Cantonese words starting with W

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wai4 jan4 si1 biu2

為人師表为人师表

to serve as a model for others (idiom)

wai4 jan4 wai4 gei2

為人為己为人为己

for the sake of oneself and others [written and colloquial]

(noun) Only one

variant of 唯一[wei2 yi1]

wai4 jat1 sing3

variant of 唯有[wei2 you3]

to imply; to mind; to notice; to care

wai4 ji3 zi3 leon6

唯意志論唯意志论

wai4 ji5 fat1 leoi4 zi1

韋爾弗雷茲韦尔弗雷兹

(George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek)

維爾容维尔容

(Johannes Lodewikus) Viljoen (South African ambassador to Taiwan)

wai4 ji5 nau2 si1

維爾紐斯维尔纽斯

Vilnius, capital of Lithuania

韋爾瓦韦尔瓦

wai4 ji5 si1 dak6 laai1 si1

維爾斯特拉斯维尔斯特拉斯

Karl Weierstrass (1815-1897), German mathematician

to disobey; to violate; to run counter to

unreasonable words

words of the deceased; wisdom of past sages

wai4 jing1 mat6

韋應物韦应物

Wei Yingwu (c. 737 – c. 792), Tang dynasty poet

around the outside

to break a promise; to default (on a loan or contract)

wai4 joek3 gam1

違約金违约金

historical name for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1]

the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects)

final wishes of the departed

(noun) Duration is from (a certain time) to (a certain time)

Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555)

to violate the rules

to defend (legal) rights

wai4 kyun4 jan4 si6

維權人士维权人士

civil rights activist

Vala (Middle-earth)

wai4 laai1 gong2

維拉港维拉港

Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu

used in the construction 以...為例|以...为例, "to take ... as an example"

to break the rules

to leave behind

to overlook; to omit

wai4 lei5 leon6

唯理論唯理论

(philosophy) rationalism

Waley or Whaley (name)

wai4 lei6 fu6 ming4

違利赴名违利赴名

to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom); to abandon greed for reputation

wai4 lei6 si6 tou4

唯利是圖唯利是图

(idiom) to be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else

wai4 lei6 si6 tou4

惟利是圖惟利是图

variant of 唯利是圖|唯利是图[wei2 li4 shi4 tu2]