Cantonese words starting with W

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wo4 hei3 sang1 coi4

和氣生財和气生财

Friendly and amiable relations with people can attract business and generate more wealth.

To reconcile or make up, restoring a harmonious relationship.

wo4 hou2 jyu4 co1

To reconcile and restore a harmonious relationship after a conflict.

Chord; three or more musical notes of different pitches played together.

Harmonious; peaceful and pleasant.

Tasty and delicious; can also mean highly profitable or financially rewarding.

Peaceful and harmonious; free from conflict or strife.

Pleasantly warm; comfortable weather that is neither cold nor too hot.

Kind, affable, and approachable, especially of an older person.

wo4 oi2 ho2 can1

和藹可親和蔼可亲

Kind, amiable, and easy to approach.

Peace; a state of harmony and concord.

wo4 ping4 gung6 cyu2

和平共處和平共处

To coexist in harmony, settling disputes peacefully to avoid ruining relationships.

wo4 ping4 jin2 bin3

和平演變和平演变

Peaceful evolution; the gradual transition of a socialist state to a capitalist system.

wo4 ping4 lei6 jung6

To use or exploit peacefully; peaceful use.

Heping Road, a road in Shenzhen.

wo4 pun4 tok3 ceot1

和盤托出和盘托出

To reveal everything; to disclose a secret fully with all details and hold nothing back.

Gentle, mild-mannered, and sweet-tempered.

A peacekeeper or mediator who steps in to settle disputes and reconcile conflicting parties.

A peace-making feast or meal hosted to settle a dispute or conflict.

Kind, amiable, and good-natured.

和勝和和胜和

Wo Shing Wo, a major triad society in Hong Kong.

Buddhist monk; a tonsured Buddhist male monastic.

wo4 soeng2 daam1 ze1

和尚擔遮和尚担遮

To defy all laws and rules; completely lawless.

Peace negotiations; peace talks.

和頭酒和头酒

A dinner or feast held to resolve conflicts and settle disputes.

An outdoor ground or yard used for drying grain.

Java sparrow, or more broadly, paddybirds and sparrows.

The rice harvesting season, or a crop of rice harvested in a specific season.

Screwed up, failed, or ruined.

Misfortune, disaster, or a calamity that causes suffering and injury.

Messed up; ruined; spoiled.

wo6 bat1 daan1 hang4

禍不單行祸不单行

Misfortunes never come singly; bad luck or tragedies happen one after another.

The source of a disaster or misfortune.

The root of trouble, disaster, or misfortune.

No loss; to not lose any money.

wo6 hei2 siu1 coeng4

禍起蕭牆祸起萧墙

An idiom referring to internal strife or trouble arising from within a family or group.

Disaster, menace, or calamity, particularly those caused by human action.

Harmony or backing vocals that accompany the main melody; chord.

Evil intentions; malicious designs.

Mediator or peacemaker; someone who reconciles disputes.

Harmony or backing vocals that accompany and support a main melody.

The source of disaster or root of trouble.

To obtain, receive, or acquire.

To harvest, reap, or gather in crops.

Looper caterpillar or inchworm.

Wok, a round-bottomed Chinese cooking pan, or a troublesome situation or mess.

Wok spatula; a kitchen utensil used for stir-frying in a wok.

To obtain, procure, or receive through certain methods.

wok6 dai2 gam2 min6

鑊底噉面镬底啖面

Looking angry, displeased, or unhappy, with a dark, scowling face.