Cantonese words starting with W

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waan6 dang1 gei1

幻燈機幻灯机

slide projector

waan6 dang1 pin2

幻燈片幻灯片

slide (photography, presentation software); transparency

to be transformed; transformation

land of fantasy

illusion; figment of one's imagination

waan6 gok3 zai1

幻覺劑幻觉剂

waan6 hoi2 fung1 bo1

宦海風波宦海风波

lit. raging sea of bureaucracy

to contract (an illness); to suffer from

child patient; pediatric patient

to keep (an animal); (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay

pen for animals

see 車裂|车裂[che1 lie4]

(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate

family of officials

trials and tribulations

waan6 naan6 gin3 zan1 cing4

患難見真情患难见真情

true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom); you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties

waan6 naan6 zi1 gaau1

患難之交患难之交

a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed

death by hanging

noun; magic; conjuring

waan6 soeng2 kuk1

suffering from (an illness); to contract (an illness) [written and colloquial]

auditory hallucination

patient; sufferer

fruit of the Sapindus trees (used for Buddhist prayer beads)

messed up; to make a mess of something

(Cantonese); unexpected

waang4 aa1 coeng4

橫丫腸橫丫肠

waang4 baan1 fuk1 siu2 hiu1

橫斑腹小鴞横斑腹小鸮

(bird species of China) spotted owlet (Athene brama)

waang4 baan1 lam4 ang1

橫斑林鶯横斑林莺

(bird species of China) barred warbler (Curruca nisoria)

Yokohama, Japan

waang4 ban1 si5

橫濱市横滨市

Yokohama, major port city in Kanagawa prefecture 神奈川縣|神奈川县[Shen2 nai4 chuan1 xian4], Japan

to stab with a spear

bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)

horizontal tablet (for an inscription)

transverse wave

sidestep (in dance)

to lie in disarray; to traverse

waang4 cat1 syu6 baat3

橫七豎八横七竖八

waang4 ce4 ngau1

橫斜鉤横斜钩

⺄ stroke in Chinese characters