Cantonese words starting with F

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Fanlu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan

faan1 lou6 hoeng1

番路鄉番路乡

Fanlu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan

faan1 maai4 lai4

to come back here [colloquial]

(Tw) corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])

faan1 muk6 bit3 gaan2

番木鱉鹼番木鳖碱

strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

faan1 muk6 gwaa1

to reverse a verdict

to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction; to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie; an adaptation

翻篇兒翻篇儿

to rummage through; to ransack

to make a comeback

faan1 saan1 jyut6 leng5

翻山越嶺翻山越岭

lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom)

describes someone who recovered from a downturn to make a fresh start again; literally 'resurrection'; revival

to revamp; to retread (a tire); newly emerging

to turn over (when lying); to emancipate oneself

to rebuild (house or road)

faan1 sau2 wai4 wan4 fuk1 sau2 bin3 jyu5

翻手為雲覆手變雨翻手为云覆手变雨

lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain

番瀉葉番泻叶

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

faan1 sek6 lau2

faan1 sek6 wat6

翻石鷸翻石鹬

(bird species of China) ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

faan1 soeng1 dou2 gwai6

翻箱倒櫃翻箱倒柜

to overturn trunks and boxes

faan1 soeng1 dou2 haap6

翻箱倒篋翻箱倒箧

to overturn trunks and boxes

faan1 soeng5 lai4

to come back up here [colloquial]

faan1 syu1 zai2

番書仔番书仔

student who studied abroad (spoken)

(dialect) sweet potato

faan1 syu2 bing1

criminals from Mainland China who goes to Hong Kong or Macau to commit crimes [colloquial]

faan1 syu2 / syu4 tau4

番薯頭番薯头

faan1 syu2 tong4 seoi2

sweet soup with sweet potatoes

faan1 syu5 tong4 seoi2

sweet potato soup

'fan-tan' (a gambling game)

(of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn; to surge; to seethe; to rummage; to turn things over repeatedly

faan1 tau4 gaa3

翻頭嫁翻头嫁

describes the act of a widow or a divorced woman who decides to get married again

faan1 tau4 gaa3

返頭嫁返头嫁

(of a woman) to remarry

返頭婆返头婆

a remarried women

翻頭婆翻头婆

women who re-married (slang)

raise a rumpus; earthshaking

faan1 tin1 fuk1 dei6

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion

(loanword) fondant

to go back home

(noun) a Western language

faan1 wan4 fuk1 jyu5

翻雲覆雨翻云覆雨

to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground; to make love

(verb of traditional Chinese herbal decoction) recook; reboil

to withdraw a remark

faan1 zi2 kyun4

Fanziquan - "Overturning Fist" - Martial Art