Cantonese words starting with Z

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To take up space, occupy land, or cover an area.

zim3 dei6 fong1

To take up space.

占地兒占地儿

To take up space or occupy room.

zim3 dei6 min6 zik1

占地面積占地面积

Floor area or footprint of a building, piece of equipment, or other object.

To occupy, take over, or hold a place or property.

zim3 haa6 fung1

佔下風占下风

To be at a disadvantage.

To dominate; to hold or gain an advantage.

佔優勢占优势

To predominate, gain the upper hand, or hold an advantage.

To own, occupy, hold, or possess, especially through force or strong influence.

To occupy and use a certain space.

To occupy by force, conquer, or seize.

佔領者占领者

Occupant, occupier, or occupier-force; someone who takes possession of a place by force.

zim3 ling5 zung1 waan4

佔領中環占领中环

Occupy Central with Love and Peace, a civil disobedience campaign in Hong Kong advocating for universal suffrage.

To fill up or completely occupy a space or time.

佔便宜占便宜

To gain an advantage by unfair means or profit at another's expense; to take advantage of someone.

To take precedence, have priority, or occupy a leading position.

Busy, in reference to a telephone line.

zim3 soeng6 fung1

佔上風占上风

To have the advantage; to get the upper hand or be in a dominant position.

zim3 wai4 gei2 jau5

佔為己有占为己有

To appropriate something for oneself; to take possession of what belongs to others.

zim3 zoek6 maau4 haang1 bat1 laai1 si2

占著茅坑不拉屎占着茅坑不拉屎

To occupy a position without doing any work; to dog in the manger.

Occupy Central; the civil disobedience movement in Hong Kong that began in 2014.

Gradual change; to change or fade gradually.

Gradually; one after another; step by step.

To speed up gradually, such as an accelerando in music.

To approach gradually.

zim6 hang4 zim6 jyun5

漸行漸遠渐行渐远

To gradually drift apart, move further away, or estrange from one another.

To thin out gradually; to become progressively sparse.

To fade out, or a musical diminuendo.

To slow down gradually; decelerando in music.

漸新世渐新世

Oligocene; the geological epoch from 34 million to 23 million years ago.

zim6 san1 tung2

漸新統渐新统

Oligocene system in geology.

To advance, progress, or develop gradually.

Gradually; by degrees; bit by bit.

A blanket used for warmth, or a carpet.

To splash; for liquid to fly out uncontrollably in all directions.

To pan-fry; to cook food in a small amount of oil until the surface becomes crispy.

Stationery, correspondence, or a written note; to analyze or annotate.

Sparrowhawk; a kind of bird of prey similar to a hawk.

Jianbing, a thin, savory Chinese crêpe.

To pan-fry and stir-fry.

zin1 daan2 gyun2

Sesame seed ball; a fried, chewy pastry made of glutinous rice flour coated with sesame seeds.

To wash; to cleanse.

Pan-fried dumplings.

zin1 joeng6 saam1 bou2

煎釀三寶煎酿三宝

Fried three treasures; a classic Cantonese street food made by stuffing eggplant, red sausage, or bell peppers with minced dace fish paste and pan-frying them.

To pan-fry a fish, or a pan-fried fish.

zin1 ngau4 paa2

Pan-fried beef steak

Torment or agony; severe physical or mental suffering.