Cantonese words starting with Z

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捷尔梅兹
zit3 ji5 mui4 zi1Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan
折现
zit3 jin6to discount
折现率
zit3 jin6 leot2discount rate
节约
zit3 joek3(verb) Save
节约能源
zit3 joek3 nang4 jyun4Energy saving
zit3 juk6to insult, humiliate
节育
zit3 juk6(noun) Birth control
节用
zit3 jung6(verb) save; or (noun) economization
节余
zit3 jyu4to save
捷语
zit3 jyu5Czech language
zit3 kau3discount
节期
zit3 kei4festival season
节流
zit3 lau4to control flow; weir valve; a choke
节瘤
zit3 lau4knot (in wood)
节流踏板
zit3 lau4 daap6 baan2throttle pedal
节流阀
zit3 lau4 fat6a throttle
zit3 lei5philosophic theory
节律
zit3 leot6rhythm
节令
zit3 ling6Seasonal
节烈
zit3 lit6(of a woman) indomitably chaste
折箩
zit3 lo4mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
节略
zit3 loek6abbreviation
节略本
zit3 loek6 bun2abridged version
节录
zit3 luk6to extract; excerpt
折埋
zit3 maai4to fold; to stop, end, close down; to disappear
zit3 mo4(noun) Torture; (verb) 1. Torture
zit3 mou4eyelashes
zit3 mou4 gou1mascara
节目
zit3 muk6(noun) events
节能
zit3 nang4to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
节能灯
zit3 nang4 dang1compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
节外生枝
zit3 ngoi6 sang1 zi1(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
节哀
zit3 oi1Mourning; to overcome one's sorrows
节哀顺变
zit3 oi1 seon6 bin3restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
zit3 on1 dak6Giant Manufacturing, Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer
节拍
zit3 paak3beat (music)
节拍器
zit3 paak3 hei3metronome
zit3 paau3Jaguar (car brand)
zit3 pong5 zi6Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
节省
zit3 saang2saving; to use sparingly
折杀
zit3 saat3to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
zit3 saat3variant of 折殺|折杀[zhe2 sha1]
折寿
zit3 sau6to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
zit3 se6to refract; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
zit3 se6 leot2refractive index
节水
zit3 seoi2to save water
栉水母
zit3 seoi2 mou5comb jellies (Ctenophora)
节食
zit3 sik6to save food
zit3 sin3folding fan
折线
zit3 sin3broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); dog leg

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