Cantonese words starting with W

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vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword)

維羅納维罗纳

wai4 loeng5 caan1

為兩餐为两餐

(verb) to earn money for food

to leave behind (inadvertently); to omit

elderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after a dynastic change

to crowd around

為唔過为唔过

not worthwhile; uneconomical; it does not pay

posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)

Victoria's Secret

wai4 mat6 bin6 zing3 faat3

唯物辯證法唯物辩证法

materialist dialectics, a philosophical study of nature, society, history and thought

wai4 mat6 leon6

唯物論唯物论

(philosophy) materialism

wai4 mat6 zyu2 ji6

唯物主義唯物主义

materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality

(interrogative adverb) what for; why

wai4 ming6 si6 cung4

唯命是從唯命是从

to follow obediently

wai4 ming6 si6 ting1

惟命是聽惟命是听

see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2]

wai4 miu6 wai4 ciu3

to imitate to perfection

wai4 miu6 wai4 ciu3

維妙維肖维妙维肖

to imitate to perfection

to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore

seine net; fence screen

wai4 mou6 ting4

韋慕庭韦慕庭

Clarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia University

to feel embarrassed or awkward; to find things difficult (to do or manage)

維納斯维纳斯

Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)

wai4 nei4 hung4

維尼熊维尼熊

Winnie the Pooh

wai4 nei4 leon4

維尼綸维尼纶

see 維綸|维纶[wei2 lun2]

wai4 nei5 si6 man6

唯你是問唯你是问

to hold you solely responsible [colloquial]

維吾爾维吾尔

Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang

wai4 ng4 ji5 jan4

維吾爾人维吾尔人

Uighur person or people

wai4 ng4 ji5 jyu5

維吾爾語维吾尔语

Uighur language

wai4 ng4 ji5 zuk6

維吾爾族维吾尔族

Uyghur ethnic group

to associate with

to disobey and cause delays

wai4 ngaa5 dai6

韋瓦第韦瓦第

wai4 ngai6 gau3 ziu6

圍魏救趙围魏救赵

lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom)

wai4 ngo5 duk6 zyun1

惟我獨尊惟我独尊

within the group; inside the walled villages

unsolved case (law)

the cost; expensive; to invest capital