Cantonese words starting with W

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韦编三绝
wai4 pin1 saam1 zyut6lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times
围屏
wai4 ping4surrounding screen; folding screen
为啥
wai4 saa1dialectal equivalent of 為什麼|为什么[wei4 shen2 me5]
维萨
wai4 saat3Visa (credit card)
西维西县
wai4 sai1 jyun6see 維西傈僳族自治縣|维西傈僳族自治县[Wei2 xi1 Li4 su4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
西维西傈僳族自治县
wai4 sai1 leot6 suk1 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6Weixi Lisu Autonomous County, in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州...
wai4 sam1reality as we know it; idealism
违心
wai4 sam1false; against one's will
唯心论
wai4 sam1 leon6philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of co...
违心之言
wai4 sam1 zi1 jin4false assertion
唯心主义
wai4 sam1 zyu2 ji6philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of co...
为什么
wai4 sam6 mo1why
维新
wai4 san1(political) reform; modernization
维新变法
wai4 san1 bin3 faat3Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
维新派
wai4 san1 paai3the reformist faction
为生
wai4 sang1to make a living
维生
wai4 sang1abbr. for 維持生活|维持生活[wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2]
维生素
wai4 sang1 sou3vitamin
违失
wai4 sat1fault; shortcoming; misconduct
遗失
wai4 sat1to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
维修
wai4 sau1(verb) Repair; (noun) repairing
为首
wai4 sau2head
违信背约
wai4 seon3 bui3 joek3in violation of contract and good faith
韦斯卡
wai4 si1 kaa1Uesca or Huesca, Spain
为时
wai4 si4timewise
为时不晚
wai4 si4 bat1 maan5it is not too late (idiom)
为时过早
wai4 si4 gwo3 zou2premature
为时已晚
wai4 si4 ji5 maan5already too late
为时未晚
wai4 si4 mei6 maan5it is not too late (idiom)
违时绝俗
wai4 si4 zyut6 zuk6to defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions
维氏
wai4 si6Victorinox (Swiss knife brand)
韦氏鹟莺
wai4 si6 jung1 ang1(bird species of China) Whistler's warbler (Phylloscopus whistleri)
韦氏拼法
wai4 si6 ping3 faat3Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
唯识宗
wai4 sik1 zung1Yogachara school of Buddhism ("consciousness only" school of Buddhism)
为善最乐
wai4 sin6 zeoi3 lok6doing good deeds brings the greatest joy (idiom)
围城
wai4 sing4Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1 shu1], fi...
潍城
wai4 sing4see 濰城區|潍城区[Wei2 cheng2 Qu1]
围城打援
wai4 sing4 daa2 wun4to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a uni...
潍城区
wai4 sing4 keoi1Weicheng, a district of Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong
为所欲为
wai4 so2 juk6 wai4(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
遗孀
wai4 soeng1(formal) widow
为数
wai4 sou3(verb) to sum up; to count
维数
wai4 sou3(math.) dimension
遗书
wai4 syu1posthumous writing; suicide note
维他命
wai4 taa1 ming6(loanword) vitamin
维它命
wai4 taa1 ming6variant of 維他命|维他命[wei2 ta1 ming4]
维他奶
wai4 taa1 naai5Vitasoy, is a brand of beverages and desserts in Hong Kong
遗体
wai4 tai2remains (of a dead person)
遗体告别式
wai4 tai2 gou3 bit6 sik1funeral
围头话
wai4 tau4 waa6Weitou dialect

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