Cantonese words starting with W
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wong4 loeng4
皇糧皇粮
Imperial grain tax; government pay or funding.
wong4 loeng4 jat1 mung6
黃粱一夢黄粱一梦
The yellow millet dream; a brief, illusory dream of wealth and power, or a fleeting illusion.
wong4 loeng4 mei5 mung6
黃粱美夢黄粱美梦
A pipe dream or beautiful illusion; a fleeting dream of wealth and power that is soon shattered.
wong4 loeng4 mung6
黃粱夢黄粱梦
A pipe dream or an illusion; an unrealized hope of wealth and power.
wong4 lou5 gat1
王老吉
Wanglaoji, a famous brand of Chinese herbal tea.
wong4 lou5 ng5
王老五
An unmarried man or bachelor.
wong4 luk6
黃綠黄绿
Yellow-green; a color between yellow and green.
wong4 luk6 bei1
黃綠鵯黄绿鹎
Flavescent bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens).
wong4 luk6 ji1 sang1
黃綠醫生黄绿医生
A quack doctor; an unlicensed doctor or one with very poor medical skills.
wong4 luk6 sik1
黃綠色黄绿色
Yellow-green; a color between yellow and green.
wong4 lung4
黃龍黄龙
Yellow dragon.
wong4 lung4 beng6
黃龍病黄龙病
Huanglongbing; citrus greening disease.
wong4 lung4 jyun6
黃龍縣黄龙县
Huanglong, a county in Yan'an City, Shaanxi.
wong4 maa4
黃麻黄麻
Jute, a herbaceous plant cultivated for its vegetable fiber.
wong4 maa5
王碼王码
Wang code, a five-stroke Chinese character input method invented by Wang Yongmin.
wong4 maa5
皇馬皇马
Real Madrid C.F.; the professional football club based in Madrid, Spain.
wong4 maa5 kwaa2
黃馬褂黄马褂
Yellow riding jacket granted by a Qing emperor, or figuratively a privileged employee with close ties to the boss.
wong4 maang5
王猛
Wang Meng, prime minister to Fu Jian of Former Qin.
wong4 man4 ji5 doek3 muk6 niu5
黃紋擬啄木鳥黄纹拟啄木鸟
Green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus), a bird species native to China and Southeast Asia.
wong4 man5 dak1
王敏德
Michael Fitzgerald Wong, a Chinese-American actor based in Hong Kong.
wong4 mei4 gei1 jung1
黃眉姬鶲黄眉姬鹟
Narcissus flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina); a species of bird.
wong4 mei4 lam4 zoek3
黃眉林雀黄眉林雀
Yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus), a bird species of China.
wong4 mei4 lau5 ang1
黃眉柳鶯黄眉柳莺
Yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus).
wong4 mei4 mou4
黃眉鵐黄眉鹀
Yellow-browed bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys).
wong4 min6 po4
黃面婆黄面婆
An unkempt married woman who does not dress up or wear makeup.
wong4 ming4
王明
Wang Ming (1904-1974), a Soviet-trained Chinese communist leader.
wong4 mong5
王莽
Wang Mang, a historical figure who usurped power and reigned between the Western and Eastern Han dynasties.
wong4 mou4
黃鵐黄鹀
Yellowhammer; a bird species (Emberiza citrinella).
wong4 mou4 aa1 tau4
黃毛丫頭黄毛丫头
An immature or witless young girl.
wong4 mou5
王母
The Queen Mother of the West, a female Taoist deity associated with plague and punishment.
wong4 mou5 noeng4 noeng4
王母娘娘
Another name for Xi Wangmu, the Queen Mother of the West.
wong4 mui4
黃梅黄梅
Huangmei county in Hubei, China; also refers to the yellow, ripe plum or the plum rains of early summer.
wong4 mui4
黃酶黄酶
Yellow enzyme; old term for any of several yellow-colored flavoproteins that act as respiratory enzymes.
wong4 mui4 hei3
黃梅戲黄梅戏
Huangmei opera, a form of local Chinese opera originating in Anhui.
wong4 mui4 jyun6
黃梅縣黄梅县
Huangmei, a county in Huanggang City, Hubei.
wong4 naam4
王楠
Wang Nan (1978-), a female Chinese table tennis player and Olympic medalist.
wong4 naam4
黃南黄南
Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province.
wong4 naam4 zau1
黃南州黄南州
Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province, China.
wong4 naam4 zong6 zuk6 zi6 zi6 zau1
黃南藏族自治州黄南藏族自治州
Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, a prefecture in Qinghai Province, China.
wong4 nai4
黃泥黄泥
Yellow mud or clay.
wong4 ng5
王五
Wang Wu; a placeholder name for an unspecified person, typically used alongside Zhang San and Li Si.
wong4 ngaa4 baak6
黃芽白黄芽白
Napa cabbage; a long Chinese cabbage with light green leaves and white stalks.
wong4 ngaa4 baak6
黄芽白
Napa cabbage; a type of Chinese cabbage.
wong4 ngaak6 aa1 zoek3
黃額鴉雀黄额鸦雀
Fulvous parrotbill (Suthora fulvifrons), a species of bird native to China and neighboring regions.
wong4 ngaam4
黃岩黄岩
Huangyan, a district in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China.
wong4 ngaam4 dou2
黃岩島黄岩岛
Huangyan Island, a reef in the South China Sea.
wong4 ngaam4 keoi1
黃岩區黄岩区
Huangyan, a district of Taizhou City, Zhejiang.
wong4 ngau4
黃牛黄牛
Ox or cattle; also refers to a scalper, scalped tickets, or the act of scalping.
wong4 ngau4 dong2
黃牛黨黄牛党
Scalpers; people who buy tickets or goods in bulk to resell them for a profit.
wong4 ngau4 fei1
黃牛飛黄牛飞
Scalped tickets or touted tickets.