Cantonese words starting with W

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桦南
waa6 naam4see 樺南縣|桦南县[Hua4 nan2 Xian4]
桦南县
waa6 naam4 jyun6Huanan, a county in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市[Jia1 mu4 si1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
话你知
waa6 nei5 zi1let you know (spoken)
话我知
waa6 ngo5 zi1tell me [colloquial]
画皮
waa6 pei4painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
话晒
waa6 saai3afterall
话晒事
waa6 saai3 si6To control all the things; to do as one wishes
话实
waa6 sat6to say for certain
话声
waa6 seng1tell someone; to mention something; to inform someone of a situation
话虽如此
waa6 seoi1 jyu4 ci2be that as it may
话时话
waa6 si4 waa6just saying (spoken)
话事
waa6 si6(verb) to be in charge of a situation; to be in command; to take charge of a ...
话是
waa6 si6take charge; be in charge
话事偈
waa6 si6 gai2as said or quoted (spoken)
话事人
waa6 si6 jan4person-in-charge (spoken)
话事啤
waa6 si6 pe1show hand poker
桦树
waa6 syu6birch
话说
waa6 syut3It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)
话说回来
waa6 syut3 wui4 loi4(but) then again; (but) on the other hand
话题
waa6 tai4subject (of a talk or conversation)
话头
waa6 tau4subject (under discussion)
话头醒尾
waa6 tau4 sing2 mei5(slang) smart; shrewd; astute; clever; able to comprehend or figure out somet...
话亭
waa6 ting4telephone booth
话筒
waa6 tung2microphone; megaphone
话斋
waa6 zaai1(slang) as one has said
话啫
waa6 ze1a modal particle used by the speaker to show that they do not totally agree w...
话之
waa6 zi1cannot bother; ignore (spoken)
话知
waa6 zi1don't care; who cares about
话之渠
waa6 zi1 keoi5who cares; what the hell
话知渠
waa6 zi1 keoi5don't care; who cares about
话知你
waa6 zi1 nei5who cares; no matter if you…
话中有刺
waa6 zung1 jau5 ci3one's words carry barbs
话中有话
waa6 zung1 jau5 waa6one's words carry an implicit meaning
话中
waa6 zung3in one's words; precisely as one has predicted
waai1 ce4crooked; oblique; out of plumb
歪打正着
waai1 daa2 zing3 zoek6to succeed by a lucky stroke
歪点子
waai1 dim2 zi2illegal device; crooked
歪风
waai1 fung1unhealthy trend
歪风邪气
waai1 fung1 ce4 hei3noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
歪瓜裂枣
waai1 gwaa1 lit6 zou2ugly
歪瓜劣枣
waai1 gwaa1 lyut3 zou2erroneous variant of 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣[wai1 gua1 lie4 zao3]
waai1 kuk1(verb) (words) Twist; (adjective) devious
歪曲事实
waai1 kuk1 si6 sat6distortion of the facts; misrepresentations
waai1 lei5fallacious reasoning
歪门邪道
waai1 mun4 ce4 dou6dishonest practices
歪身歪势
waai1 san1 waai1 sai3walk, sit or stand in a crooked (incorrect) position (spoken)
waai1 waai1 ce4 ce4shuddering; a trembling scrawl (of handwriting)
waai1 waai1 nau2 nau2crooked; askew
歪乌连
waai1 wu1 lin4loanword for "violin"
waai2to sprain (one's ankle); precipitous; river bend

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