Cantonese words starting with F

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fu2 caa4Chinese herbal tea

fu2 caai1hard task; arduous and unrewarding undertaking; grind

fu2 caai1 si6see 苦差[ku3 chai1]

fu2 cau4poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts)

fu2 ceoi3wretched feelings (opposite: 樂趣|乐趣, delight)

fu2 cing4wretched situation; wretched

fu2 co2suffering; pain (esp. psychological)

fu2 coi3 faa1Bitter Herbs, 1958 novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[Feng2 De2 ying1], made into a film in 1965

fu2 cung1secret trouble; difficulties

fu2 cung3to dive down fast

fu2 cung4see 撫松縣|抚松县[Fu3 song1 Xian4]

撫松縣抚松县

fu2 cung4 jyun6Fusong, a county in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin

fu2 cyu3suffering

虎蹲砲虎蹲炮

fu2 cyun4 paau3a short-barreled mortar

fu2 daai6 sau4 sam1(idiom) great bitterness and deep hatred; deeply ingrained long-standing resentment

fu2 daam2gallbladder

fu2 dai2mansion house

fu2 dai2 cau1 san1to take drastic measures to deal with a situation

釜底游魚釜底游鱼

fu2 dai2 jau4 jyu4a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom)

fu2 dai6mansion house

fu2 dit6 daa2(loanword) coup d'état

fu2 diu1 diu1very bitter; a bitter taste

fu2 doi6treat harshly

虎毒不食子

fu2 duk6 bat1 sik6 zi2a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)

fu2 fong3wretched state

fu2 fu2strenuously; hard

fu2 fu2vigorous; strong

fu2 fu2 oi1 kau4to entreat piteously

fu2 fu3government treasury

虎父無犬子虎父无犬子

fu2 fu6 mou4 hyun2 zi2lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well.

fu2 fuk6to lie prostrate

fu2 gaan3to admonish strenuously

fu2 gam1bitter sweet

撫今追昔抚今追昔

fu2 gam1 zeoi1 sik1recall memories of the past while living in the present; compare the past with the present; one recalls the past

fu2 gan1underlying cause of poverty

虎踞龍盤虎踞龙盘

fu2 geoi3 lung4 pun4lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

虎踞龍蟠虎踞龙蟠

fu2 geoi3 lung4 pun4lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

fu2 geoi6endive

fu2 ging2grievance

fu2 gip3bitter and astringent; agonized

fu2 gon3to work hard

fu2 guk1see 府谷縣|府谷县[Fu3 gu3 Xian4]

府谷縣府谷县

fu2 guk1 jyun6Fugu, a county in Yulin City 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4], Shaanxi

fu2 gung1hard work; painstaking work

fu2 gung1hard labor (in penal code)

撫躬自問抚躬自问

fu2 gung1 zi6 man6to ask oneself

fu2 gwaa1(noun) someone who is miserable

苦瓜噉嘅面苦瓜啖嘅面

fu2 gwaa1 gam2 ge3 min6(with a face that looks like bitter melon); to pull a long face; with a miserable look

苦瓜噉口面苦瓜啖口面

fu2 gwaa1 gam2 hau2 min6sad face; to look miserable

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