Cantonese words starting with T

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tan1 tan1 tou3 tou3

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to hold sth back

to take in and send out (in large quantities)

tan1 wan4 tou3 mou6

吞雲吐霧吞云吐雾

to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)

to swallow semen

tan1 zo2 fo2 joek6

吞咗火藥吞咗火药

angry; bad temper

to float; to blanch

to prepare a soup

to blanch (cooking)

to retreat; out of the way; to slip part of body out of clothing

to move out of; to exit from

to defer; to postpone

tan3 coeng2 tau4

褪腸頭褪肠头

Rectal prolapse

matte (of a color etc)

to take off (trousers)

to move backwards; to reverse; to retreat

(of colors) to fade

change of mind (spoken)

to retreat from a situation when faced with a change in circumstances [colloquial]

褪套兒褪套儿

(coll.) to break loose

(adjective) 1. Trembling; 2.shivering; (verb) Wander

shivering from cold or fear

(it) hurts; to love dearly; pains

to transcribe; to copy out

to soar; to prance; to vacate; to mount; to move aside; abruptly

tang4 bun2 zik6 mat6

to make (some time or space) available (for sb)

tang4 ceot1 sau2

騰出手腾出手

to get one's hands free (to do sth else)

see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4]

on the rise; thriving; soaring

lit. to fly upwards swiftly; rapidly developing (situation)

tang4 gaak3 lei5 saa1 mok6

騰格里沙漠腾格里沙漠

Tengger Desert, located in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia

to panick; to be nervous about something; to be frighten [colloquial]

ratten suitcase

a wicker suitcase; a rattan suitcase

wicker suitcase

Fujino (Japanese surname)

Teng county in Shandong

Teng County or Tengxian, a county in Wuzhou City 梧州市[Wu2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi

to jump over; to soar over

sepak takraw (sport)

to move; to move out of the way