Cantonese words starting with P

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running between bases (in baseball)

paau2 leoi5 jyun4

跑壘員跑垒员

runner (in baseball)

paau2 liu5 wo4 soeng2 ，paau2 bat1 liu5 zi6

跑了和尚，跑不了寺

the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); I'll get you sooner or later

paau2 lung4 tou3

跑龍套跑龙套

to play a small role

horse race; (dialect) wet dream

paau2 maa5 dei2

跑馬地跑马地

Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)

paau2 maa5 hyun1 dei6

跑馬圈地跑马圈地

rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)

paau2 maa5 saan1

跑馬山跑马山

Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Sichuan

paau2 maa5 teng1

跑馬廳跑马厅

horse racing track

跑味兒跑味儿

paau2 paau2 din1 din1

跑跑顛顛跑跑颠颠

to work hectically; to run around attending to various tasks

to go everywhere

to vote against the party line

paau2 saai3 saan1

to run on the hills; to raise money urgently, usually to pay off a debt [colloquial]

to run on the hills; to raise money urgently, usually to pay off a debt [colloquial]

paau2 saan1 paai4

the Marlboro cigarettes [colloquial]

跑神兒跑神儿

paau2 si1 zung1

跑私鐘跑私钟

to work as a prostitute; for a night club hostess to spend time with a client outside the club [colloquial]

to digress; to stray from the topic

paau2 teoi2 ji4

跑腿兒跑腿儿

paau2 teoi2 zi2

(dialect) to live as a bachelor

paau2 tong4 ji4 dik1

跑堂兒的跑堂儿的

to escape; to flee; to run away

to work as a prostitute [colloquial]

paau2 zung1 mui6

跑鐘妹跑钟妹

a young woman working as a prostitute [colloquial]

an alternative to the word炮, cannon

something that is big but not firm and empty; to lie

(verb) 1. concoct; (noun) (for police) gun

pimple; blister; ulcer

jump; noise of tramping feet

paau3 beng6 hou6

泡病號泡病号

to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill

artillery soldier

blister; herpes (medicine)

paau3 can2 beng6 duk6

皰疹病毒疱疹病毒

herpes virus (med.)

a drill; same as 釺子|钎子

pickled cabbage

artillery shell

paau3 dat6 cyun4

Spouting Spring

to soak cooked rice in soup or water

(noun) (figurative) War

paau3 fo2 lin4 tin1

砲火連天炮火连天

cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

a prostitute's room [colloquial]

leftovers; insignificant remains

to shell; bombardment

to shell; bombardment