Cantonese words starting with W

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winding, curving; leisurely

to threaten; to intimidate

wai1 bik1 lei6 jau5

威逼利誘威逼利诱

to make threats and promises

power and virtue

wai1 dou3 zeon6

威到盡威到尽

to be a champion; to show one's best

wafer (biscuit) (loanword)

wai1 faa3 beng2

威化餅威化饼

(noun) (food) a wafer; a waffle biscuit

wai1 faa3 beng2 gon1

威化餅乾威化饼干

wai1 fuk1 zi6 gei2

to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)

(adjective) Imposing

wai1 fung1 lam5 lam5

威風凜凜威风凛凛

majestic; impressive power

wai1 fung1 sou3 dei6

威風掃地威风扫地

completely discredited

wai1 fung6 jat1 jyu5

威鳳一羽威凤一羽

lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole

Waikiki (Hawaii)

to sprain one's ankle

to threaten; to cow

(neologism c. 2005) freelancer

威克島威克岛

Wake Island (North Pacific Ocean)

see 威海市[Wei1 hai3 Shi4]

Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]

威海衛威海卫

Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong

noun; wire (used in filming for stunts)

lush (vegetation)

majestic presence

(literary) (of roads, rivers, mountain ranges etc) long and winding; meandering

威而鋼威而钢

Viagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)

wai1 ji5 dak6 gwan6

威爾特郡威尔特郡

Wiltshire (English county)

威爾遜威尔逊

威爾斯威尔斯

noun; Wales, in Hong Kong, it normally refers to the Prince of Wales Hospital

wai1 ji5 si1 can1 wong4

威爾斯親王威尔斯亲王

Prince of Wales

wai1 ji5 si1 can1 wong4 ji1 jyun2

威爾斯親王醫院威尔斯亲王医院

Prince of Wales Hospital

wai1 ji5 si1 man4

威爾斯文威尔斯文

威爾士威尔士

Wales, constituent nation of UK

wai1 ji5 si6 jyu5

威爾士語威尔士语

Welsh (language)

dignified; august; awe; dignity

grave and dignified

see 威遠縣|威远县[Wei1 yuan3 Xian4]

wai1 jyun5 jyun6

威遠縣威远县

Weiyuan, a county in Neijiang City 內江市|内江市[Nei4 jiang1 Shi4], Sichuan

Wei County or Weixian, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei

Wichita (city in Kansas)

authority; authoritarianism