Cantonese words starting with P

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faintly discernible; indistinct; misty

variant of 飄渺|飘渺[piao1 miao3]

to float about; (dialect) gay guy

飄飄然飘飘然

elated; smug and conceited

piu1 piu1 juk6 sin1

飄飄欲仙飘飘欲仙

walking on clouds almost like a fairy; to feel like one is in paradise

to float in the wind

suave; fluent and elegant (calligraphy)

to waft (through the air); to drift

literally: 'floating colour', a type of traditional folk art which is a fusion of drama,conjuring,acrobatics,music and dance

ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM)

(bird species of China) wandering tattler (Tringa incana)

piu3 baak6 seoi2

piu3 baak6 zai1

漂白劑漂白剂

票販子票贩子

ticket price; fare; admission fee

negotiable instrument (draft, note etc)

piu3 geoi3 faat3

票據法票据法

negotiable instruments act

voucher; share certificate

an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)

票友兒票友儿

an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)

to bleach and dye

ticket source; the votes [written and colloquial]

pretty; beautiful

(noun) a ticket stub

to rinse (clothes)

number of votes

to vote by ballot

draft remittance

to work as amateur for no pay

polling station

piu3 zaam6 diu6 caa4

票站調查票站调查

money shop (ancient form of banking business)

dipper; ladybird

to visit prostitutes

piu4 dou2 jam2 ceoi1

嫖賭飲吹嫖赌饮吹

collective name for whoring, gambling, drink and drugs

to visit a prostitute

patron of a brothel

Friends who visit prostitutes together

(of rain) pouring

piu4 put3 daai6 jyu5

瓢潑大雨瓢泼大雨

downpour (idiom)

piu4 put3 ji4 haa6

瓢潑而下瓢泼而下

(of rain) to fall heavily