Cantonese words starting with K

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眍䁖
kau1 lau1to sink in (of eyes)
抠门儿
kau1 mun4 ji4erhua form of 摳門|抠门[kou1 men2]
kau1 neoi2verb; to woo a girl, to charm a girl, to hit on a girl, date a girl
沟女
kau1 neoi2the act of wooing
kau1 neoi2 wong4a pick up artist, an expert in chatting up girls [colloquial]
沟女王
kau1 neoi2 wong4(noun) the master of lady-killer; tomcat master; playboys
沟通
kau1 tung1to join; to connect; to link up
kau1 zai2to go out looking for men to chat up; to flirt with guys [colloquial]
沟仔
kau1 zai2woo; date a boy out (spoken)
抠字眼
kau1 zi6 ngaan5to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
抠字眼儿
kau1 zi6 ngaan5 ji4erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼[kou1 zi4 yan3]
kau3to knock; to ask
kau3to invade; bandit; enemy
kau3to fasten; button; knot; to confiscate; discount; to smash, spike or dunk (a ...
kau3mortar
kau3maternal uncle; husband's father
kau3nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt); Myristicaceae (family of plants producing ...
kau3button; clasp
kau3fledglings
扣压
kau3 aat3to withhold
kau3 aat3to detain; to distrain
kau3 baai3to bow in salute; to kowtow
kau3 caa4to detain and question
kau3 ceoi4to deduct
构词
kau3 ci4composite word
构词学
kau3 ci4 hok6morphology (linguistics)
kau3 daan1nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex")
扣发
kau3 faat3to deprive; to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
kau3 fan1to deduct marks (when grading school work); penalty points
购货
kau3 fo3purchase of goods
构架
kau3 gaa3structure
扣击
kau3 gik1to smash a ball
构件
kau3 gin2member; part
叩见
kau3 gin3to kowtow in salute
构建
kau3 gin3to construct (sth abstract)
扣缴
kau3 giu2to withhold
叩关
kau3 gwaan1to knock at the gate (old); to invade
扣关
kau3 gwaan1variant of 叩關|叩关[kou4 guan1]
构陷
kau3 haam6to frame
kau3 hau4verb; purge; To retch,
kau3 heoi3to deduct (points etc)
kau3 jan4 sam1 jin4to excite; exciting; cliff-hanging
购入
kau3 jap6to buy; to acquire
叩应
kau3 jing3call-in (loanword)
扣应
kau3 jing3to call in (to a broadcast program) (loanword) (Tw)
叩谒
kau3 jit3to visit (esp. one's superiors)
kau3 joeng4to rob and steal
kau3 juk6steamed pork
kau3 kau3(Internet slang) QQ instant messenger
kau3 kau3(loanword) cocoa

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