Cantonese words starting with F

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to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)

lit. to turn over one's palm

faan2 zok3 jung6

(physics) reaction

faan2 zok3 jung6 lik6

recoil (of a gun)

reversal; to reverse

faan2 zyun3 luk6

反轉錄反转录

(molecular biology) reverse transcription

faan2 zyun3 luk6 beng6 duk6

反轉錄病毒反转录病毒

faan2 zyun3 zo2

反轉咗反转咗

inside-out; upside down [colloquial]

faan2 zyun3 zyu1 tou5

反轉豬肚反转猪肚

lit. flip over a pig's stomach, meaning one looks fine on the outside, but can turn ugly or show the real evil side in an instant

faan2 zyun3 zyu1 tou5 zau6 hai6 si2

反轉豬肚就係屎反转猪肚就系屎

relationship turns sour instantly upon any disputes (slang)

faan2 zyun3 zyu1 tou5 zau6 si6 si2

反轉豬肚就是屎反转猪肚就是屎

two people are normally behaving well together, but once they have an argument, their attitude will become very bad; friends turning into enemies after a dispute

to float; general; non-specific; pan- (prefix); shallow

to float; general; non-specific; pan- (prefix); careless; to be suffused with (colour); shallow

hawker; pedlar; monger; dealer

to be suffused with white; faded; bleached

to refer broadly to

faan3 daai6 joeng4

Panthalassis (geology)

faan3 daai6 luk6

泛大陸泛大陆

Pangea (geology)

faan3 doi6 sou3

泛代數泛代数

universal algebra

(language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist

to traffic narcotics; opium trade

販毒案贩毒案

a drug trafficking case; a drug dealing case

general; superficial; no depth

faan3 faan3 ji4 taam4

泛泛而談泛泛而谈

to speak in general terms

faan3 faan3 zi1 gaau1

nodding acquaintance

faan3 fu1 zau2 zeot1

販夫走卒贩夫走卒

lit. peddlers and carriers; lower class

faan3 fu1 zuk6 zi2

販夫俗子贩夫俗子

peddlers and common people

faan3 gwong1 dang1

泛光燈泛光灯

faan3 haam4 fan1 sik1

(math.) functional analysis

to blush; flushed

(music) an overtone; a harmonic

child trafficking

flooding; spreading; overflowing

to flood; to spill over; to spread without restriction [written and colloquial]

variant of 氾濫|泛滥[fan4 lan4]

faan3 laam6 sing4 zoi1

泛濫成災泛滥成灾

lit. to flood (idiom); in plague proportions

to sell; to traffic

faan3 maai6 gei1

販賣機贩卖机

vending machine

faan3 maai6 jan4 hau2

販賣人口贩卖人口

trafficking in human beings

faan3 man4 zyu2 paai3

pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)

faan3 san4 leon6

泛神論泛神论

pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe

to traffic (smuggled goods)

pantothenic acid; to surge up (of acid in the stomach)

to transport (for sale)