Cantonese words starting with Z

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zoeng2(noun) Palmology
zoeng2oar; paddle
zoeng2to rise (of prices, rivers); to expand
zoeng2prize; encouragement M: 个gè [个]; to reward; to praise; to give financial assistance to
zoeng2 ak1to grasp (often fig.); to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to know well; fluency
奖品
zoeng2 ban2award
奖杯
zoeng2 bui1trophy cup
长辈
zoeng2 bui3one's elders
奖酬
zoeng2 cau4incentive
长出
zoeng2 ceot1to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)
掌厨
zoeng2 cyu4to prepare meals
长大
zoeng2 daai6to grow up
长得
zoeng2 dak1to look (pretty, the same etc)
掌灯
zoeng2 dang1to hold a lamp
长点心眼
zoeng2 dim2 sam1 ngaan5to watch out
长房
zoeng2 fong4the eldest branch of a family
蒋介石
zoeng2 gaai3 sek6Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975
奖金
zoeng2 gam1premium; bonus
长机
zoeng2 gei1(military) lead aircraft
长记性
zoeng2 gei3 sing3(coll.) to learn one's lesson; to have enough brains to learn from one's mistakes
掌击
zoeng2 gik1to slap
长见识
zoeng2 gin3 sik1to gain knowledge and experience
蒋经国
zoeng2 ging1 gwok3Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988
zoeng2 gu3anecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)
长官
zoeng2 gun1senior official; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer)
zoeng2 gun2in charge of
蒋公
zoeng2 gung1honorific title for Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]
掌掴
zoeng2 gwaak3to slap (with the palm of the hand)
掌柜
zoeng2 gwai2cashier
蒋桂战争
zoeng2 gwai3 zin3 zang1confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction
zoeng2 gwat1metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
奖券
zoeng2 gyun3raffle or lottery ticket
zoeng2 haai4variant of 上鞋[shang4 xie2]
长兄
zoeng2 hing1eldest brother
奖学金
zoeng2 hok6 gam1scholarship
奖项
zoeng2 hong6award; prize
zoeng2 hung3to control
奖挹
zoeng2 jap1to reward and promote
长幼
zoeng2 jau3older and younger
奖掖
zoeng2 jik6to reward and promote
长肉
zoeng2 juk6getting fat
掌权
zoeng2 kyun4to wield (political etc) power
奖励
zoeng2 lai6incentive
奖励旅行
zoeng2 lai6 leoi5 hang4incentive travel
蒋丽芸
zoeng2 lai6 wan4Ann Chiang Lai-wan, name of a Hong Kong policitician
长老
zoeng2 lou5elder
长老会
zoeng2 lou5 wui2Presbyterianism
蒋雯丽
zoeng2 man4 lai6Jiang Wenli (1969-), award-winning PRC film actress
长物
zoeng2 mat6(literary) things other than the bare necessities of life; Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4]
长眠
zoeng2 min4(euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place)

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