Cantonese words starting with W
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胡吹
wu4 ceoi1to boast wildly
胡吹亂捧胡吹乱捧
wu4 ceoi1 lyun6 pung2indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
胡纏胡缠
wu4 cin4to pester
弧長弧长
wu4 coeng4arc length (the length of a curve segment)
糊牆糊墙
wu4 coeng4to paper a wall
弧長參數弧长参数
wu4 coeng4 caam1 sou3parametrization by arc length (of a space curve)
糊牆紙糊墙纸
wu4 coeng4 zi2wallpaper
胡銓胡铨
wu4 cyun4Hu Quan (1102-1180), Song Dynasty official and poet
胡豆
wu4 dau2broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
胡定欣
wu4 ding6 jan1Nancy Wu, name of a Chinese actress
胡蝶
wu4 dip6variant of 蝴蝶[hu2 die2]
蝴蝶
wu4 dip6butterfly
蝴蝶刀
wu4 dip6 dou1balisong; butterfly knife; fan knife
蝴蝶花
wu4 dip6 faa1iris
蝴蝶粉
wu4 dip6 fan2farfalle [written and colloquial]
蝴蝶結蝴蝶结
wu4 dip6 git3bow
蝴蝶效應蝴蝶效应
wu4 dip6 haau6 jing3butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
蝴蝶犬
wu4 dip6 hyun2papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
蝴蝶琴
wu4 dip6 kam4same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
蝴蝶酥
wu4 dip6 sou1crispy short-crust pastry
弧度
wu4 dou6radian; curve
胡花
wu4 faa1to spend recklessly
胡佛
wu4 fat6Hoover (name)
鬍匪胡匪
wu4 fei2bandit (old)
胡夫
wu4 fu1Khufu (pharaoh, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)
狐蝠
wu4 fuk1flying fox; fruit bat (genus Pteropus)
胡蜂
wu4 fung1wasp
狐假虎威
wu4 gaa2 fu2 wai1lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
胡佳
wu4 gaai1Hu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist
胡搞
wu4 gaau2to mess around; to have an affair
胡攪胡搅
wu4 gaau2to disturb
胡攪蠻纏胡搅蛮缠
wu4 gaau2 maan4 cin4(idiom) to pester endlessly
胡錦濤胡锦涛
wu4 gam2 tou4Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
胡姬花
wu4 gei1 faa1Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore
胡瓜
wu4 gwaa1cucumber
胡瓜魚胡瓜鱼
wu4 gwaa1 jyu2smelt (family Osmeridae)
壺關壶关
wu4 gwaan1see 壺關縣|壶关县[Hu2 guan1 Xian4]
壺關縣壶关县
wu4 gwaan1 jyun6Huguan, a county in Changzhi City 長治市|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4], Shanxi
弧光
wu4 gwong1arc light
弧光燈弧光灯
wu4 gwong1 dang1arc lamp
湖光山色
wu4 gwong1 saan1 sik1scenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape
湖廣湖广
wu4 gwong2Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)
胡克
wu4 hak1Hook or Hooke (name)
胡杏兒胡杏儿
wu4 hang6 ji4Myolie Wu Hang-yee, name of a Hong Kong actress and singer
湖口
wu4 hau2see 湖口縣|湖口县[Hu2 kou3 Xian4]
糊口
wu4 hau2to scrape a meager living
餬口糊口
wu4 hau2variant of 糊口[hu2 kou3]
湖口鄉湖口乡
wu4 hau2 hoeng1Hukou township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
湖口縣湖口县
wu4 hau2 jyun6Hukou, a county in Jiujiang City 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
狐猴
wu4 hau4lemur
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