Cantonese words starting with F

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To veto, reject, or vote down a proposal or plan.

To dissect and analyze in detail; to break down elements for a thorough analysis.

Otherwise; or else; if not.

Floating, or otherwise volatile and unstable.

To collect or assemble.

A kickboard or swimming float used to help one stay afloat in the water.

Buoy; a marker floating on the water's surface to guide vessels.

To drift along, go through ups and downs, or wander through suffering.

To snorkel; to float on the water with a diving mask and a snorkel tube without oxygen tanks.

Impetuous, impulsive, or easily swayed by emotion.

Relief sculpture; relief carving on a flat solid surface.

To drift, float, or wander.

To float or fluctuate; to rise and fall within a range.

fau4 dung6 gung1 zi1

浮動工資浮动工资

Floating or fluctuating wages; variable pay.

fau4 dung6 wui6 leot2

浮動匯率浮动汇率

Floating exchange rate; a system where a currency's value fluctuates according to market demand and supply.

fau4 gwong1 loek6 jing2

Superficial, cursory, or fleeting; skimming over the surface without deep understanding or lasting impression.

fau4 jau4 sang1 mat6

Plankton; tiny organisms living near the surface of seas or lakes that cannot travel far on their own.

To emerge, appear, or gradually become visible, especially in one's mind.

Flamboyant, showy, or exaggerated in behaviour to attract attention.

Buoyancy; the ability of an object to float in a fluid.

To float to the surface, or to emerge and become apparent.

Common duckweed, a type of floating aquatic plant.

浮世繪浮世绘

Ukiyo-e; a genre of Japanese art popular from the 17th to the 19th century.

Life, especially with the connotation of being fleeting, unrealistic, and hard to control.

Floating clouds; a metaphor for things that are illusory, impractical, or insignificant.

A pier, port, or port city.

A mound or a small hill.

Fau radical, a Chinese dictionary radical representing 阝.

Brown; the color of a tree trunk or coffee beans.

The color brown.

To shoot, gun down, or take someone down.

啡啡聲啡啡声

Onomatopoeia for the sound of flushing liquid, a launching jet, or a rushing stream of water.

Imperial concubine, or the wife of a male member of the imperial family.

Door leaf or panel.

Humble, meager, or inferior.

Without evidence or factual basis.

Used in personal names.

To not be; to negate.

To run at full speed; to dash or sprint.

Imperial concubines, wives, and female attendants of an emperor.

fei1 ……bat1 ho2

非……不可

Must; have to; nothing else but the specified action or thing will do.

To remove the crusts from sliced bread; a sliced loaf with its crusts cut off.

To be negligent or slack off whilst on patrol duty.

Dart or darts; the game or the pointed missile thrown in the game.

fei1 can1 fei1 gu3

非親非故非亲非故

Having no family relationship or personal connection; completely unrelated.

To speed; to drive a vehicle at a very high speed.