Cantonese words starting with K

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kam1 bat1 hei2to be unable to stand

kam1 bat1 zyu6can't help it

kam1 dai6husband of wife's younger sister

kam1 dou6(literary) breadth of mind

kam1 gai3(verb) ban to calculate; difficult to calculate

kam1 gai3need a long time to calculate; a large amount

kam1 hing1husband of wife's older sister

kam1 hing1 dai6brothers-in-law whose wives are sisters; a more modern interpretation of this...

kam1 jik6(aircraft) wing flap

kam1 nam2(verb) rack one's brains; spend great effort thinking about

kam1 pou5ambition

kam1 sei2(adjective) prohibit to die

kam1 sou3one's true heart

kam1 tai2not allow to watch; ban from watching

kam1 waai4bosom (the seat of emotions)

襟懷夷曠襟怀夷旷

kam1 waai4 ji4 kwong3broad-minded

襟懷坦白襟怀坦白

kam1 waai4 taan2 baak6open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; openhearted; magnanimous

kam1 zoek3(verb) ban to wear; forbid to wear

kam1 zoeng1a badge; a medal

kam2 bo1to hit the ball really hard to the ground; to smash the ball

kam2 dau3to go bankrupt; to close down; to conceal something, especially news and info...

kam2 dong3(slang) (for police) to raid; to ransack; to be forced to shut down

kam2 gaa1the entire family

kam2 goi3shut up! [colloquial]

kam2 kei4'drop flag'; illegally cover the 'for hire' sign on a taxi while still in ser...

kam4to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)

kam4to capture; to arrest; to climb

kam4small red apple (fruit)

kam4(music instrument) Piano

kam4(verb) 1. Grab; 2. Catch; 3. Arrest

kam4Phragmites japonica

kam4 caak6to capture a thief [written and colloquial]

擒賊擒王擒贼擒王

kam4 caak6 kam4 wong4(idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader

擒賊先擒王擒贼先擒王

kam4 caak6 sin1 kam4 wong4in war one must first catch the leader of the enemy to win, this is a metapho...

kam4 ceng1(adjective) hurried; rushed; hasty

kam4 ceoi4mallet

kam4 cuk1poultry and livestock

kam4 daan2bird eggs

琴劍飄零琴剑飘零

kam4 gim3 piu1 ling4floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no t...

kam4 gin6a piano key

kam4 gou1 kam4 dai1to climb up and down

擒人節擒人节

kam4 jan4 zit3(jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital af...

kam4 jat6yesterday [colloquial]

kam4 jin4string (of a stringed instrument)

kam4 kam4 cing1very urgent, cannot wait, in a hurry

kam4 ke4to describe mischievous restless children who love climbing up and down

琴棋書畫琴棋书画

kam4 kei4 syu1 waa2(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and pain...

kam4 keoi2a toad

kam4 lau4 gam2bird flu

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