Cantonese words starting with W

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wai2 gaa1 syu1 naan4

毀家紓難毁家纾难

to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)

variant of 諉過|诿过[wei3 guo4]

to put the blame on sb else

委任書委任书

letter of appointment

wai2 jam6 tung2 zi6

委任統治委任统治

mandate (territory administration)

angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum)

to break a promise

tactful; (of voice etc) suave

variant of 委婉[wei3 wan3]

委婉詞委婉词

wai2 jyun2 jyu5

委婉語委婉语

(Tw) (computing) bit

committee member

wai2 jyun4 wui2

委員會委员会

committee; commission

wai2 jyun4 zoeng2

委員長委员长

head of a committee

wai2 jyun4 zou2

位元組位元组

(Tw) byte (computing)

to feel wronged; to feel aggrieved; (literary) winding; tortuous; indirect

wai2 kuk1 kau4 cyun4

to accept a compromise

wai2 mei5 bat1 zan3

variant of 萎靡不振[wei3 mi3 bu4 zhen4]

wai2 mei5 bat1 zan3

dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast

to perish; to destroy

wai2 mit6 sing3

毀滅性毁灭性

wai2 noi6 seoi6 laai1

委內瑞拉委内瑞拉

wai2 noi6 seoi6 laai1 maa5 nou5 jim4 beng6 duk6

委內瑞拉馬腦炎病毒委内瑞拉马脑炎病毒

Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus

slander; to malign

to defame; to slander [written and colloquial]

to give oneself wholly to; (of a woman) to give one's body to

obscene; indecent

wai2 sit3 sing3 bou6 lou6

猥褻性暴露猥亵性暴露

indecent exposure

wretched (esp. appearance)

to wither; to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)

to entrust; to commission

委託書委托书

commission; power of attorney; warrant

to damage; to vandalize; destruction

rumbling (of thunder etc)

wai2 wai2 wat1 wat1

to feel aggrieved