Cantonese words starting with W

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wong4 ngau4 muk6

黃牛木黄牛木

A species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae (Cratoxylum cochinchinense).

wong4 ngau4 piu3

黃牛票黄牛票

Scalped tickets sold by scalpers at inflated prices.

Sulfa drugs; a group of synthetic antimicrobial agents.

Wang Anshi (1021-1086), a Song dynasty politician and writer who was one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose.

Trump card or ace, referring to a highly effective tactic, person, or resource.

Trump card, or a signature and highly effective product, service, or asset.

A yellow card, used in sports matches as a formal warning to a player who commits a foul.

Amur cork tree, a type of tree used in traditional Chinese medicine.

An oriole; a golden-colored songbird.

wong4 paau1 dam3 suk6

黃泡髧熟黄泡髧熟

Pale, sallow, and puffy-looking skin, typically due to illness or poor health.

wong4 paau1 zai2

黃泡仔黄泡仔

A young man who is bloated or suffering from dropsy.

Wang Pi (died c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of the failed Yongzhen reform of 805.

wong4 pei2 syu6 liu1 go1

黃皮樹了哥黄皮树了哥

A pun meaning a fraudster who exploits, scams, or takes advantage of friends and family.

Wampee; a small, yellowish, oval or round citrus fruit native to southern China.

Huangpi, a district of Wuhan, Hubei province.

wong4 pei4 keoi1

黃陂區黄陂区

Huangpi, a district of Wuhan, Hubei.

An adult movie or pornographic film.

Reed; a thin strip of material which vibrates to produce sound in a musical instrument.

Wang Ping (1962-2013), a Chinese crosstalk actor.

Huangping county in Guizhou province.

wong4 ping4 jyun6

黃平縣黄平县

Huangping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

Rafting on the Yellow River.

wong4 piu1 ling4

黃嘌呤黄嘌呤

Xanthine; a purine base found in most human body tissues and fluids.

wong4 po4 maai6 gwaa1 ，zi6 maai6 zi6 kwaa1

王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸

To praise one's own goods or achievements; to blow one's own trumpet.

Huangpu, a district in Shanghai, or referring to the Huangpu River.

wong4 pou2 gong1

黃浦江黄浦江

Huangpu River, a major river flowing through Shanghai.

wong4 pou2 keoi1

黃浦區黄浦区

Huangpu District, a central district of Shanghai.

wong4 pou4 gaa1 san1

黃袍加身黄袍加身

To be forced or propelled into a position of leadership.

Huangshan, a famous mountain range in Anhui province.

wong4 saan1 keoi1

黃山區黄山区

Huangshan, a district of Huangshan City in Anhui province, China.

wong4 saan1 si5

黃山市黄山市

Huangshan, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province.

wong4 sai3 cung1

Wang Shichong (died 621), a general of the late Sui dynasty and opponent of the early Tang dynasty.

wong4 sam1 ling4

Cyndi Wang, a Taiwanese Mandopop singer and actress.

wong4 san6 dak1

Russell Girard Wong, an American actor.

The royal family; the ruling house of a monarchy.

Royal family or imperial family.

王實甫王实甫

Wang Shifu, a Yuan dynasty dramatist best known as the author of Romance of the West Chamber.

Huangshi, a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, China.

wong4 sek6 gong2

黃石港黄石港

Huangshigang, a district of Huangshi city in Hubei province, China.

wong4 sek6 gong2 keoi1

黃石港區黄石港区

Huangshigang, a district of Huangshi City in Hubei.

wong4 sek6 gung1

黃石公黄石公

Huang Shigong, a Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty and purported author.

wong4 sek6 gung1 saam1 loek6

黃石公三略黄石公三略

"Three Strategies of Huang Shigong", one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China.

wong4 sek6 lou6

黃石路黄石路

Huangshi Road, a road in Guangzhou, China.

黃石市黄石市

Huangshi, a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province.

Huangshui River, a tributary in the upper reaches of the Yellow River flowing through Qinghai and Gansu provinces.

Aqua regia; a highly corrosive mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid.

wong4 seoi2 zing1

黃水晶黄水晶

Citrine; a yellow or orange variety of quartz used as a semiprecious stone.

Huang Xin, a fictional character in the classical Chinese novel Water Margin.

wong4 si1 ngai5

黃絲蟻黄丝蚁

Wang Shizhen (1634–1711), a famous early Qing dynasty poet and scholar.