Cantonese words starting with Z
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阻攔阻拦
zo2 laan4to stop
阻撚鳩柒住晒阻撚鸠柒住晒
zo2 lan2 gau1 cat6 zyu6 saai3to be in the effing way; to be an effing nuisance [colloquial]
阻留
zo2 lau4to intercept
左輪左轮
zo2 leon4noun; revolver (firearm)
左鄰右里左邻右里
zo2 leon4 jau6 lei5see 左鄰右舍|左邻右舍[zuo3 lin2 you4 she4]
左鄰右舍左邻右舍
zo2 leon4 jau6 se3neighbors; related work units
左輪手槍左轮手枪
zo2 leon4 sau2 coeng1revolver
阻力
zo2 lik6resistance
左聯左联
zo2 lyun4the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930
左面
zo2 min6left side
阻難阻难
zo2 naan6to thwart
阻撓阻挠
zo2 naau4to thwart
阻橈阻桡
zo2 naau4variant of 阻撓|阻挠[zu3 nao2]
阻尼
zo2 nei4damping
阻你一陣阻你一阵
zo2 nei5 jat1 zan6"can I have a few minutes of your time please?"; "can you spare a moment please?"
阻礙阻碍
zo2 ngoi6to obstruct; to block; hindrance
左岸
zo2 ngon6Left Bank (in Paris)
左派
zo2 paai3(political) left; leftist
左撇子
zo2 pit3 zi2left-hander
阻塞
zo2 sak1to block
左手
zo2 sau2left hand; left-hand side
左首
zo2 sau2left-hand side
左手便
zo2 sau2 bin6on the left (spoken)
左手嚟，右手去
zo2 sau2 lei4 jau6 sau2 heoi3using the money right away after earning it, no planning at all
阻手阻腳阻手阻脚
zo2 sau2 zo2 goek3obstruction; in one's way (spoken)
左思
zo2 si1Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
左思右想
zo2 si1 jau6 soeng2to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
左氏春秋
zo2 si6 ceon1 cau1Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
左上
zo2 soeng6upper left
左嗓子
zo2 song1 zi2off-key singing voice
左軚
zo2 taai5Left Hand Drive
左軚車左軚车
zo2 taai5 ce1noun; left-steering car or vehicle
左袒
zo2 taan2to take sides with; to be biased
左騰右騰左腾右腾
zo2 tang4 jau6 tang4rushing around [colloquial]
阻頭阻勢阻头阻势
zo2 tau4 zo2 sai3obstructing one's path (spoken)
左舵
zo2 to4left rudder
左雲左云
zo2 wan4see 左雲縣|左云县[Zuo3 yun2 Xian4]
左雲縣左云县
zo2 wan4 jyun6Zuoyun, a county in Datong City 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4], Shanxi
阻援
zo2 wun4to block reinforcements
阻滯阻滞
zo2 zai6(noun) Retardation
左側左侧
zo2 zak1left side
左支右絀左支右绌
zo2 zi1 jau6 zyut3to be in straitened circumstances
阻止
zo2 zi2(verb) to stop
左至右
zo2 zi3 jau6left-to-right
左字頭左字头
zo2 zi6 tau4"top of 左 character" component in Chinese characters
阻值
zo2 zik6numerical value of electrical impedance
左箭頭左箭头
zo2 zin3 tau4left-pointing arrow
左箭頭鍵左箭头键
zo2 zin3 tau4 gin6left arrow key (on keyboard)
左證左证
zo2 zing3evidence; witness; to confirm
阻截
zo2 zit6to stop; to bar the way
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