Cantonese words starting with Z

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Early; happening before the expected or usual time.

Jujube; a type of red fruit commonly known as the Chinese date.

Ancestor; forefather.

Group, set, or team; a classifier for groups of people or sets of things.

Algae; a broad group of aquatic, photosynthetic organisms that are not plants.

A flea or similar tiny insect.

Early shift or morning work shift.

早班兒早班儿

Group or category.

To plant early, or to sow seeds in early spring.

Premature beat; extrasystole.

Morning newspaper.

Ancestors; ancestral generations.

Morning wood; an involuntary erection of the penis that occurs in the morning.

Morning tea; breakfast with dim sum in a Chinese restaurant.

Breakfast; the first meal of the day eaten in the morning.

Premature birth or delivery before 37 weeks of gestation.

An early morning bus or train.

zou2 ceot1 maan5 gwai1

早出晚歸早出晚归

To go out early in the morning and return home late at night.

To combine characters into a word.

Earlier; a short while ago.

Morning show at a theater or cinema; matinee.

Morning exercise, such as jogging, tai chi, or stretching.

祖沖之祖冲之

Zu Chongzhi, a Chinese astronomer and mathematician during the Northern and Southern dynasties.

Handed down from one's ancestors; ancestral.

Earlier, or sooner.

Breakfast; also an early time or ahead of schedule.

To form a political party.

Early season rice.

zou2 dou6 tin4 daai6 hok6

早稻田大學早稻田大学

Waseda University, a private university in Tokyo.

A chunk; a large piece or segment of something.

To marry early, before reaching maturity or full mental and emotional development.

Components; constituent parts of a whole, such as in a mixture or chemical compound.

Ancestors' grave or ancestral tomb.

Morning service, lessons, or activities, such as morning prayers, Buddhist matins, or a bird's morning chorus.

Paternal grandfather.

祖父輩祖父辈

People of one's grandparents' generation.

Grandparents, especially one's paternal grandparents.

Home country, ancestral home, or homeland.

Morning shift; a work period that begins in the morning as part of a shift schedule.

Ancestral home; the former residence of one's ancestors.

Component, module, or assembly part.

To organize, establish, or set up an organization or team.

To form a cabinet.

Grandfather's sister; great-aunt.

One's homeland, motherland, or country of origin with which one identifies.

zou2 gwok3 wo4 ping4 tung2 jat1 wai2 jyun4 wui2

祖國和平統一委員會祖国和平统一委员会

Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a former agency of North Korea.