Cantonese words starting with Z

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To work intermittently; now working, now stopping.

To wash, clean, or rinse.

Chisel; a tool used for cutting or carving hard materials.

zok6 bik1 tau1 gwong1

鑿壁偷光凿壁偷光

To study very diligently despite difficult circumstances.

To make a hole bigger, or figuratively, to exaggerate.

To pass the imperial civil service examination in ancient China.

zok6 faat3 naan4 sou3

擢髮難數擢发难数

Innumerable, countlessly many; especially used to describe a multitude of crimes, sins, or misdeeds too numerous to count.

To wash oneself.

To open an aperture or open up a road.

Incompatible; mismatched, like a square peg in a round hole.

Daimyo oak or Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata).

Yesterday evening or last night.

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鑿岩機凿岩机

Rock drill; a machine used to drill holes into rock.

zok6 sek6 coeng4

鑿石場凿石场

Rock quarry; a place where stone is excavated.

Zhashui county in Shangluo city, Shaanxi.

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柞水縣柞水县

Zhashui County, a county in Shangluo, Shaanxi, China.

To promote someone to a higher position.

Yesterday; the day before today.

Clean and bare, bald, or completely empty.

Yesterday morning.

To wash one's feet.

Strong and healthy, or magnificent and grand.

Big and thick, or great and powerful.

Make-up; the appearance of a person's face after applying cosmetics.

Makeup, cosmetics, or one's facial appearance.

Classifier for matters, affairs, incidents, or stories.

To apply makeup; to adorn oneself or dress up.

Good or generous; a male slave; stolen goods or bribes; or to store or hide.

Village, hamlet, or manor.

Equipment, especially in the context of playing video games.

Ill-gotten; acquired through illegal or illicit means.

Dirty; filthy; soiled.

To dress up, deck out, or disguise oneself.

To dress up; to deck out or groom oneself.

To act like a pretentious prick; to pose or show off.

To equip oneself with tools or skills in preparation for a task.

To feign illness; to pretend to be sick.

Venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection.

To act cool, pretentious, or ostentatious, especially to show off or impress others.

To pretend, put on, or assume an air of.

To install, set up, or equip with devices and fixtures.

Outfit; attire; the clothes and accessories a person is wearing.

To load a firearm.

Dirty bomb; a weapon that combines conventional explosives with radioactive material.

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裝彈弓装弹弓

To set a trap to frame or trick someone.

To decorate, embellish, or deck out.