Cantonese words starting with K

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启动
kai2 dung6to start (a machine); to launch (an operation)
启动区
kai2 dung6 keoi1boot sector (computing)
启动子
kai2 dung6 zi2promoter
启发
kai2 faat3to enlighten; to stimulate (a mental attitude); revelation
启发法
kai2 faat3 faat3heuristic method
启发式
kai2 faat3 sik1heuristic
启海话
kai2 hoi2 waa2Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts ...
启航
kai2 hong4(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
启应祈祷
kai2 jing3 kei4 tou2Introitus (section of Catholic mass)
启用
kai2 jung6to start using
启明
kai2 ming4Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
启明星
kai2 ming4 sing1(astronomy) Venus
启蒙
kai2 mung4variant of 啟蒙|启蒙[qi3 meng2]
启蒙
kai2 mung4to instruct the young; to awake sb from ignorance; primer; the Enlightenment
启蒙主义
kai2 mung4 zyu2 ji6Enlightenment (philosophy)
启颜
kai2 ngaan4to say something funny to make someone smile, laugh
kai2 sau2To Bow down; kowtow
启事
kai2 si6announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); a notice
启示
kai2 si6to reveal; enlightenment; illumination; lesson
启示录
kai2 si6 luk6the Revelation of St John the divine
启示者
kai2 si6 ze2revelator
稽颡
kai2 song2to kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor)
启运
kai2 wan6to ship (goods)
启蛰
kai2 zat6Waking from Hibernation
启奏
kai2 zau3to submit a report to the king
kai3(adjective) to descript someone who is the adoptive member of a family
kai3furious; madness
kai3 daan1Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu pe...
kai3 dai6(n.) a godbrother; a younger man who is as close as your biological brother; ...
kai3 gaa1 lou2(n.) a insulting way to address a married woman's lover, a paramour .
kai3 gaa1 po2(n.) an insulting way to address a married man's lover; a mistress
契机
kai3 gei1opportunity; juncture
契据
kai3 geoi3deed
kai3 go1god brother
kai3 hap6agreement; to get on with; agreeing with
契诃夫
kai3 ho1 fu1Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stor...
契爷
kai3 je4(noun) a godfather; a sugar daddy
契约
kai3 joek3(noun) Deed
契约桥牌
kai3 joek3 kiu4 paai2contract bridge (card game)
契妈
kai3 maa1adoptive mother
kai3 mui6godsister (younger)
kai3 naa2godmother
kai3 neoi5goddaughter
契沙比克湾
kai3 saa1 bei2 hak1 waan1Chesapeake Bay
契细佬
kai3 sai3 lou2god younger brother
kai3 zai2(noun) an adopted son; a godson
kai3 ze2god sister [written and colloquial]
kai3 zin3arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)
𠸉
kak1(Cant.) to block, obstruct; to be jammed
kam1(noun) Brothers (whom wives are sisters)

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