Cantonese words starting with W

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横越
waang4 jyut6to cross; to traverse
横冚
waang4 kam2a quilt [colloquial]
waang4 kam4Hengqin, an island in China
横跨
waang4 kwaa1to span; to travel across
橫沥
waang4 lik6Hengli, a town in Guangdong, China
横棱纹
waang4 ling4 man4crosswise pattern
横梁
waang4 loeng4beam
横路
waang4 lou6side street
横蛮
waang4 maan4see 蠻橫|蛮横[man2 heng4]
横纹
waang4 man4horizontal stripe
横纹肌
waang4 man4 gei1striated muscle
横楣
waang4 mei4lintel
横眉
waang4 mei4to concentrate one's eyebrows; to scowl
横眉冷对千夫指
waang4 mei4 laang5 deoi3 cin1 fu1 zi2to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun);...
横眉立目
waang4 mei4 laap6 muk6to scowl and stare down
横眉怒目
waang4 mei4 nou6 muk6lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
横眉竖眼
waang4 mei4 syu6 ngaan5to scowl fiercely
横楣子
waang4 mei4 zi2lintel
横木
waang4 muk6horizontal beam; thwart
橫门
waang4 mun4(noun) a side door
横额
waang4 ngaak6horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
横眼
waang4 ngaan5from the side of the eye
横钩
waang4 ngau1horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
横卧
waang4 ngo6to recline
横批
waang4 pai1horizontal scroll (for inscription)
横三竖四
waang4 saam1 syu6 sei3in disorder
横山
waang4 saan1Hengshan, the name of various places
横山乡
waang4 saan1 hoeng1Hengshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
横心
waang4 sam1to steel oneself
横神经
waang4 san4 ging1transverse commissure
横生
waang4 sang1to grow without restraint; to happen unexpectedly
横生枝节
waang4 sang1 zi1 zit3to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
waang4 sau2(slang) someone uses illegal ways to get what they want; hire gangs to do dir...
横死
waang4 sei2to die by violence
横死掂死
waang4 sei2 dim3 sei2it doesn't make a difference either way since neither option gives a good out...
横须贺
waang4 seoi1 ho6Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
横须贺市
waang4 seoi1 ho6 si5Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
waang4 seoi2 dou6rope-towed river-crossing sampan
waang4 seoi2 dou6(noun) public ferry service on sampans.
横尸街头
waang4 si1 gaai1 tau4to be found dead in the street [written and colloquial]
横尸遍野
waang4 si1 pin3 je5corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
横是
waang4 si6probably
横线
waang4 sin3horizontal line
横扫
waang4 sou3to sweep away
横扫千军
waang4 sou3 cin1 gwan1total annihilation
横竖
waang4 syu6anyway
横竖劲儿
waang4 syu6 ging6 ji4firmness of determination
横说竖说
waang4 syut3 syu6 syut3to explain sth over and over again
横头磡
waang4 tau4 ham3Wang Tau Hom, an area in Hong Kong
横头横脑
waang4 tau4 waang4 nou5coarse and arrogant

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