Cantonese words starting with P

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pok3 hak1
扑克
poker (game) (loanword)
pok3 hak1 paai2
扑克牌
poker (card game); CL:副[fu4]
pok3 hung1
扑空
lit. to rush at thin air; to have nothing to show for one's troubles
pok3 juk6 wan4 gam1
璞玉浑金
to describe someone with a kind and honest personality
pok3 lim5 ji4
扑脸儿
strikes you in the face
pok3 liu2
to search everywhere for news
pok3 lok6
扑落
to fall; socket (loanword for "plug")
pok3 long6
Plurk (Taiwanese social networking and microblogging service)
pok3 min6
扑面
lit. sth hits one in the face; sth assaults the senses; eye-catching
pok3 min6 ji4 loi4
扑面而来
lit. sth hits one in the face; sth assaults the senses; eye-catching
pok3 mit6
扑灭
to eradicate
pok3 mun5
滿扑满
piggy bank
pok3 pok3 zaai1
㩧㩧斋
private school (slang)
pok3 saat3
扑杀
to kill
pok3 sam1 pok3 meng6
扑心扑命
put all of one's heart and effort into doing something
pok3 sap1
hit someone on the head
pok3 sat6
朴实
plain; guileless; sincere and honest
pok3 seoi2
扑水
to raise money urgently; to run around gathering funds due to an emergency
pok3 sik1
to put out; exterminate; stamp out a fire
pok3 sim2
扑闪
to wink
pok3 sin3
扑扇
to flutter
pok3 siu1
(impure) mirabilite, Na2SO4x10H2O (used in TCM)
pok3 sok3
扑朔
see 撲朔迷離|扑朔迷离[pu1 shuo4 mi2 li2]
pok3 sok3 mai4 lei4
扑朔迷离
impossible to unravel
pok3 sou3
朴素
(noun) Simplicity
pok3 tang4
扑腾
(onom.) thud; flop
pok3 tung1
扑通
(onom.) sound of object falling into water
pok3 zi2
Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
pok3 zi2 si5
Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
pok3 zi3 sing1
Park Ji-sung (1981-), South Korean former footballer, played for Manchester United (2005-2012)
pok3 zing3 hei1
Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard
pong1
rushing ; torrential
pong1 to4
pouring
pong1 to4 daai6 jyu5
torrents of rain (idiom)
pong3
to slander; to speak ill of
pong3 duk6
谤讟
slander
pong3 ji5
谤议
slander
pong4
irresolute; to hesitate; hesitate
pong4
surname Pang
pong4
huge; tremendous; disorderly; a surname
pong4 baak6
aside (theater); background narration
pong4 bei3
upper arm; reliable helper
pong4 bin1
傍边
near
pong4 bin1
旁边
side; adjacent place
pong4 bin1 ji4
旁边儿
erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边[pang2 bian1]
pong4 bok6
磅礴
majestic; boundless
pong4 bui3
庞贝
Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
pong4 daai6
庞大
huge; enormous; tremendous
pong4 daai6 jiu1 jyun4
膀大腰圆
tall and strong; beefy
pong4 dak1
庞德
Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽; Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator