Cantonese words starting with W

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wai2 wat1suffer from injustice

wai3(interjection) (of answering phone calls) hello

wai3shrill sound

wai3military officer

wai3intelligent

wai3to comfort; to reassure

wai3to fear; awe; to respect

wai3A stone mill

wai3dirt; unclean; obscene; wanton

wai3Artemisia japonica; resplendent; colourful; illness; to get together; sky blue

wai3 baau2to satisfy one's hunger; to satisfy someone's sexual appetite [colloquial]

wai3 bou6to feed (a baby)

wai3 ci4two-character surname Yuchi

尉遲恭尉迟恭

wai3 ci4 gung1General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding th...

wai3 gei6to be arrested by fear; scruple

wai3 geoi6to fear; foreboding

wai3 hei2(literary) to mushroom

wai3 hip3timid; scared; cowardly

餵人奶喂人奶

wai3 jan4 naai5to breast-feed;breast nursing;breastfeeding

wai3 jau5revered friend

蔚然成風蔚然成风

wai3 jin4 sing4 fung1to have become common practice (idiom)

wai3 jin6to console

wai3 joeng5to feed (a child, domestic animal etc); to raise (an animal)

wai3 jyu5obscene language

wai3 jyun6Yu County or Yuxian, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 ...

wai3 laam4azure; sky-blue

wai3 lai4see 尉犁縣|尉犁县[Yu4 li2 Xian4]

尉犁縣尉犁县

wai3 lai4 jyun6Yuli, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 ...

wai3 lau4to persuade (employees) to stay; to urge someone to stay on

wai3 liu2to feed (also fig.)

wai3 liu4Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Q...

尉繚子尉缭子

wai3 liu4 zi2Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3...

wai3 lou4to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc)

餵老虎機喂老虎机

wai3 lou5 fu2 gei1spend a lot of money on(gambling) slot machine; to insert coins into a parkin...

餵老虎（機）喂老虎（机）

wai3 lou5 fu2（ gei1）to insert coins into a parking meter [written and colloquial]

wai3 mak6Yemaek, ancient ethnic group of Manchuria and Korea, precursors of Korean Gog...

wai3 man6to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc

慰問金慰问金

wai3 man6 gam1Consolation money

慰問信慰问信

wai3 man6 seon3Condolence letters

餵母乳喂母乳

wai3 mou5 jyu5breastfeeding

wai3 naai5to feed with milk

wai3 naan4fear of difficulties (為難 wai2 naan4- put somebody in a difficult position)

慰安婦慰安妇

wai3 on1 fu5comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military...

wai3 sau2 wai3 mei5afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous

wai3 si6see 尉氏縣|尉氏县[Wei4 shi4 Xian4]

尉氏縣尉氏县

wai3 si6 jyun6Weishi, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan

wai3 sik6to feed

wai3 sing4to afford (a magnificent view etc)

wai3 suk1(verb) Cringe

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