Cantonese words starting with W

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维纶
wai4 leon4vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword)
违令
wai4 ling6to disobey
维罗纳
wai4 lo4 naap6Verona
为两餐
wai4 loeng5 caan1(verb) to earn money for food
遗落
wai4 lok6to leave behind (inadvertently); to omit
遗老
wai4 lou5elderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after...
围拢
wai4 lung5to crowd around
为唔过
wai4 m4 gwo3not worthwhile; uneconomical; it does not pay
wai4 maan6drapery
遗墨
wai4 mak6posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)
wai4 mat6materialistic
维密
wai4 mat6Victoria's Secret
遗物
wai4 mat6remnant
唯物辩证法
wai4 mat6 bin6 zing3 faat3materialist dialectics, a philosophical study of nature, society, history and...
唯物论
wai4 mat6 leon6(philosophy) materialism
唯物主义
wai4 mat6 zyu2 ji6materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
为乜
wai4 me1(interrogative adverb) what for; why
wai4 mei5aesthetics
违命
wai4 ming6disobedient
唯命是从
wai4 ming6 si6 cung4to follow obediently
惟命是听
wai4 ming6 si6 ting1see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2]
wai4 miu6 wai4 ciu3to imitate to perfection
维妙维肖
wai4 miu6 wai4 ciu3to imitate to perfection
wai4 mok6heavy curtain
帏幕
wai4 mok6screen
遗忘
wai4 mong4to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
围网
wai4 mong5seine net; fence screen
韦慕庭
wai4 mou6 ting4Clarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia U...
遗男
wai4 naam4orphan
为难
wai4 naan4to feel embarrassed or awkward; to find things difficult (to do or manage)
维纳斯
wai4 naap6 si1Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)
维尼熊
wai4 nei4 hung4Winnie the Pooh
维尼纶
wai4 nei4 leon4see 維綸|维纶[wei2 lun2]
唯你是问
wai4 nei5 si6 man6to hold you solely responsible [colloquial]
维吾尔
wai4 ng4 ji5Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang
维吾尔人
wai4 ng4 ji5 jan4Uighur person or people
维吾尔语
wai4 ng4 ji5 jyu5Uighur language
维吾尔族
wai4 ng4 ji5 zuk6Uyghur ethnic group
为伍
wai4 ng5to associate with
违忤
wai4 ng5to disobey
违误
wai4 ng6to disobey and cause delays
韦瓦第
wai4 ngaa5 dai6Vivaldi (name)
围魏救赵
wai4 ngai6 gau3 ziu6lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom)
惟我独尊
wai4 ngo5 duk6 zyun1egoistic
违碍
wai4 ngoi6taboo
违傲
wai4 ngou6to disobey
尿遗尿
wai4 niu6bed-wetting
围內
wai4 noi6within the group; inside the walled villages
遗案
wai4 on3unsolved case (law)
为皮
wai4 pei4the cost; expensive; to invest capital

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