Cantonese words starting with Z

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Kitchen stove or hearth, traditionally built of brick with a fire underneath.

A kitchen stove, fireplace, or furnace.

The fire pit inside a traditional kitchen stove.

Cooking utensils or kitchen range.

The Kitchen God, the deity in Chinese mythology in charge of the kitchen and food.

Camel cricket; greenhouse stone cricket.

A burner on a stovetop, or the opening of a stove where fuel is added.

Kitchen God; the god of the kitchen in Chinese folk religion.

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Vesta, a major asteroid located in the asteroid belt.

Cooking stove, kitchen range, or hob.

Zaoshen, the Kitchen God in Chinese mythology.

灶王爺灶王爷

Zao Shen, the Kitchen God in Chinese mythology.

To trick, frame, trap, or set someone up.

Black color, or soap.

Blessing, happiness, or a year of a reign.

做阿四做啊四

To do menial tasks for others, like a servant, slave, or errand runner.

To work as a male prostitute.

做把戲做把戏

To perform magic tricks or acrobatics.

做百囉做百罗

To celebrate a baby's 100th day of life according to Chinese custom.

Right and wrong; black and white.

Unable to do; impossible to achieve.

做伴兒做伴儿

To keep someone company; to be companions.

To be a thief; to steal or commit a robbery.

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做賊心虛做贼心虚

To have a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy or paranoid about having done something wrong.

To become relatives by marriage.

To perform traditional Buddhist or Taoist memorial rituals for a deceased person every seven days for forty-nine days.

做醜人做丑人

To mediate or settle a conflict, often risking resentment from the parties involved.

To produce, make, or put out.

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做齣好戲睇做出好戏睇

To put on a good show, often with a mischievous or mocking intent to let others watch the drama unfold.

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To act so that one's motives or intentions are too obvious.

Hurried; rash; impetuous.

Word creation; coining or forming new words.

To make a mistake or do something wrong.

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做場戲做场戏

To put on an act or stage a performance in order to deceive someone.

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做場好戲做场好戏

To put on a show or act to deceive someone, or to maintain appearances for others.

To cook or prepare food; to make a dish.

To do gymnastics, physical exercises, or calisthenics.

To scale up, expand, or develop further.

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做大戲做大戏

To perform in Cantonese opera.

To defeat or kill someone.

Yamen runners; lower-ranking runners or servants in a government office in imperial China.

Capable, competent, or acceptable; can be done or is ready to be done.

To get rid of someone, either by killing them or defeating them in sports.

To accomplish, achieve, or succeed in doing something.

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做到氣咳做到气咳

Extremely busy and exhausted; overworked to the point of being unable to catch one's breath.

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做到一隻屐咁做到一只屐咁

To work extremely hard; to slave away like a dog.

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做到隻積咁做到只积咁

To work extremely hard; to slave away like a dog.

To celebrate the winter solstice, typically with a family reunion dinner.

To host; to act as the host and entertain guests.