Cantonese words starting with P
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排骨精
paai4 gwat1 zing1noun;skinny person
排客
paai4 haak3paid queuer
排行
paai4 hang4to rank; seniority (among siblings)
排行榜
paai4 hang4 bong2the charts (of best-sellers)
排起長隊排起长队
paai4 hei2 coeng4 deoi2to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)
排氣排气
paai4 hei3to ventilate
牌戲牌戏
paai4 hei3a card game
排氣管排气管
paai4 hei3 gun2exhaust pipe
排氣孔排气孔
paai4 hei3 hung2an air vent
排遣
paai4 hin2to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc)
牌號牌号
paai4 hou6trademark
排空
paai4 hung1to drain out; to empty; to soar up into the sky
排洪
paai4 hung4to drain flood-water
排印
paai4 jan3typesetting and printing
排入
paai4 jap6to discharge into
排憂解難排忧解难
paai4 jau1 gaai2 naan4to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
排猶排犹
paai4 jau4to eliminate Jews
排猶主義排犹主义
paai4 jau4 zyu2 ji6antisemitism
排演
paai4 jin2to rehearse (a performance)
排球
paai4 kau4volleyball
牌樓牌楼
paai4 lau4decorated archway
排雷
paai4 leoi4(military) to clear landmines
排卵
paai4 leon2to ovulate
排律
paai4 leot6long poem in lüshi form 律詩|律诗
排練排练
paai4 lin6to rehearse
排列
paai4 lit6to arrange in order
排量
paai4 loeng6discharge volume; engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in du...
排澇排涝
paai4 lou6to drain flooded fields
排名
paai4 ming4to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
排名表
paai4 ming4 biu2league table
排名榜
paai4 ming4 bong2ranking; top 20; to come nth out of 100
排舞
paai4 mou5a dance in formation; choreographed dance; line dance
排難解紛排难解纷
paai4 naan4 gaai2 fan1to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences
排偶
paai4 ngau5parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
排外
paai4 ngoi6xenophobic
排外主義排外主义
paai4 ngoi6 zyu2 ji6xenophobia; exclusivism; antiforeignism
排尿
paai4 niu6to urinate
排排坐
paai4 paai4 co5to sitting together in a row
排炮
paai4 paau3to fire a salvo; cannonade
排山倒海
paai4 saan1 dou2 hoi2lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering;...
排笙
paai4 saang1reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard
排瀉排泻
paai4 se3variant of 排泄[pai2 xie4]
排瀉物排泻物
paai4 se3 mat6variant of 排泄物[pai2 xie4 wu4]
排射
paai4 se6a barrage of fire
排水
paai4 seoi2to drain
排水管
paai4 seoi2 gun2drainpipe
排水口
paai4 seoi2 hau2plughole
排水孔
paai4 seoi2 hung2plughole
排水溝排水沟
paai4 seoi2 kau1gutter
排水渠
paai4 seoi2 keoi4drainage
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