Cantonese words starting with K

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kei4 fung4 dik6 sau2

棋逢敵手棋逢敌手

see 棋逢對手|棋逢对手[qi2 feng2 dui4 shou3]

singular solution (to a math. equation)

kei4 gaak3 zong6

棋格狀棋格状

checkered pattern

in between; in the meantime

Manchurian officer

brilliant skill

checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)

wonderful scenery; (fig.) marvel

a flagpole; a flagstaff

see 綦江區|綦江区[Qi2 jiang1 Qu1]

kei4 gou1 jat1 zoek6

棋高一著棋高一着

to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)

kei4 gu2 soeng1 dong1

旗鼓相當旗鼓相当

lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched

spectacle; impressive sight

Manchurian official

strange; to marvel

strange and prominent

under the banner of

time limit; allotted time

end of term examination

Qi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晉國|晋国[Jin4 guo2] of the Spring and Autumn states

kei4 hai4 zi1 zin3

祁奚之薦祁奚之荐

Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty

next; after that

to hope; expectation(s)

kei4 hoi1 dak1 sing3

旗開得勝旗开得胜

lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success

(noun) Periodical magazine (e.g. weekly magazine)

military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose")

an eccentric; person of extraordinary talent

one of the given (options etc); firstly

secondly; the second

fantastic; odd; astonished

奇異筆奇异笔

marker (writing instrument)

奇異果奇异果

kei4 ji6 kwaa1 hak1

奇異夸克奇异夸克

strange quark (particle physics)

kei4 jing4 gwaai3 zong6

奇形怪狀奇形怪状

fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped

see 祁陽市|祁阳市[Qi2 yang2 Shi4]

Saitama (city and prefecture in Japan)

kei4 juk6 jyun6

埼玉縣埼玉县

marlin fish; flagfish; swordfish; sailfish; spearfish

the rest; remaining; apart from them

flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units); semaphore

happy encounter; adventure

unusual destiny

Qi County or Qixian, a county in Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan