Cantonese words starting with T

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tin4 aap3 sik1 gaau3 juk6

填鴨式教育填鸭式教育

Spoon-feeding education; a teaching method focusing on cramming information rather than encouraging independent learning.

To eat until one is full or to fill one's stomach.

tin4 bak1 zeon3

James Tien Pei-chun, a Hong Kong politician.

To fill out a form.

To fill or plug a gap, vacancy, or deficit with something external.

Real estate, particularly agricultural land and property.

Pseudoginseng, a species of ginseng used in traditional Chinese medicine.

To write lyrics for a song, or to compose a classical Chinese Ci poem.

Lake Dianchi, a large lake located in Yunnan province.

tin4 coeng4 lam4

田長霖田长霖

Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), a Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.

Field events in an athletics competition.

tin4 cong4 cyun1

The provinces of Yunnan, Tibet, and Sichuan.

Fill-in-the-blank format; a type of test question with empty spaces to be completed with specific words.

tin4 cung1 zai1

填充劑填充剂

Bulking agent or filler; a substance used to add volume.

Landfill; reclaimed land.

Agricultural land or fields; also used figuratively to mean a wretched situation or plight.

To stuff, fill, or plug up.

East Yunnan; the eastern region of Yunnan province.

Tiandong, a county in Baise, Guangxi.

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris); a bird species of China.

tin4 dung1 jyun6

田東縣田东县

Tiandong, a county in Baise City, Guangxi

To marry a widower as a second wife; a widower's second wife.

Tianjia'an District, a district of Huainan City in Anhui Province, China.

tin4 gaa1 am1 keoi1

田家庵區田家庵区

Tianjia'an, a district of Huainan City in Anhui.

tin4 gaak3 bun2

An exercise book with grid cells divided into quadrants for practicing Chinese handwriting.

Fields, farming areas, or countryside land used for cultivation.

tin4 gaan1 gun2 lei5

田間管理田间管理

Field management; the care and management of crops in the field.

An edible Chinese bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus); also used generally in southern China to refer to any frog.

tin4 gai1 dung1

田雞東田鸡东

To go Dutch; for everyone to split the bill and pay for their own meal.

tin4 gai1 gwo3 ho4

田雞過河田鸡过河

An analogy for everyone fleeing in different directions or going their own way.

An embankment or footpath between fields.

A field ridge; a low earthen dyke separating paddy fields.

tin4 gei6 coi3 maa5

田忌賽馬田忌赛马

Tian Ji's horse racing strategy; to accept one small loss in order to secure an overall victory.

Athletics or track and field events, which are split into field events and track events.

tin4 ging3 coi3

田徑賽田径赛

Track and field competition.

tin4 ging3 wan6 dung6

田徑運動田径运动

Track and field sports.

To reclaim land from the sea.

Tian Han (1898-1968), a Chinese drama writer, lyricist, and author of the PRC national anthem.

To fill a job vacancy.

Dianhong black tea; a type of black tea from Yunnan province.

Fields, countryside, or open country.

Farm work or agricultural labor.

Tianyang, a former county now classified as Tianyang District in Baise, Guangxi, China.

Fields and gardens; the countryside.

Tianlin county in Baise city, Guangxi, China.

tin4 lam4 jyun6

田林縣田林县

Tianlin, a county in Baise City, Guangxi.

Richard's pipit (Anthus richardi), a species of passerine bird.

To hunt; to go on a hunting expedition.

To hunt; to go hunting.