Cantonese words starting with P

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To coil around and occupy; to forcibly hold or entrench oneself in a territory.

Bonsai; a miniature potted landscape created with plants, miniature rocks, and decorative ornaments.

To be intertwined or knotted; also to collude with or gang up with others.

Odds in a bet, or the price of a security in the financial market.

To cross-examine; to question a witness in court, or to interrogate and question repeatedly.

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盤滿缽滿盘满钵满

To make a fortune; to earn a huge profit.

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盤尼西林盘尼西林

Penicillin; one of the earliest antibiotics used in Western medicine.

Going around a mountain; winding up or around a mountain.

To walk with slow, halting, or unsteady steps; to limp or stagger.

To sit cross-legged, folding both legs on the ground.

A massive rock, boulder, or monolithic stone.

To figure out or plan how to act in one's best interest; to calculate or ruminate.

To circle, spiral, or hover in the air around a specific thing or place.

To sit cross-legged, folding both legs and placing them flat on the floor.

Potted plant or bonsai; a plant grown in a pot.

To attend a performance, concert, or event to show support for a friend, acquaintance, or celebrity.

To make someone a star or make them popular.

To praise someone excessively in order to make them complacent, cause jealousy, or set them up to fail.

To bump, collide, or touch; to run into or encounter someone.

To touch, bump into, or run into.

To stage an accident to extort money from someone; to run a "crash for cash" scam.

To try one's luck; to leave things to chance.

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碰彩數碰彩数

To try or test one's luck; to take a chance.

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碰機會碰机会

To take a chance; to try one's luck.

To meet someone unexpectedly; to bump into an acquaintance.

By coincidence; to happen to.

To meet up with someone; to see each other.

To happen to; to coincide with by chance.

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碰碰車碰碰车

Bumper cars; dodgems.

To encounter an unpleasant situation, or to bump into someone unexpectedly.

To meet or get together; literally to bump heads.

pung3 tau4 wui2

碰頭會碰头会

Briefing meeting; a short, informal meeting to coordinate or share updates.

To collide, hit, or bump into each other with significant force.

Canopy, awning, or eaves; a protruding structure on a building providing shade and shelter from rain.

Vibrant, booming, and full of vitality or activity.

Overgrown, disheveled, or disarranged, especially referring to hair or grass.

pung4 pung4 sung1 sung1

蓬蓬鬆鬆蓬蓬松松

Very loose, fluffy, or puffy.

Fluffy, puffy, or disheveled.

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蓬頭垢面蓬头垢面

Unkempt, dirty, and untidy in appearance.

To splash, sprinkle, or spill liquid outwards from a container.

A type of curved sickle used for reaping or mowing.

Shrew; a fierce, shrewish, or bad-tempered woman.

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潑婦罵街泼妇骂街

To scold and argue publicly and venomously, like a fishwife making a scene.

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潑冷水泼冷水

To dampen someone's enthusiasm; to throw cold water on someone or something.

Fierce, spiteful, and aggressive; typically describing women.

Splashed ink, a technique used in traditional Chinese painting.

put3 seoi2 zit3

潑水節泼水节

Songkran; the Water-Splashing Festival celebrated as the traditional New Year in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

To fan oneself or someone else.