Cantonese words starting with W

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wui4 mong6review; to look back

wui4 muk6chapter title (in a novel)

wui4 mun4first return of bride to her parental home

wui4 naam4to warm up again (weather)

wui4 naam4 tin1when weather turns warm and humid due to southerly airstream, affecting the southern provinces of China during Spring

wui4 noeng4 gaa1(of a wife) to return to her parental home

wui4 nyun5(of the weather) to warm up again

回心轉意回心转意

wui4 sam1 zyun2 ji3to change one's mind (idiom)

wui4 sau1to recycle; to retrieve; to recall (a defective product)

wui4 sau1 tung2recycle bin

wui4 sau2to turn around; to look back

wui4 seoi2(v.) to get a refund as you are not satisfied with what you get from your purchase, such as services, products or performances.

wui4 seon3to reply; letter written in reply

wui4 seon3 dei6 zi2return address

wui4 si6(old) to report to one's master

wui4 si6regression (psychology)

wui4 sing1to rise again after a fall; rally (stock market etc)

回聲定位回声定位

wui4 sing1 ding6 wai2echolocation

wui4 soeng2to recall; to think back

wui4 sou3to recall

wui4 syun4variant of 迴旋|回旋[hui2 xuan2]

wui4 syun4to circle; to wheel; to go around

迴旋處回旋处

wui4 syun4 cyu3roundabout

wui4 syun4 kuk1rondo

wui4 tau4(verb) Go back (to a place e.g. workplace)

回頭見回头见

wui4 tau4 gin3See you!

回頭客回头客

wui4 tau4 haak3repeat customer

回頭是岸回头是岸

wui4 tau4 si6 ngon6in repentance, there is salvation, evaluating own behavior and admitting and regretting past wrongdoings, and asking for help

wui4 tim4to have a sweet aftertaste

wui4 tin1to reverse a desperate situation

回天乏術回天乏术

wui4 tin1 fat6 seot6(idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery

回天無力回天无力

wui4 tin1 mou4 lik6unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)

wui4 tiu4receipt

wui4 tong4to go back to making a honest living [colloquial]

wui4 tou3Profit Taking

wui4 waa6to reply

wui4 waan4to return

wui4 wan2return to being stable

wui4 wan4the soul

wui4 wat6Huihu, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族[Wei2 wu2 er3 zu2] and the Yugurs 裕固族[Yu4 gu4 zu2]

wui4 wo1to cook again

回鍋油回锅油

wui4 wo1 jau4reused cooking oil

回鍋肉回锅肉

wui4 wo1 juk6twice-cooked pork

wui4 wui4(old) the Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); a Hui person

wui4 wui4 cing1Mohammedan blue (a cobalt blue pigment imported from Persia, used as an underglaze on Chinese porcelain during the Ming dynasty)

wui4 zap1receipt (written acknowledgement of receipt of an item)

wui4 zeon1return the bottles to the stores to claim back the deposit

wui4 zuk6Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)

wui4 zuk6 jan4Hui person

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