Cantonese words starting with Z
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灶
zou3kitchen stove
竈
zou3kitchen stove; furnace
灶窟
zou3 fat1stovetop burner
灶間灶间
zou3 gaan1(dialect) kitchen
灶具
zou3 geoi6stove; (dialect) cooking utensils
灶君
zou3 gwan1Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
灶馬灶马
zou3 maa5camel cricket
灶眼
zou3 ngaan5stovetop burner
灶神
zou3 san4Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
灶神星
zou3 san4 sing1Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1807 by H.W. Olbers
灶頭灶头
zou3 tau4(noun) Stoves; kitchen ranges
灶王
zou3 wong4Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
灶王爺灶王爷
zou3 wong4 je4Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
做
zou6to do; to produce; to compose; to engage in; to be; to function (in some capacity); to be used for; to pretend; to act a part; to fight; to trick
皂
zou6soap; menial servant
祚
zou6blessing; year; happiness
做阿四做啊四
zou6 aa3 sei3to be someone's slave or servant; to be a nobody just doing odd jobs for others; to work as a labourer [colloquial]
做鴨做鸭
zou6 aap2(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
做把戲做把戏
zou6 baa2 hei3to do, perform magic tricks
做百囉做百罗
zou6 baak3 lo1Chinese custom: 100-Day Birthday Celebration for baby
皂白
zou6 baak6right and wrong
做不到
zou6 bat1 dou3impossible
做伴兒做伴儿
zou6 bun6 ji4erhua variant of 做伴[zuo4 ban4]
做賊做贼
zou6 caak6Thieve; be a thief
做賊心虛做贼心虚
zou6 caak6 sam1 heoi1to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
做親做亲
zou6 can3to become related by marriage
做七
zou6 cat1paying respects to the deceased on their seventh day
做醜人做丑人
zou6 cau2 jan2to be the bad guy; to do the tough but necessary things (such as being straightforward and telling someone off)
做出
zou6 ceot1to put out
做齣好戲睇做出好戏睇
zou6 ceot1 hou2 hei3 tai2to make or put on a good show for others to see [colloquial]
做出面
zou6 ceot1 min2to do something so manifestly that it is obvious to all [colloquial]
造次
zou6 ci3(literary) hurried
造詞造词
zou6 ci4word creation
做錯做错
zou6 co3to make an error
做場戲做场戏
zou6 coeng4 hei3to put on a show (of deception); to put on an act [colloquial]
做場好戲做场好戏
zou6 coeng4 hou2 hei3to put on a good show (of deception); to put on an act [colloquial]
做菜
zou6 coi3to cook
做操
zou6 cou1to do exercises
做大
zou6 daai6arrogant; to put on airs
做大戲做大戏
zou6 daai6 hei3perform in Cantonese opera
做低
zou6 dai1(verb) to kill someone; to assassinate someone
皂隸皂隶
zou6 dai6civil servant
做得
zou6 dak1can, can do, able to do; work; helpful; ready
做掉
zou6 diu6to kill; (sports) to defeat
做到
zou6 dou3to accomplish
做到氣咳做到气咳
zou6 dou3 hei3 kat1Too busy; too much work to do
做到一隻屐咁做到一只屐咁
zou6 dou3 jat1 zek3 kek6 gam2to slave away like a dog [colloquial]
做到隻積咁做到只积咁
zou6 dou3 zek3 zik1 gam2to slave away like a dog [colloquial]
做冬
zou6 dung1winter solstice dinner
做東做东
zou6 dung1to treat as host
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