Cantonese words starting with W

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渾水摸魚浑水摸鱼

To fish in troubled waters; to take advantage of a crisis or chaotic situation for personal gain.

Yuncheng District in Yunfu, Guangdong.

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云城區云城区

Yuncheng, a district of Yunfu City in Guangdong province.

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雲城區云城区

Yuncheng District, a district in Yunfu, Guangdong, China.

The sky or the heavens.

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雲霄飛車云霄飞车

Roller coaster.

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雲霄縣云霄县

Yunxiao, a county in Zhangzhou City, Fujian province.

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雲消霧散云消雾散

To vanish into thin air; the clouds melt and the mists disperse.

To get seasick.

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暈船浪晕船浪

To get seasick.

An aerial ladder, such as those used by fire services or for climbing high walls.

Wonton; a type of dumpling wrapped in a thin dough skin containing fillings like pork or shrimp.

Wonton; a type of Chinese dumpling usually served in soup.

雲吞麵云吞面

Wonton noodles; a Cantonese noodle dish served in hot broth with wontons and leafy vegetables.

餛飩麵馄饨面

Wonton noodles.

Dizzy, lightheaded, or muddled.

A cloud pattern or cloud shape often used in art, design, and architecture.

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暈頭轉向晕头转向

Confused, dizzy, and disoriented.

渾天儀浑天仪

Armillary sphere; celestial globe, an instrument used to simulate the movement of celestial bodies.

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渾天說浑天说

The Hun Tian (spherical heaven) theory, a geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy.

To weed farmland; to remove weeds from a field.

暈酡酡晕酡酡

Dizzy, light-headed, or woozy, often due to drinking or feeling faint.

Rape or canola (Brassica rapa), a plant grown for its edible oil and leaves.

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雲台花園云台花园

Yuntai Garden, a park in Guangzhou, China.

蕓薹屬芸薹属

The genus Brassica, including vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and rapeseed.

A leather float used as a raft.

Muscovite or mica as used in traditional Chinese medicine.

暈暈地晕晕地

Feeling slightly dizzy, giddy, or faint.

And so on; so and so, or used to indicate a quotation or to describe many and confused things.

Numerous and confused; diverse and disorderly.

Numerous; many; a large amount of.

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渾渾噩噩浑浑噩噩

Muddleheaded, ignorant, or lacking purpose and direction.

Yunhe County, a county in Lishui, Zhejiang, China.

雲和縣云和县

Yunhe County, located in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, China.

Dizzy, lightheaded, or confused.

To gather together in large numbers like clouds; to converge or crowd.

To faint during acupuncture, an injection, or a blood test.

Neat and well-spaced.

Even, uniform, and well-proportioned.

Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis).

Muscovite mica, used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.

A Chinese surname, usually transliterated as Wan.

To lose, throw away, or discard something.

To perish, die, or fall.

Pleasing sound or melody, or the rhyme part of a syllable.

Form of rhymed prose in Beijing opera.

Rhyme and tone; the cadence or rhythm of poetry or speech.

Proper, suitable, and appropriate.

The main vowel in a diphthong; the nucleus of a syllable.

The rhyming word at the end of a line of poetry or verse.