Cantonese words starting with Z
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焦炙
ziu1 zek3to scorch; sick with worry
招紙招纸
ziu1 zi2noun; label; poster; advertising; brand label
招致
ziu1 zi3(verb) Beget
招積招积
ziu1 zik1cocky; arrogant
朝夕
ziu1 zik6morning and night
招展
ziu1 zin2to flutter
招接
ziu1 zip3to receive (guests, clients)
僬僬
ziu1 ziu1(archaic) clear-minded
朝朝暮暮
ziu1 ziu1 mou6 mou6from dawn to dusk
朝朝早
ziu1 ziu1 zou2(noun) every morning
招災惹禍招灾惹祸
ziu1 zoi1 je5 wo6to invite disaster
焦作
ziu1 zok3see 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4]
焦作市
ziu1 zok3 si5Jiaozuo, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
招租
ziu1 zou1(of a house or room) to be for rent
朝早
ziu1 zou2(noun) morning; (adverb) in the morning
沼
ziu2pond; swamp; fishpond
沼氣沼气
ziu2 hei3marsh gas
沼狸
ziu2 lei4(zoology) coypu; nutria
沼澤沼泽
ziu2 zaak6marsh; wetlands
沼澤大尾鶯沼泽大尾莺
ziu2 zaak6 daai6 mei5 ang1(bird species of China) striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris)
沼澤地沼泽地
ziu2 zaak6 dei6marsh; everglade
沼澤地帶沼泽地带
ziu2 zaak6 dei6 daai3marsh; everglade
沼澤山雀沼泽山雀
ziu2 zaak6 saan1 zoek3(bird species of China) marsh tit (Poecile palustris)
照
ziu3(verb) 1. to light up; 2. (slang) to take care of someone
詔诏
ziu3(literary) to admonish
醮
ziu3to perform sacrifice; Buddhist sacrificial ceremony; (for a woman) to marry
照板煮碗
ziu3 baan2 zyu2 wun2copy from previous success with no originality (slang)
照版煮碗
ziu3 baan2 zyu2 wun2to imitate [colloquial]
照辦照办
ziu3 baan6to follow the rules; to play by the book
照壁
ziu3 bik1a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy)
照搬
ziu3 bun1to copy
照本宣科
ziu3 bun2 syun1 fo1a wooden word-by-word reading
照抄
ziu3 caau1to copy word for word
照單全收照单全收
ziu3 daan1 cyun4 sau1to accept without question
照單執藥照单执藥
ziu3 daan1 zap1 joek6pack according to list
照得
ziu3 dak1seeing that
照登
ziu3 dang1to publish unaltered
照度
ziu3 dou6level of illumination
照發照发
ziu3 faat3approved for distribution
照肺
ziu3 fai3reprimand or scold by manager or senior (spoken)
照計照计
ziu3 gai3supposedly…(something); normally; logically
照舊照旧
ziu3 gau6as before
照鏡照镜
ziu3 geng3to look at oneself in the mirror; to go for an x-ray
照顧照顾
ziu3 gu3to take care of; to attend to
照顧自己照顾自己
ziu3 gu3 zi6 gei2to take care of oneself; to look after oneself [written and colloquial]
照管
ziu3 gun2to look after
照起
ziu3 hei2to illuminate; to appear to be...(in photographs)
照看
ziu3 hon3to look after; to have in care
照X光
ziu3 ik1 si4 gwong1(verb) to take an X-ray [written and colloquial]
照Ｘ光
ziu3 ik1 si4 gwong1to take an X-ray [written and colloquial]
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