Cantonese words starting with T

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teoi1 paai4 gau2

To play Pai Gow, a Chinese gambling game played with dominoes.

To inquire into, investigate, or search for.

teoi1 saam1 teoi1 sei3

To refuse to do something by repeatedly making excuses; to procrastinate or stall.

teoi1 saam1 zo2 sei3

To use all sorts of excuses to decline, delay, or shirk a task or request.

To treat someone with utmost sincerity.

teoi1 sam1 zi3 fuk1

To treat someone with utmost sincerity.

A promoter, driving force, or key figure behind an event or movement.

To shirk or shift responsibility onto other people.

teoi1 se3 zaak3 jam6

推卸責任推卸责任

To shift the blame; to pass the buck or shirk responsibility.

A guessing game played with dice.

To promote sales, market, or peddle goods or services by persuading people to buy or use them.

teoi1 siu1 jyun4

推銷員推销员

Sales representative; salesperson

To reckon, imagine, or infer based on known facts.

To shove, push, or jostle someone.

To trace back to a source or origin.

To push, deliver, or send; particularly used for digital push notifications.

To esteem, admire, or think highly of.

To elect, nominate, or select someone through recommendation.

To estimate, reckon, or calculate a prediction based on historical data.

To plead, make an excuse, or use something as a pretext.

To cut or crop hair with hair clippers.

To make excuses; to decline or shirk an obligation or invitation using an excuse.

To make an excuse in order to decline or avoid a responsibility.

To offer excuses in order to reject or evade doing something.

teoi1 tou2 gei1

推土機推土机

To evade, shirk, or push away responsibility.

To push and pull.

To shirk responsibility, shift the blame, or pass the buck.

To shirk responsibility or pass the buck.

To push and squeeze past people, or to crowd and jostle one's way through.

To push forward, propel, or drive something onward, including in progress or physical movement.

teoi1 zeon3 cong1

推進艙推进舱

Propulsion module.

teoi1 zeon3 gei1

推進機推进机

Thruster, propeller, or propulsion system.

teoi1 zeon3 hei3

推進器推进器

A propeller or thruster used to propel a vessel or aircraft.

teoi1 zeon3 zai1

推進劑推进剂

To infer or deduce from known facts.

To promote, push forward, or drive the development of a cause.

To recommend, present, or nominate a person or thing.

teoi1 zin3 seon3

推薦信推荐信

Letter of recommendation

teoi1 zin3 syu1

推薦書推荐书

Recommendation letter; testimonial.

To bolster, promote, or help push forward.

To decline, reject, or back out; to pass the buck.

To esteem, respect, or accord importance to.

To esteem, revere, or think highly of someone.

Leg or limb; also a shorthand for ham.

Leg or hip bone.

Legs and feet, especially regarding one's ability to walk or move around.

teoi2 hau6 gin3

腿後腱腿后腱

Hamstring muscle.

A legband or ring worn by a bird on its leg.