Cantonese words starting with P

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pou2 lo4 fu1 dik6 fu1

普羅夫迪夫普罗夫迪夫

Plovdiv, city in Bulgaria

pou2 lo4 lit6 taap3 lei6 aa3

普羅列塔利亞普罗列塔利亚

proletariat (loanword)

pou2 lo4 tai4 nok6

普羅提諾普罗提诺

Plotinus (204-270), Neoplatonism philosopher

pou2 lo4 wai4 dang1 si1

普羅維登斯普罗维登斯

Providence, capital of Rhode Island

pou2 lo4 wong6 si1

普羅旺斯普罗旺斯

Provence (south of France)

pou2 lo4 wong6 si1 jyu5

普羅旺斯語普罗旺斯语

Provençal (language)

pou2 lo4 zaat3 hak1

普羅扎克普罗扎克

Prozac (also marketed as Fluoxetine)

普萊斯普莱斯

pou2 long5 hak1

Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist

pou2 long5 hak1 soeng4 sou3

普朗克常數普朗克常数

(physics) Planck's constant h, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ joule.seconds

pou2 lou5 dung1

普魯東普鲁东

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865), French socialist philosopher

pou2 lou5 dung1 zyu2 ji6

普魯東主義普鲁东主义

Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory

pou2 lou5 kaa1 jan1

普魯卡因普鲁卡因

procaine (nerve blocking agent) (loanword)

pou2 lou5 si1 dak6

普魯斯特普鲁斯特

Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French author

普魯士普鲁士

Prussia (historical German state)

Pumi ethnic group

(bird species of China) ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana)

Pune, second city of Mahārāshtra 馬哈拉施特拉邦|马哈拉施特拉邦 in western India

Pu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan

see 普寧市|普宁市[Pu3 ning2 Shi4]

普寧市普宁市

Puning, a county-level city in Jieyang City 揭陽市|揭阳市[Jie1 yang2 Shi4], Guangdong

pou2 noi6 lok6 ji5

普萘洛爾普萘洛尔

propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure)

see 普安縣|普安县[Pu3 an1 Xian4]

普安縣普安县

Pu'an, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou

universal; widespread

generalization (logic)

pou2 pin3 sing3

pou2 pin3 sing3 gaa2 cit3

普遍性假設普遍性假设

universal hypothesis

pou2 pou2 tung1 tung1

ordinary; nothing special

psi (Greek letter Ψψ)

universal; worldwide

pou2 sap6 tou4 jyu5

普什圖語普什图语

Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)

to compose (a piece of music)

Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870

pou2 si6 je5 maa5

普氏野馬普氏野马

Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基

pou2 si6 laap6 hak1 ci3 tai2

普氏立克次體普氏立克次体

Rickettsia prowazekii

pou2 si6 siu2 ling4 joeng4

普氏小羚羊

Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia

see 浦城縣|浦城县[Pu3 cheng2 Xian4]

pou2 sing4 jyun6

浦城縣浦城县

Pucheng, a county in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian

universal suffrage

pou2 syun2 kyun4

普選權普选权

universal suffrage

throughout the world

pou2 tin1 tung4 hing3

普天同慶普天同庆

everybody celebrating together; universal rejoicing

see 普陀區|普陀区[Pu3 tuo2 Qu1]

普陀區普陀区

Putuo district, central Shanghai

Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara)

common; general

pou2 tung1 cau1 saa1 aap3

普通秋沙鴨普通秋沙鸭

(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)