Cantonese words starting with P
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po3 waai6 mou4 wai4
破壞無遺破坏无遗
damaged beyond repair
po3 waai6 sing3
破壞性破坏性
destructive
po3 waai6 wut6 dung6
破壞活動破坏活动
sabotage; subversive activities
po3 wok6
破獲破获
to uncover (a criminal plot)
po3 wun2 po3 seot1
破碗破摔
lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily
po3 zaan6
破綻破绽
split seam; weak point
po3 zaan6 baak3 ceot1
破綻百出破绽百出
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
po3 zit3 hou6
破折號破折号
dash
po3 zuk1 gin3 ling4
破竹建瓴
lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
po3 zuk1 zi1 sai3
破竹之勢破竹之势
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
po4
婆
grandmother; mother-in-law (the mother of one's husband)
po4 gaa1
婆家
husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
po4 gai3 saan1
婆髻山
Por Kai Shan, place in Hong Kong
po4 ji4
婆姨
(dialect) wife
po4 joeng4
鄱陽鄱阳
see 鄱陽縣|鄱阳县[Po2 yang2 Xian4]
po4 joeng4 jyun6
鄱陽縣鄱阳县
Poyang, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi
po4 joeng4 wu4
鄱陽湖鄱阳湖
Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi
po4 lo4 fau4 tou4
婆羅浮屠婆罗浮屠
Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
po4 lo4 mun4
婆羅門婆罗门
Brahmin
po4 lo4 mun4 gaau3
婆羅門教婆罗门教
Brahmanism
po4 lo4 zau1
婆羅洲婆罗洲
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
po4 maa1
婆媽婆妈
indecisive; always changing one's mind; verbose; a maidservant
po4 maa1 sou3
婆媽數婆妈数
noun; a small or trivial amount or debt
po4 naa2
婆乸
a derogatory way to address women who are no longer young
po4 noeng4
婆娘
woman (derog.)
po4 po2
婆婆
(noun) General term of female senior
po4 po4 maa1 maa1
婆婆媽媽婆婆妈妈
effeminate; garrulous; overly careful; maudlin
po4 sik1
婆媳
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
po4 so1
婆娑
to swirl about
po4 zai2 gai3
婆仔髻
a hair style, old women's hair bun
po4 zai2 sou3
婆仔數婆仔数
a small sum; an insignificant amount of money [colloquial]
po4 zi2
婆子
old woman
pok1
𦢊
(Cant.) blister; courage
pok1 lou2
㩧佬
a hillbilly; a country bumpkin; a yokel; a hayseed
pok3
噗
(onom.) pop; pfff; burst
pok3
撲扑
(verb) Put on (make-up powder)
pok3
攵
rap, tap; radical number 66
pok3
璞
unpolished gem
pok3
粕
grains in distilled liquor
pok3 bei6
撲鼻扑鼻
to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
pok3 bo1
撲波
to describe the hand motion of the goalie when blocking the ball from the goal
pok3 ci1
噗哧
to laugh secretly, quietly
pok3 ci3 maau4 si1
樸次茅斯朴次茅斯
Portsmouth, southern English seaport
pok3 daa2
撲打扑打
to swat
pok3 ding2 caa4
璞鼎查
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger, the first governor of Hong Kong
pok3 dit3
撲跌扑跌
to fall flat on one's face
pok3 dou2
撲倒扑倒
to fall down
pok3 fei1
撲飛扑飞
the act of running here and there to buy ticket(s) (normally for concert)
pok3 gan2 wai6
朴槿惠
Park Geun-hye (1952-), Korean politician, daughter of former dictator Park Chung-Hee 朴正熙[Piao2 Zheng4 xi1], president of Korea 2013-2017
pok3 gau3
撲救扑救
firefighting; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)