Cantonese words starting with Z
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蟭蟟
ziu1 liu4cicada (old)
鷦鷯鹪鹩
ziu1 liu4(bird species of China) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
招來招来
ziu1 loi4to attract
招徠招徕
ziu1 loi4(verb) Attract
招郎入舍
ziu1 long4 jap6 se3take in a son-in-law to bear bride's family name; have the groom live with one's family after the marriage, uxorilocal marriage
焦爐焦炉
ziu1 lou4coking furnace
朝露
ziu1 lou6morning dew; ephemeral
朝露溘至
ziu1 lou6 hap6 zi3the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
蕉麻
ziu1 maa4abaca
朝聞夕改朝闻夕改
ziu1 man4 zik6 goi2lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening
招募
ziu1 mou6(verb) Employ (employee etc.)
招安
ziu1 on1to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
招牌
ziu1 paai4(noun) billboard
招牌菜
ziu1 paai4 coi3signature dish
招牌動作招牌动作
ziu1 paai4 dung6 zok3signature move
招牌詩招牌诗
ziu1 paai4 si1a poem recited by a member to show his
招牌紙招牌纸
ziu1 paai4 zi2label
招聘
ziu1 ping3to invite applications for a job
招聘機構招聘机构
ziu1 ping3 gei1 kau3recruiting agency
招聘會招聘会
ziu1 ping3 wui2recruitment meeting
招聘者
ziu1 ping3 ze2prospective employer; job advertiser; recruiter
朝三暮四
ziu1 saam1 mou6 sei3(idiom) Fickle or fickleness
焦心
ziu1 sam1anxious
招生
ziu1 sang1to enroll new students
招收
ziu1 sau1to hire
招手
ziu1 sau2to wave
礁石
ziu1 sek6reef
蕉萃
ziu1 seoi6variant of 憔悴[qiao2 cui4]
朝思暮想
ziu1 si1 mou6 soeng2to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
招式
ziu1 sik1(martial arts) formalized move
朝鮮薊朝鲜蓟
ziu1 sin1 gai3an artichoke
蕉城
ziu1 sing4see 蕉城區|蕉城区[Jiao1 cheng2 Qu1]
蕉城區蕉城区
ziu1 sing4 keoi1Jiaocheng, a district of Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian
招商
ziu1 soeng1to seek investment or funding
招商引資招商引资
ziu1 soeng1 jan5 zi1investment promotion
招數招数
ziu1 sou3move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); trick; movement
焦炭
ziu1 taan3coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
招投標招投标
ziu1 tau4 biu1bid inviting and bid offering; auction
焦頭爛額焦头烂额
ziu1 tau4 laan6 ngaak6lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
朝頭早朝头早
ziu1 tau4 zou2(noun) morning; (adverb) in the morning
招貼招贴
ziu1 tip3poster; bill
招貼畫招贴画
ziu1 tip3 waa2picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
焦糖
ziu1 tong4caramel
焦土
ziu1 tou2scorched earth
招魂
ziu1 wan4calling the spirit of the dead
焦黃焦黄
ziu1 wong4sallow; sickly
礁湖
ziu1 wu4lagoon
礁湖星雲礁湖星云
ziu1 wu4 sing1 wan4Lagoon Nebula, M8
招喚招唤
ziu1 wun6to call; to summon
招集
ziu1 zaap6to call on (people) to gather; to convene
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