Cantonese words starting with K

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To stick too rigidly to manners; to be overly concerned with etiquette or formalities.

To detain, arrest, or hold a suspect in custody at a police station.

keoi1 lok6 bou6

俱樂部俱乐部

Club; an organization or venue for social or recreational activities.

To rigidly stick to, especially formalities or details, without flexibility.

To disperse, dispel, or drive away a crowd of people or animals.

To prompt, urge, or drive someone to do something.

The human body; physical body.

Area, district, or region; a partitioned space or territory.

To expel, deport, or drive someone out of a country or region.

keoi1 zuk6 laam6

驅逐艦驱逐舰

Destroyer; a type of fast, maneuverable warship designed to escort larger vessels and conduct anti-submarine warfare.

Toil, labor, or laborious work.

A Chinese surname Qu, a type of plant, or an earthworm.

Drain, ditch, or sewer used for draining wastewater and rainwater.

Bound form used in the names of various birds.

An artificial channel, ditch, or drain; or a channel for communication.

The hardship and toil of parents raising their children.

keoi4 sei2 keoi4 zin6

佢死佢賤佢死佢贱

To not care about someone's fate; to let them suffer the consequences of their own actions.

He, she, him, her, or it (usually referring to humans or animals, rarely to inanimate objects).

To refuse, decline, or reject a request or action.

To resist arrest or evade apprehension by the police.

佢哋嘅渠哋嘅

They or them; the third-person plural pronoun.

keoi5 dei6 zi6 gei2

佢哋自己渠哋自己

Themselves; their own

keoi5 gaan3 sik1 fei1

拒諫飾非拒谏饰非

To reject advice and cover up one's errors or faults.

His; her; its; theirs.

Distance or the span of length between two points.

To refuse to collect or receive.

To refuse to take passengers, usually said of vehicles like taxis.

To refuse, reject, or explicitly decline.

Pliers, pincers, or the claw of an arthropod.

Guizhou Province; the short name for Guizhou.

A light yellowish-black color.

The common people, especially as referred to in ancient China.

Small pliers, tweezers, forceps, or pincers.

kin2 hei2 wok6 goi3

㨴起鑊蓋㨴起镬盖

To lift the lid off the wok.

kin2 hoi1 bun2 syu1

㨴開本書㨴开本书

An element used in place names.

To carry a heavy object on one's shoulder.

Devout, sincere, or pious.

The sky and the earth, the cosmos, or the dual forces of yin and yang; by extension, the universe or secret workings of things.

A procuress, madam, or female pimp.

Pious, devout, or deeply sincere.

To talk, chat, discuss, or negotiate with someone.

Qing, a traditional unit of area equal to approximately 66,667 square meters.

king1 caau4 ji4 ceot1

傾巢而出倾巢而出

To set out in full strength; to mobilize every single person.

To tilt, incline, or lean toward one direction; to be partial to one side.

傾斜角倾斜角

Angle of inclination.

king1 dak1 maai4

傾得埋倾得埋

To get along well with someone; to have a good rapport or be on the same wavelength.