Cantonese words starting with F

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釜山廣域市釜山广域市

fu2 saan1 gwong2 wik6 si5Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4], South Korea

fu2 saan1 si5Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4], South Korea

fu2 sam1liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM

fu2 sam1painstaking effort; laborious at pains

苦心經營苦心经营

fu2 sam1 ging1 jing4to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts

苦心孤詣苦心孤诣

fu2 sam1 gu1 ngai6to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble

fu2 san1to lean over; to stoop

fu2 sap6 gaai1 si6lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)

fu2 sap6 zik1 si6lit. describe a person only needs to kneel down to pick something up, meaning can be found everywhere

fu2 sau2to bend one's head

俯首稱臣俯首称臣

fu2 sau2 cing1 san4to bow before (idiom)

fu2 sau2 tip3 ji5bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient

fu2 seoi1to appease

fu2 seoi2bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates); digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth

fu2 seon6see 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4]

撫順縣抚顺县

fu2 seon6 jyun6Fushun, a county in Fushun City 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning

撫順市抚顺市

fu2 seon6 si5Fushun, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3]

fu2 seot1relief

撫恤金抚恤金

fu2 seot1 gam1compensation payment (for injury)

fu2 si1to think hard; to pour out one's sufferings

fu2 si1 ming4 soeng2(idiom) to think deeply; to rack one's brains

虎獅獸虎狮兽

fu2 si1 sau3tigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness

fu2 si6to overlook

fu2 si6hard job

虎視眈眈虎视眈眈

fu2 si6 daam1 daam1lit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom)

fu2 sing4capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

fu2 siu3to force a smile

fu2 soeng6(courteous) home; residence (not one's own)

斧頭打鑿鑿打木斧头打凿凿打木

fu2 tau2 daa2 zok6 zok6 daa2 muk6a metaphor to describe that one thing can always be conquered by another

fu2 tau4sufferings

斧頭邊斧头边

fu2 tau4 bin1refers to the Kangxi (radical 170) 阝part of a Chinese character

虎頭蜂虎头蜂

fu2 tau4 fung1hornet

虎頭海鵰虎头海雕

fu2 tau4 hoi2 diu1(bird species of China) Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

虎頭牌虎头牌

fu2 tau4 paai4tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门[ya2 men5] during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)

虎頭蛇尾虎头蛇尾

fu2 tau4 se4 mei5lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish

虎跳峽虎跳峡

fu2 tiu3 haap6Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1] in Yunnan

fu2 wai3to console; to soothe

撫慰金抚慰金

fu2 wai3 gam1pension or lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased

fu2 wan5magistrate

fu2 wut6bitter work

苦活兒苦活儿

fu2 wut6 ji4erhua variant of 苦活[ku3 huo2]

苦集滅道苦集灭道

fu2 zaap6 mit6 dou6the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]

fu2 zaau2literally: a tiger's claw; a tense fighting grip [colloquial]

fu2 zaau2 paai3Fu Jow Pai (Tiger Claw Style), a southern Chinese martial art emphasizing tiger-claw techniques

fu2 zau1see 撫州市|抚州市[Fu3 zhou1 Shi4]

撫州市抚州市

fu2 zau1 si5Fuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]

fu2 zau6to deign; to yield to (entreaties); (polite) to deign to accept (a post)

苦盡甘來苦尽甘来

fu2 zeon6 gam1 loi4bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning

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