Cantonese words starting with K

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Dome; a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure.

窮二代穷二代

The second-generation poor; children of families that did not benefit from economic reforms.

Arched or dome-shaped.

kung4 jyu1 jing3 fu6

窮於應付穷于应付

To struggle to cope with a situation.

A cornered enemy on the brink of defeat.

To exhaust; to use up completely.

kung4 kit3 faat3

窮竭法穷竭法

Archimedes' method of exhaustion, an early precursor to integral calculus.

Poor and destitute; lacking money or daily necessities.

Qionglai, a county-level city in Chengdu, Sichuan.

kung4 loi4 saan1

邛崍山邛崃山

Qionglai Mountains, a mountain range in western Sichuan between the Min and Dadu rivers.

kung4 loi4 saan1 mak6

邛崍山脈邛崃山脉

Qionglai mountains, a mountain range on the boundary of the Sichuan basin.

邛崍市邛崃市

Qionglai, a county-level city in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

A yurt; a traditional felt-covered round tent.

A dome, vault, or the sky.

A dome, vault, or arched structure.

kung4 mong4 zuk6

窮忙族穷忙族

The working poor; people who work long hours for low pay.

Extremely poor and starving.

kung4 paang5 zi2

窮棒子穷棒子

A poor but spirited person.

kung4 saan1 ok3 seoi2

窮山惡水穷山恶水

Barren hills and wild rivers; a treacherous, desolate, or inhospitable terrain.

Destitute and worried; penniless and full of care.

kung4 sau4 lou5 dou2

窮愁潦倒穷愁潦倒

Impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless.

kung4 syu2 jit6 lei4

窮鼠嚙狸穷鼠啮狸

A cornered rat will bite the cat; even the weak will fight back when pushed to their limit.

kung4 syun1 soeng3

窮酸相穷酸相

A miserable, poverty-stricken, or wretched look.

kung4 tou4 mut6 lou6

窮途末路穷途末路

A dead end, impasse, or hopeless situation.

kung4 zak1 si1 bin3

窮則思變穷则思变

Poverty gives rise to a desire for change and action to improve one's situation.

To pursue relentlessly.

To exhaust; to use up completely.

kung4 zoi6 naau6 si5 mou4 jan4 man6, fu3 zoi6 sam1 saan1 jau5 jyun5 can1

窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲

The poor are ignored even in the busiest city, while the rich will find relatives even in the deepest mountains.

To live; to stay alive; to exist.

Raucous, clamorous, or unpleasantly noisy.

Open-minded or generous.

kut3 ceot1 heoi3

To go ahead regardless of the consequences; to be ready to risk everything and push past boundaries.

Clamorous, noisy, or annoying because of loud and persistent chatter.

Open-minded, optimistic, and magnanimous; not dwelling on setbacks or negativity.

Malicious, spiteful, or sinister in nature.

Bracket or parenthesis, used in punctuation to insert notes or in mathematics to indicate order of operations.

Deafening, grating, or unpleasantly loud.

Wide and open; suddenly enlightened or cleared of doubt.

kut3 jin4 hoi1 long5

豁然開朗豁然开朗

To be suddenly enlightened; to experience a sudden flash of understanding or clarity.

kut3 joek3 gei1

括約肌括约肌

Sphincter; a ring-like muscle that constricts or closes a bodily passage.

Slug; a shellless, slimy terrestrial gastropod mollusk.

To play a Chinese drinking finger-guessing game.

Mole cricket; an insect of the family Gryllotalpidae.

To exempt; to exclude someone or something from the scope of a regulation or obligation.

kut3 min5 kyun4

豁免權豁免权

Immunity from prosecution, legal liability, or taxation.

Vinculum; a horizontal line used in mathematical notation to group terms together.

Parentheses or brackets, used to add supplementary information in text.

Having a non-local accent, or speaking with an affected or exaggerated tone.

To collapse, fall down, break down, or fail, literally or figuratively.

To exaggerate; to talk or act in a way that exceeds reality.