Cantonese words starting with F

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The serial number of an adult movie.

To photocopy, reprint, or reproduce books or documents exactly as they are.

Foreigner; outsider.

faan1 jap6 lai4

To come back in; to return inside.

To work a night shift.

To translate or interpret; the field, practice, or person doing translation.

faan1 jin4 fui3 ng6

To suddenly and quickly realize one's own mistakes and repent.

faan1 jyu4 gwong2 coeng4 zaam6

番禺廣場站番禺广场站

Panyu Square Station, a metro station in Guangzhou.

faan1 ke2 caau2 daan2

Scrambled eggs with tomato.

Tomato juice, freshly squeezed and distinct from ketchup.

To return, come back, or get back.

To come back or return.

faan1 loi4 fuk1 heoi3

翻來覆去翻来覆去

To repeat; to do something again and again.

faan1 lok6 lai4

To come back down

faan1 maai4 lai4

To come back here; to return to this side.

To overturn a previous negative judgment or verdict, especially to vindicate someone.

faan1 saan1 jyut6 leng5

翻山越嶺翻山越岭

To cross over many mountains; to make a long and arduous journey.

To experience a revival, resurrection, or recovery from a major downturn.

To come back to life; to be resurrected.

Parsley; a green herb commonly used in Western cuisine.

To renovate, recondition, or renew; to make something old look new.

To recover from a predicament or setback; to turn one's life around.

faan1 sek6 lau2

Guava; a round green fruit with thin skin and sweet white flesh.

faan1 soeng5 lai4

To come back up; to return upwards.

faan1 syu1 zai2

番書仔番书仔

A student who has studied abroad, or a student at a Western-style school.

Sweet potato; a starchy, sweet root vegetable with different colored varieties.

faan1 syu2 bing1

Criminals from Mainland China who travel to Hong Kong or Macau to commit crimes.

faan1 syu2 / syu4 tau4

番薯頭番薯头

An idiot, fool, or simpleton.

faan1 syu2 tong4 seoi2

Sweet potato sweet soup; a traditional Chinese dessert made by boiling sweet potatoes with sugar.

faan1 syu5 tong4 seoi2

Sweet potato sweet soup; a traditional Chinese dessert soup.

Fan-tan; a traditional Chinese gambling game played with buttons, beads, or coins divided into groups of four.

To roll, tumble, or rotate in the air.

faan1 tau4 gaa3

翻頭嫁翻头嫁

To remarry, describing a widow or a divorced woman.

faan1 tau4 gaa3

返頭嫁返头嫁

To remarry; for a woman to marry again.

返頭婆返头婆

A remarried woman.

翻頭婆翻头婆

An offensive term for a remarried woman.

Earthshaking, or to raise a massive rumpus and cause a huge disturbance.

faan1 tin1 fuk1 dei6

Earth-shaking; bringing about a drastic or momentous change.

To go home; to return to one's residence.

Foreign language, especially English in a Hong Kong context.

faan1 wan4 fuk1 jyu5

翻雲覆雨翻云覆雨

To be fickle and constantly change one's mind, or to make love.

To decoct Chinese herbal medicine for a second time, or to reprocess already brewed tea leaves.

To turn upside down, turn over, or turn inside out.

faan1 zyun3 tau4

翻轉頭翻转头

To return, turn back, or turn around.

faan1 zyun3 tau4

返轉頭返转头

To return to a starting point or original place, or to turn over a new leaf.

faan2 baai6 wai4 sing3

反敗為勝反败为胜

To turn defeat into victory; to turn the tide of a game or situation.

Inversely proportional; describing a relationship where one value increases as the other decreases.

To retort, refute, or talk back to express disagreement with what someone has said.

Rebellious, unruly, and difficult to control or manage.