Cantonese words starting with P

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to spend the night at a brothel

prostitute's fee for service

to rob; nimble; to plagiarize; to slice off

die of starvation

to cast a glance; to squin

swift and fierce

variant of 飄渺|飘渺[piao1 miao3]

variant of 飄渺|飘渺[piao1 miao3]

book bag made of silk

oblique; slanting; leaned to one side

sloping and uneven

not; cannot; impossibly; at once

flat basket-tray, typically used for grain; bamboo strips basket

one with unpredictable evil intention

rather; to have much

(verb) spend (money)

to defeat; beaten; destroyed

po3 baai6 bat1 ham1

破敗不堪破败不堪

dilapidated wall; (fig.) to break through; cell disruption

(fig.) to break the ice; to begin to restore amicable relations

po3 bing1 jing4 sau2

po3 bing1 laam6

破冰艦破冰舰

po3 bing1 syun4

(verb) to chop wood

to go bankrupt; bankruptcy

破產者破产者

bankrupt person

to eliminate; to get rid of

po3 ceoi4 mai4 seon3

to eliminate superstition (idiom)

po3 coi4 dong2 zoi1

破財擋災破财挡灾

(proverb) someone spends money can offset troubles; lose money to block any disaster

po3 coi4 min5 zoi1

破財免災破财免灾

a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)

to break the hymen

to be scared stiff

to hit the target

pronunciation of a character other than the standard

to spend (money or time)

po3 fu2 cam4 zau1

破釜沈舟破釜沉舟

burn your bridges behind you

po3 fu2 cam4 zau1

lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat

to destroy one's family