1 dou1type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided...
翻倒
faan1 dou2to overturn; to capsize
翻動翻动
faan1 dung6to flip over; to scroll (an electronic document); to move things about
番番
faan1 faan1time and time again
翻番
faan1 faan1to double
翻發翻发
faan1 faat3having the same illness again; recurring illness
翻悔
faan1 fui3to renege; to back out (of a promise)
翻覆
faan1 fuk1to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down
翻風翻风
faan1 fung1wind is picking up (spoken)
番梘番枧
faan1 gaan2(noun) soap
翻揀翻拣
faan1 gaan2to browse and select
翻耕
faan1 gaang1to plow; to turn the soil
翻攪翻搅
faan1 gaau2to stir up
翻筋斗
faan1 gan1 dau2to tumble
翻跟斗
faan1 gan1 dau2to turn a somersault
翻跟頭翻跟头
faan1 gan1 tau4to turn a somersault
翻舊賬翻旧账
faan1 gau6 zoeng3to turn over old accounts; to reopen old wounds
翻檢翻检
faan1 gim2to rummage; to leaf through
翻蓋翻盖
faan1 goi3flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to renovate
翻江倒海
faan1 gong1 dou2 hoi2lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); earth-shattering
番工
faan1 gung1going to work (spoken)
翻供
faan1 gung1to retract a confession or testimony
翻工
faan1 gung1(verb) rework
返工
faan1 gung1to go to work
番瓜
faan1 gwaa1(dialect) pumpkin
番鬼
faan1 gwai2the slang for a 'white westerner'
番鬼荔枝
faan1 gwai2 lai6 zi1sugar-apple (fruit)
番鬼佬
faan1 gwai2 lou2(noun) Western people; a Westerner; a foreigner
番鬼佬月餅番鬼佬月饼
faan1 gwai2 lou2 jyut6 beng2(homophone) boring
番鬼佬涼茶番鬼佬凉茶
faan1 gwai2 lou2 loeng4 caa4(metaphor) beer
番鬼妹
faan1 gwai2 mui6young western female (spoken)
番鬼婆
faan1 gwai2 po4(noun) a Western lady
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