Cantonese words starting with T
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韜韬
tou1bow case or scabbard or sheath; military strategy
絛蟲绦虫
tou1 cung4tapeworm
絛蟲綱绦虫纲
tou1 cung4 gong1Cestoda (an order of flatworms)
絛帶绦带
tou1 daai2silk ribbon
叨光
tou1 gwong1be part of the glory
韜光養晦韬光养晦
tou1 gwong1 joeng5 fui3to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
饕客
tou1 haak3gourmand
叨擾叨扰
tou1 jiu5to disturb
絛綸绦纶
tou1 leon4variant of 滌綸|涤纶[di2 lun2]
韜略韬略
tou1 loek6military strategy; originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4]
滔天
tou1 tin1(adjective) Heinous; frightful; flagrant
滔天大罪
tou1 tin1 daai6 zeoi6a heinous crime
饕餮
tou1 tit3ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king; gluttonous
饕餮大餐
tou1 tit3 daai6 caan1great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet
饕餮紋饕餮纹
tou1 tit3 man4zoomorphic mask motif
饕餮之徒
tou1 tit3 zi1 tou4glutton; by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc
叨叨
tou1 tou1to chatter
滔滔
tou1 tou1torrential
滔滔不絕滔滔不绝
tou1 tou1 bat1 zyut6(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
絛子绦子
tou1 zi2silk ribbon or braid
土
tou2lame; old fashioned
討讨
tou2(verb) To beg
土壩土坝
tou2 baa3earth dam
土包子
tou2 baau1 zi2country bumpkin; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
土崩瓦解
tou2 bang1 ngaa5 gaai2to collapse
土鱉土鳖
tou2 bit3ground beetle; (dialect) country bumpkin
土邦
tou2 bong1native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
討保讨保
tou2 bou2to ask for bail money
土布
tou2 bou3homespun cloth
土撥鼠土拨鼠
tou2 but6 syu2(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
土產土产
tou2 caan2produced locally
土層土层
tou2 cang4layer of soil
討取讨取
tou2 ceoi2to ask for
禱詞祷词
tou2 ci4litany (text of a prayer)
討俏讨俏
tou2 ciu3deliberately provocative
土財主土财主
tou2 coi4 zyu2local wealthy landlord; rich provincial
討底讨底
tou2 dai2to enquire
討底兒讨底儿
tou2 dai2 ji4erhua variant of 討底|讨底[tao3 di3]
土得掉渣
tou2 dak1 diu6 zaa1(coll.) rustic; uncouth
土特產土特产
tou2 dak6 caan2local specialty
土豆
tou2 dau2potato
土豆網土豆网
tou2 dau6 mong5Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
土豆泥
tou2 dau6 nai4mashed potato
土豆絲土豆丝
tou2 dau6 si1julienned potato
土地
tou2 dei6(noun) land
土地改革
tou2 dei6 goi2 gaak3land reform
土地公
tou2 dei6 gung1Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
土地利用規劃土地利用规划
tou2 dei6 lei6 jung6 kwai1 waak6land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
土地稅土地税
tou2 dei6 seoi3Land tax
土地資源土地资源
tou2 dei6 zi1 jyun4land resources
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