Cantonese words starting with K

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强韧
koeng4 ngan6resilient
强弩之末
koeng4 nou5 zi1 mut6lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
强势
koeng4 sai3strong; (linguistics) emphatic
强心剂
koeng4 sam1 zai1cardiac stimulant
强心针
koeng4 sam1 zam1heart-strengthening shot
强身
koeng4 san1to strengthen one's body; to keep fit; to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
强生
koeng4 sang1Johnson (surname)
强生公司
koeng4 sang1 gung1 si1Johnson & Johnson
强盛
koeng4 sing6rich and powerful
强相互作用
koeng4 soeng1 wu6 zok3 jung6strong interaction (in particle physics)
强横
koeng4 waang4surly and unreasoning; tyrannical
强震
koeng4 zan3powerful earthquake
强子
koeng4 zi2hadron (particle physics)
强直性脊柱炎
koeng4 zik6 sing3 zek3 cyu5 jim4ankylosing spondylitis
强占
koeng4 zim3to occupy by force
强将手下无弱兵
koeng4 zoeng3 sau2 haa6 mou4 joek6 bing1there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
强作用
koeng4 zok3 jung6strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
强作用力
koeng4 zok3 jung6 lik6the strong force (in nuclear physics)
强壮
koeng4 zong3strong; robust
强中自有强中手
koeng4 zung1 zi6 jau5 koeng4 zung1 sau2(idiom) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger
koeng5a snare
koeng5string of copper coins; swaddling
koeng5(bound form) callus
koeng5cloth for carrying baby on back
koeng5money; wealth; a cigarette
强迫
koeng5 bik1to compel
强迫教育
koeng5 bik1 gaau3 juk6Compulsory education
强辩
koeng5 bin6to try to make one's case using false arguments
强辩到底
koeng5 bin6 dou3 dai2to argue endlessly
koeng5 bou2swaddling clothes; infancy
强词夺理
koeng5 ci4 dyut6 lei5to twist words and force logic (idiom); loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
强加
koeng5 gaa1to impose
强加于人
koeng5 gaa1 jyu1 jan4to impose one's opinion, idea, will on someone
羟基
koeng5 gei1hydroxyl group -OH
羟基丁酸
koeng5 gei1 ding1 syun1gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, GHB
羟基磷灰石
koeng5 gei1 leon4 fui1 sek6hydroxyapatite (calcium phosphate mineral forming bone and tooth enamel)
强记
koeng5 gei3to memorize by rote
强行
koeng5 hang4to do sth by force
强忍
koeng5 jan2to resist (with great difficulty)
强忍悲痛
koeng5 jan2 bei1 tung3to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
强人所难
koeng5 jan4 so2 naan4to force someone to do something
强求
koeng5 kau4to insist on; to demand; to impose
强令
koeng5 ling6to order by force
强买强卖
koeng5 maai5 koeng5 maai6to force sb to buy or sell
镪水
koeng5 seoi2(coll.) strong acid
使强使
koeng5 si2to force; to oblige
强制
koeng5 zai3to force; to compel; to coerce; Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
强制性
koeng5 zai3 sing3adj; mandatory, compellent
koeng5 zai3 sing3compulsory; mandatory
强制执行
koeng5 zai3 zap1 hang4to enforce

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