Cantonese words starting with P

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扑克
pok3 hak1poker (game) (loanword)
扑克牌
pok3 hak1 paai2poker (card game); CL:副[fu4]
扑空
pok3 hung1lit. to rush at thin air; to have nothing to show for one's troubles
璞玉浑金
pok3 juk6 wan4 gam1to describe someone with a kind and honest personality
扑脸儿
pok3 lim5 ji4strikes you in the face
pok3 liu2to search everywhere for news
扑落
pok3 lok6to fall; socket (loanword for "plug")
pok3 long6Plurk (Taiwanese social networking and microblogging service)
扑面
pok3 min6lit. sth hits one in the face; sth assaults the senses; eye-catching
扑面而来
pok3 min6 ji4 loi4lit. sth hits one in the face; sth assaults the senses; eye-catching
扑灭
pok3 mit6to eradicate
滿扑满
pok3 mun5piggy bank
㩧㩧斋
pok3 pok3 zaai1private school (slang)
扑杀
pok3 saat3to kill
扑心扑命
pok3 sam1 pok3 meng6put all of one's heart and effort into doing something
pok3 sap1hit someone on the head
朴实
pok3 sat6plain; guileless; sincere and honest
扑水
pok3 seoi2to raise money urgently; to run around gathering funds due to an emergency
pok3 sik1to put out; exterminate; stamp out a fire
扑闪
pok3 sim2to wink
扑扇
pok3 sin3to flutter
pok3 siu1(impure) mirabilite, Na2SO4x10H2O (used in TCM)
扑朔
pok3 sok3see 撲朔迷離|扑朔迷离[pu1 shuo4 mi2 li2]
扑朔迷离
pok3 sok3 mai4 lei4impossible to unravel
朴素
pok3 sou3(noun) Simplicity
扑腾
pok3 tang4(onom.) thud; flop
扑通
pok3 tung1(onom.) sound of object falling into water
pok3 zi2Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
pok3 zi2 si5Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
pok3 zi3 sing1Park Ji-sung (1981-), South Korean former footballer, played for Manchester U...
pok3 zing3 hei1Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president...
pong1rushing ; torrential
pong1 to4pouring
pong1 to4 daai6 jyu5torrents of rain (idiom)
pong3to slander; to speak ill of
谤讟
pong3 duk6slander
谤议
pong3 ji5slander
pong4irresolute; to hesitate; hesitate
pong4surname Pang
pong4huge; tremendous; disorderly; a surname
pong4 baak6aside (theater); background narration
pong4 bei3upper arm; reliable helper
傍边
pong4 bin1near
旁边
pong4 bin1side; adjacent place
旁边儿
pong4 bin1 ji4erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边[pang2 bian1]
磅礴
pong4 bok6majestic; boundless
庞贝
pong4 bui3Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
庞大
pong4 daai6huge; enormous; tremendous
膀大腰圆
pong4 daai6 jiu1 jyun4tall and strong; beefy
庞德
pong4 dak1Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period,...

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