Cantonese words starting with P
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pok3 hak1
撲克扑克
poker (game) (loanword)
pok3 hak1 paai2
撲克牌扑克牌
poker (card game); CL:副[fu4]
pok3 hung1
撲空扑空
lit. to rush at thin air; to have nothing to show for one's troubles
pok3 juk6 wan4 gam1
璞玉渾金璞玉浑金
to describe someone with a kind and honest personality
pok3 lim5 ji4
撲臉兒扑脸儿
strikes you in the face
pok3 liu2
撲料
to search everywhere for news
pok3 lok6
撲落扑落
to fall; socket (loanword for "plug")
pok3 long6
噗浪
Plurk (Taiwanese social networking and microblogging service)
pok3 min6
撲面扑面
lit. sth hits one in the face; sth assaults the senses; eye-catching
pok3 min6 ji4 loi4
撲面而來扑面而来
lit. sth hits one in the face; sth assaults the senses; eye-catching
pok3 mit6
撲滅扑灭
to eradicate
pok3 mun5
撲滿扑满
piggy bank
pok3 pok3 zaai1
㩧㩧齋㩧㩧斋
private school (slang)
pok3 saat3
撲殺扑杀
to kill
pok3 sam1 pok3 meng6
撲心撲命扑心扑命
put all of one's heart and effort into doing something
pok3 sap1
㩧濕
hit someone on the head
pok3 sat6
樸實朴实
plain; guileless; sincere and honest
pok3 seoi2
撲水扑水
to raise money urgently; to run around gathering funds due to an emergency
pok3 sik1
撲熄
to put out; exterminate; stamp out a fire
pok3 sim2
撲閃扑闪
to wink
pok3 sin3
撲扇扑扇
to flutter
pok3 siu1
朴硝
(impure) mirabilite, Na2SO4x10H2O (used in TCM)
pok3 sok3
撲朔扑朔
see 撲朔迷離|扑朔迷离[pu1 shuo4 mi2 li2]
pok3 sok3 mai4 lei4
撲朔迷離扑朔迷离
impossible to unravel
pok3 sou3
樸素朴素
(noun) Simplicity
pok3 tang4
撲騰扑腾
(onom.) thud; flop
pok3 tung1
撲通扑通
(onom.) sound of object falling into water
pok3 zi2
朴子
Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
pok3 zi2 si5
朴子市
Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
pok3 zi3 sing1
朴智星
Park Ji-sung (1981-), South Korean former footballer, played for Manchester United (2005-2012)
pok3 zing3 hei1
朴正熙
Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard
pong1
滂
rushing ; torrential
pong1 to4
滂沱
pouring
pong1 to4 daai6 jyu5
滂沱大雨
torrents of rain (idiom)
pong3
謗谤
to slander; to speak ill of
pong3 duk6
謗讟谤讟
slander
pong3 ji5
謗議谤议
slander
pong4
徬
irresolute; to hesitate; hesitate
pong4
逄
surname Pang
pong4
龐庞
huge; tremendous; disorderly; a surname
pong4 baak6
旁白
aside (theater); background narration
pong4 bei3
膀臂
upper arm; reliable helper
pong4 bin1
傍邊傍边
near
pong4 bin1
旁邊旁边
side; adjacent place
pong4 bin1 ji4
旁邊兒旁边儿
erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边[pang2 bian1]
pong4 bok6
磅礡磅礴
majestic; boundless
pong4 bui3
龐貝庞贝
Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
pong4 daai6
龐大庞大
huge; enormous; tremendous
pong4 daai6 jiu1 jyun4
膀大腰圓膀大腰圆
tall and strong; beefy
pong4 dak1
龐德庞德
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