Cantonese words starting with P

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(verb) (of construction or renovation) 1. tile; 2. cover

to display (goods)

to serve as a contrasting element

to arrange; to narrate in detail; to elaborate

to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to construct (road, concrete slab)

鋪草皮铺草皮

lose money in horse betting (spoken)

to spread evenly over

pou1 goi3 gyun2 ji4

鋪蓋卷兒铺盖卷儿

to lay railway track

to spread out widely

to pave (with paving stones); (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth)

to spread out (material)

holder for door knocker

(noun) postures; poses

a postcard (a loanword)

to spread out; to lay out a vendor's stall

pou1 tin1 goi3 dei6

鋪天蓋地铺天盖地

lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)

to explain all the details

to spread out bedding

pou1 zoeng1 long6 fai3

鋪張浪費铺张浪费

extravagance and waste (idiom)

general; everywhere; widespread; all

river bank; river drainage ditch (old); a surname

extensive; widespread; great; wide

(verb) (of music) 1. Compose; (noun)

see 浦北縣|浦北县[Pu3 bei3 Xian4]

pou2 bak1 jyun6

浦北縣浦北县

Pubei, a county in Qinzhou City 欽州市|钦州市[Qin1 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi

census; general investigation

psi (Greek letter Ψψ)

band of a spectrum

see 普定縣|普定县[Pu3 ding4 Xian4]

pou2 ding6 jyun6

普定縣普定县

Puding, a county in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou

genealogical record; family tree

pou2 dou6 daai6 hok6

普渡大學普渡大学

Purdue University

pou2 dou6 zung3 sang1

普度眾生普度众生

(Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)

Pudong, a district of Shanghai to the east of the Huangpu River, full name 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pu3 dong1 Xin1 qu1]

pou2 dung1 gei1 coeng4

浦東機場浦东机场

Shanghai Pudong International Airport

pou2 dung1 san1 keoi1

浦東新區浦东新区

see 浦東|浦东[Pu3 dong1]

to disseminate knowledge of the law

pou2 faat3 zin3 zang1

普法戰爭普法战争

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

譜分析谱分析

spectral analysis (physics)