Cantonese words starting with K

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father's maternal uncle

mother's brother; CL:個|个[ge4]

舅老爺舅老爷

husband's maternal uncle

wife of mother's brother; maternal uncle's wife

kau5 naai4 naai2

husband's maternal uncle's wife

wife of maternal grandmother's brother

wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law

(noun) (relatives) wife's younger brother

kau5 zai2 haai4

the shoes given to the wife's brothers when a man marries his wife

an unimportant person [colloquial]

someone who plays a minor role; someone unimportant

someone who plays a minor role; someone unimportant

a French kiss [colloquial]

Cashmere (from loanword)

Solanaceae (the potato and eggplant family)

variant of 夾克|夹克[jia1 ke4]

茄紅素茄红素

ke2 ji6 sap6 baat3 sing1 piu4 cung4

茄二十八星瓢蟲茄二十八星瓢虫

28-spotted ladybird; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata

tomato soup [colloquial]

eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); brinjal; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed)

ke2 zi2 ho4 keoi1

茄子河區茄子河区

Qiezihe, a district of Qitaihe City 七臺河市|七台河市[Qi1 tai2 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang

tomato ketchup; tomato sauce [written and colloquial]

lame; paralysis of hands, leg

騎膊馬骑膊马

(noun) shoulder ride

to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)

to sit on the fence (in a dispute)

ke4 fu2 naan4 haa6

騎虎難下骑虎难下

if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway

junction of the edges of two sheets of paper

mounted police (on horse or motorbike)

ke4 ging2 deoi6

騎警隊骑警队

mounted police detachment (on horse or motorbike)

to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)

ke4 hok6 soeng5 joeng4 zau1

騎鶴上揚州骑鹤上扬州

lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position

騎樓底骑楼底

pavement with overhead buildings (spoken)

weird; eccentric; strange; bizarre

ke4 leoi4 mik6 leoi4

騎驢覓驢骑驴觅驴

see 騎驢找驢|骑驴找驴[qi2 lu:2 zhao3 lu:2]

ke4 leoi4 zaau2 leoi4

騎驢找驢骑驴找驴

lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)

to ride a horse

ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5

騎牛搵馬骑牛揾马

(phrase) to buy time for something, e.g. a job, while waiting for a better opportunity to come along (literally "to ride an ox looking for a horse")

equestrian archery

knight; cavalier