Cantonese words starting with P

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to hang out at a bar

to crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate

pou4 baak6 cin4 zeon3

匍匐前進匍匐前进

to crawl forward

pou4 baak6 ging3

匍匐莖匍匐茎

(botany) stolon

Macao Pataca (currency)

edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2]

pou4 cou2 soeng1

pou4 cung4 ling4

蒲松齡蒲松龄

Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4]

place to hangout and have fun (spoken)

pou4 fuk1 fung1 kap1

蒲福風級蒲福风级

Beaufort scale for wind speed

variant of 匍匐[pu2 fu2]

Bagan (Pagan), ancient capital of Myanmar (Burma)

pou4 gam1 wong4 ciu4

Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287

see 蒲江縣|蒲江县[Pu2 jiang1 Xian4]

pou4 gong1 jyun6

蒲江縣蒲江县

Pujiang, a county in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan

pou4 gung1 jing1

dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)

white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)

pou4 gwok3 coi3

葡國菜葡国菜

Portuguese cuisine

to hang out (in the usual place) [colloquial]

Pu County or Puxian, a county in Linfen City 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi

Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province

Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)

big catkin willow

pou4 lung4 dei6

to appear ; to show one's face [colloquial]

spike or male flower of cattail (Typha orientalis)

one who is kind-hearted

pou4 saat3 sam1 coeng4

菩薩心腸菩萨心肠

Kind-heartedness

bushel (eight gallons)

see 蒲城縣|蒲城县[Pu2 cheng2 Xian4]

pou4 sing4 jyun6

蒲城縣蒲城县

Pucheng, a county in Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi

bodhi (Sanskrit)

pou4 tai4 daat6 mo1

菩提達摩菩提达摩

pou4 tai4 dou6 coeng4

菩提道場菩提道场

Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva)

菩提樹菩提树

peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig

a way to say that '(someone) has finally appeared'; to show up

see 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4]

Putian, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]

Po Toi, an island in Hong Kong

蒲台島蒲台岛

Po Toi island; the southernmost island of Hong Kong

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