Cantonese words starting with P

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To pave a road with concrete, asphalt, or other materials; to lay the groundwork for a future goal.

A pose; a specially designed and held posture or physical stance.

pou1 tin1 goi3 dei6

鋪天蓋地铺天盖地

Everywhere; blotting out the sky and covering up the earth.

Extravagant, showy, or excessively grand in scale.

General, common, or universal.

A changed tone of the morpheme pou4, typically used as the final syllable of a place name.

Used in personal names.

A music score or sheet music.

Census; a universal, comprehensive count or investigation.

Pu'erh tea; a variety of fermented dark tea produced in Yunnan and highly popular in Hong Kong.

Widespread, popular, or universal; known or used by many people.

Proletariat or working-class people.

pou2 lo4 daai6 zung3

普羅大眾普罗大众

The masses, common people, or general public.

普魯士普鲁士

Prussia; a historical state that originated along the Baltic coast and led the unification of Germany in 1871.

Pu'er tea; a variety of fermented tea from Yunnan province.

Widespread, common, or universal; occurring or existing everywhere and at all times.

Universal, or the whole world.

To compose music or a song.

Universal suffrage; a general election where all adult citizens have the right to vote and run for office.

pou2 tin1 tung4 hing3

普天同慶普天同庆

Universal celebration; the whole world celebrating together in jubilation.

Ordinary, common, average, or unremarkable.

pou2 tung1 faat3

Common law; the legal system originating in England where courts are bound by judicial precedent.

pou2 tung1 pang4 jau5

An ordinary or casual friend, as opposed to a close friend or romantic partner.

pou2 tung1 waa2

普通話普通话

Putonghua; Mandarin Chinese, the official standardized language of China.

pou2 tung1 zi1 sik1

普通知識普通知识

Common knowledge or general knowledge.

A buffet; an all-you-can-eat meal.

Shop; store; a fixed place where goods are sold.

A shop, store, or retail outlet.

舖頭仔铺头仔

鋪頭仔铺头仔

A small shop or store.

Premises or space reserved for setting up a shop.

The rent for a shop or retail space.

Bodhisattva; kind-hearted and merciful.

Short for Portugal or Portuguese.

A Chinese surname, usually transliterated as Po.

A loose-fitting robe or gown worn over other clothes.

To hang out at a bar or go pub crawling.

Macau Pataca (MOP); the official currency of Macau.

Bitter melon; bitter gourd.

A hangout spot, particularly a nightclub, bar, or place to go out and have fun.

pou4 gung1 jing1

Dandelion; a plant characterized by seeds with white fluffy hairs that form a globe when mature and disperse in the wind.

Calabash; bottle gourd, also known as long melon or white-flowered gourd.

Portugal; short form of 葡萄牙.

pou4 gwok3 coi3

葡國菜葡国菜

Portuguese cuisine; Portuguese food.

To hang out regularly in a particular place.

Chinese fan palm; a palm tree whose leaves are used to make hand fans.

Big catkin willow, a species of willow tree.

The Portuguese language.

To float to the top or surface.