Cantonese words starting with P
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破壞無遺破坏无遗
po3 waai6 mou4 wai4damaged beyond repair
破壞性破坏性
po3 waai6 sing3destructive
破壞活動破坏活动
po3 waai6 wut6 dung6sabotage; subversive activities
破獲破获
po3 wok6to uncover (a criminal plot)
破碗破摔
po3 wun2 po3 seot1lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily
破綻破绽
po3 zaan6split seam; weak point
破綻百出破绽百出
po3 zaan6 baak3 ceot1(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
破折號破折号
po3 zit3 hou6dash
破竹建瓴
po3 zuk1 gin3 ling4lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹之勢破竹之势
po3 zuk1 zi1 sai3lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
婆
po4grandmother; mother-in-law (the mother of one's husband)
婆家
po4 gaa1husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
婆髻山
po4 gai3 saan1Por Kai Shan, place in Hong Kong
婆姨
po4 ji4(dialect) wife
鄱陽鄱阳
po4 joeng4see 鄱陽縣|鄱阳县[Po2 yang2 Xian4]
鄱陽縣鄱阳县
po4 joeng4 jyun6Poyang, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi
鄱陽湖鄱阳湖
po4 joeng4 wu4Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi
婆羅浮屠婆罗浮屠
po4 lo4 fau4 tou4Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
婆羅門婆罗门
po4 lo4 mun4Brahmin
婆羅門教婆罗门教
po4 lo4 mun4 gaau3Brahmanism
婆羅洲婆罗洲
po4 lo4 zau1Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
婆媽婆妈
po4 maa1indecisive; always changing one's mind; verbose; a maidservant
婆媽數婆妈数
po4 maa1 sou3noun; a small or trivial amount or debt
婆乸
po4 naa2a derogatory way to address women who are no longer young
婆娘
po4 noeng4woman (derog.)
婆婆
po4 po2(noun) General term of female senior
婆婆媽媽婆婆妈妈
po4 po4 maa1 maa1effeminate; garrulous; overly careful; maudlin
婆媳
po4 sik1mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
婆娑
po4 so1to swirl about
婆仔髻
po4 zai2 gai3a hair style, old women's hair bun
婆仔數婆仔数
po4 zai2 sou3a small sum; an insignificant amount of money [colloquial]
婆子
po4 zi2old woman
𦢊
pok1(Cant.) blister; courage
㩧佬
pok1 lou2a hillbilly; a country bumpkin; a yokel; a hayseed
噗
pok3(onom.) pop; pfff; burst
撲扑
pok3(verb) Put on (make-up powder)
攵
pok3rap, tap; radical number 66
璞
pok3unpolished gem
粕
pok3grains in distilled liquor
撲鼻扑鼻
pok3 bei6to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
撲波
pok3 bo1to describe the hand motion of the goalie when blocking the ball from the goal
噗哧
pok3 ci1to laugh secretly, quietly
樸次茅斯朴次茅斯
pok3 ci3 maau4 si1Portsmouth, southern English seaport
撲打扑打
pok3 daa2to swat
璞鼎查
pok3 ding2 caa4Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger, the first governor of Hong Kong
撲跌扑跌
pok3 dit3to fall flat on one's face
撲倒扑倒
pok3 dou2to fall down
撲飛扑飞
pok3 fei1the act of running here and there to buy ticket(s) (normally for concert)
朴槿惠
pok3 gan2 wai6Park Geun-hye (1952-), Korean politician, daughter of former dictator Park Ch...
撲救扑救
pok3 gau3firefighting; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
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