Cantonese words starting with K

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kwai4a lance
kwai4consider; to guess; important affair; principle
kwai4to carry; to bring along; also pr. [xi1]
kwai4small plot of farm land
kwai4separated; staring; strabismus; to depart from; to stare at; an alternative form for 暌, to separate
kwai4sunflower
kwai4used in 蠵龜|蠵龟[xi1 gui1]
kwai4crossroads; highway
kwai4a surname
kwai4cheekbone; high; road; thoroughfare
kwai4 cing1Kwai Tsing district of New Territories, Hong Kong
葵青区
kwai4 cing1 keoi1Kwai Tsing District; one of the districts in Hong Kong
kwai4 cung1Kwai Chung (area in Hong Kong)
携带
kwai4 daai3to carry (on one's person); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
携带者
kwai4 daai3 ze2(medicine) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc)
kwai4 faa1sunflower
kwai4 faa1 zi2sunflower seeds
kwai4 fong1Kwai Fong; an area of Kwai Chung Town in Hong Kong
携款
kwai4 fun2to take funds (esp. illegally or corruptly obtained)
携家带眷
kwai4 gaa1 daai3 gyun3to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family
携家带口
kwai4 gaa1 daai3 hau2see 拖家帶口|拖家带口[tuo1 jia1 dai4 kou3]
kwai4 gaak3variant of 暌隔[kui2 ge2]
kwai4 gwaa1 zi2sunflower seeds
携眷
kwai4 gyun3accompanied by one's dependents
葵兴
kwai4 hing1Kwai Hing; an area of Kwai Chung Town in Hong Kong
睽异
kwai4 ji6different comment on the same thing; disagree; differ in opinion
kwai4 kwai4awestruck and fearful
kwai4 ngau4ancient yak of southeast China, also known as 犩[wei2]
携手
kwai4 sau2hand in hand; to collaborate
携手并肩
kwai4 sau2 bing6 gin1hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
携手同行
kwai4 sau2 tung4 hang4to walk hand in hand
kwai4 sin3spade (the suit in a pack of playing cards); a palm leaf fan
kwai4 syu2guinea pig
暌违
kwai4 wai4adj; separate
睽违
kwai4 wai4variant of 暌違|暌违[kui2 wei2]
kwai4 zau1Kuizhou, ancient area of modern Fengjie County 奉節縣|奉节县[Feng4 jie2 Xian4], Chongqing
kwan1granary
kwan1one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; ☷
kwan1mountains connecting to each other
kwan1used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 昆仑Kūnlún [昆仑]
kwan1 bou3kelp
昆虫
kwan1 cung4insect
昆虫学
kwan1 cung4 hok6entomology
kwan1 din6Pontianak city, capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
昆都仑
kwan1 dou1 leon4see 昆都侖區|昆都仑区[Kun1 du1 lun2 Qu1]
昆都仑区
kwan1 dou1 leon4 keoi1Hondlon, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
鹍鸡
kwan1 gai1bird mentioned in ancient texts, resembling a crane
昆腔
kwan1 hong1see 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3]
鹍弦
kwan1 jin4pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]
kwan1 kaa1Cuenca (place name and surname)

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