Cantonese words starting with T

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To kick or pass a football with the inside of the foot for control and accuracy over power.

To burn or scald; to be hurt by heat, hot liquids, or fire.

Classifier used for the number of trips or journeys taken.

An iron; a household appliance with a flat metal bottom used, when heated, to press and smooth wrinkles in clothes.

A clothes iron.

To perm hair, using chemicals or heat to curl or straighten it.

To iron clothes.

tong3 ji1 baan2

燙衣板烫衣板

A traditional Chinese wooden sliding security door made of horizontal bars.

Sliding door; a door opened by sliding horizontally along a track.

To iron or press clothes flat.

To iron clothes.

To iron clothes.

tong3 saam1 baan2

An ironing board.

tong3 saam1 baan2

燙衫板烫衫板

An ironing board; also used as a slang term for a flat-chested woman.

tong3 sau2 saan1 wu6

燙手山芋烫手山芋

Hot potato; a thorny and troublesome issue that nobody wants to take over.

To scald or burn with hot liquid or steam.

tong3 tau4 faat3

燙頭髮烫头发

To perm one's hair; to get a permanent wave.

The Tang Dynasty; also used as a name for ancient Chinese states and a common surname.

Classifier for vehicles such as cars, buses, or trains.

A pool or pond, especially a man-made one.

To ward off or keep out, to spread or smear a substance, or to perform a duty perfunctorily.

Cherry apple or wild plum.

Semi-soft and runny, or half-congealed.

Sugar, candy, or any sweet seasoning and confectionery.

Chest or thorax, or the hollow chamber of an object.

Praying mantis.

Saccharide; carbohydrate; the technical name for all types of sugars, starch, or cellulose.

tong4 baak3 fu2

Tang Bohu (Tang Yin); a renowned Ming dynasty painter and poet.

tong4 bat1 lat1

A Cantonese dessert consisting of glutinous rice balls without filling, coated in sugar, peanuts, and sesame seeds.

tong4 bei3 dong2 ce1

螳臂擋車螳臂挡车

An overconfident mantis trying to stop a chariot; to overrate oneself and attempt the impossible.

tong4 bin1 hok6

塘邊鶴塘边鹤

An outsider or bystander who makes unwanted comments or chimes in on a situation.

Unformed, loose, or watery stool in traditional Chinese medicine.

Chinese food; a Chinese meal or cuisine.

Two or more people who are inseparable and very close; also a type of group matching game.

Enamel; a protective or decorative glass coating fused onto a metal surface.

tong4 ciu1 zung1

Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, the twentieth emperor of the Tang dynasty.

Tang dynasty (618–907).

tong4 co1 sei3 daai6 gaa1

唐初四大家

Four Great Calligraphers of the early Tang dynasty.

Sweet and sour.

tong4 cou3 juk6

Sweet and sour pork.

tong4 cou3 jyu2

糖醋魚糖醋鱼

Sweet and sour fish.

tong4 cou3 lei5 zek3

Sweet and sour pork tenderloin.

tong4 daan2 baak6

tong4 dai2 dak6

A fair-weather person who only shows up when they are broke or need to borrow money.

tong4 dai2 dak6

A person who only shows up or contacts others when they are broke and need to borrow money.

tong4 dai2 nai4

Pond sludge; the mud or silt at the bottom of a pond.

Shadbush or shadberry; a woody plant of the genus Amelanchier.

The son of one's father's brother, who is younger than oneself.

Japanese kerria (flower), or the timber from Prunus japonica.