Cantonese words starting with W

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waan4 fo2 zi6 fan4
to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
waan4 fun2
还款
repayment
waan4 gaa1
player (of a game)
waan4 gaa3
还价
to make a counteroffer when haggling
waan4 gang2
顽梗
obstinate; stubborn; pig-headed
waan4 gei1
环肌
circular muscle
waan4 geng2 hang4
环颈鸻
(bird species of China) Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
waan4 geng2 saan1 ze3 gu1
环颈山鹧鸪
(bird species of China) hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola)
waan4 gik1
还击
to hit back
waan4 gik6 wo1 syun4
环极涡旋
circumpolar vortex
waan4 ging2
环境
environment; surroundings; ambient
waan4 ging2 bou2 wu6
环境保护
environmental protection
waan4 ging2 bou2 wu6 cyu5
环境保护署
the Environmental Protection Department
waan4 ging2 hang4 dung6 zyu2 ji6
环境行动主义
environmentalism
waan4 ging2 jan1 sou3
环境因素
environmental factor
waan4 ging2 jing2 hoeng2
环境影响
environmental impact
waan4 ging2 jing2 hoeng2 ping4 gu2
环境影响评估
environmental impact assessment EIA
waan4 ging2 syun2 hoi6
环境损害
environmental damage
waan4 ging2 wai6 sang1
环境卫生
environmental sanitation
waan4 ging2 wan1 dou6
环境温度
environmental temperature
waan4 ging2 wu1 jim5
环境污染
environmental pollution
waan4 gong1
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
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
环江毛南族自治县
Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi
waan4 gu3
环顾
to look around
waan4 gu3
顽固
stubborn; obstinate
waan4 gu3 paai3
顽固派
the diehards
waan4 hau2
还口
to retort
waan4 ho2 ji5
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
还乡
(literary) to return to one's native place
waan4 hoeng1 neoi2
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
还好
not bad; pretty good
waan4 jau4
环游
to travel around (the world, a country etc)
waan4 jau4 sai3 gaai3
环游世界
to make a round-the-world tour
waan4 jau5
还有
there still remain(s); there is (or are) still
waan4 jing4
环形
ring-shaped
waan4 jing4 git3 kau3
环形结构
ring configuration
waan4 jing4 gung1 lou6
环形公路
ring road
waan4 jing4 lou6
环形路
circular road
waan4 jing4 saan1
环形山
crater
waan4 jiu3
还要
still want more; still want to; still need to; also; but also [written and colloquial]
waan4 jiu5
环绕
to surround; to revolve around
waan4 joeng5 jyut3 jyun4
环氧乙烷
ethylene oxide
waan4 joeng5 syu6 zi1
环氧树脂
epoxy resin (chemistry)
waan4 jyu5
the whole earth
waan4 jyun4
还原
to restore to the original state; reduction (chemistry)
waan4 jyun4 ting1
环烷烃
cycloalkane
waan4 jyun4 zai1
还原剂
reducing agent
waan4 jyun6
环县
Huan County or Huanxian, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu
waan4 jyun6
还愿
to redeem a vow (to a deity); votive