Cantonese words starting with Z

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zok3 caak6to be a thief

作賊心虛作贼心虚

zok3 caak6 sam1 heoi1Have a guilty conscience, as a thief

zok3 ceot1to put out; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to draw (conclusion); to devise (explanation)

zok3 ci4to write lyrics

zok3 coi3to compete; participate in a competition

zok3 daai6to exaggerate; to overstate; to embellish

zok3 daap3to answer

zok3 deoi3to set oneself against; to make a pair

zok3 dung1to host (a dinner); to pick up the check

zok3 dung6to make a move; usually to describe when a fetus moves

zok3 faan2to rebel

zok3 faat3course of action; practice

作法自斃作法自毙

zok3 faat3 zi6 bai6suffering the consequences of one's doing; you ask for it

zok3 fai3to become invalid; to delete

zok3 fong1workshop (of artisan)

zok3 fuk1to abuse the power one has

zok3 fung1style; way

作風正派作风正派

zok3 fung1 zing3 paai3to be honest and upright

zok3 gaa1author

zok3 gaa2to counterfeit; to cheat; fraudulent

zok3 gaa3to quote; provide a quotation

作姦犯科作奸犯科

zok3 gaan1 faan6 fo1to flout the law

zok3 gaan2to make a cocoon

作繭自縛作茧自缚

zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising

zok3 gam2 mou6to have a cold [colloquial]

zok3 gang2to obstruct on purpose

zok3 gin6workpiece

zok3 gun1serve as a government officer

zok3 gung1to give testimony

zok3 gwaai3into something fishy

zok3 haak3to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn

zok3 hap6to make a match

zok3 hing3maybe; there is reason to believe

zok3 hot3Thirsty

作好準備作好准备

zok3 hou2 zeon2 bei6to prepare

zok3 jan4to conduct oneself

zok3 jap1to bow with hands held in front

zok3 je6last night

zok3 ji4(coll.) yesterday

昨兒個昨儿个

zok3 ji4 go3(coll.) yesterday

zok3 jip6to sin

zok3 jip6school assignment; work; operation; to operate

作業系統作业系统

zok3 jip6 hai6 tung2operating system (Tw)

作業環境作业环境

zok3 jip6 waan4 ging2operating environment

zok3 jung6to act on; to affect; impact; result; effect; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition

zok3 jung6 lik6(physics) action force

zok3 kuk1to compose (music)

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