Cantonese words starting with Z

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zit3 soeng6 sang1 zi1

節上生枝节上生枝

Side issues keep arising; new difficulties crop up unexpectedly.

To excerpt; to select a passage or portion of text.

To convert, calculate, or translate between different currencies or units.

To toss and turn; to torment or cause suffering; to waste or squander.

To break or snap a long, thin object.

Mass rapid transit (MRT), primarily used to refer to the subway systems in Taiwan.

Front crawl swimming style.

To turn back or double back.

To practice moderation or self-control; to limit or restrict oneself.

Rhythm, beat, or tempo, especially the regular pattern of strong and weak beats in music.

zit3 zau3 bou3 lou5 si1

節奏布魯斯节奏布鲁斯

Rhythm and Blues; R&B.

zit3 zau3 hau2 gei6

節奏口技节奏口技

Beatboxing; vocal percussion.

To atone for a crime or make amends for one's sins.

To break a tree branch; figuratively used to describe doing something very easy.

To save on expenditure or cut spending.

zit3 zi1 dung6 mat6

節肢動物节肢动物

Arthropod; an invertebrate with an exoskeleton and jointed legs, including insects, spiders, and crustaceans.

zit3 zi1 gaai3 tai2 beng6 duk6

節肢介體病毒节肢介体病毒

Arbovirus; any of a group of viruses that are transmitted by arthropod vectors.

Gnarl; a knot on a tree trunk.

Step by step; successively; segment by segment.

zit3 zit3 duk6 syu1

折節讀書折节读书

To change one's ways and start studying diligently.

zit3 zong6 tai2

睫狀體睫状体

Ciliary body; the part of the eye that connects the iris to the choroid and contains the focusing muscles.

zit3 zuk1 dung6 mat6

節足動物节足动物

Arthropod; segmented animals with jointed limbs.

zit3 zuk1 sin1 dang1

To seize an opportunity before others; to get a head start.

To compromise; to find a middle ground or trade-off between different views or demands.

A high and steep mountain, or the name of a specific hill.

To stop something while it is in motion; to intercept, hail, or cut off.

To halt, cut off, or stop.

To cut off a section of something, or to intercept and retrieve information or data.

zit6 coeng4 bou2 dyun2

截長補短截长补短

To draw on strength to make up for weakness; to complement each other.

To hail or catch a taxi.

To intercept and seize, or to usurp.

To intercept; to head off and attack or block something or someone in transit.

Shortcut; a quicker route or method used to save time and effort.

To stop accepting incoming articles, contributions, or manuscripts.

Sharply, distinctly, or radically.

zit6 jin4 bat1 tung4

Completely different; poles apart; sharing absolutely no similarities, as if cut cleanly in two.

A high-ranking imperial concubine in ancient China.

Intercept; the coordinate at which a line or curve crosses a coordinate axis.

zit6 kyun4 dou6

Jeet Kune Do; the martial arts philosophy and system founded by Bruce Lee.

To dock or trim, especially the tail of an animal.

Screenshot; to take a screenshot.

An intersecting line or secant line.

Zeta, the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Screenshot or screen capture.

To cut off, block, or sever a supply, connection, or path.