Cantonese words starting with T

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tong3to scald; to blanch (cooking); to perm; scalding hot

tong3classifier for times, round trips or rows; a trip; a step; to turn the soil; to meet

tong3 dau2clothes iron

tong3 dau2clothes iron

tong3 faat3perm (hairstyle)

tong3 ji1to iron (clothes)

燙衣板烫衣板

tong3 ji1 baan2ironing board

tong3 lung4a whoose cage sliding door (a Chinese style sliding door used in the olden days as a security door)

tong3 mun4a sliding door

tong3 ping4to press (clothes)

tong3 saam1(verb) (of clothes) to iron

tong3 saam1to iron clothes [colloquial]

tong3 saam1 baan2(noun) an ironing board

燙衫板烫衫板

tong3 saam1 baan2an ironing board; flat-chested (woman) [colloquial]

燙手山芋烫手山芋

tong3 sau2 saan1 wu6hot potato; trouble

tong3 soeng1to scald

燙頭髮烫头发

tong3 tau4 faat3perm

tong4(noun) 1. Chinese surname; (in Chinese history) Tang dynasty; (adjective) Chinese-;

tong4(noun) 1. chest; 2. class

tong4dyke; pool or pond; to describe a pit of something

tong4to keep out; to ward off; to spread; to smear; to be perfunctory

tong4cherry-apple; wild plum

tong4noncoagulative; pool; semi-soft; half congealed

tong4chest (of body); thorax

tong4praying mantis

tong4sugar; candy; 块kuài [块]

tong4 baak3 fu2Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子

tong4 bat1 lat1glutinous rice balls with peanuts and sesame

螳臂擋車螳臂挡车

tong4 bei3 dong2 ce1see 螳臂當車|螳臂当车[tang2 bi4 dang1 che1]

塘邊鶴塘边鹤

tong4 bin1 hok6it is a Chinese two-part allegorical phrase. Literally, a crane near the pond, which will target the food to eat. Nowaday, people tend to use it to describe a spectator or someone who sits on the side and doesn't get involved be it in sports, politics, etc.

tong4 bin6(TCM) unformed stool

tong4 caan1Chinese cuisine

tong4 ci1 dau2(noun) (adjective) (of good friend or a couple) undividable; inseparable; conjoined

tong4 ci4enamel

tong4 ciu1 zung1Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李曄|李晔[Li1 Ye4] (867-904), reigned 888-904

tong4 ciu4Tang dynasty (618-907)

唐初四大家

tong4 co1 sei3 daai6 gaa1Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang

tong4 cou3sweet and sour

tong4 cou3 juk6sweet and sour pork

糖醋魚糖醋鱼

tong4 cou3 jyu2sweet and sour fish

tong4 cou3 lei5 zek3sweet and sour pork

tong4 daan2 baak6glycoprotein

tong4 dai2 dak6describes someone who only appears when they need a favor from others or when they are in need of money [colloquial]

tong4 dai2 dak6it is a cantonese proverb , this references the wooden stakes that are at the bottom of a reservoir and are only visible when the water levels are low or empty. It describes the type of person who only shows up when they are low on money (water). When they have money, they are never around; they only show up when they are in need to borrow money.

tong4 dai2 nai4pond sludge

tong4 dai6shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier)

tong4 dai6younger male patrilineal cousin

tong4 dai6japanese kerria (flower); timber from Prunus japonica

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