Cantonese words starting with T

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托柒唔识转膊
tok3 cat6 m4 sik1 zyun3 bok3describes someone who is not smart enough to know how to be flexible and adapt to different circumstances, which is just another way to call someone stupid [colloquial]
托辞
tok3 ci4variant of 託詞|托词[tuo1 ci2]
托词
tok3 ci4to make an excuse; excuse
托辞
tok3 ci4variant of 託詞|托词[tuo1 ci2]
托大脚
tok3 daai6 goek3(verb) to butter up; to flatter (usually one's boss)
tok3 dak6Thoth (ancient Egyptian deity)
tok3 fong1to open up land (for agriculture)
tok3 fong1 ze2pioneer
tok3 fu6to entrust
托付
tok3 fu6entrust
tok3 fuk1TOEFL
托福
tok3 fuk1TOEFL (test of English as a foreign language)
拓宽
tok3 fun1to broaden
tok3 gaa2bracket
tok3 gu3to make up excuses to do something; to find an excuse to do something
tok3 gun2trusteeship
托管
tok3 gun2Trusteeship; to entrust
托克逊
tok3 hak1 seon3see 托克遜縣|托克逊县[Tuo1 ke4 xun4 Xian4]
托克逊县
tok3 hak1 seon3 jyun6Toksun, a county in Turpan City 吐魯番市|吐鲁番市[Tu3 lu3 fan1 Shi4], Xinjiang
tok3 hak1 tok3Togtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia
托克托县
tok3 hak1 tok3 jyun6Togtoh, a county in Hohhot City 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
托儿
tok3 ji4childcare
托儿所
tok3 ji4 so2(noun) Day-care or day-care centre
托儿所
tok3 ji4 so2Nursery; child-care center
托尔金
tok3 ji5 gam1J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
托尔斯港
tok3 ji5 si1 gong2Tórshavn, capital of Faroe Islands
托尔斯泰
tok3 ji5 si1 taai3Tolstoy (name)
托业
tok3 jip6TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
tok3 joek6bellows for blowing up the fire in a furnace etc
托拉尔
tok3 laai1 ji5(loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007
tok3 laai1 si1trust (commerce) (loanword)
托赖
tok3 laai6 rely on one's elder or an influential person for protection, it is an expression used when people are being asked how they have been to show that they appreciate others' concern
tok3 lak6 mat6Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC; see also 托勒玫[Tuo1 le4 mei2]
tok3 lak6 mat6 wong4Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
tok3 lak6 mui4Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成
tok3 lan2to do something pointless; to try to do something that is beyone one's ability [colloquial]
tok3 lei5see 托里縣|托里县[Tuo1 li3 Xian4]
tok3 lei5 caak3 lei6Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
托里县
tok3 lei5 jyun6Toli, a county in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
托罗斯山
tok3 lo4 si1 saan1Taurus mountains of south Turkey
托莱多
tok3 loi4 do1Toledo, Spain
tok3 lou5 so2senior center
托马斯
tok3 maa5 si1Thomas (male name)
托木尔
tok3 muk6 ji5Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan
托木尔峰
tok3 muk6 ji5 fung1Victory Peak or Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan
tok3 nong4sacks
tok3 paau3to do something pointless; to try to do something that is beyone one's ability [colloquial]
tok3 pei4 kaa1Topeka, capital of Kansas
拓扑
tok3 pok3(math.) (loanword) topology
拓扑结构
tok3 pok3 git3 kau3topological structure

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