Cantonese words starting with P

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拍子機拍子机

paak3 zit3 cung4 cou1

柏節松操柏节松操

chaste widowhood

to take a picture

paak3 zyu6 soeng5

partner; to work together

(slang) to throw brickbats

to pull; to turn

to climb (by pulling oneself up); to claim connections of higher status

paan1 bat1 dou2 ji4

扳不倒兒扳不倒儿

(dialect) roly-poly toy

to make invidious comparisons; to emulate

to recoup losses (in gambling)

扳本兒扳本儿

to recoup losses (in gambling)

to seek to profit by family ties

paan1 can1 dou6 gu3

攀親道故攀亲道故

(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially

to climb; to clamber; fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger

railroad switch

paan1 dou6 caa3

railroad switch

paan1 dou6 jyun4

扳道員扳道员

to climb (of climbing plants); to cling on to; social climbing

paan1 fu6 kyun4 gwai3

攀附權貴攀附权贵

to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing

to demand a high price

paan1 gou1 git3 gwai3

攀高結貴攀高结贵

lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful

to implicate others, without foundation, in confessing one's own crime

damaged by slander

verb; to climb; to clamber. Metaphor, rely on others to get success

to climb over; to scale

paan1 lung4 fu6 fung6

扳龍附鳳扳龙附凤

hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement

paan1 lung4 fu6 fung6

攀龍附鳳攀龙附凤

see 扳龍附鳳|扳龙附凤[ban1 long2 fu4 feng4]

paan1 mou4 haam6 hoi6

攀誣陷害攀诬陷害

unjust accusation

to equalize; to pull back the advantage

spanner; lever (on a machine)

to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)

to lift the fishnet

see 攀枝花市[Pan1 zhi1 hua1 Shi4]

paan1 zi1 faa1 si5

Panzhihua, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]

spanner; wrench

扳指兒扳指儿

erhua variant of 扳指[ban1 zhi3]

to pull down and break off

to hope for; to expect; to gaze; to hope for

expecting your reply (epistolary style)

to hope for; to look forward to