Cantonese words starting with P

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matching; accompanying

ring-like jade belt pendant

to compound (medicines etc); to concoct

to deploy; configuration

pui3 zip3 kaat1

adapter (device)

cargo stowage (shipping)

to install; to fit

pui3 zung2 gwai3 zit3

配種季節配种季节

breeding season

irresolute; to walk to and fro

used in 蓓蕾[bei4 lei3]

to compensate for loss; to suffer a financial loss; to ask for forgiveness

to accompany; to assist; to be with

Praia, capital of Cape Verde (Tw)

賠不是赔不是

to be present during childbirth

to serve as a foil; to set off

to lose money; to suffer a financial loss

to sit with someone and keep the person company; to sit with customers as a nightclub hostess

pui4 coeng3 neoi5

pui4 coeng3 siu2 ze2

to look after a hospitalized loved one

provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war); alternative capital

to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas

to cultivate; to groom

pui4 fan3 baan1

培訓班培训班

to pay out; (insurance) payment

maids that accompany the bride to her husband's house

(loanword) bacon

variant of 貝果|贝果[bei4 guo3]

to accompany guests; to serve as a foil for others; to entertain customers as a nightclub hostess

pui4 haak3 hoi1 fong2

陪客開房陪客开房

to go to a hourly hotel with a customer as a nightclub hostess

to be able to pay for one's debts [colloquial]

to cultivate; to foster; to educate; education; culture (biology)

pui4 joeng5 gei1

培養基培养基

pui4 joeng5 jik6

培養液培养液

culture fluid (in biological lab.)

pui4 joeng5 ming5

培養皿培养皿

to act as a doula to take care of the mother and baby during the postnatal confinement period

to offer an apology

培勒茲培勒兹

pui4 lei5 hak1 lei6 si1

培里克利斯

Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war