Cantonese words starting with K

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侨务委员会
kiu4 mou6 wai2 jyun4 wui2Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan
乔木
kiu4 muk6tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub)
乔纳森
kiu4 naap6 sam1Jonathan (name)
翘硬
kiu4 ngaang6hard; to be in erection
桥牌
kiu4 paai2contract bridge (card game)
翘盼
kiu4 paan3to long for
西桥西
kiu4 sai1see 橋西區|桥西区[Qiao2 xi1 Qu1]
西桥西区
kiu4 sai1 keoi1Qiaoxi, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei
乔叟
kiu4 sau2Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2]
翘首
kiu4 sau2to raise one's head and look
翘首以待
kiu4 sau2 ji5 doi6to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
乔石
kiu4 sek6Qiao Shi (1924-2015), Chinese politician
翘舌音
kiu4 sit3 jam1retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
桥头
kiu4 tau4either end of a bridge
硚头
kiu4 tau4Qiaotou, Sichuan
桥头堡
kiu4 tau4 bou2(noun) bridgehead; foothold; stronghold
乔宏
kiu4 wang4Roy Chiao, name of an actor (dead)
侨汇
kiu4 wui6Overseas Remittance
桥镇
kiu4 zan3Bridgetown, capital of Barbados (Tw)
翘嘴鹬
kiu4 zeoi2 wat6(bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
桥咀洲
kiu4 zeoi2 zau1Sharp Island, located in Hong Kong
乔治
kiu4 zi6George (name)
乔治亚
kiu4 zi6 aa3(Tw) Georgia, US state
·乔治·布殊
kiu4 zi6 bou3 syu4George Bush, name of the former US president
乔治敦
kiu4 zi6 deon1Georgetown
乔治一世
kiu4 zi6 jat1 sai3George I of Great Brittain
乔治城
kiu4 zi6 sing4Georgetown
乔治城大学
kiu4 zi6 sing4 daai6 hok6Georgetown University in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team
桥接
kiu4 zip3to join by or as if by a bridge; to bridge
桥接器
kiu4 zip3 hei3bridge (networking)
乔装
kiu4 zong1to pretend; to disguise oneself
乔装打扮
kiu4 zong1 daa2 baan6to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit
翘足
kiu4 zuk1lit. on tiptoes; to long for
翘足引领
kiu4 zuk1 jan5 ling5waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom); to long for
翘足而待
kiu4 zuk1 ji4 doi6to expect in a short time (idiom)
跷口杉手
kiu5 hau2 caam5 sau2difficult to deal with [colloquial]
kiu5 hei2obstacle; to put someone in a difficult position
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kiu5 lei6cannot speak smoothly; hard to pronounce; difficult to say
kiu5 zyu6to tangle; to ravel [colloquial]
koek3(verb) Draw back
却病
koek3 beng6to prevent or treat a disease
却步
koek3 bou6to step back
却才
koek3 coi4just now
却倒
koek3 dou2but on the contrary
却是
koek3 si6nevertheless; the fact is ...
却之不恭
koek3 zi1 bat1 gung1to refuse would be impolite
koeng4name of a mountain
koeng4synonym for China
强迫症
koeng4 bik1obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

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