Cantonese words starting with P

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training partner

to keep sb company for a chat

pui4 liu5 fu1 jan4 jau6 zit3 bing1

賠了夫人又折兵赔了夫人又折兵

lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)

pui4 nei5 tiu4 meng6

賠你條命赔你条命

as if I am going to pay you back; compensation? Dream on! [colloquial]

jury;serve as an assessor; serve on a jury

pui4 sam2 jyun4

陪審員陪审员

pui4 sam2 tyun4

陪審團陪审团

to repair earthworks

to pay back money to compensate for damages

to wait upon (older people); attendant

賠小心赔小心

to be conciliatory or apologetic

to smile apologetically or obsequiously

pui4 soeng4 gam1

賠償金赔偿金

dowry; to accompany sb

pui4 taai3 zi2 duk6 syu1

陪太子讀書陪太子读书

accompanying a child or a young person to study; fat chance – stands no chance of winning when compared with other competitors in a competition; to join in something (even if it is not relevant to them) just to keep someone company; to describe the candidates who know that they have no chance of passing even before sitting the exams

pui4 tong1 joek6

賠湯藥赔汤药

to compensate someone for their injuries by paying for their medical fee

to pace back and forth; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate

see 徘徊[pai2 huai2]

to drink along (with sb)

to cultivate; cultivation

to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)

pui4 zong3 ban2

funerary objects (items buried together with the dead)

to accompany; to keep somebody company

(two, three etc) -fold; double; exceptionally

(used in place names)

to feel even more (lonely etc); to be extremely (sad, delighted etc)

(coll.) very; really

pui5 ji4 paang5

倍兒棒倍儿棒

(dialect) awesome

倍頻器倍频器

frequency multiplier

multiple; factor

beta (loanword)

to double; to increase many times over; multiplication

pui5 zang1 hei3

pui5 zuk1 gong1

倍足綱倍足纲

Diplopoda (zoology)

pui5 zuk1 leoi6

倍足類倍足类

Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)

puk1 bang1 bei6

literally: to fall over and smash one's nose; to rush to [colloquial]

tripped over; fall accidently

to fall down; to drop dead; to get into difficulties [written and colloquial]

to dash to (said in a vulgar manner) [colloquial]

puk1 dou3 heoi3

to dash to (said in a vulgar manner) [colloquial]

fu6} ; to fall prostrate

(verb) fall on street

仆街貨仆街货

son of a bitch; bastard; asshole; shit-head [colloquial]