Cantonese words starting with W
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waan4 fo2 zi6 fan4
玩火自焚
to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
waan4 fun2
還款还款
repayment
waan4 gaa1
玩家
player (of a game)
waan4 gaa3
還價还价
to make a counteroffer when haggling
waan4 gang2
頑梗顽梗
obstinate; stubborn; pig-headed
waan4 gei1
環肌环肌
circular muscle
waan4 geng2 hang4
環頸鴴环颈鸻
(bird species of China) Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
waan4 geng2 saan1 ze3 gu1
環頸山鷓鴣环颈山鹧鸪
(bird species of China) hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola)
waan4 gik1
還擊还击
to hit back
waan4 gik6 wo1 syun4
環極渦旋环极涡旋
circumpolar vortex
waan4 ging2
環境环境
environment; surroundings; ambient
waan4 ging2 bou2 wu6
環境保護环境保护
environmental protection
waan4 ging2 bou2 wu6 cyu5
環境保護署环境保护署
the Environmental Protection Department
waan4 ging2 hang4 dung6 zyu2 ji6
環境行動主義环境行动主义
environmentalism
waan4 ging2 jan1 sou3
環境因素环境因素
environmental factor
waan4 ging2 jing2 hoeng2
環境影響环境影响
environmental impact
waan4 ging2 jing2 hoeng2 ping4 gu2
環境影響評估环境影响评估
environmental impact assessment EIA
waan4 ging2 syun2 hoi6
環境損害环境损害
environmental damage
waan4 ging2 wai6 sang1
環境衛生环境卫生
environmental sanitation
waan4 ging2 wan1 dou6
環境溫度环境温度
environmental temperature
waan4 ging2 wu1 jim5
環境污染环境污染
environmental pollution
waan4 gong1
環江环江
see 環江毛南族自治縣|环江毛南族自治县[Huan2 jiang1 Mao2 nan2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
waan4 gong1 jyun6
環江縣环江县
see 環江毛南族自治縣|环江毛南族自治县[Huan2 jiang1 Mao2 nan2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
waan4 gong1 mou4 naam4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6
環江毛南族自治縣环江毛南族自治县
Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi
waan4 gu3
環顧环顾
to look around
waan4 gu3
頑固顽固
stubborn; obstinate
waan4 gu3 paai3
頑固派顽固派
the diehards
waan4 hau2
還口还口
to retort
waan4 ho2 ji5
還可以还可以
it's alright;still can; it's just about okay; it's good enough; it's borderline acceptable; that will do
waan4 hoeng1
還鄉还乡
(literary) to return to one's native place
waan4 hoeng1 neoi2
還鄉女还乡女
(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
waan4 hou2
還好还好
not bad; pretty good
waan4 jau4
環遊环游
to travel around (the world, a country etc)
waan4 jau4 sai3 gaai3
環遊世界环游世界
to make a round-the-world tour
waan4 jau5
還有还有
there still remain(s); there is (or are) still
waan4 jing4
環形环形
ring-shaped
waan4 jing4 git3 kau3
環形結構环形结构
ring configuration
waan4 jing4 gung1 lou6
環形公路环形公路
ring road
waan4 jing4 lou6
環形路环形路
circular road
waan4 jing4 saan1
環形山环形山
crater
waan4 jiu3
還要还要
still want more; still want to; still need to; also; but also [written and colloquial]
waan4 jiu5
環繞环绕
to surround; to revolve around
waan4 joeng5 jyut3 jyun4
環氧乙烷环氧乙烷
ethylene oxide
waan4 joeng5 syu6 zi1
環氧樹脂环氧树脂
epoxy resin (chemistry)
waan4 jyu5
寰宇
the whole earth
waan4 jyun4
還原还原
to restore to the original state; reduction (chemistry)
waan4 jyun4 ting1
環烷烴环烷烃
cycloalkane
waan4 jyun4 zai1
還原劑还原剂
reducing agent
waan4 jyun6
環縣环县
Huan County or Huanxian, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu
waan4 jyun6
還願还愿
to redeem a vow (to a deity); votive