Cantonese words starting with K

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kwaa1to step across; to straddle; to bestride; to carry; to go beyond
夸称
kwaa1 cing1to praise; to commend
夸大
kwaa1 daai6to exaggerate
夸大其词
kwaa1 daai6 kei4 ci4to exaggerate
夸大之词
kwaa1 daai6 zi1 ci4hyperbole
夸多斗靡
kwaa1 do1 dau3 mei5(idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition
夸下海口
kwaa1 haa6 hoi2 hau2see 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]
kwaa1 hak1(particle physics) (loanword) quark
夸口
kwaa1 hau2to boast
夸海口
kwaa1 hoi2 hau2to boast
夸休可尔症
kwaa1 jau1 ho2 ji5 zing3kwashiorkor (medicine)
耀夸耀
kwaa1 jiu6to brag about
kwaa1 jyun2lateral court (in a Chinese house)
夸夸其谈
kwaa1 kwaa1 kei4 taam4(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
kwaa1 nin4 dou6to go beyond the year; to carry over to the next year
kwaa1 taap3to collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
垮台
kwaa1 toi4(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
夸赞
kwaa1 zaan3to praise; to commend
夸张
kwaa1 zoeng1to exaggerate; hyperbole
夸奖
kwaa1 zoeng2to praise; to compliment
kwaa2 zi2person speaking with a foreign accent
kwaa2 zi2unlined upper garment
kwaa3crotch; hip; thighs
kwaa3 baau1satchel
kwaa3 bou6to take a (striding) step
kwaa3 dau1satchel
挎兜儿
kwaa3 dau1 ji4erhua variant of 挎兜[kua4 dou1]
kwaa3 dau2sidecar
跨地区
kwaa3 dei6 keoi1interregional
kwaa3 dou1to appear in sb's show
kwaa3 dou6span
kwaa3 ging2cross-border
kwaa3 gwat1hip bone
跨过
kwaa3 gwo3to surmount
跨国
kwaa3 gwok3transnational
跨国化
kwaa3 gwok3 faa3to internationalize
跨国公司
kwaa3 gwok3 gung1 si1transnational corporation
kwaa3 haa6groin; crotch
kwaa3 haa6 mat6(slang) male member
kwaa3 haa6 zi1 juk6lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)
跨海大桥
kwaa3 hoi2 daai6 kiu4bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water)
跨鹤
kwaa3 hok6to die
跨学科
kwaa3 hok6 fo1interdisciplinary
跨鹤扬州
kwaa3 hok6 joeng4 zau1lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou; to die
西跨鹤西游
kwaa3 hok6 sai1 jau4to die
跨语言
kwaa3 jyu5 jin4cross-language
kwaa3 jyut6to step across
kwaa3 jyut6 sik1breakthrough; leap-forward
跨栏
kwaa3 laan4hurdles
kwaa3 man4 faa3intercultural

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