Cantonese words starting with T

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抟沙
tyun4 saa1lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose
团扇
tyun4 sin3circular fan
tyun4 syu2guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
tyun4 syu3to garrison; to defend (a frontier)
团体
tyun4 tai2group; team
团体冠军
tyun4 tai2 gun3 gwan1group championship
团体行
tyun4 tai2 hang4group travel
tyun4 teoi1massage using one's buttocks
团团
tyun4 tyun4pile; a group of circular things
团团转
tyun4 tyun4 zyun3to go round and round; fig. frantically busy
臀围
tyun4 wai4hip measurement
tyun4 wai6breech presentation (obstetrics)
臀位取胎术
tyun4 wai6 ceoi2 toi1 seot6breech extraction (medicine)
tyun4 wai6 fan1 min5breech delivery (medicine)
团聚
tyun4 zeoi6to reunite
tyun4 / zeon1 / tan4 zeon1 ; ignorant; depressed
tyun4 zi2village
团子
tyun4 zi2dango (Japanese dumpling)
囤积
tyun4 zik1to stock up; to hoard (for speculation)
囤积居奇
tyun4 zik1 geoi1 kei4to hoard and profiteer
tyun4 zim1pork rump
团长
tyun4 zoeng2regimental command; group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
屯驻
tyun4 zyu3to station; to quarter; to garrison
tyun5(verb) stop (breathe)
断电
tyun5 din6to experience a power outage; to have a power failure
断档
tyun5 dong3sold out
断货
tyun5 fo3to run out of (stock)
断句
tyun5 geoi3to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing
断气
tyun5 hei3to stop breathing; to die
断开
tyun5 hoi1to break; to turn off (electric switch)
断瘾
tyun5 jan5noun; withdrawal from an addictgion, ie. drugs, cigarettes
断裂
tyun5 lit6fracture; to break apart
断裂带
tyun5 lit6 daai3fault zone (geology)
断裂强度
tyun5 lit6 koeng4 dou6rupture strength
断裂模数
tyun5 lit6 mou4 sou3modulus rupture
断粮
tyun5 loeng4to run out of food
断路器
tyun5 lou6 hei3circuit breaker
断码
tyun5 maa5remaining sizes available (when purchasing clothing or shoes)
断米路
tyun5 mai5 lou6to ruin one's future
断尾
tyun5 mei5(verb) completely ended; (of disease) completely cured and never relapsed
断奶
tyun5 naai5to wean
断片
tyun5 pin2a total blackout with no recollection of the events that had happened after getting drunk
断市
tyun5 si5out of stock
断线
tyun5 sin3(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break; (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected
断线风筝
tyun5 sin3 fung1 zang1a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
断断续续
tyun5 tyun5 zuk6 zuk6intermittent; discontinuous; stammering; inarticulate
断魂
tyun5 wan4to feel like a lost soul from deep sorrow
断正
tyun5 zeng3verb; expose something, a goof, mistake, caught dead
断绝
tyun5 zyut6to sever; to break off
脱亚入欧
tyut3 aa3 jap6 au1to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe

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