Cantonese words starting with F

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fu2 saan1 gwong2 wik6 si5

釜山廣域市釜山广域市

Busan Metropolitan City, a major port city in South Korea.

Busan, a metropolitan city in South Korea.

Sophora flavescens, a species of shrub whose roots are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Painstaking effort; trouble taken with hard work and dedication.

fu2 sam1 ging1 jing4

苦心經營苦心经营

To build up or manage an enterprise, career, or project through painstaking efforts.

fu2 sam1 gu1 ngai6

苦心孤詣苦心孤诣

To make painstaking efforts; to dedicate immense care and trouble towards a goal or study.

To lean over or bend down; to stoop.

fu2 sap6 gaai1 si6

Extremely common, ubiquitous, and able to be found anywhere.

fu2 sap6 zik1 si6

Plentiful; extremely common; so many that they can be found everywhere.

To bow or lower one's head; to submit, yield, or admit defeat.

fu2 sau2 cing1 san4

俯首稱臣俯首称臣

To bow before; to submit, surrender, or acknowledge someone as lord.

fu2 sau2 tip3 ji5

Docile and obedient; subserviently bowing one's head and pinning back one's ears.

To appease, pacify, or bring peace to a region or its people.

Grievances, sufferings, or bitter complaints about one's hardships.

Fushun, a city in Liaoning Province, China.

fu2 seon6 jyun6

撫順縣抚顺县

Fushun, a county in Fushun City, Liaoning.

撫順市抚顺市

Fushun, a prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province.

To provide financial or material aid to the family of a member who has been seriously injured or killed.

撫恤金抚恤金

Compensation payment for injury, death, or bereavement.

To think hard or rack one's brains.

fu2 si1 ming4 soeng2

To think deeply or rack one's brains.

虎獅獸虎狮兽

Tigon; a hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness.

To look down from a high place; to overlook.

A painful, difficult, or miserable task.

fu2 si6 daam1 daam1

虎視眈眈虎视眈眈

To eye greedily; to look at something with intense desire to obtain it, like a tiger watching its prey.

The capital of a prefecture (fu) during the Tang to Qing dynasties.

To give a wry, forced, or bitter smile while experiencing negative emotions.

Your home, residence, or family, used as a respectful or polite form of address.

An axe or hatchet; a tool with a handle and a heavy, sharp blade used for chopping or splitting.

fu2 tau2 daa2 zok6 zok6 daa2 muk6

斧頭打鑿鑿打木斧头打凿凿打木

A metaphor describing how one thing can always be conquered, overcome, or controlled by another.

Pain, suffering, or hardship that tortures the mind or body.

斧頭邊斧头边

The Chinese character radical 阝 (Kangxi radical 170) when written on the left side of a character.

虎頭蜂虎头蜂

Hornet; Vespa, a genus of large wasps.

fu2 tau4 hoi2 diu1

虎頭海鵰虎头海雕

Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus).

虎頭牌虎头牌

Tiger-head plaque made of wood and mounted on the front of a Qing dynasty yamen as a symbol of authority.

fu2 tau4 se4 mei5

虎頭蛇尾虎头蛇尾

To start strongly but finish weakly; to begin with great energy but end in a fizzle.

虎跳峽虎跳峡

Tiger Leaping Gorge, a scenic canyon on the Jinsha River in Yunnan.

Physical or mental suffering; pain and misery, often referring to mental torment.

To comfort or console someone, helping them recover from distress or emotional upheaval.

撫慰金抚慰金

Compensation or a lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased.

Governor or magistrate of a prefecture in imperial China.

Hard labor; grueling or bitter work.

苦活兒苦活儿

Hard labor; heavy, exhausting, or difficult physical work.

fu2 zaap6 mit6 dou6

苦集滅道苦集灭道

The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.

A tiger's claw, or a tense martial arts grip resembling a tiger's claw.

fu2 zaau2 paai3

Fu Jow Pai, a southern Chinese martial art emphasizing tiger-claw techniques.

Fuzhou, a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province, China.

撫州市抚州市

Fuzhou, a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province.

To deign or condescend; to yield to a request or politely accept a post.

fu2 zeon6 gam1 loi4

苦盡甘來苦尽甘来

Sweetness comes after bitterness; happiness will come after suffering.