Cantonese words starting with P

1,148 entries

Faction, sect, or clique; a subgroup within a larger party or organization divided by interest or opinion.

To send or dispatch someone to a destination under orders.

To give out rice for free, typically to the elderly or poor during festivals or charity events.

To pay protection money, or to distribute name cards.

To deliver mail or dispatch letters.

A pass, permit, or identification card.

To hand out candy, or figuratively to distribute welfare, benefits, or handouts.

To allocate places or seats, especially in schools or kindergartens.

To dispatch, post, or station personnel to another city or country for work.

Amusing, playful, or insincere; also historically referring to an actor or variety show.

Platoon; a military unit typically consisting of about thirty soldiers and divided into three squads.

A flat object used as a sign, marker, plate, or tablet, or a thin paper item such as a card.

To typeset, lay out, or design the arrangement of text and images on a page.

A plaque or signboard made of wood, stone, or metal, hung at entrances or indoors to display a name or inscription.

To defecate; to discharge stool from the body.

To eliminate, remove, get rid of, or rule out.

paai4 ceoi4 ji6 gei2

排除異己排除异己

To eliminate, exclude, or purge those who hold different views or belong to different factions.

paai4 ceoi4 maan6 naan4

排除萬難排除万难

To overcome all obstacles; to face and conquer numerous difficulties against all odds.

To reject, exclude, or repel; or in medicine, to suffer transplant rejection.

A grand show; ostentatious display or extravagance.

paai4 coeng4 lung4

排長龍排长龙

To queue up in a very long line.

To line up, queue, or stand in file to wait for one's turn.

A vehicle transmission or gearbox; a gear-based device that converts engine torque and speed.

To detoxify; to rid the body of toxins to improve health, often used as a pseudoscientific marketing term.

A paifang; a traditional, roofless Chinese-style memorial or iconic archway consisting of columns supporting a signboard.

To discharge, emit, or release substances such as gas or wastewater into the environment.

Pai Gow, a traditional Chinese gambling game played with dominoes or cards.

Haiku; a form of Japanese poetry consisting of lines with a five-seven-five syllable pattern.

A game or round of mahjong, cards, or other tile and card games.

A mahjong parlor.

Irrigation and drainage.

Ribs or spare ribs; animal ribs with meat on them, typically referring to pork ribs in culinary contexts.

paai4 gwat1 zai2

A very skinny man.

paai4 gwat1 zing1

An extremely thin, skinny, or bony person.

To rank; to occupy a specific position in a sequence, such as by seniority among siblings or in a hierarchy.

To dispel, divert, or ease one's negative thoughts, boredom, or unhappiness.

To discharge or release water from a reservoir or dam to prevent overflowing.

Volleyball; the sport or the ball itself.

Pailou; a traditional Chinese-style memorial archway built with columns, placards, and small roofs on top.

To ovulate; the release of an egg from a female's ovary.

To rehearse for a performance or a competition.

Ranking or rank; the ordered arrangement of names, usually based on performance or results.

To exclude foreigners, outsiders, or external influences; xenophobic or anti-foreign.

paai4 ngoi6 zyu2 ji6

排外主義排外主义

Xenophobia; exclusivism; antiforeignism.

To urinate; to discharge urine from the body.

paai4 paai4 co5

To sit next to each other in a row.

paai4 saan1 dou2 hoi2

To have a monumental momentum like pushing over mountains and overturning seas; powerful and vigorous.

To drain; to discharge or remove water or liquid from a place.

paai4 seoi2 loeng6

Displacement of a ship, measured in tons.

To excrete; to discharge waste matter from the body.