Cantonese words starting with K

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kam4 lei4 kam4 heoi3

to run wild; to climb all over the place [colloquial]

kam4 lou4 si1 mong5

蠄蟧絲網蠄蟧丝网

spider webs (spoken)

kam4 maan5 hak1

(noun) last night

qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony

kam4 sat1 bat1 tiu4

琴瑟不調琴瑟不调

kam4 sat1 wo4 ming4

琴瑟和鳴琴瑟和鸣

in perfect harmony; lit. qin and se sing in harmony

player of a stringed instrument

birds and animals; beast (brutal person)

kam4 sau3 bat1 jyu4

禽獸不如禽兽不如

worse than a beast

kam4 sau3 hang4 wai4

禽獸行為禽兽行为

brutish acts; beastly conduct

player of a stringed instrument

kam4 si1 tok3 fok3 ngaa5

琴斯托霍瓦

Częstochowa (city in Poland)

the sound of the piano

kam4 soeng5 heoi3

kam4 soeng5 kam4 lok6

traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment

verb; climb the tree

to apprehend; to seize

gin (Taiwan variant of 金酒[jin1 jiu3])

wife of mother's brother

aunt (the wife of one's maternal uncle)

the wife of one's maternal granduncle

(informal) mother's brother's wife

diligent; industrious; hardworking; (bound form) work; duty; attendance

careful; variant of 僅|仅[jin3]

variant of 勤qín [勤]; solicitous; cordial

celery (Apium graveolens)

diligent; hardworking

diligent and painstaking

hardworking and frugal

kan4 gim6 ci4 gaa1

勤儉持家勤俭持家

hardworking and thrifty in running one's household

kan4 gim6 gin3 gwok3

勤儉建國勤俭建国

(idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work

kan4 gim6 mou6 sat6

勤儉務實勤俭务实

hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic

kan4 gim6 pok3 sat6

勤儉樸實勤俭朴实

hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious

kan4 gim6 pok3 sou3

勤儉樸素勤俭朴素

(idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious

kan4 gim6 zit3 joek3

勤儉節約勤俭节约

(idiom) diligent and thrifty

kan4 gung1 gim6 hok6

勤工儉學勤工俭学

to work part-time while studying

kan4 gung1 zoeng2

勤工獎勤工奖

Attendance Bonus

diligent and attentive; sincere

kan4 hok6 fu2 lin6

勤學苦練勤学苦练

to study diligently

attentive; earnest