Cantonese words starting with Z

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zoek6 sik1to apply color; to color; to paint

zoek6 soeng2to give thought (to others); also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]

zoek6 sou3(noun) good deal

著著失敗着着失败

zoek6 zoek6 sat1 baai6to fail at every step of the way

zoek6 zung6to put emphasis on; to stress

著重號着重号

zoek6 zung6 hou6Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to Western italics)

zoeng1(noun) 1. general; 2. A term of high-ranking personnel who is skillful, professional and successful

zoeng1(verb) open (month)

zoeng1clear; manifest; to reveal; to pay tribute to worthy character or conduct by praise or award

zoeng1Zhang river in Fujian

zoeng1broth; to starch

zoeng1ancient jade ornament

zoeng1chapter; clause; seal; regulation; compostion; system; to make known; example; a song; coloured silk; paragraph; medal; a written report to the emperior; systematic

zoeng1Zizania latifolia

zoeng1cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)

zoeng1used in 蟑螂[zhang1 lang2]

zoeng1place name

張伯倫张伯伦

zoeng1 baak3 leon4Chamberlain (name)

zoeng1 bak1see 張北縣|张北县[Zhang1 bei3 Xian4]

張北縣张北县

zoeng1 bak1 jyun6Zhangbei, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei

zoeng1 bing2 leon4Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution

zoeng1 bou2Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]

張保仔洞张保仔洞

zoeng1 bou2 zai2 dung6Cheung Po Tsai Cave, located in Hong Kong

zoeng1 bun2Zhang Ben, name of a politician in the Ming Dynasty

zoeng1 cau1Cho Chang (Harry Potter)

張春帆张春帆

zoeng1 ceon1 faan4Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟

張春橋张春桥

zoeng1 ceon1 kiu4Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four

zoeng1 ci4tension and relaxation

zoeng1 cing4rules; constitution; articles of association (of company); charter (of a corporation)

將錯就錯将错就错

zoeng1 co3 zau6 co3lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake; to muddle through

zoeng1 cong2Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty

zoeng1 daai6to open wide

張大千张大千

zoeng1 daai6 cin1Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century

zoeng1 daan1Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater

張達明张达明

zoeng1 daat6 ming4Cheung Tat Ming, name of an actor in Hong Kong

張德江张德江

zoeng1 dak1 gong1Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician

張燈結彩张灯结彩

zoeng1 dang1 git3 coi2to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)

zoeng1 dim3see 張店區|张店区[Zhang1 dian4 Qu1]

張店區张店区

zoeng1 dim3 keoi1Zhangdian, a district of Zibo City 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 Shi4], Shandong

zoeng1 doi6Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar

zoeng1 faa3Zhanghua or Changhua city and county in west Taiwan

彰化縣彰化县

zoeng1 faa3 jyun6Zhanghua or Changhua County in west Taiwan

zoeng1 faa3 si5Zhanghua or Changhua city in west Taiwan, capital of Changhua county

zoeng1 faat3(noun) skills of playing mah-jong games

zoeng1 fei1Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine

張飛打岳飛张飞打岳飞

zoeng1 fei1 daa2 ngok6 fei1lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei; an impossible turn of events (idiom)

張飛頸张飞颈

zoeng1 fei1 geng2short-tempered

章甫薦履章甫荐履

zoeng1 fu2 zin3 lei5court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down

張家長，李家短张家长，李家短

zoeng1 gaa1 coeng4 ，lei5 gaa1 dyun2lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors

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