Cantonese words starting with K

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吸塵機吸尘机

Vacuum cleaner.

To absorb, take in, or draw upon something for one's own use.

Shabby, run-down, and in poor condition due to neglect.

kap1 dak1 zau6 kap1

To talk rubbish; to bullshit or speak without any factual basis.

To take drugs; to abuse illegal substances.

Drug addict; a person who is addicted to illicit drugs.

To earn money; to attract wealth or generate revenue.

Drinking straw; a hollow tube used to suck up liquids.

Overlock stitch; a sewing method used for edging, hemming, or seaming fabric.

To breathe in; to inhale.

kap1 hyut3 gwai2

Vampire, or a bloodsucker who extorts money or charges exorbitant prices.

To stamp; to imprint with a seal.

Attractive, appealing, or fascinating; able to draw interest or attention.

Attractiveness; the degree of appeal or attraction.

To smoke cigarettes.

kap1 jit6 faan2 jing3

吸熱反應吸热反应

Endothermic reaction

Provisions, victuals, or rations.

To give, grant, or present a gift to someone.

Anxious, eager, or impatient in the pursuit of something.

kap1 kap1 gung3

岌岌貢岌岌贡

Wobbling, shaking, or rocking; unstable and seemingly about to fall or break apart.

kap1 kap1 ho2 ngai4

In imminent danger, critical, or highly precarious.

Attractive force or suction force; the power that pulls two things together.

kap1 mat1 ceon1

What the fuck are you (or they) talking about?

To absorb, recruit, or integrate something into one's own resources.

To give to you.

Suction cup; a disc-shaped device that adheres to surfaces using atmospheric pressure.

To absorb moisture, especially from the air.

To absorb, assimilate, or draw in something to make it a part of oneself.

To consume, smoke, or inhale drugs through the mouth or nose.

Level, grade, or class of quality; also mathematically, a series or progression.

A fraud scheme in which goods or money are obtained using a bounced or post-dated cheque that cannot be cashed.

To bite swiftly with a wide-open mouth.

To reach, touch, or be in close proximity to.

To pass an imperial examination.

Cantonese congee with pig offal, typically containing pig's heart, liver, and intestines.

kap6 dak1 soeng5

To be comparable to; to be as good as.

To pass a test, examination, or standard.

In time, just in time, or opportune; doing something before it is too late.

及時雨及时雨

Timely rain that relieves a drought; a timely solution that solves an urgent problem at a critical moment.

By the time; up to; until a certain event occurs.

As soon as possible; at one's earliest convenience.

To cough, or a cough.

kat1 joek6 seoi2

咳藥水咳药水

Cough syrup; cough mixture.

To cough, or a cough.

Cough syrup; liquid medicine used to relieve coughing.

To dig out or pick with the tip of one's fingers, or to pick up.

A ditch, drain, or channel used for drainage or irrigation.

kau1 keoi4 aap3

溝渠鴨沟渠鸭

An insult used to describe a useless, incompetent, or good-for-nothing person.

To hit on, pick up, or date a girl.

To pick up girls; to court or woo a woman.