Cantonese words starting with W

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waang4 tong2 syu6 ngo6

橫躺豎臥横躺竖卧

to lie down all over the place

unexpected calamity

waang4 zan3 dung6

橫振動横振动

transverse vibration

Wan Chau, an area in Hong Kong

(colloquial) whatever

waang4 zing1 bou6 lim5

橫征暴斂横征暴敛

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force

waang4 zing1 bou6 lim5

橫徵暴斂横征暴敛

ruthless exploitation and demanding exorbitant taxes and levies by force

horizontal fold or tuck

(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)

to cut across; transverse

waang4 zit6 min6

橫截面横截面

waang4 zit6 sin3

橫截線横截线

transversal line

waang4 zo6 biu1

橫座標横坐标

horizontal coordinate

to overflow; to flow over

to persuade one to switch employment

to pick one's nose

waat3 coeng4 goek3

挖牆腳挖墙脚

to undermine; to seduce someone away from something

to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]

to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into

waat3 gwat6 gei1

挖掘機挖掘机

waat3 gwat6 gei1 haai6

挖掘機械挖掘机械

waat3 hung1 sam1 si1

to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer

waat3 juk6 bou2 cong1

挖肉補瘡挖肉补疮

to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

waat3 juk6 lo2 cong1 sang1

挖肉攞瘡生挖肉攞疮生

asking for trouble

to mine ore or minerals

to mediate (a conflict etc)

waat3 tou2 gei1

挖土機挖土机

sly; cunning; deceitful

rockslide; landslide; fig. slump; to decline

waat6 coeng4 gei1

滑翔機滑翔机

waat6 coeng4 jik6

hang glider (equipment)

waat6 coeng4 saan3

滑翔傘滑翔伞

paraglider (equipment)

to slip and fall; to lose one's footing and fall

runner block; sliding block

waat6 goi3 sau2 gei1

滑蓋手機滑盖手机

a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles