Cantonese words starting with W

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waan4 jau4 sai3 gaai3

環遊世界环游世界

To travel around the world; to make a round-the-world tour.

In addition; furthermore; still have.

Still want or need to; also; in addition.

To encircle, surround, or travel around a place.

To restore to a former state, or to undergo chemical reduction.

waan4 jyun4 zai1

還原劑还原剂

Reducing agent; a chemical substance that donates electrons to another substance in a chemical reaction.

Worldwide; global; the entire world.

Global; worldwide; encompassing the entire Earth.

waan4 kau4 mau6 jik6 gwong2 coeng4

環球貿易廣場环球贸易广场

International Commerce Centre (ICC), a landmark skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong.

waan4 kau4 siu2 ze2

環球小姐环球小姐

Persistent, indomitable, or dogged.

To stubbornly resist; to put up a persistent or desperate struggle.

Naughty, unruly, and disobedient, typically describing children who refuse to listen to correction.

Torus; a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space about an axis coplanar with the circle.

Naughty, mischievous, or disobedient, usually describing children's behavior.

To surround, encircle, or embrace.

waan4 san1 jan4

To play wedding games; to tease the newlyweds at a wedding celebration.

To return to a temple and make offerings to the gods to show gratitude for their protection or for granting a wish.

To strike back or hit back when attacked.

waan4 sau2 sei2 jing4

環首死刑环首死刑

Execution by hanging; the death penalty carried out by hanging.

To trick, play a prank on, or tease someone to the point of exhaustion, misery, or death.

waan4 sek6 dim2 tau4

頑石點頭顽石点头

To be extremely persuasive or thorough in reasoning, convincing even the most stubborn people.

To play with water or swim for fun.

Still, yet, or after all; also used to express 'had better' or to make a suggestion.

An area, territory, or district; specifically a police district or a triad turf.

waan4 tau4 waan4 mei5

環頭環尾环头环尾

The less prosperous areas at the outer ends of Hong Kong Island.

To fight back or launch a counter-attack.

Surround; loopback; to loop or circle around.

To repay a debt; to pay back what is owed.

An ineradicable or stubborn disease that is difficult or impossible to cure.

To mess with or prank someone to the point of complete exhaustion.

The temples on both sides of the head behind the eyes.

A session, segment, stage, or part of a series of activities.

Atoll; a ring-shaped island formed by coral reef.

To return to lay life; to leave a monastic order.

To master, know inside out, or play around with; to subvert or turn upside down.

To pull, draw, or recover.

To mourn, lament, or express condolences for the deceased.

To save, rescue, or remedy a situation or person in danger.

To do anything for someone as a wager, used when betting that they cannot achieve something.

Grass carp; a species of edible freshwater fish with a long, slightly flat body.

To urge or persuade someone to stay instead of leaving or resigning.

Elegiac couplets; a pair of poetic lines written to express grief and respect for the deceased, typically hung at a funeral.

To hold hands or walk arm in arm.

To reverse an unfavorable situation; to salvage, retrieve, or win back.

An official, eunuch, or public servant; also a Chinese surname.

Unreal, illusory, or imaginary.

Trouble, disaster, or misfortune.

To rear or feed domestic animals.