Cantonese words starting with Z

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zaau2 deoi3 zoeng6

找對象找对象

to seek a marriage partner

pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)

zaau2 faan6 wun2

找飯碗找饭碗

to look for a job

zaau2 fui3 hei3

找晦氣找晦气

(verb) to pick a quarrel; to pick a fight; to seek revenge in response to a provocation

to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)

zaau2 gan2 hok6 zaap6

抓緊學習抓紧学习

to concentrate on studying hard

zaau2 gan2 si4 gaan3

抓緊時間抓紧时间

to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up

(Internet slang) mobile phone

zaau2 gei1 wui2

找機會找机会

to look for an opportunity

snatch (weightlifting technique)

to find (sth one has been looking for)

Looking for work

zaau2 gung1 fu1

to maximize one's time; to find enough time

zaau2 gung1 fu1

to maximize one's time; to find enough time

zaau2 gung1 zok3

Looking for work

to be caught unprepared

to arrest and take away

paws (of small animal); stupid person

zaau2 ji5 naau4 soi1

抓耳撓腮抓耳挠腮

to scratch one's head as a sign of anxiety or happiness or anger

to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)

to scratch an itch

(Tw) (coll.) to be driven crazy (with frustration, stress, anger etc); to tear one's hair out; to freak out

to give change (after a cash transaction)

zaau2 maa4 faan4

找麻煩找麻烦

to look for trouble

zaau2 mun4 lou6

找門路找门路

to seek help from social connections

to scratch; to quarrel; sb or sth that one can rely on

pawn; accomplice (in crime); henchman

to capture (an image)

to search everywhere; to comb

to level (ground)

(of the police) to hunt prostitutes and their clients

starting point; gripper

to court death; to take a big risk

to look for employment

Xenopus (type of frog)

to injure by scratching or clawing

zaau2 soeng5 mun2

找上門找上门

to come to sb's door

to settle a payment

(dialect) to give change

change (from money paid)

zaau2 toi4 gaai1 ji4

找台階兒找台阶儿

to find an excuse

Java (island of Indonesia)

zaau2 waa1 baat3 go1

(bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)

zaau2 waa1 ci4 lou6

爪哇池鷺爪哇池鹭

(bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa)

zaau2 waa1 dou2

爪哇島爪哇岛

Java (island of Indonesia)

zaau2 waa1 jyu5

爪哇語爪哇语

the Javanese language, spoken by the natives in the Island of Java in Indonesia