Cantonese words starting with T

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Sweet and pleasant, describing a woman's appearance, smile, or voice.

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甜麵醬甜面酱

Sweet bean sauce, typically used for mixing into noodles or as a condiment.

Diabetes; a medical condition characterized by high levels of sugar in the urine.

Delighted to oblige; happy to comply out of sweetness or goodwill.

Sweet dessert soup.

甜絲絲甜丝丝

Pleasantly sweet to the taste, or describing a warm, sweet, and comforting feeling.

Sweet food or confectionery; desserts in general.

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The ups and downs of life, representing joy, anger, grief, and happiness; sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy.

Benefit, reward, or inducement.

Ice cream cone; a conical waffle cone with ice cream placed on top.

Quiet and serene, describing someone who is peaceful and quiet, and speaks very little.

Bell pepper; sweet pepper.

Sweet tofu skin, the fourth layer skimmed from soy milk, known for its rich flavor and coarse texture.

Sweet congee; sweet rice porridge.

The sky, or metaphorically heaven, God, and fate.

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Changing dramatically and violently; a world-shaking change.

The horizon, or a figurative extremely remote place.

Soldiers from heaven, often referring to divine troops in mythology.

Natural barrier or moat, especially a wide river that serves as a military defense.

Clear and sunny; describing weather with bright sunshine and no dark clouds.

A skylight; an opening or window in a roof, ceiling, or the top of a vehicle.

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天長地久天长地久

Everlasting, eternal, or enduring as long as heaven and earth.

Genius; a naturally gifted person.

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天從人願天从人愿

To have things go exactly as one wishes; heaven granting human desires.

Pillars supporting heaven in mythology, or metaphorically a pillar of the state.

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To die a horrible death, figuratively represented by being struck by lightning or thunder.

Gargantuan, tremendous, or extremely big.

The emperor of heaven; the supreme deity who rules over the universe and all creation.

Heaven and earth, referring to the physical world, the universe, or a domain of activity.

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天地有正氣天地有正气

There is justice in the world.

天地線天地线

Sam Browne belt; a police uniform belt consisting of a waist belt and a diagonal cross-strap over the right shoulder.

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University student slang for a schedule with one early morning class and one late afternoon class, with a long gap in between.

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天跌落嚟當被冚天跌落嚟当被冚

To remain optimistic and take things in stride even in the face of major difficulties.

Ceiling; the uppermost interior surface of a room or building level.

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Ceiling; the indoor upper surface of a room or building.

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天花龍鳯天花龙鳯

To exaggerate wildly; to describe something in an incredibly extravagant or over-idealistic way.

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天花龍鳳天花龙凤

Exaggerated; overly idealistic or unrealistic.

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Heaven and earth turning upside down; used to describe a massive change or a state of complete disorder.

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A dark sky without sunlight, or a metaphor for a chaotic, corrupt, or extremely fierce situation.

Natural gift or talent.

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天方夜談天方夜谈

The Arabian Nights; or used figuratively to describe wild, absurd, or unrealistic talk.

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天方夜譚天方夜谭

Nonsense; an absurd, baseless, or highly improbable story that is impossible to believe.

Inborn, innate, or gifted from birth.

天婦羅天妇罗

Tempura; a Japanese dish of deep-fried vegetables or seafood coated in a thin batter.

天麩羅天麸罗

Tempura; a Japanese dish of battered and deep-fried seafood or vegetables.

The Heavenly Father; God the Father in Christianity or a male deity in folk religion.

Astronomical price; an unreasonably high price.

Tien Gow (Tin Kau); a traditional Chinese domino game for four players.

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天機不可洩漏天机不可泄漏

Heaven's secrets must not be revealed; a secret that cannot be disclosed.