Cantonese words starting with K

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A curved line, the curves of a woman's body, or an indirect or sarcastic way of expressing an opinion.

The Dan people, a traditional group of boat dwellers in Fuzhou and coastal Fujian.

A piece of music, tune, or melody.

Winding and tortuous, or complex and complicated.

kuk1 zung1 jan4 saan3

曲終人散曲终人散

The departure of guests and subsequent quiet after a lively event or gathering.

Poor; lacking money or property.

A mound, or to be in distress.

kung4 bing1 duk6 mou5

窮兵黷武穷兵黩武

To wage wars incessantly or wantonly deploy military force.

kung4 ce1 gik6 ci2

窮奢極侈穷奢极侈

Extravagant in the extreme; luxurious to the utmost degree.

kung4 dou3 nung1

窮到燶穷到㶶

Extremely poor; absolutely broke.

An impoverished or penniless person.

kung4 gwong1 daan2

窮光蛋穷光蛋

A penniless person; a poor wretch.

kung4 hoeng1 pik1 joeng6

窮鄉僻壤穷乡僻壤

A remote and backward place; a poor and isolated rural area.

A dead end or blind alley; having no way out.

Poor and destitute; lacking money or daily necessities.

kung4 tou4 mut6 lou6

窮途末路穷途末路

A dead end, impasse, or hopeless situation.

kung4 zak1 si1 bin3

窮則思變穷则思变

Poverty gives rise to a desire for change and action to improve one's situation.

To exhaust; to use up completely.

Raucous, clamorous, or unpleasantly noisy.

Open-minded or generous.

kut3 ceot1 heoi3

To go ahead regardless of the consequences; to be ready to risk everything and push past boundaries.

Open-minded, optimistic, and magnanimous; not dwelling on setbacks or negativity.

Bracket or parenthesis, used in punctuation to insert notes or in mathematics to indicate order of operations.

kut3 jin4 hoi1 long5

豁然開朗豁然开朗

To be suddenly enlightened; to experience a sudden flash of understanding or clarity.

Slug; a shellless, slimy terrestrial gastropod mollusk.

To exempt; to exclude someone or something from the scope of a regulation or obligation.

Parentheses or brackets, used to add supplementary information in text.

Having a non-local accent, or speaking with an affected or exaggerated tone.

To exaggerate; to talk or act in a way that exceeds reality.

To step, stride, or cross over.

To exaggerate or magnify; to describe something as more serious or significant than it actually is.

To boast or brag.

kwaa1 nin4 dou6

To span across multiple years; to carry over to or continue into the next year.

Exaggerated; exceeding reality or common sense.

To praise, commend, or compliment.

Crotch, hip, or thighs.

To take big steps; to stride.

Cross-border; to cross a border.

Multinational; involving or operating across different countries.

Groin; crotch; the area between the legs.

To step across, span, or transcend physical, temporal, or abstract boundaries.

Hurdling; the track and field event of running and jumping over obstacles.

To enclose, surround, or encircle something on all sides.

Frame; a border or casing that surrounds an object.

To stroll around aimlessly; to wander around a certain area or hang out.

To go shopping, window-shopping, or strolling along the streets.

Grand, towering, and secure, especially of a mountain.

Helmet; a hard, protective head covering.

To peep, peer, or spy on secretly; to watch or look at.

How dare you; how could you; used sarcastically to scold or complain about someone.