Cantonese words starting with W

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wong4 daai6 sin1 miu6

黃大仙廟黄大仙庙

Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong.

wong4 daam2 seoi2

黃膽水黄胆水

Gastric fluid, especially bile or bitter digestive juices vomited from an empty stomach.

An emperor; the head of state of an empire.

wong4 dai3 coi3

Garland chrysanthemum, also known as crown daisy.

wong4 dai3 m4 gap1 taai3 gaam3 gap1

皇帝唔急太監急皇帝唔急太监急

An onlooker is more anxious or impatient than the person directly concerned.

wong4 dai3 neoi2 m4 jau1 gaa3

皇帝女唔憂嫁皇帝女唔忧嫁

In high demand; highly sought after; literally, the emperor's daughter does not need to worry about marriage.

Yellow soybean.

wong4 dou2 duk6

黃賭毒黄赌毒

Prostitution, gambling, and drug trafficking; the three major vices.

Rule by benevolence and righteousness, or more commonly, the best, most ideal, or only proper way to do things.

Ecliptic; the apparent path of the Sun's motion across the celestial sphere as seen from Earth.

wong4 dou6 gat1 jat6

黃道吉日黄道吉日

An auspicious or lucky day, especially in feng shui for major events like weddings or moving house.

wong4 faa1 gwai1 neoi5

黃花閨女黄花闺女

Maiden; a young unmarried virgin.

wong4 faa1 jyu2

黃花魚黄花鱼

Yellow croaker; an edible golden-yellow fish characterized by having stones in its skull.

wong4 faa1 tung2

黃花筒黄花筒

Yellow croaker, a type of fish.

The law of the land; historically, the laws decreed by an emperor.

Dusk, sunset, or the time of evening twilight.

Princess, the wife of a prince; also a king's consort or concubine.

Wasp or hornet.

wong4 fung1 dau3

黃蜂竇黄蜂窦

Honeycomb; a rough, porous pocket of air bubbles in concrete.

Royal; a title prefixed to the name of an organization to denote royal patronage or approval.

wong4 gaa1 faan6

皇家飯皇家饭

wong4 gaa1 faan6 dim3

皇家飯店皇家饭店

A nickname for prison.

wong4 gaa1 keoi1

黃家駒黄家驹

Wong Ka Kui, a Hong Kong musician, singer, and songwriter.

wong4 gaa1 wai6

王家衞王家卫

Wong Kar-wai, a prominent Hong Kong film director and producer.

Golden; prime; highly valuable, important, or critical.

wong4 gam1 gou1

黃金糕黄金糕

Golden sponge cake; a Southeast Asian honeycomb cake of Indonesian origin made with tapioca starch and coconut milk.

wong4 gam1 hoi2 ngon6

黃金海岸黄金海岸

The Gold Coast, a private housing estate in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.

wong4 gam1 hoi2 ngon6

Gold Coast, a coastal city in Queensland, Australia.

wong4 gam4 gam4 / wong4 kam4 kam4

黃黚黚黄黚黚

Yellowed or stained with a brownish-yellow tint, especially on things that should be white or light-colored.

wong4 gau2 mou4

黃狗毛黄狗毛

The woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), a plant with dense golden-yellow fuzz used in traditional Chinese medicine to stop bleeding.

wong4 gau2 tau4

黃狗頭黄狗头

Golden chicken fern (Cibotium barometz), also known as woolly fern.

Reeves's muntjac, a type of barking deer.

Dave Wong, a Taiwanese-Hong Kong singer-songwriter.

wong4 goek3 gai1

黃腳雞黄脚鸡

A person caught in a honey trap or caught having illicit sex.

wong4 goek3 laap6

黃腳立黄脚立

A traffic warden.

Turmeric; a plant used for culinary and medicinal purposes.

Yellow chrysanthemum

Crown; a circular head decoration symbolizing imperial power, typically made of gold and adorned with jewels.

wong4 gun3 kei4

黃貫其黄贯其

Wong Koon-Kei, a Hong Kong guitarist of the band The Postman.

wong4 gun3 zung1

黃貫中黄贯中

Paul Wong Koon-chung, a Hong Kong singer and musician.

Imperial palace; the palace where a royal family lives.

wong4 gwaa1 syun1

黃瓜酸黄瓜酸

Pickled cucumbers.

Kingdom; a country ruled by a king or queen, or figuratively an business empire built by someone.

wong4 gwok3 hing1

王國興王国兴

Wong Kwok-hing, a Hong Kong trade unionist and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Aristocracy; royalty and nobility; aristocrats in general.

Queen; the primary wife of a king.

Empress; the principal wife of an emperor or a queen consort.

wong4 hau6 daai6 dou6

Queen's Road, a major road on Hong Kong Island.

wong4 hau6 daai6 dou6 dung1

皇后大道東皇后大道东

Queen's Road East, a major road in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

wong4 hau6 daai6 dou6 sai1

皇后大道西

Queen's Road West, a major road in Hong Kong.