Cantonese words starting with K
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僑務委員會侨务委员会
kiu4 mou6 wai2 jyun4 wui2Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan
喬木乔木
kiu4 muk6tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub)
喬納森乔纳森
kiu4 naap6 sam1Jonathan (name)
翹硬翘硬
kiu4 ngaang6hard; to be in erection
橋牌桥牌
kiu4 paai2contract bridge (card game)
翹盼翘盼
kiu4 paan3to long for
橋西桥西
kiu4 sai1see 橋西區|桥西区[Qiao2 xi1 Qu1]
橋西區桥西区
kiu4 sai1 keoi1Qiaoxi, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei
喬叟乔叟
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]
翹首翘首
kiu4 sau2to raise one's head and look
翹首以待翘首以待
kiu4 sau2 ji5 doi6to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
喬石乔石
kiu4 sek6Qiao Shi (1924-2015), Chinese politician
翹舌音翘舌音
kiu4 sit3 jam1retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
橋頭桥头
kiu4 tau4either end of a bridge
礄頭硚头
kiu4 tau4Qiaotou, Sichuan
橋頭堡桥头堡
kiu4 tau4 bou2(noun) bridgehead; foothold; stronghold
喬宏乔宏
kiu4 wang4Roy Chiao, name of an actor (dead)
僑匯侨汇
kiu4 wui6Overseas Remittance
橋鎮桥镇
kiu4 zan3Bridgetown, capital of Barbados (Tw)
翹嘴鷸翘嘴鹬
kiu4 zeoi2 wat6(bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
橋咀洲桥咀洲
kiu4 zeoi2 zau1Sharp Island, located in Hong Kong
喬治乔治
kiu4 zi6George (name)
喬治亞乔治亚
kiu4 zi6 aa3(Tw) Georgia, US state
喬治·布殊乔治·布殊
kiu4 zi6 bou3 syu4George Bush, name of the former US president
喬治敦乔治敦
kiu4 zi6 deon1Georgetown
喬治一世乔治一世
kiu4 zi6 jat1 sai3George I of Great Brittain
喬治城乔治城
kiu4 zi6 sing4Georgetown
喬治城大學乔治城大学
kiu4 zi6 sing4 daai6 hok6Georgetown University in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team
橋接桥接
kiu4 zip3to join by or as if by a bridge; to bridge
橋接器桥接器
kiu4 zip3 hei3bridge (networking)
喬裝乔装
kiu4 zong1to pretend; to disguise oneself
喬裝打扮乔装打扮
kiu4 zong1 daa2 baan6to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit
翹足翘足
kiu4 zuk1lit. on tiptoes; to long for
翹足引領翘足引领
kiu4 zuk1 jan5 ling5waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom); to long for
翹足而待翘足而待
kiu4 zuk1 ji4 doi6to expect in a short time (idiom)
蹺口杉手跷口杉手
kiu5 hau2 caam5 sau2difficult to deal with [colloquial]
繑起
kiu5 hei2obstacle; to put someone in a difficult position
皛
kiu5 / jiu5 jiu5}
繑脷
kiu5 lei6cannot speak smoothly; hard to pronounce; difficult to say
繑住
kiu5 zyu6to tangle; to ravel [colloquial]
卻却
koek3(verb) Draw back
卻病却病
koek3 beng6to prevent or treat a disease
卻步却步
koek3 bou6to step back
卻才却才
koek3 coi4just now
卻倒却倒
koek3 dou2but on the contrary
卻是却是
koek3 si6nevertheless; the fact is ...
卻之不恭却之不恭
koek3 zi1 bat1 gung1to refuse would be impolite
嵹
koeng4name of a mountain
強强
koeng4synonym for China
強迫症强迫症
koeng4 bik1obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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