Cantonese words starting with T

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to love dearly; to dote on (sb)

cane shield; rattan shield

Fujimori (Japanese surname)

pamper with love

Tencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998

tang4 seon3 kiu1 kiu1

騰訊ＱＱ腾讯ＱＱ

Tencent QQ, an instant messaging software service

tang4 si1 bui3 gaak3

滕斯貝格滕斯贝格

Tønsberg (city in Vestfold, Norway)

(literary) to gallop

tang4 soeng5 tang4 lok6

騰上騰落腾上腾落

to go up and down; to be busy rushing around everywhere [colloquial]

tang4 tiu2 man1 zyu1 juk6

藤條炆豬肉藤条炆猪肉

to cane (someone)

pain; (of a person) to be in pain

tang4 wan4 gaa3 mou6

騰雲駕霧腾云驾雾

to be walking on clouds; to speed across the sky; to go at a speed of flying; to feel dizzy

tang4 wong4 gok3

滕王閣滕王阁

Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi

Fujisawa (Japanese surname and place name)

see 滕州市[Teng2 zhou1 Shi4]

Tengzhou, a county-level city in Zaozhuang City 棗莊市|枣庄市[Zao3 zhuang1 Shi4], Shandong

to steal; to snatch; stealthily

tau1 ak1 gwaai2 pin3

偷呃拐騙偷呃拐骗

collective noun for robbery; swindle; kidnap or any criminal activitites

to make thinner

to make a false start; to jump the gun

to get a boner; to have an erection [colloquial]

to carry on a clandestine love affair

to skive off work

illegal immigration; to steal across the international border

tau1 dou6 haak3

smuggled illegal alien

(verb) to steal a chicken; (slang) to sneak out in order to do less work; to slack off; to not play by the rules

tau1 gai1 bat1 sing4 sik6 baa2 mai5

偷雞不成蝕把米偷鸡不成蚀把米

lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom); to go for wool and come back shorn

tau1 gai1 bat1 zoek6 sik6 baa2 mai5

偷雞不著蝕把米偷鸡不着蚀把米

see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]

tau1 gai1 m4 dou2 sit6 zaa1 mai5

偷雞唔到蝕揸米偷鸡唔到食揸米

to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses

tau1 gai1 mo2 gau2

偷雞摸狗偷鸡摸狗

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to dally with women

to skimp on the job

tau1 gung1 gaam2 liu2

偷工減料偷工减料

to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); sloppy work

to snatch a moment of leisure; also written 偷閒|偷闲[tou1 xian2]

to snatch a moment of leisure

to eat on the sly; to be unfaithful

to steal; stolen

tau1 hoeng1 sit3 juk6

偷香竊玉偷香窃玉

lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering

see 偷漢子|偷汉子[tou1 han4 zi5]

to peep; to steal a glance

偷漢子偷汉子

(of a married woman) to cheat on her husband; to have an affair