Cantonese words starting with Z

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趙本山赵本山

ziu6 bun2 saan1Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian

ziu6 gau3Zhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 宋高宗[Song4 Gao1 zong1] (reigned 1127-1162)

ziu6 gei6to call

ziu6 gin3call in (one's subordinates)

ziu6 gou1Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty

ziu6 gwan1army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States

ziu6 gwok3Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)

ziu6 haak3knight of the Zhao State

ziu6 hoi1to host

趙學而赵学而

ziu6 hok6 ji4Bondy, Chiu Hok-yee, a Hong Kong singer and actress

趙匡胤赵匡胤

ziu6 hong1 jan6Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)

趙爾巽赵尔巽

ziu6 ji5 seon3Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿

ziu6 jik6Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家

ziu6 jip6Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋

ziu6 jyun4 coeng3to sleep with a girl and then go round bragging about it or bad-mouthing her [colloquial]

趙元任赵元任

ziu6 jyun4 jam6Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist

噍完鬆噍完松

ziu6 jyun4 sung1lit. to leave right after eating, meaning to flee right after getting benefits or gaining advantage

ziu6 jyun6Zhao County or Zhaoxian, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei

ziu6 kei4Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]

ziu6 kut3Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC

ziu6 leoi6a living being (esp. human)

ziu6 ling4see 召陵區|召陵区[Shao4 ling2 Qu1]

召陵區召陵区

ziu6 ling4 keoi1Shaoling, a district of Luohe City 漯河市[Luo4 he2 Shi4], Henan

ziu6 mei4Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

ziu6 sung3Song dynasty (960-1279)

趙樹理赵树理

ziu6 syu6 lei5Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist

趙惠文王赵惠文王

ziu6 wai6 man4 wong4King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period

ziu6 wan4Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

ziu6 wui4to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)

ziu6 wun6to summon; to call

ziu6 zaap6to call together

ziu6 zaap6 jan4convener

趙州橋赵州桥

ziu6 zau1 kiu4Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge

召之即來召之即来

ziu6 zi1 zik1 loi4one who is obedient and respond upon being ordered or summoned

趙紫陽赵紫阳

ziu6 zi2 joeng4Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

趙忠堯赵忠尧

ziu6 zung1 jiu4Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist

zo2a stand for food at sacrifice; block

zo2Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state ; past events

zo2(Cant.) particle indicating past tense

zo2left; east; queer; differing; variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]; awkward; odd; to be demoted; used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed

zo2to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose

zo2 aat3to impede

左不過左不过

zo2 bat1 gwo3anyhow; just

zo2 bin1left; to the left of

左邊兒左边儿

zo2 bin1 ji4erhua variant of 左邊|左边[zuo3 bian5]

zo2 bin6the left hand side

阻差辦公阻差办公

zo2 caa1 baan6 gung1(law) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong)

zo2 cin1to relocate to the left side; to lower one's job rank

左前衛左前卫

zo2 cin4 wai6left forward (soccer position)

zo2 deng3obstruction; in one's way (spoken)

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