Cantonese words starting with K

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Qi County or Qixian, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi

crawling or creeping (of insects)

kei4 kei4 ngaai6 ngaai6

stammering (idiom)

(finance) option

very short of (food, clean water etc); deficit

strange and deceitful; treacherous

singular excursion

kei4 laam6 dim3

旗艦店旗舰店

flagship (store)

singularly beautiful

cream (loanword)

describe someone's dress as disgusting or very ugly; sometimes refers to a person's rude manners or eccentric behavior

kei4 leon4 coi3

eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM)

kei4 leon4 keoi1

麒麟區麒麟区

Qilin, a district of Qujing City 曲靖市[Qu3 jing4 Shi4], Yunnan

Monoceros (constellation)

see 祁連縣|祁连县[Qi2 lian2 Xian4]

kei4 lin4 jyun6

祁連縣祁连县

Qilian, a county in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai

kei4 lin4 saan1

祁連山祁连山

Qilian Mountains in Qinghai

kei4 lin4 saan1 mak6

祁連山脈祁连山脉

Qilian Mountains (formerly Richthofen Range), dividing Qinghai and Gansu provinces

kei4 loi4 jau5 zi6

其來有自其来有自

there is a reason for it

kei4 lok6 bat1 kung4

其樂不窮其乐不穷

kei4 lok6 jung4 jung4

其樂融融其乐融融

(of relations) joyous and harmonious

kei4 lok6 mou4 kung4

其樂無窮其乐无穷

kei4 lou6 dang1

歧路燈歧路灯

Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2]

kei4 maa5 zaau2 maa5

騎馬找馬骑马找马

literally: 'to look for a horse while sitting on one', to hold on to one job while seeking a better one (dated meaning); nowadays more commonly used to describe someone who is out looking for something elsewhere despite already having it in their possessions or within their reach

kei4 maau6 bat1 joeng4

其貌不揚其貌不扬

(idiom) nothing special to look at

a chess enthusiast

remarkable or peculiar piece of writing

bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news

kei4 man4 gung6 soeng2

奇文共賞奇文共赏

lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning); preposterous bullshit

magical; amazing

to have expectations; expectation

to hope; hope; (old) name of an official post

kei4 mong6 zik6

see 祁門縣|祁门县[Qi2 men2 Xian4]

kei4 mun4 deon6 gaap3

奇門遁甲奇门遁甲

Qimen Dunjia, an ancient system of occult arts used for divination and strategic planning

kei4 mun4 jyun6

祁門縣祁门县

Qimen, a county in Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4], Anhui

to expire; to come to an end

the end of a term or semester (in school)

kei4 mut6 haau2

kei4 mut6 haau2 si5

期末考試期末考试

the end of term final exams

kei4 naan4 zaap6 zing3

奇難雜症奇难杂症

difficult and complicated cases [written and colloquial]

special ability

kei4 nang4 ji6 si6

奇能異士奇能异士

extraordinary hero with special abilities

kei4 ngaa5 ngaa5

Chihuahua, Mexico