Cantonese words starting with W
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垣衣
wun4 ji1moss under old walls
援用
wun4 jung6to quote
桓玄
wun4 jyun4Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin
垣曲
wun4 kuk1see 垣曲縣|垣曲县[Yuan2 qu3 Xian4]
垣曲縣垣曲县
wun4 kuk1 jyun6Yuanqu, a county in Yuncheng City 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi
援手
wun4 sau2assistance; a helping hand
洹水
wun4 seoi2the Huanshui River in Henan Province, China
桓台
wun4 toi4see 桓台縣|桓台县[Huan2 tai2 Xian4]
桓台縣桓台县
wun4 toi4 jyun6Huantai, a county in Zibo City 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 Shi4], Shandong
桓桓
wun4 wun4mighty
援助
wun4 zo6to help; to aid; assistance
援助交際援助交际
wun4 zo6 gaau1 zai3Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
援助機構援助机构
wun4 zo6 gei1 kau3relief agency; emergency service; rescue organization
援助之手
wun4 zo6 zi1 sau2a helping hand
援藏
wun4 zong6pro-Tibet; to support Tibetan independence
浣
wun5to wash; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty); also pr. [wan3]
皖
wun5abbr. for Anhui Province 安徽省 Ānhuī Shěng [安徽省]
浣滌浣涤
wun5 dik6to wash
皖系軍閥皖系军阀
wun5 hai6 gwan1 fat6Anhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929
浣熊
wun5 hung4raccoon (Procyon lotor)
浣衣
wun5 ji1to wash clothes
莞爾莞尔
wun5 ji5(literary) to smile
皖南事變皖南事变
wun5 naam4 si6 bin3New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists
浣女
wun5 neoi5washerwoman
浣紗浣纱
wun5 saa1to wash silk
浣紗記浣纱记
wun5 saa1 gei3Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
浣洗
wun5 sai2to wash (clothes)
浣雪
wun5 syut3to cleanse oneself of false accusations
浣濯
wun5 zok6to wash
奐奂
wun6excellent
換换
wun6to exchange; to substitute; to convert (currency)
渙涣
wun6to dissipate; scattered
煥焕
wun6brilliant; shining
瘓痪
wun6illness; paralysis
逭
wun6to escape from
換班换班
wun6 baan1to change shift; to relieve (a workman on the previous shift)
緩辦缓办
wun6 baan6to postpone
緩不濟急缓不济急
wun6 bat1 zai3 gap1lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation
緩兵之計缓兵之计
wun6 bing1 zi1 gai3delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
緩步缓步
wun6 bou6to walk slowly; gradually
緩步跑缓步跑
wun6 bou6 paau2jogging
玩伴
wun6 bun6playmate
換茬换茬
wun6 caa4rotation of crops
換妻换妻
wun6 cai1wife swapping
換取换取
wun6 ceoi2to obtain (sth) in exchange
換錢换钱
wun6 cin2to change money
緩衝缓冲
wun6 cung1buffer; to adjust to sharp changes
緩衝器缓冲器
wun6 cung1 hei3buffer (computing)
緩存缓存
wun6 cyun4(computing) cache
換單换单
wun6 daan1bill of exchange (international trade)
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