Cantonese words starting with Z

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Sharp, pointed, or tapering; having a very small angle at one end.

To stain, touch, or make contact with.

To gaze at, look up at, or regard respectfully.

Dirty, nauseating, or awkward.

To watch, observe, or wait and see.

A Chinese surname, usually transliterated as Chim in Cantonese.

Used in personal names.

To worship; to pay respects to.

To read aloud; to recite.

尖筆甩尖笔甩

Extremely sharp; pointed.

To have a slight connection with, or to be tangentially relevant.

Surveyor's beacon

To practice divination or divine; to predict the future using non-scientific and usually non-supernatural methods.

zim1 cin4 gu3 hau6

瞻前顧後瞻前顾后

To do things rigorously, considering all aspects and consequences before taking action.

zim1 cou2 ping4

Jiancaoping, a district in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province.

zim1 cou2 ping4 keoi1

尖草坪區尖草坪区

Jiancaoping, a district of Taiyuan City, Shanxi.

A pointed object, pinnacle, or spire.

Dagger; a sharp-pointed knife.

Tsim Sha Tsui East; a commercial and entertainment district in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

The sharp tip of something; or cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, and most advanced.

zim1 faa1 je5 cou2

To mess around with women; to philander or seek extramarital affairs.

A sharp peak or summit of a mountain; a spike.

To scream or shriek; to make a loud, high-pitched cry out of fear or excitement.

zim1 gok3 lit6 dou2

尖閣列島尖阁列岛

Senkaku Islands; also known as the Pinnacle Islands, called Diaoyu Islands in Chinese.

zim1 gok3 zyu1 dou2

尖閣諸島尖阁诸岛

Senkaku Islands

zim1 gong1 bou3 ji5

詹江布爾詹江布尔

Janjanbureh, a river and city in Gambia.

To look forward and backward cautiously, or to be filled with hesitation and misgivings.

尖管麵尖管面

To divine or tell fortunes by means of the Eight Diagrams.

To benefit from association with someone else; to bask in reflected glory.

Caustic, sharp-tongued, vitriolic, or sarcastic in speech or attitude.

Sharp, penetrating, intense, or acute.

Sharp, pointed, or fine-edged, describing a tool or object that easily pierces or cuts.

zim1 jeoi6 faa3

尖銳化尖锐化

To intensify, become acute, or come to a head.

zim1 jeoi6 pai1 ping4

尖銳批評尖锐批评

Sharp, harsh, or incisive criticism.

zim1 jeoi6 sap1 jau2

尖銳濕疣尖锐湿疣

Genital wart; a sexually transmitted infection caused by HPV.

Zhanyi, a district in Qujing, Yunnan.

To be contaminated, tainted, or corrupted by something negative.

zim1 jim5 hung3 zai3

Contamination control; the process of managing and limiting the spread of impurities.

zim1 jim5 sai3 zuk6

To be corrupted by the ways of the world.

To look up at someone, or to look at someone with deep admiration, respect, or reverence.

To moisten or wet.

尖括號尖括号

Angle brackets (the characters < and >).

瞻禮日瞻礼日

The Lord's Day; Sunday or a Christian feast day.

Shrill, sharp, and piercing, typically of a voice or sound.

Sharp, cutting, or piercing.

zim1 mei5 ban1 wat6

尖尾濱鷸尖尾滨鹬

Sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata).

To look far ahead, look into the distance, or look forward to the future.