Cantonese words starting with F

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To fall out with someone; to break off a friendship or good relationship.

faan2 min6 gaau3 coi4

A bad example or negative role model; something that serves as a warning of what not to do.

To fall out with someone; to turn from friends into enemies.

faan2 muk6 sing4 sau4

To fall out with someone and become enemies.

To lie down on one's back; facing upwards.

Antagonist, villain, or rival in a play or story.

faan2 pok3 gwai1 zan1

反璞歸真反璞归真

To return to one's original state of purity, simplicity, and truth.

faan2 pok3 gwai1 zan1

返璞歸真返璞归真

To discard superficial flashiness and return to one's original, natural state.

Backhand; holding a racket with the back of the hand facing forward in racket sports.

A reflex; an involuntary, unplanned, and immediate reaction of the body to a stimulus.

faan2 se6 ding6 leot6

The law of reflection.

To betray; to turn against someone.

faan2 seon4 soeng1 gei1

反唇相譏反唇相讥

To retort with ridicule; to counterattack with sarcasm or mockery after being criticized or attacked.

To reflect on; to think deeply or carefully about something that happened.

faan2 sik1 zi1 fong1

Trans fat; an artificial fat made by processing vegetable oil, banned in many countries due to its health risks.

To reflect on one's own thoughts and behavior, examining what was done well and what was done poorly.

To lock a door from the opposite side, trapping someone inside or locking oneself out.

Abnormal, unusual, or out of the ordinary.

To capsize, turn over completely, or turn turtle.

To go belly up, especially of fish dying; to turn upside down.

Sarcasm, irony, or words spoken with the opposite of their literal meaning, often used to mock or conceal.

On the contrary; instead.

Nauseous, queasy, or disgusted.

On the contrary, in contrast, or vice versa.

faan2 zi1 jik6 jin4

Vice versa; the reverse is also true.

Anyway, anyhow, or in any case.

To disprove; to prove a statement or argument to be incorrect.

faan2 zok3 jung6 lik6

Reaction; reaction force.

To turn inside out, upside down, or back to front; to reverse.

faan2 zyun3 zo2

反轉咗反转咗

Inside out; upside down.

faan2 zyun3 zyu1 tou5

反轉豬肚反转猪肚

To experience how once-intimate friends or groups turn on each other and reveal their ugly nature after a dispute.

faan2 zyun3 zyu1 tou5 zau6 hai6 si2

反轉豬肚就係屎反转猪肚就系屎

To turn hostile instantly; to turn against a friend or ally immediately after a dispute.

faan2 zyun3 zyu1 tou5 zau6 si6 si2

反轉豬肚就是屎反转猪肚就是屎

To turn hostile and turn against someone after a dispute; friends turning into enemies.

To give birth; to bear a child.

To float, or to be general, non-specific, or pan-.

Average; ordinary; lacking any special or outstanding qualities.

To sell or deal in goods.

To sell drugs; to traffic in narcotics.

販毒案贩毒案

A drug trafficking or drug dealing case.

General, superficial, or lacking in depth

faan3 faan3 zi1 gaau1

Casual friend; a nodding acquaintance with whom one is not very close.

To flood; to overflow.

To flood, overflow, or spread without restriction.

To traffic, peddle, or sell illicit goods.

faan3 maai6 jan4 hau2

販賣人口贩卖人口

Human trafficking; the forced labor of individuals through deception or coercion, depriving them of freedom and fair treatment.

Pro-democracy camp; short for the pan-democracy camp.

faan3 man4 zyu2 paai3

Pan-democratic camp; the political faction in Hong Kong that broadly supports democracy.

To transport and sell goods from one place to another; to traffic.

To refer generally to a broad category rather than a specific entity.

Ordinary, commonplace, or average.