Cantonese words starting with T

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great happiness

jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)

taam4 zi6 tung4

譚嗣同谭嗣同

Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898

abnormal sweating

evaporated milk

(place of Taiwan) 1. Tamsui which is a district in New Taipei City; (place in China) Danshui which is a city in Guangdong, China

taam5 seoi2 jyu2

淡水魚淡水鱼

freshwater fish

taam5 seoi2 wu4

freshwater lake

(verb) 1. lay back; 2. take (a break); 3. lie on (bed); 2. share (with cost); (noun) unit of puddle

beach; rapids; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

(noun) 1. Cripple; (adjective) Cripple

(finance) to dilute (earnings per share)

taan1 bok6 hau6 mui5 gu2 jing4 lei6

攤薄後每股盈利摊薄后每股盈利

diluted earnings per share

to bear part of the cost

place for a vendor's stall

see 攤檔|摊档[tan1 dang4]

(dialect) vendor's stall

let something hot cool down (spoken)

taan1 gai1 daan2

攤雞蛋摊鸡蛋

erhua variant of 攤|摊[tan1]

(verb) To show; (of mahjong game) to reveal tiles (of a winning hand); (noun) 1. Showdown

to apportion expenses, responsibilities etc

to lay sth out to dry

to set up stall

noun; corpse pose, flat on the back, Savasana(yoga)

relaxed and leisurely

taan1 taan1 jiu1

攤攤腰摊摊腰

falling flat to the floor; painful

a vendor's stall

taan1 tau4 bou2

灘頭堡滩头堡

beachhead (military)

taan1 wong4 coi3

攤黃菜摊黄菜

(dialect) scrambled eggs

(medicine) to suffer paralysis

booth; vendor's stall

paralyzed person

dead (literally 'to lie down flat')

flat; level; self-possessed

nervous; apprehensive

swelling or lump on skin; knot; problem; disorders of stomach