Cantonese words starting with W

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wai4 cyun4 leot2

遺傳率遗传率

wai4 cyun4 mat6 zat1

遺傳物質遗传物质

genetic material

wai4 cyun4 seon3 sik1

遺傳信息遗传信息

genetic information

wai4 cyun4 sing3

遺傳性遗传性

hereditary; genetic

wai4 cyun4 sing3 zat6 beng6

遺傳性疾病遗传性疾病

genetic disorder

Vidar (Norse deity)

François Viète (1540-1603), French mathematician, father of modern algebraic notation

wai4 dak1 bat1 zeot1

為德不卒为德不卒

to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through; short attention span

wai4 dak1 bat1 zung1

為德不終为德不终

to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through; short attention span

維德角维德角

Cape Verde (Tw)

為得過为得过

worth going for (spoken)

Werther, opera by Jules Massenet

wai4 dak6 gan1 si1 taan2

維特根斯坦维特根斯坦

Wittgenstein (name)

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3

維多利亞维多利亚

(name) Victoria

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 buk6 bou3

維多利亞瀑布维多利亚瀑布

Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 dou2

維多利亞島维多利亚岛

Victoria Island

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 gong2

維多利亞港维多利亚港

Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 gung1 jyun2

維多利亞公園维多利亚公园

Victoria Park, Hong Kong

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 neoi5 wong4

維多利亞女王维多利亚女王

Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901)

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 wu4

維多利亞湖维多利亚湖

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 zau1

維多利亞州维多利亚州

Victoria, southeastern Australian state

to blockade; to hem in

dimension (math.)

only; all except

read-only (computing)

variant of 唯獨|唯独[wei2 du2]

惟獨是惟独是

to violate (a law)

wai4 faan2 hin3 faat3

違反憲法违反宪法

to violate the constitution

wai4 faat3 lyun6 gei2

違法亂紀违法乱纪

lit. to break the law and violate the rules (idiom)

moral instruction handed down by sages of the past or departed elders

wai4 fei1 zok3 daai2

為非作歹为非作歹

to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; to perpetrate outrages

see 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4]

濰坊市潍坊市

Weifang, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]

wai4 fu2 zok3 coeng1

為虎作倀为虎作伥

(idiom) to act as accomplice to a villain; to assist in wrongdoing

wai4 fu3 bat1 jan4

為富不仁为富不仁

(idiom) to be wealthy and heartless

wai4 fu3 bat1 jan4 ，wai4 jan4 bat1 fu3

為富不仁，為仁不富为富不仁，为仁不富

(proverb, from Mencius) the rich are not benevolent, and the benevolent are not rich

遺腹子遗腹子

posthumous child

tradition or style from the past; surviving tradition

wai4 gaak3 naap6

韋格納韦格纳

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

work or plans left as a legacy; posthumous orders or teachings

to violate a prohibition or ban; illicit

wai4 gam3 joek6 ban2

違禁藥品违禁药品

illegal medicines

scarf; CL:條|条[tiao2]

維吉爾维吉尔

Virgil or Vergilius (70-19 BC), Roman poet and author of the Aeneid 埃涅阿斯紀|埃涅阿斯纪[Ai1 nie4 a1 si1 Ji4]