Cantonese words starting with P

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po3 waai6 mou4 wai4
破坏无遗
damaged beyond repair
po3 waai6 sing3
破坏性
destructive
po3 waai6 wut6 dung6
破坏活动
sabotage; subversive activities
po3 wok6
破获
to uncover (a criminal plot)
po3 wun2 po3 seot1
lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily
po3 zaan6
破绽
split seam; weak point
po3 zaan6 baak3 ceot1
破绽百出
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
po3 zit3 hou6
破折号
dash
po3 zuk1 gin3 ling4
lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
po3 zuk1 zi1 sai3
破竹之势
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
po4
grandmother; mother-in-law (the mother of one's husband)
po4 gaa1
husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
po4 gai3 saan1
Por Kai Shan, place in Hong Kong
po4 ji4
(dialect) wife
po4 joeng4
鄱阳
see 鄱陽縣|鄱阳县[Po2 yang2 Xian4]
po4 joeng4 jyun6
鄱阳县
Poyang, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi
po4 joeng4 wu4
鄱阳湖
Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi
po4 lo4 fau4 tou4
婆罗浮屠
Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
po4 lo4 mun4
婆罗门
Brahmin
po4 lo4 mun4 gaau3
婆罗门教
Brahmanism
po4 lo4 zau1
婆罗洲
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
po4 maa1
婆妈
indecisive; always changing one's mind; verbose; a maidservant
po4 maa1 sou3
婆妈数
noun; a small or trivial amount or debt
po4 naa2
a derogatory way to address women who are no longer young
po4 noeng4
woman (derog.)
po4 po2
(noun) General term of female senior
po4 po4 maa1 maa1
婆婆妈妈
effeminate; garrulous; overly careful; maudlin
po4 sik1
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
po4 so1
to swirl about
po4 zai2 gai3
a hair style, old women's hair bun
po4 zai2 sou3
婆仔数
a small sum; an insignificant amount of money [colloquial]
po4 zi2
old woman
pok1
𦢊
(Cant.) blister; courage
pok1 lou2
a hillbilly; a country bumpkin; a yokel; a hayseed
pok3
(onom.) pop; pfff; burst
pok3
(verb) Put on (make-up powder)
pok3
rap, tap; radical number 66
pok3
unpolished gem
pok3
grains in distilled liquor
pok3 bei6
扑鼻
to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
pok3 bo1
to describe the hand motion of the goalie when blocking the ball from the goal
pok3 ci1
to laugh secretly, quietly
pok3 ci3 maau4 si1
朴次茅斯
Portsmouth, southern English seaport
pok3 daa2
扑打
to swat
pok3 ding2 caa4
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger, the first governor of Hong Kong
pok3 dit3
扑跌
to fall flat on one's face
pok3 dou2
扑倒
to fall down
pok3 fei1
扑飞
the act of running here and there to buy ticket(s) (normally for concert)
pok3 gan2 wai6
槿
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
扑救
firefighting; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)