Cantonese words starting with P

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paau4 gan1 man6 dai2

刨根問底刨根问底

to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

planing; planer

(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar

paau4 haau1 jyu4 leoi4

to be in a thundering rage (idiom)

庖犧氏庖牺氏

another name for 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wa1]

刨絲器刨丝器

to concoct; to fabricate; to process

Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)

to approve and carry out

to have one's fortune read

to authorize an arrest

批處理批处理

(computing) batch processing

to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)

to add critical marks or notes to a text

plastering (renovations)

to render (a wall)

wholesale; distribution

pai1 faat3 gaa3

批發價批发价

wholesale price

pai1 faat3 jip6

批發業批发业

wholesale business

pai1 faat3 soeng1

批發商批发商

a wholesale business

variant of 批覆|批复[pi1 fu4]

to approve vacation

wholesale price; to pay a bill

approved document

to mark (homework, exam scripts etc); to check; a correction (to a piece of writing)

pai1 gwik1 dou6 fun2

批郤導窾批郤导窾

to get right to the heart of the matter (idiom)

to correct student papers

to slap sb's cheeks

to read through to evaluate

to cast sb's yearly horoscope

pai1 li1 paak1 laa1

variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]

pai1 loeng6 gau3 maai5

批量購買批量购买

pai1 loeng6 sang1 caan2

批量生產批量生产

to mass produce

official written ruling in response to a submission

to tell sb's fortune

to criticize; criticism

pai1 ping4 gaa1

批評家批评家

批評者批评者

(loanword) pizza

to write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate

screwdriving bits