Cantonese words starting with T

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tau4 piu3 gwai2

投票匭投票匦

tau4 piu3 kyun4

投票權投票权

Suffrage; the right to vote.

tau4 piu3 leot2

Voter turnout rate; the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.

tau4 piu3 soeng1

tau4 piu3 zaam6

Polling station or polling place for voting.

Voter; someone who casts a ballot.

tau4 po3 hyut3 lau4

頭破血流头破血流

To be badly battered and bleeding; to suffer a devastating defeat.

Appetizer, starter, or first course of a meal.

A bridal or wedding veil.

Domestic farm animals; livestock.

To bowl a batsman out in cricket.

To join and devote oneself to a profession, cause, or activity.

To be reborn or reincarnated; to leave home to start a new life.

Pitcher in baseball or softball; bowler in cricket.

To throw or cast a projectile, or to project light onto a surface.

tau4 sek6 man6 lou6

投石問路投石问路

To test the waters; to probe or sound out a situation before taking action.

Clues, hints, or the main threads of a complicated matter.

tau4 seon3 sik1

頭信息头信息

Header in computing; data placed at the beginning of a block of data being stored or transmitted.

To apprentice under a master or seek out a teacher for instruction.

Headdress; hair ornament or accessory worn on the head.

A moment ago; just now; very recently.

Favus of the scalp; tinea capitis.

To defect or surrender to the enemy.

Toucheng, a urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan.

Hair tie; hair elastic; a string, band, or cord used to tie hair.

tau4 sing4 zan3

頭城鎮头城镇

Toucheng Town in Yilan County, Taiwan.

Overhead; on top of one's head.

tau4 sok3 leoi6

頭索類头索类

Lancelet; leptocardii, a subphylum of marine invertebrates representing the chordates.

To complain; to express dissatisfaction or blame someone for an unpleasant experience.

To find lodging; to stay overnight, especially when traveling.

To write and submit a letter or article to a media outlet, publisher, or authority.

tau4 syu2 gei6 hei3

To hesitate to take action against an evil person or problem for fear of damaging something valuable or hurting the innocent.

Headache; a physical pain in the head or a figurative source of worry and annoyance.

At first; at the beginning; in the first instance.

tau4 tau4 mei5 mei5

頭頭尾尾头头尾尾

Trivial matters, minor details, or remaining odds and ends of a task.

tau4 tau4 pung3 zoek6 hak1

頭頭碰着黑头头碰着黑

To be extremely unlucky and face difficulties or frustration in everything one does.

tau4 tau4 pung3 zoek6 hak1

頭頭碰著黑头头碰著黑

To encounter constant bad luck; for everything to go wrong.

tau4 tau4 si6 dou6

頭頭是道头头是道

Clear, logical, and orderly, especially in speech or explanation.

A headline story; the leading, most important news item given prominent coverage.

tau4 tiu4 san1 man4

頭條新聞头条新闻

Top news story; front-page headline.

An itinerant Buddhist monk.

To be reincarnated or reborn, or figuratively to die.

Head covering, wig, or mask used to cover the head or hair.

tau4 tou4 bou3 lei5

投桃報李投桃报李

To return a favor; to exchange gifts as a sign of friendship.

To have a headache.

tau4 tung3 ji1 tau4

頭痛醫頭头痛医头

To treat only the symptoms of a problem rather than its root cause.

tau4 tung3 ji1 tau4 ，goek3 tung3 ji1 goek3

頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳头痛医头，脚痛医脚

To treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of a problem.

tau4 tung3 juk6 lit6

頭痛欲裂头痛欲裂

To have a splitting headache.

頭屯河头屯河

Toutunhe, a district of Ürümqi in Xinjiang.