Cantonese words starting with K

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kap1 sau1 zai1 loeng6

吸收劑量吸收剂量

sound absorption

the name of an official position in the imperial court, aka 給事中|给事中[ji3 shi4 zhong1]

(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc); to drink through a straw

to suck on (sth)

to absorb carbon

吸鐵石吸铁石

to absorb completely

sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)

to draw (towards); to be sucked in

using a bounced cheque to commit fraud [colloquial]

(Cant.) to bite

(verb); Catch up (with time or someone)

to pass an imperial examination

congee with lean pork, liver and kidney

kap6 dak1 soeng5

It can be regarded as…; as good

kap6 fung1 ji4 si3

及鋒而試及锋而试

lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak

to pass an exam or a test

kap6 gaak3 sin3

及格線及格线

passing line or score (in an examination)

to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)

(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...

transitive (grammar)

kap6 mat6 dung6 ci4

及物動詞及物动词

transitive verb

timely; at the right time

kap6 si4 hang4 lok6

及時行樂及时行乐

to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future; carpe diem

及時雨及时雨

及時性及时性

by the time that

at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible

(dialect) to cough

kat1 joek6 seoi2

咳藥水咳药水

a cough mixture

to cough up phlegm

to dig out; to carve; to study meticulously; stingy; to raise; tight-fisted

(slang) 1. to mingle with or cruise (for a partner); (verb) mix things together

channel; irrigation canal

kau1 keoi4 aap3

溝渠鴨沟渠鸭

to describe a useless person