Cantonese words starting with Z
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席不暇暖
zik6 bat1 haa6 nyun5literally, not to sit long enough to warm the seat, which means very busy, did not had time to sit; to be constantly on the go
直畢甩直毕甩
zik6 bat1 lat1being straight to the point; perfectly straight; bolt upright [colloquial]
直筆甩直笔甩
zik6 bat1 lat1being straight to the point; perfectly straight; bolt upright
直播
zik6 bo3(TV, radio) to broadcast live; (Internet) to livestream
植保
zik6 bou2plant protection
直布羅陀直布罗陀
zik6 bou3 lo4 to4Gibraltar
直布羅陀海峽直布罗陀海峡
zik6 bou3 lo4 to4 hoi2 haap6Strait of Gibraltar
直陳直陈
zik6 can4to say straight out; to give a straightforward account
直尺
zik6 cek3straight ruler
席次
zik6 ci3Seats sequence; seat arrangement
直翅目
zik6 ci3 muk6Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
藉詞藉词
zik6 ci4as excuse
值錢值钱
zik6 cin2valuable; expensive
直情
zik6 cing4it's; really (spoken)
直程
zik6 cing4(adverb) definitely; absolutely; totally; completely; directly; undoubtedly; unquestionably; literally; altogether (to do something outright)
直瞪瞪
zik6 cing4 cing4to stare blankly
直情徑行直情径行
zik6 cing4 ging3 hang4straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
直腸直肠
zik6 coeng2rectum (anatomy)
直腸鏡直肠镜
zik6 coeng4 geng3proctoscope (medicine)
直腸直肚直肠直肚
zik6 coeng4 zik6 tou5frank and outspoken (idiom)
直達直达
zik6 daat6to reach (a place) directly; (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop
直達車直达车
zik6 daat6 ce1through train (or bus)
直隸直隶
zik6 dai6Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
值得
zik6 dak1worth the money
值得一提
zik6 dak1 jat1 tai4to be worth mentioning
席德尼
zik6 dak1 nei4Sidney or Sydney (name)
席地
zik6 dei6regarding the ground as a mattress (and sit); on the ground
席地而坐
zik6 dei6 ji4 zo6(idiom) to sit on the ground or the floor
直笛
zik6 dek2Recorder
直搗直捣
zik6 dou2to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc); (fig.) to directly target (the main objective)
直搗黃龍直捣黄龙
zik6 dou2 wong4 lung4lit. to directly attack Huanglong
直到
zik6 dou3until
直到現在直到现在
zik6 dou3 jin6 zoi6even now; right up to the present
直道而行
zik6 dou6 ji4 hang4lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity
席凡寧根席凡宁根
zik6 faan4 ning4 gan1Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
直髮直发
zik6 faat3straight hair
直髮板直发板
zik6 faat3 baan2see 直髮器|直发器[zhi2 fa4 qi4]
直髮器直发器
zik6 faat3 hei3hair straightener
矽肺
zik6 fai3see 矽肺病[xi1 fei4 bing4]
矽肺病
zik6 fai3 beng6silicosis
直飛直飞
zik6 fei1to fly non-stop; to fly direct (to ...)
直方圖直方图
zik6 fong1 tou4histogram
直呼
zik6 fu1call directly; directly say; directly remark
直呼其名
zik6 fu1 kei4 ming4to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
席豐履厚席丰履厚
zik6 fung1 lei5 hau5rich inheritance; good life
席間席间
zik6 gaan1During the meeting; during the banquet; during the feast; at the dinner table
直諫直谏
zik6 gaan3to admonish sb frankly
矽膠矽胶
zik6 gaau1(Tw, HK) silica gel
直感
zik6 gam2intuition
植根
zik6 gan1to take root
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