Cantonese words starting with K

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窮二代穷二代

kung4 ji6 doi6those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s

kung4 jing4arched; dome-shaped

窮於應付穷于应付

kung4 jyu1 jing3 fu6to struggle to cope (with a situation)

kung4 kau3cornered enemy

kung4 kit3to exhaust

窮竭法穷竭法

kung4 kit3 faat3Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)

kung4 kwan3destitute

kung4 loi4see 邛崍市|邛崃市[Qiong2 lai2 Shi4]

邛崍山邛崃山

kung4 loi4 saan1Qionglai Mountains in western Sichuan between the Min 岷江[Min2 Jiang1] and Dadu 大渡河[Da4 du4 He2] rivers

邛崍山脈邛崃山脉

kung4 loi4 saan1 mak6Qionglai mountains on the boundary of the Sichuan basin 四川盆地

邛崍市邛崃市

kung4 loi4 si5Qionglai, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan

kung4 lou4yurt (round tent)

kung4 lung4a dome; the sky

kung4 lung4domed structure

窮忙族穷忙族

kung4 mong4 zuk6the working poor

kung4 ngo6exhausted and hungry

窮棒子穷棒子

kung4 paang5 zi2poor but spirited person

窮山惡水穷山恶水

kung4 saan1 ok3 seoi2lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)

kung4 sau4destitute; penniless and full of care

窮愁潦倒穷愁潦倒

kung4 sau4 lou5 dou2impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless

窮鼠嚙狸穷鼠啮狸

kung4 syu2 jit6 lei4a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

窮酸相穷酸相

kung4 syun1 soeng3wretched look

窮途末路穷途末路

kung4 tou4 mut6 lou6lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; things have reached a dead end

窮則思變穷则思变

kung4 zak1 si1 bin3poverty gives rise to a desire to change for the better

kung4 zeoi1to pursue relentlessly

kung4 zeon6to use up; to probe to the bottom; end

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

kung4 zoi6 naau6 si5 mou4 jan4 man6, fu3 zoi6 sam1 saan1 jau5 jyun5 can1the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain

kut3sound of flowing water

kut3raucous; unpleasantly noisy

kut3opening; sacrifice; slit; spacious; to exempt; to risk one's life; cracked; open

kut3 ceot1 heoi3to throw caution to the wind; to go for broke

kut3 cou3a clamor

kut3 daat6optimistic; generous; open-minded

kut3 duk6(literary) malicious; spiteful

kut3 hou6parentheses; brackets

kut3 ji5raucous

kut3 jin4wide and open

豁然開朗豁然开朗

kut3 jin4 hoi1 long5suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing; to achieve speedy enlightenment

括約肌括约肌

kut3 joek3 gei1sphincter

kut3 jyu4(zoology) slug

kut3 kyun4variant of 划拳[hua2 quan2]

kut3 lau4mole cricket (Gryllotalpa)

kut3 min5to exempt

豁免權豁免权

kut3 min5 kyun4immunity from prosecution

kut3 sin3(math.) vinculum

kut3 wu4(punctuation) "( )"

kwaa1foreign accent; exaggerated

kwaa1to collapse (lit. or fig.)

kwaa1to boast; to praise

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