Cantonese words starting with P

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punk (music style) (loanword)

(to resist the enemy) relying on inaccessible territory

pang4 hung1 nip6 zou6

憑空捏造凭空捏造

fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

pang4 jau5 cai1 bat1 ho2 hei1

朋友妻不可欺

you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)

to use; by means of

to lean on a parapet

to ride roughshod over

pang4 piu3 jap6 coeng4

憑票入場凭票入场

admission by ticket only

憑什麼凭什么

pang4 sik1 git3 cit3

憑軾結轍凭轼结辙

to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)

boric acid H3BO3

to lean on sth and gaze into the distance

paper docket confirming a transaction

to rely on; by means of; sth that one relies on

to rely on; by means of; sth that one relies on

evidence (that one can rely on)

classifier for horses, mules etc; ordinary person; horsepower; equal; lone

to be equal to; rival

ordinary man; coarse fellow

pat1 fu1 pat1 fu5

匹夫匹婦匹夫匹妇

ordinary people; commoners

匹馬力匹马力

a married couple

variant of 匹偶[pi3 ou3]

to mate or marry; matching

(noun) fabric, nylon-cloth or other materials in a roll

匹茲堡匹兹堡

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)

a kind of vase (old); jar

剖面圖剖面图

sectional drawing

to speak honestly from one's heart

(Cant.) soft, weak; to soak; unreliable; without capability

take up in both hands; sand etc

pau4 do1 jik1 gwaa2

to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)

To plunder; to accumulate wealth by extortion; to exploit the people

pau4 lim5 mou4 jim3

裒斂無厭裒敛无厌

to accumulate wealth without satisfaction

playing cards (啤牌)

grand, great, glorious, distinguished; then