Cantonese words starting with T
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頭懸梁，錐刺股头悬梁，锥刺股
tau4 jyun4 loeng4 ，zeoi1 ci3 gu2lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
投靠
tau4 kaau3to rely on help from sb
投契
tau4 kai3to get along well (with sb); to speculate (on financial markets)
頭期款头期款
tau4 kei4 fun2down payment
投其所好
tau4 kei4 so2 hou3to adapt to sb's taste
頭箍头箍
tau4 ku1headband
頭箍兒头箍儿
tau4 ku1 ji4erhua form of 頭箍|头箍[tou2 gu1]
頭盔头盔
tau4 kwai1helmet
投籃投篮
tau4 laam4(basketball) to shoot for the basket
投籃機投篮机
tau4 laam4 gei1arcade basketball machine
頭蠟头蜡
tau4 laap6hair wax
頭里头里
tau4 lei5in front
頭臉头脸
tau4 lim5head and face
頭臉兒头脸儿
tau4 lim5 ji4erhua variant of 頭臉|头脸[tou2 lian3]
頭領头领
tau4 ling5head person
頭鑼头锣
tau4 lo4the opening gongs and drums; the lead
頭顱头颅
tau4 lou4head
頭路头路
tau4 lou6clue; mate
頭晚头晚
tau4 maan5previous night
投袂而起
tau4 mai6 ji4 hei2lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
頭文字头文字
tau4 man4 zi6initial
頭尾头尾
tau4 mei5front and back (spoken)
頭面头面
tau4 min6head ornament (in former times); face
頭面人物头面人物
tau4 min6 jan4 mat6leading figure
頭名头名
tau4 ming4first place
頭目头目
tau4 muk6ringleader; chieftain
頭泥头泥
tau4 nai4cradle cap (infantile seborrheic dermatitis)
頭午头午
tau4 ng5(dialect) morning
頭牙头牙
tau4 ngaa4prayer to the God of land on the second day of the second month in Chinese ca...
投硬幣投硬币
tau4 ngaang6 bai6coin-operated
頭𩓥𩓥头𩓥𩓥
tau4 ngok6 ngok6with one's head raised up
頭擰擰头拧拧
tau4 ning6 ning6shaking one's head in disappointment (spoken)
頭腦头脑
tau4 nou5mastermind; centre of control (Cantonese slang)
頭腦清楚头脑清楚
tau4 nou5 cing1 co2lucid; sensible
頭腦發脹头脑发胀
tau4 nou5 faat3 zoeng3swelling of the head (physical condition); conceited
頭腦簡單头脑简单
tau4 nou5 gaan2 daan1simple-minded [written and colloquial]
頭腦簡單四肢發達头脑简单四肢发达
tau4 nou5 gaan2 daan1 sei3 zi1 faat3 daat6all brawn no brains
頭腦流失头脑流失
tau4 nou5 lau4 sat1to lose someone talented
投案
tau4 on3to surrender to the authorities
投案自首
tau4 on3 zi6 sau2self-incrimination; to turn oneself in; to surrender oneself
頭牌头牌
tau4 paai4tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production
投拍
tau4 paak3to start shooting (a film); to put (sth) up for auction
頭帕头帕
tau4 paak3headwear of the Miao minority; a headscarf; a kerchief
頭炮头炮
tau4 paau3first strike; the first shot
頭婄头婄
tau4 pau3to have a headache as a result of being so worried about something
頭皮头皮
tau4 pei4scalp
頭皮屑头皮屑
tau4 pei4 sit3dandruff
投票
tau4 piu3to vote
投票地點投票地点
tau4 piu3 dei6 dim2voting place
投票機器投票机器
tau4 piu3 gei1 hei3voting machine
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