Cantonese words starting with W
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畏縮不前畏缩不前
wai3 suk1 bat1 cin4to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
畏途
wai3 tou4dangerous road
噦噦哕哕
wai3 wai3rhythmical sound of a bell or a birdcall
畏畏縮縮畏畏缩缩
wai3 wai3 suk1 suk1cowering
蔚為蔚为
wai3 wai4see 蔚成[wei4 cheng2]
蔚為大觀蔚为大观
wai3 wai4 daai6 gun1to afford a magnificent sight (idiom)
畏罪
wai3 zeoi6to dread punishment
畏罪自殺畏罪自杀
wai3 zeoi6 zi6 saat3to commit suicide to escape punishment
餵飼喂饲
wai3 zi6to feed
慰藉
wai3 zik6to console; to comfort
圍围
wai4(noun) circumference
帷
wai4curtain; tent
惟
wai4-ism; but
潿涠
wai4still water
濰潍
wai4name of a river
爲为
wai4to do; to govern; be…by; used after an adverb for emphasis; to take something...
違违
wai4to disobey; to separate; to defy; to leave; separated
遺遗
wai4to lose; to omit; sth lost; remnants; objects lost; to urinate; handed down
闈闱
wai4door to women's room; living quarters
韋韦
wai4soft leather; a surname
違拗违拗
wai4 aau3to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's w...
帷幄
wai4 ak1the ancient Chinese military tent
遺鷗遗鸥
wai4 au1(bird species of China) relict gull (Ichthyaetus relictus)
圍毆围殴
wai4 au2to gang up and beat
韋伯韦伯
wai4 baak3Webb, Webber or Weber (name)
違別违别
wai4 bit6to leave; to go against
違標违标
wai4 biu1to go against the stipulated criteria
圍捕围捕
wai4 bou6to fish by casting a net; to surround and seize
違悖违悖
wai4 bui3to transgress; same as 違背|违背
違背违背
wai4 bui3(verb) 1. To go against; 2. Disobey (Laws etc.)
圍脖围脖
wai4 but6muffler
圍產围产
wai4 caan2perinatal
遺產遗产
wai4 caan2heritage; inheritance; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
遺產稅遗产税
wai4 caan2 seoi3inheritance tax
遺妻遗妻
wai4 cai1widow
遺臭萬年遗臭万年
wai4 cau3 maan6 nin4to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)
維持维持
wai4 ci4to keep; to maintain; to preserve
維持秩序维持秩序
wai4 ci4 dit6 zeoi6To maintain order
維持費维持费
wai4 ci4 fai3maintenance costs
維持原判维持原判
wai4 ci4 jyun4 pun3to affirm the original sentence (law)
維持生活维持生活
wai4 ci4 sang1 wut6to subsist; to keep body and soul together
圍場围场
wai4 coeng4see 圍場滿族蒙古族自治縣|围场满族蒙古族自治县[Wei2 chang3 Man3 zu2 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
圍牆围墙
wai4 coeng4perimeter wall; CL:道[dao4]
圍場縣围场县
wai4 coeng4 jyun6see 圍場滿族蒙古族自治縣|围场满族蒙古族自治县[Wei2 chang3 Man3 zu2 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
圍場滿族蒙古族自治縣围场满族蒙古族自治县
wai4 coeng4 mun5 zuk6 mung4 gu2 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County, in Chengde City 承德市[Cheng2 de2 ...
遺傳遗传
wai4 cyun4heredity; to pass on (to one's offspring)
遺傳基因遗传基因
wai4 cyun4 gei1 jan1DNA; hereditary genes
遺傳工程遗传工程
wai4 cyun4 gung1 cing4genetic engineering
遺傳學遗传学
wai4 cyun4 hok6genetics
遺傳學家遗传学家
wai4 cyun4 hok6 gaa1geneticist
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