Cantonese words starting with W
4,488 entries
威廉
wai1 lim4William or Wilhelm (name)
威廉斯堡
wai1 lim4 si1 bou2Williamsburg, Virginia
威廉王子
wai1 lim4 wong4 zi2Prince William
威靈威灵
wai1 ling4authority; supernatural spirit
威靈頓威灵顿
wai1 ling4 deon6Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw); Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington...
威靈頓街威灵顿街
wai1 ling4 deon6 gaai1noun; Wellington Street, Street in Hong Kong
威烈
wai1 lit6fierce
威瑪威玛
wai1 maa5(Tw) Weimar, Germany
威瑪共和國威玛共和国
wai1 maa5 gung6 wo4 gwok3Weimar Republic (German Reich, 1919-1933)
威瑪拼法威玛拼法
wai1 maa5 ping3 faat3Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
威瑪拼音威玛拼音
wai1 maa5 ping3 jam1Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
威猛
wai1 maang5bold and powerful
威名
wai1 ming4fame for fighting prowess
威望
wai1 mong6prestige
威武
wai1 mou5to look powerful and mighty
威武不屈
wai1 mou5 bat1 wat1not to submit to force
威尼斯
wai1 nei4 si1Venice
威尼斯商人
wai1 nei4 si1 soeng1 jan4The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
威寧縣威宁县
wai1 ning4 jyun6see 威寧彝族回族苗族自治縣|威宁彝族回族苗族自治县[Wei1 ning2 Yi2 zu2 Hui2 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xi...
威勢威势
wai1 sai3might
委蛇
wai1 se4to behave in a frivolous manner
威水
wai1 seoi2(adjective) impressive; remarkable; extraordinary (often referencing someone'...
威水史
wai1 seoi2 si2glorious history
威信
wai1 seon3(noun) Veneration
威信縣威信县
wai1 seon3 jyun6Weixin, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4], Yunnan
威信掃地威信扫地
wai1 seon3 sou3 dei6to lose every scrap of reputation
威斯康辛
wai1 si1 hong1 san1Wisconsin
威斯康星
wai1 si1 hong1 sing1Wisconsin, US state
威斯敏斯特教堂
wai1 si1 man5 si1 dak6 gaau3 tong4Westminster Abbey, London
威士
wai1 si6Visa (credit card)
威士忌
wai1 si6 gei2whisky
威士忌酒
wai1 si6 gei6 zau2whiskey (loanword)
威氏註音法威氏注音法
wai1 si6 zyu3 jam1 faat3Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
威懾威慑
wai1 sip3to deter
威懾力量威慑力量
wai1 sip3 lik6 loeng6deterrent force
威妥瑪威妥玛
wai1 to5 maa5Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, origina...
威妥瑪拼法威妥玛拼法
wai1 to5 maa5 ping3 faat3Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
威妥瑪拼音威妥玛拼音
wai1 to5 maa5 ping3 jam1Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
威震天下
wai1 zan3 tin1 haa6to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
威重
wai1 zung6august
威尊命賤威尊命贱
wai1 zyun1 ming6 zin6(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrif...
位
wai2position; place; classifier for people (honorific); throne; rank
卉
wai2plants; plentiful
唯
wai2a sound similar to saying 'yes' in agreement
廆
wai2ancient name of a mountain west of Luoyang, Henan, now known as 谷口山[Gu3 kou3 ...
毀毁
wai2to destroy; to ruin
猥
wai2humble; plentiful; cheap; unworthily; wanton; coarse
痿
wai2atrophy; sexual impotence; exhaustion; weaken
諉诿
wai2to shirk; to pass the buck
猥獕
wai2 ceoi1vulgar; abject
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