Cantonese words starting with P

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pei5 zi2 zik6 mat6 mun4

被子植物門被子植物门

angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)

to hack; to split open; right against; to sever; to open one's fingers ; to chop up; to attack with a knife or chopper

pek3 bo1 zaam2 long6

劈波斬浪劈波斩浪

to remove all obstacles in the way while forwarding

to jump bail [colloquial]

to chop firewood

to chop down [colloquial]

pek3 gwaa3 kyun4

劈掛拳劈挂拳

Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)

pek3 hung1 paan1 hoi6

damaged by groundless slander (idiom)

a close-quarters knife fight; a gang fight; beheading

to turn right [colloquial]

right in the face

to split open; to rend

a pile of shit; a useless person [colloquial]

pek3 paau3 m4 laau4

劈炮唔撈劈炮唔捞

resigning with anger and dignity

with a lightning move of the hand

a pile of shit; a useless person [colloquial]

right in the face; directly

pek3 tau4 goi3 lim5

劈頭蓋臉劈头盖脸

lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)

to do the splits (gymnastics); Taiwan pr. [pi1 tui3]

to drink (alcohol) to excess; binge drinking

to turn left [colloquial]

to chuck away; to quit doing something

to get defeated

(onom.) bang! (gong, gun firing etc)

peng4 dou3 siu3

the price is very cheap

reasonably priced; to keep prices down

verb; sell it at a low

peng4 leng3 zeng3

平靚正平靓正

Bang for the buck; something cheap, good quality and fulfill my needs

biased; rustic; remote; eccentric

fish swimming in the water

habit; craving; special liking; weakness for something

to open (a door); to dispel; to repudiate; to develop; incisive

clap of thunder; crashing thunder

the splits (move in dancing); Taiwan pr. [pi3 cha1]

to ward off evil spirits

pik1 cing4 cou3

to have a friendly chat (Shanghai)

(Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast

to cleave; to spread open (fingers, legs)

to refute a rumor

central of the five Zhou dynasty royal academies

pik1 jung1 jin6

辟雍硯辟雍砚

ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface

remote and faraway

(noun) Thunderclap