Cantonese words starting with Z

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Zhang Xu, a Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher famous for his grass script.

Jung Chang, a British Chinese writer.

Phil Chang, a Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter.

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張宇人张宇人

Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, a Hong Kong politician.

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張雨生张雨生

Tom Chang Yu-sheng, a Taiwanese singer and composer.

Zhang County, a county in Dingxi, Gansu.

Flippant, arrogant, and insolent; wild and unbridled.

Tension; stretching force or mental strain.

To prepare, plan, arrange, or organize.

Tensor; a mathematical object used to describe physical quantities, generalizing scalars and vectors.

The future; the time after this moment.

Jiangle County, a county in Sanming, Fujian, China.

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將樂縣将乐县

Jiangle County, in Sanming, Fujian

Cockroach; a very common insect.

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張曼玉张曼玉

Maggie Cheung, an acclaimed Hong Kong actress.

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張文光张文光

Cheung Man Kwong, a prominent Hong Kong politician.

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張聞天张闻天

Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist.

To show or make clear; obvious and manifest.

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彰明較著彰明较著

Obvious, plain, and clear to see.

Serosa; a thin, fluid-secreting membrane lining certain body cavities.

To look around in all directions, or to gaze into the distance.

Zhangwu County in Fuxin, Liaoning, China.

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彰武縣彰武县

Zhangwu County, a county in Fuxin, Liaoning.

To open one's eyes wide.

Camphor wood; timber made from the processed trunks and branches of camphor trees.

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張牙舞爪张牙舞爪

To bare one's fangs and claws; to act aggressively or make threatening gestures like a wild beast.

To starch; to stiffen clothes or fabric using starch.

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張藝謀张艺谋

Zhang Yimou, a Chinese film director.

Zhang Ning, a Chinese badminton player and Olympic gold medalist.

Camphor; a white, waxy, translucent crystalline solid used as an insect repellent.

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樟腦丸樟脑丸

Camphor balls; mothballs.

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樟腦球樟脑球

Camphor balls; mothballs used to deter insects.

zoeng1 oi3 ling4

張愛玲张爱玲

Eileen Chang, a famous Chinese-American novelist.

Trump card or trump suit in a game of cards.

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張柏芝张柏芝

Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer.

Zhangping, a county-level city in Longyan, Fujian, China.

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Zhangping, a county-level city in Longyan, Fujian.

Ming dynasty scholar (1602–1641), writer, and proponent of the Fushe cultural renewal movement.

Zhangpu, a county in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China.

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漳浦縣漳浦县

Zhangpu County, a county in Zhangzhou, Fujian.

An unspecified placeholder name, similar to "John Doe" or "Tom, Dick, and Harry".

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張三李四张三李四

Any ordinary person; anyone, like Tom, Dick, and Harry; also used as placeholders for unnamed people.

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張三，李四，王五，趙六张三，李四，王五，赵六

Tom, Dick, and Harry; ordinary, unnamed, or random people.

To wash and starch clothes or fabrics.

To be anxious, worried, or troubled.

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將心比己将心比己

To put yourself in someone else's shoes; to empathize by looking at things from another's perspective.

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將心比心将心比心

To put oneself in someone else's shoes; to be empathetic and considerate.

To checkmate in chess.

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張信哲张信哲

Jeff Chang, a Taiwanese pop singer.