Cantonese words starting with P

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to be partial towards sth; to prefer; favorite

content to hold a small part of the territory; forced to move away

remote; far from the city

(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people

pin1 pin1 hei2 mou5

(to start) dancing lightly and gracefully

biased; partial

component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)

inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)

partial; prejudiced

pin1 sam1 geoi2

axis of eccentricity

pin1 sam1 leot2

(math.) eccentricity

pin1 sam1 ngaan5

bias; to be partial

to compile and edit

military auxiliaries (archaic)

to practice favoritism

segregation (metallurgy)

partial eclipse

partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy); partial eclipse

spry and lively (of dancing and movements)

to organize; to edit

to select and edit

skewness (math)

paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia

to bare one shoulder; to discriminate in favor of

to go off-topic; to stray from the topic

to favor a junior

pin1 tau4 tung3

偏頭痛偏头痛

pin1 ting1 pin1 seon3

偏聽偏信偏听偏信

selective listening

pin1 tou4 sin3 jim4

abbr. for Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1] and Guangyun 廣韻|广韵[Guang3 yun4]

to protect a croney

to weave; to plait

polarization (of waves)

pin1 zan3 gwong1

polarization of light

extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion

pin1 zap1 jing4

偏執型偏执型

paranoid (psych.)

pin1 zap1 kwong4

偏執狂偏执狂

paranoia; monomania

(literary) small boat; skiff

editor; compiler

編者按编者按

editor's commentary

編者案编者案

variant of 編者按|编者按[bian1 zhe3 an4]

offset; bias voltage