Cantonese words starting with P

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paak3 gam1 sam1

(name) Parkinson

paak3 gam1 sam1 beng6

Parkinson's disease

paak3 geoi2 zi1 zin3

柏舉之戰柏举之战

Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚[Chu3]

paak3 goeng1 gam2 paak3

拍薑咁拍拍姜咁拍

verb; literally: beat the ginger with kitchen knife, it means beat someone badly

paak3 gwo2 paak3 gwo2

Pago Pago, capital of American Samoa

citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)

paak3 hak1 gwan6

Berkshire (English county)

paak3 hak1 loi4

柏克萊柏克莱

Berkeley (name); Berkeley, university city in the San Francisco bay area, California

to shoot a movie

see 柏鄉縣|柏乡县[Bai3 xiang1 Xian4]

paak3 hoeng1 jyun6

柏鄉縣柏乡县

Baixiang, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei

time signature (music)

paak3 hung1 pou2

paak3 jau4 lou6

paak3 jau4 maa5 lou6

柏油馬路柏油马路

paak3 ji5 ngaa5 dai3

帕爾瓦蒂帕尔瓦蒂

Parvati (Hindu deity, the consort of Shiva)

(dialect) to perform; to act (in a play etc)

finished shooting

Park Hyatt (hotel brand)

Kashiwazaki (Japanese surname); Kashiwazaki, title of a Noh play

paak3 kei1 ngaai6 jyu5

Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟

Kashiwazaki city, Japan

paak3 laai1 maa5 lei5 bok3

帕拉馬里博帕拉马里博

Paramaribo, capital of Suriname

paak3 laai1 tou4

柏拉圖柏拉图

Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher

paak3 laai1 tou4 zit3 hok6

柏拉圖哲學柏拉图哲学

paak3 laan4 kaa1

帕蘭卡帕兰卡

Palanka (a personal name)

paak3 laan6 sau2 zoeng2

拍爛手掌拍烂手掌

to applaud intensely

paak3 laap6 dak1

paak3 laap6 gei1

Sir Robert 'Robin' Brown Black, a former Governor of Hong Kong

Berlin, capital of Germany

paak3 lam4 coeng4

柏林牆柏林墙

paak3 lam4 gung1 jip6 daai6 hok6

柏林工業大學柏林工业大学

Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin)

paak3 lam4 wai4 coeng4

柏林圍牆柏林围墙

paak3 lei6 gei1 ji5

帕利基爾帕利基尔

Palikir, capital of the Federated States of Micronesia

paak3 leoi5 tok3

Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), Italian economist

paak3 leoi6 tok3 faat3 zak1

帕累托法則帕累托法则

Pareto principle

paak3 leoi6 tok3 zeoi3 jau1

帕累托最優帕累托最优

Pareto efficiency (economics)

courage; boldness; drive

柏遼茲柏辽兹

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique

Republic of Palau (Pacific island nation)

to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady

paak3 maa5 pei3

拍馬屁拍马屁

to flatter; to butter sb up; bootlicking

paak3 maa5 sam1

帕馬森帕马森

to auction; to sell at a reduced price

paak3 maai6 hong2

拍賣行拍卖行

an auction house [written and colloquial]