Cantonese words starting with W

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wan5 gwong1Jackson Wan Kwong, name of a singer in Hong Kong
陨坑
wan5 haang1meteorite crater
蕴含
wan5 ham4Contains
允许
wan5 heoi2to permit
韵人韵事
wan5 jan4 wan5 si6a charming man enjoys charming pursuits (idiom)
wan5 ji4appropriate
尹扬明
wan5 joeng4 ming4Vincent Wan Yeung-Ming, name of an actor in Hong Kong
酝酿
wan5 joeng6to brew; to ferment:
酝酿
wan5 joeng6(of alcohol) to ferment; to mull over (an issue)
韵语
wan5 jyu5rhymed language
韵律
wan5 leot6cadence; rhyme scheme; (linguistics) prosody
韵律泳
wan5 leot6 wing6synchronized swimming; water ballet
殒落
wan5 lok6variant of 隕落|陨落[yun3 luo4]
陨落
wan5 lok6to fall down; to fall from the sky
韵文
wan5 man4verse (as opposed to prose 散文[san3 wen2])
wan5 man4 wan5 mou5capable of both political and military skills, or both literature and physica...
韵尾
wan5 mei5(phonology) coda, the part of a syllable that follows its vocalic nucleus (e....
韵味
wan5 mei6implicit charm in rhyme or sound; interest
殒命
wan5 ming6to die
陨命
wan5 ming6variant of 殞命|殒命[yun3 ming4]; to perish
殒灭
wan5 mit6to perish
韵母
wan5 mou5the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after ...
韵目
wan5 muk6rhyme entry
允诺
wan5 nok6to promise
wan5 pou2 sin6Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Se...
殒身
wan5 san1to lose one's life
殒身不恤
wan5 san1 bat1 seot1to die without regrets (idiom); to sacrifice oneself without hesitation
陨首
wan5 sau2to offer one's life in sacrifice
陨石
wan5 sek6meteorite; CL:塊|块[kuai4],顆|颗[ke1]
韵诗
wan5 si1rhyming verse
韵事
wan5 si6poetic occasion; in literature, the cue for a poem
陨星
wan5 sing1meteorite
韵书
wan5 syu1rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters ...
韵头
wan5 tau4leading vowel of diphthong
wan5 tin1 ziu3Eric Wan Tin-Chiu, name of an actor in Hong Kong
wan5 zeon2to approve; approval
韵致
wan5 zi3grace
韵致
wan5 zi3grace
wan6grain-fed animals
wan6to survive
wan6jest; joke
wan6to move; to use; fortune; fate; to utilise
wan6place name
运笔
wan6 bat1to wield the pen
运钞车
wan6 caau1 ce1armored car (for transporting valuables)
混吣
wan6 cam3vulgar
运筹
wan6 cau4to plan; logistics
运筹学
wan6 cau4 hok6operations research (OR)
运筹帷幄
wan6 cau4 wai4 ak1lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom)
运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外
wan6 cau4 wai4 ak1 zi1 zung1, kyut3 sing3 cin1 lei5 zi1 ngoi6a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outc...

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