Cantonese words starting with F

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Sexual intercourse between a married couple.

Line of defense; a defensive boundary in war or sports.

Housing, houses, or buildings used for living in.

fong4 waan6 mei6 jin4

To prevent trouble before it happens; to take precautions beforehand.

fong4 wai2 wui2

房委會房委会

Hong Kong Housing Authority

To defend or guard; to resist external attacks to prevent harm or damage.

To protect, shelter, or defend against danger or harm.

Shockproof or shock-absorbing.

House or building.

To prevent or avoid an unwanted event from happening.

To prevent and control, or treat and cure diseases, pests, or disasters.

Shorthand for defence minister or secretary of defense.

fong4 zou2 ming4

Jaycee Chan (also known as Jaycee Fong), a Hong Kong-American actor and singer.

Classical particle used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question or exclamation.

Prisoner of war; a captive enemy who has been stripped of their freedom.

A Chinese surname, typically transliterated as Fu or Foo.

To yell or cry out to get someone's attention.

Man; an adult male.

Used in personal names.

To incubate or hatch; to sit on and warm eggs so that they develop and hatch.

To control, manage, or govern.

To apply medicine, ointment, or a compress onto the skin.

Dried up, withered, or lacking water.

Skin; the outer layer of tissue covering the body of a human or animal.

To die of starvation.

The lapel of a garment.

The outer wall of a city, or the suburbs outside a city wall.

An axe or hatchet.

Husband and wife; a married couple.

fu1 cai1 fai3 pin2

Sliced beef and beef offal in chili sauce; a classic Sichuan dish.

To exhale; to breathe out air or smoke from the mouth or nose.

Superficial; shallow; skin-deep.

fu1 coeng3 fu5 ceoi4

夫倡婦隨夫倡妇随

Harmony between husband and wife, traditionally where the husband leads and the wife follows.

fu1 coeng3 fu5 ceoi4

夫唱婦隨夫唱妇随

Harmony between husband and wife; a happy matrimonial relationship where the couple is in perfect agreement.

Dry, dull, and uninteresting; unable to arouse interest.

To hatch; for a young animal to break out of its eggshell.

fu1 fu1 hot3 hot3

To order people around or scold them with a very bad attitude.

Husband and wife; a married couple.

fu1 fung1 wun6 jyu5

呼風喚雨呼风唤雨

To summon wind and rain with supernatural power; to possess great power or influence.

To call for help; to cry out in order to attract attention and get assistance.

To call out or shout, typically to attract someone's attention.

To shout, yell, or call out loudly.

To breathe out; to exhale air from the lungs.

Perfunctory, half-hearted, or lacking in enthusiasm and effort.

fu1 hin5 sak1 zaak3

敷衍塞責敷衍塞责

To do one's work half-heartedly and only go through the motions.

An honorific term for someone's wife; Madame or Lady.

To echo or work in concert with; to correspond to or complement each other.

To apply ointment, herbs, or other medication externally onto the skin.