Cantonese words starting with K

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Wether; a castrated ram.

kit3 joeng4 si5

揭陽市揭阳市

Jieyang, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China.

Outstanding or prominent.

Alone and companionless.

kit3 kit3 wai4 ji6

孑孑為義孑孑为义

To do petty favors or show small kindnesses to others.

Mosquito larva; wriggler.

To stand alone, or to be isolated without help.

kit3 laap6 mou4 ji1

孑立無依孑立无依

To stand completely alone without any help or support.

Crafty and cunning officials.

To do one's utmost; to spare no effort.

To expose, reveal, or bring hidden facts to light.

To cross-examine, interrogate, or question closely.

Karma; the Buddhist concept of action, work, or deed.

To unveil or inaugurate, or to mark the start of an event.

Opening ceremony; inauguration.

纈氨酸缬氨酸

Valine (Val), an essential amino acid.

To expose and criticize

To expose, uncover, or lay bare a secret, lie, or trick.

Jiexi, a county in Jieyang, Guangdong Province.

kit3 sai1 jyun6

揭西縣揭西县

Jiexi, a county in Jieyang, Guangdong province.

To do one's utmost; to devote all of one's heart and effort.

Alone; all by oneself; solitary.

To reveal, elucidate, or set forth.

Wholeheartedly, with all one's heart and sincerity.

Survivors, or a relict species.

kit3 wai4 sang1 mat6

孑遺生物孑遗生物

Living fossil; a relict species that has survived from an earlier geological epoch.

Clever, shrewd, or artful.

The Jie people, a non-Han ethnic group of northern China around the 4th century.

kit3 zaak6 ji4 jyu4

竭澤而漁竭泽而渔

To drain the pond to catch the fish; to ruin the source of one's income or livelihood for a short-term benefit.

To use up; to exhaust; to do one's utmost.

kit3 zeon6 cyun4 lik6

竭盡全力竭尽全力

To do one's utmost; to spare no effort or use all of one's strength.

To publish or carry an article in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.

Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century.

To announce or reveal results to the public.

To make known, clarify, or announce.

Fishy, suspicious, or strange; containing hidden problems.

Coincidental; a surname.

Bridge; a structure built over an obstacle such as water, a valley, or a road to connect different places.

Chinese onion (Allium chinense).

Hard to pronounce, tongue-tying, or difficult to say smoothly.

The key skill or knack to doing something successfully.

Chinese onion (Allium chinense), also known as Chinese scallion.

The ears of grain crops, tall-growing crops, or thriving weeds.

To stick up, tilt, or curl upward on one end.

A person living abroad who retains the citizenship of their home country.

A Chinese surname, or a character used in names and transliterations.

Used in place names.

Common mallow (Malva sinensis).

Buckwheat, commonly used in the compound word for buckwheat (荞麦).

kiu4 baa1 saan1

喬巴山乔巴山

Choibalsan, a city in Mongolia and the capital of Dornod Province.