Cantonese words starting with Z

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Firing pin; the component in a firearm that strikes the primer of a cartridge to detonate it.

To happen to meet or run into by chance, or to experience a scheduling clash.

Tibetan rosefinch; a species of rosefinch endemic to the Tibetan Plateau.

Zhuang; the largest ethnic minority group in China.

Tibetan ethnic group; the Tibetan people.

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Tibetan; a Tibetan person.

Rent; the money or fee paid to rent a property or an object.

Dregs, yeast, or grains from brewing wine; pickled in wine; ruined, messy, or in a bad state.

To suffer, meet with, or be subjected to a disaster or misfortune.

Rent; money paid for renting property, a vehicle, or other items.

To waste, ruin, or spoil something; to insult or humiliate someone.

To ruin, spoil, waste, or treat with contempt.

To waste, ruin, or treat something with careless abuse.

To waste, ruin, spoil, or trample on; to abuse, insult, or humiliate.

To lease or rent out land to tenant farmers.

To suffer, encounter, or meet with something unfortunate.

To rent a room, apartment, or house.

To encounter or suffer from misfortune.

Rent price; rental rate.

Concession; a leased territory within a country set aside for foreigners to live and trade.

Rent; money paid to a landlord or owner for the temporary use of something.

To be robbed or plundered.

Terrible; awful; in a bad state.

Poor food or frugal diet; a wife who has shared her husband's hardships.

To rent or lease; to pay money to use property or objects.

Lease or tenancy agreement.

To suffer a disaster, misfortune, or calamity.

To lease or let out a property to someone else.

To rent, lease, or charter; to pay money for the temporary right to use something.

Bitter experience; an unfortunate encounter.

To meet with a refusal or rejection.

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糟溜黃魚糟溜黄鱼

Stir-fried yellow croaker fish fillets seasoned with rice wine lees.

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Stir-fried yellow croaker fish fillets cooked in a fragrant wine sauce.

Oh no! Oh dear! Gosh! (used to express that something has gone wrong)

To run into misfortune, meet with disaster, or die in an accident.

Dross, rubbish, or dregs; the worthless parts of something.

To suffer or be subjected to bad treatment or misfortune.

Taxes and taxation.

To charter or rent a boat or ship.

To waste, ruin, spoil, or trample on; also to insult, abuse, or humiliate someone.

In a terrible or dreadful state; a complete mess.

To suffer from a plague, or used as a curse meaning "damn him" or "a plague on him".

Tenant; a person who rents a flat, house, or property.

To treat someone harshly, be mean to them, or mock them; to ruin or wreck an object.

To rent, lease, or hire out a place or object in exchange for money.

Leased territory; a concession of land.

To suffer, endure hardship, or go through a rough time.

Rent, especially a rental payment.