Cantonese words starting with T

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Lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose.

Circular fan; a traditional round hand fan.

Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus).

To garrison; to station troops to defend a frontier.

An organization, group, or team of people who share a common goal.

tyun4 tai2 gun3 gwan1

團體冠軍团体冠军

Group or team championship.

tyun4 tai2 hang4

團體行团体行

Group travel; package tour.

A massage using one's buttocks.

Round; circular; also in a circle or in a group.

tyun4 tyun4 zyun3

團團轉团团转

To spin round and round; to run around in circles while frantically busy.

Hip measurement; the circumference of the hips.

Breech presentation; a fetal position during childbirth where the baby is positioned buttocks or feet first.

tyun4 wai6 ceoi2 toi1 seot6

臀位取胎術臀位取胎术

Breech extraction; a medical procedure to deliver a baby feet- or buttocks-first.

tyun4 wai6 fan1 min5

Breech delivery; childbirth in which the baby is presented buttocks or feet first.

To reunite or gather together.

tyun4 / zeon1 / tan4

To panic, or to run around frantically.

Dango; a Japanese sweet dumpling made from rice flour.

To hoard, stock up on, or accumulate goods or assets for a long period.

tyun4 zik1 geoi1 kei4

囤積居奇囤积居奇

To hoard goods in anticipation of high prices; to corner the market.

Pork rump; a cut of pork from the upper part of the hindquarters.

The head of a group, organization, or military regiment; also a group-buying coordinator.

To station, quarter, or garrison troops.

To break; to snap; to break into two pieces under stress.

To stop the electricity supply; to power off or experience a power cut.

To be out of stock, sold out, or temporarily unavailable.

To be out of stock; to run out of goods.

To pause at appropriate points when reading aloud unpunctuated writing.

To draw one's last breath; to die.

To break, sever, disconnect, or turn off.

To break an addiction, originally referring to drug addiction and now generalized to any bad habit.

To break, crack, or sever due to force.

tyun5 lit6 daai3

斷裂帶断裂带

Fault zone in geology.

tyun5 lit6 koeng4 dou6

斷裂強度断裂强度

Rupture strength; the maximum stress a material can withstand before breaking.

tyun5 lit6 mou4 sou3

斷裂模數断裂模数

Modulus of rupture; a measure of the ultimate strength of a material before it breaks.

To run out of food; to have one's food supply cut off.

tyun5 lou6 hei3

斷路器断路器

Circuit breaker; an electrical switch designed to protect a circuit from damage.

Out of stock in certain sizes, especially having only one size or one item left.

tyun5 mai5 lou6

斷米路断米路

To cut off someone's revenue stream or ruin their source of income.

To end something completely without any relapse or continuation, such as an illness or relationship.

To wean a baby off breast milk or formula and transition them to solid food.

To black out or lose consciousness, typically having no memory of events after drinking alcohol or taking drugs.

Out of stock or completely sold out due to high demand.

To disconnect or drop a telephone or internet connection.

tyun5 sin3 fung1 zang1

斷線風箏断线风筝

A kite with a broken string, used as a metaphor for a person who has disappeared and is never heard from again.

tyun5 tyun5 zuk6 zuk6

斷斷續續断断续续

Off and on; intermittent or sporadic; proceeding in an interrupted or disjointed manner.

To feel overwhelmed by grief, sorrow, or ecstasy, as if one's soul has departed from the body.

To be caught in the act; to be caught red-handed.

To cut off, sever, or break off relations or contact.

tyut3 aa3 jap6 au1

脫亞入歐脱亚入欧

To leave Asia and enter Europe; to abandon traditional Asian ways and adopt Western modernization.