Cantonese words starting with K

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A lance, halberd, or spear-like ancient weapon.

Prime minister; premier.

To bring, carry, or take along a person or object.

A small plot or bed of farm land.

To stare at; also used in terms referring to separation or being apart.

Sunflower, mallow, or similar plants with large leaves that turn towards the sun.

Loggerhead sea turtle; mainly used in the compound 蠵龜.

Used in personal names.

A Chinese surname.

Thoroughfare, road, or path; also high, or cheekbone.

Kwai Tsing District, a district in southern New Territories, Hong Kong, comprising Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi.

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葵青區葵青区

Kwai Tsing District, one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong.

Kwai Chung; an area in the southwestern New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite Tsing Yi.

To bring, carry, or take something with you while moving.

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攜帶者携带者

Carrier of a recessive gene, virus, or disease.

Sunflower seeds.

Kwai Fong, an area in Kwai Chung in the New Territories, Hong Kong.

To take money or funds with oneself, often with the implication of absconding with illegal or corruptly obtained wealth.

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攜家帶眷携家带眷

To bring one's whole family along; to be accompanied by family.

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攜家帶口携家带口

To take along one's whole family; to be weighed down by family responsibilities.

To be separated or parted from each other for a long time.

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Sunflower seeds.

To bring one's spouse, children, partner, or family members to an event.

Kwai Hing, an area in Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

To have a different comment on the same thing, disagree, or differ in opinion.

Awestruck and fearful.

An ancient yak of southeast China.

To hold hands; to join hands or collaborate.

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攜手並肩携手并肩

To walk or work hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder, cooperating closely.

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攜手同行携手同行

To walk hand in hand, or to work together towards a common goal.

A palm-leaf fan, or the spade suit in playing cards.

Guinea pig; a domesticated South American rodent kept as a pet.

To part ways or be separated from each other for a long time.

To part company; to be separated from each other.

Kuizhou, an ancient area corresponding to modern Fengjie County in Chongqing.

A granary, especially a round bin for storing grain.

One of the Eight Trigrams in Daoist cosmology, symbolizing earth.

A chain of connected mountains.

Used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains.

Kombu; a type of edible kelp.

Insect; an invertebrate animal of the class Insecta.

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昆蟲學昆虫学

Entomology; the scientific study of insects.

Pontianak, the capital city of West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

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昆都侖昆都仑

Kundulun, a district in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.

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昆都侖區昆都仑区

Hondlon District, a district of Baotou City in Inner Mongolia.

An ancient bird resembling a crane.

Kunqu opera melody; the musical style of Kunqu opera.

Pipa strings made from the sinews of a crane or swan.

Cuenca, a place name and surname.