Cantonese words starting with P

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bubble tea [written and colloquial]

pou5 pou5 hau2 hoeng1 tong2

泡泡口香糖

pou5 pou5 juk6 lou6

bubble bath lotion

泡泡紗泡泡纱

seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)

pou5 pou5 tong2

pou5 pou5 tyun4

抱抱團抱抱团

Free Hugs Campaign

pou5 pou5 zong1

抱抱裝抱抱装

"hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 抱抱團|抱抱团[bao4 bao4 tuan2])

pou5 san1 gau3 fo2

lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action

body slam (wrestling move)

pou5 sing4 jat1 tyun4

抱成一團抱成一团

to band together; to stick together

to bubble; to effervesce

to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced; to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)

pou5 tau4 syu2 cyun1

抱頭鼠躥抱头鼠蹿

to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

pou5 tau4 syu2 cyun3

抱頭鼠竄抱头鼠窜

to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

pou5 tau4 tung3 huk1

抱頭痛哭抱头痛哭

to weep disconsolately

(coll.) to incubate

pou5 zaau3 taap3

distillation tower; plate column

blank (e.g. for a coin); semifinished product

unstrained spirits

unbleached and undyed cloth

blank (for a coin etc)

semifinished materials

pui1 ngaa4 ciu3

coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)

pui1 ngaa4 mai5

semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)

(botany) embryo sac

pui1 nong4 pou5

(biology) blastodermic vesicle

(biology) blastocyst

pui1 toi1 faat3 sang1

胚胎發生胚胎发生

胚胎學胚胎学

base; (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc)

to respect ; to wear (belt etc); pendant; to match with

pennant; flags; the whereabouts of someone

copious; sudden; vast; an alternative form for 旆, flag ornament

girdle jade ornaments

torrent of rain; figurative for gracious kindness

to replace (sth missing)

to prescribe the wrong; a mismatch [written and colloquial]