Cantonese words starting with Z

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good foundation

variant of 扎實|扎实[zha1 shi5]

verb; to wake at a sudden from sleep

zaat3 sin3 daai2

紮線帶扎线带

to set up an encampment

(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)

(onom.) sound of machinery, e.g. squeaking

zaat3 zaat3 sat6 sat6

扎扎實實扎扎实实

firm; reliable; practical

zaat3 zaat3 tiu3

frolic; gambol; to jump around

zaat3 zaat3 tiu3

紮紮跳紮扎跳

jumping around madly (spoken)

to give or have an acupuncture treatment

sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)

to squeeze the fingers (old form of torture)

promotion (career; spoken)

(dialect) cockroach

twittering of birds;

to ridicule; twittery

to sneer at; to taunt

to mock and ridicule

to tease; to make fun of

many different messy, miscellaneous sound

(onom.) clamorous noise made by numerous people talking or singing, or by musical instruments, or birds twittering

(noun) 1. Talon; 2. Paw

to catch sb in the act

zaau2 bat1 dou3

zaau2 bat1 zi6 zoi6

to ask for trouble

zaau2 bat1 zoek6

找不著找不着

to be unable to find

zaau2 bat1 zoek6 bak1

找不著北找不着北

to be confused and disoriented

抓辮子抓辫子

to grab sb by the pigtail; to exploit the opponent's shortcomings

to compensate; to complement

refers to the Kangxi (radical 87) 爪 part of a Chinese character

to look for blemishes; nitpicking

to pick fault with; to nitpick; to find complaint with

to catch a thief

to make uniform; to make good a deficiency

to look for; to find fault

找刺兒找刺儿

to give change; (dialect) to make money; to earn a living

to look for a pretext

grip on the road

zaau2 dei6 lik6