Cantonese words starting with W

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sound of a thing flying fast by; cracking sound

(onomatopoeic) cracking

waak6 beng2 cung1 gei1

畫餅充飢画饼充饥

lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake

to assign; to transfer (money to an account)

to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly

also called; a.k.a.

waak6 dang2 hou6

畫等號画等号

waak6 dei6 wai4 juk6

畫地為獄画地为狱

see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]

waak6 dei6 wai4 lou4

畫地為牢画地为牢

lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)

waak6 dei6 zi6 haan6

畫地自限画地自限

lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom)

waak6 dik6 gaau3 zi2

畫荻教子画荻教子

to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom)

waak6 do1 waak6 siu2

to write a letter [colloquial]

engraving (on porcelain etc)

waak6 faa1 hau2 min6

劃花口面划花口面

to scratch a mark on one's face

waak6 faa1 hau2 min6

畫花口面画花口面

(metaphor) to spread rumors changing good to bad

painting technique

waak6 faat3 gei2 ho4

畫法幾何画法几何

descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)

to divide up; to differentiate

waak6 fu2 leoi6 hyun2

畫虎類犬画虎类犬

to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)

to price (medical prescription)

waak6 gung1 zai2 m4 sai2 waak6 ceot1 coeng2

畫公仔唔使畫出腸画公仔唔使画出肠

don't have to disclose everything; there is no need to spell it out

waak6 gung1 zai2 m4 sai2 waak6 ceot1 coeng2

畫公仔唔駛畫出腸画公仔唔驶画出肠

there is no need to spell it out [colloquial]

waak6 gung1 zai2 waak6 ceot1 coeng4

畫公仔畫出腸画公仔画出肠

stating the obvious or anything unacceptable (slang)

waak6 gwai2 goek3

畫鬼腳画鬼脚

ghost leg (game)

(of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky)

waak6 jat1 bat1 ji6

劃一不二划一不二

waak6 jin4 leot2

probability (math.)

to draw a circle

waak6 jyun4 fong4 sau2

劃圓防守划圆防守

to counter (a stroke in fencing)

to ask for support financially [colloquial]

waak6 lung4 dim2 zing1

畫龍點睛画龙点睛

to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; a few words to clinch the point

to cut open; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc)

劃十字划十字

variant of 畫十字|画十字[hua4 shi2 zi4]

畫十字画十字

to make the sign of the cross

waak6 se4 tim1 zuk1

畫蛇添足画蛇添足

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous

劃時代划时代

to delineate; to underline