Cantonese words starting with P

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to soak the feet

to bombard; (fig.) to criticize

variant of 炮轟|炮轰[pao4 hong1]

sound of gunfire

炮兒局炮儿局

police station (Beijing slang)

Bao Quan - "Leopard Fist" - Martial Art

a gun blockhouse; a firing fort; a gun tower

to parch and refine medicinal herbs

form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire

leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

instant noodles

meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)

to procrastinate

to pick up girls; to chase after girls

paau3 seoi2 gun2

泡水館泡水馆

a bathhouse; a hot water store

paau3 toi4 saan1

Fortress Hill, a town situated in northern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong

(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath

paau3 wan1 cyun4

泡溫泉泡温泉

to soak in a spa or hot spring

gangster's term for a gun

firecracker(s) or firework(s)

paau3 zoeng2 geng2

炮仗頸炮仗颈

(slang) hot -tempered; irritable temper; fiery temperament

(noun) 1. (of pencil) sharpener; 2. (of fruit) peeler; 3. (of hair) shaver; (verb) 1. (of fruit) to peel off (skin); 2. (of student) read

bottle gourd; a type of ancient instrument

kitchen; cuisine

sharpen (pencil with a sharpener) to; to shave off

paau4 bat1 dou1

刨筆刀刨笔刀

pencil sharpener

shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage

overriding one's job duties and authority; to fill in for someone; to perform a duty on behalf of someone else

paau4 dung1 gwaa1

speak Mandarin Chinese in Cantonese accent

paau4 faa1 baan2

lit. to dig up the root

刨根兒刨根儿

erhua variant of 刨根[pao2 gen1]