Cantonese words starting with F

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Fragrance or aroma; sweet-smelling.

Meat dishes, as opposed to vegetarian food.

Fragrance, aromatic plants, or to exert a gentle nurturing influence.

To be drunk, tipsy, or intoxicated.

Dim, dark, or dusky.

To secrete; the process of biological tissues releasing substances.

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分餅仔分饼仔

To divide benefits or profits equally; to collude or prearrange bids in a tendering process.

The breakdown or end of a marriage; a marriage turning sour.

To distinguish, differentiate, or tell apart.

Difference or discrepancy; the ways in which two things are not the same.

To be distributed, dispersed, or spread across an area.

A branch or division of an organization established in another location.

Decibel (dB); a unit of measurement for sound level or signal strength.

To branch off, fork, or develop into multiple paths.

To split, divide, or separate.

Pre-marital; before marriage.

To distinguish clearly; to tell apart.

To present or appear in a great and colorful variety.

Non-vegetarian food, now commonly covering meat and eggs, but originally referring to the five pungent plants banned in Buddhist diets.

Sense of appropriateness and propriety in one's actions, words, and behavior according to the occasion and one's role.

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Bakelite; phenolic plastic or phenolplast.

To share a burden, responsibility, or workload with others in order to lighten the load.

Fanta; a brand of fruit-flavored carbonated soft drinks.

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Able to tell apart or differentiate.

Branch store; branch.

To faint, lose consciousness, or black out.

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分道揚鑣分道扬镳

To part ways and go in different directions; to separate because of differing paths or goals.

Section fare; a discounted fare for traveling only a portion of a transit route.

To split, divide, or polarize; to cause a loss of unity and mutual blame among people.

To distribute; to hand out or allocate items to different people.

One after another, in quick succession and in a disorderly manner.

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Drowsy, sleepy, or groggy, to the point of losing focus.

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分分鐘分分钟

Probably, possibly, or maybe; very likely.

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分粉訓墳憤份分粉训坟愤份

A mnemonic phrase used to demonstrate the six tones of Cantonese using similar syllables from the first to the sixth tone.

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分粉訓墳憤份忽發佛分粉训坟愤份忽发佛

A mnemonic phrase used to demonstrate the nine tones of Cantonese.

Sheep; a castrated ram or ewe.

To flutter and fly about in a scattered manner.

Fragrant and sweet-smelling, often describing the scent of flowers.

To instruct, tell, or direct someone verbally.

To instruct, tell, or bid someone to do something.

Warm southerly or southeasterly wind.

To separate or split up, referring to families, organizations, or parts of a body.

Marriage; wedding.

To break down, decompose, or disassemble into simpler parts.

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分界線分界线

Boundary line; a dividing line that marks a boundary or border.

To separate or isolate things so that they are not in contact.

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To share good things, happiness, or delicious food with others.

An extension telephone; one of several handsets connected to a single telephone line in a home or office.

To live apart as a couple due to marital discord, often in preparation for a divorce.