Cantonese words starting with P

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霹靂火霹雳火

a thunderbolt; Human Torch (movie)

霹靂舞霹雳舞

to breakdance; breakdancing

pik1 lik1 paak1 laa1

霹靂啪啦霹雳啪啦

see 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]

霹靂州霹雳州

Perak State, Malaysia

right in the face

(onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc

variant of 劈啪[pi1 pa1]

lit. to open a room; behind closed doors

pik1 sat1 mat6 taam4

闢室密談辟室密谈

to discuss behind closed doors

to get rid of a fishy

Proclivity; natural inclination; habit

to avoid summer heat; to go to a summer resort; to prevent sunstroke; to beat the heat

(zoology) grebe (Podicipediformes)

variant of 鷿鷈|䴙䴘[pi4 ti1]

to lean; oblique; to deviate from average; stubbornly; left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical; partial; wilfully

with light and fast body, agile and with dexterity

sheet; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); chapter

to weave; to organize; to arrange; to compile; to compose; to knit

to fly fast; fluttering in the wind

used in 蝙蝠[bian1 fu2]

biasing (electronics)

to group students into classes

pin1 baan1 haau2 si5

編班考試编班考试

favor, unfairly support and help somebody

pin1 caa1 keoi5 lei4

偏差距離偏差距离

offset distance

to edit; editor

編輯部编辑部

Editorial board

編輯家编辑家

編輯器编辑器

editor (software)

編輯室编辑室

editorial office; newsroom

crooked; diverging from straight line; dishonest

pin1 ce4 bat1 zing3

to arrange things in sequence

one-sided words; flattery

(computing) to program

talent in a particular area

to favor; to show favoritism

to stress in a prejudiced way

to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)

to form into columns; formation (of ships or aircraft)

side palace hall

to show favoritism against sb

extremely (stubborn, contrary, disobedient etc)

to write and direct (a play, film etc); choreographer-director

to give unequal emphasis to

to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others); to go overboard