Cantonese words starting with Z
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造孽
zou6 jip6to do evil
造謠造谣
zou6 jiu4to start a rumor
造謠生事造谣生事
zou6 jiu4 sang1 si6to start rumours and create trouble
造謠惑眾造谣惑众
zou6 jiu4 waak6 zung3to spread rumours to confuse ; mislead people
造輿論造舆论
zou6 jyu4 leon6to build up public opinion
做完
zou6 jyun4to finish
做球
zou6 kau4to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score)
做企台
zou6 kei5 toi2to work as a waiter
造橋造桥
zou6 kiu4Zaoqiao or Tsaochiao township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
造橋鄉造桥乡
zou6 kiu4 hoeng1Zaoqiao or Tsaochiao township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
做禮拜做礼拜
zou6 lai5 baai3to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
造林
zou6 lam4forestation
做臉做脸
zou6 lim5to win honor; to have a facial (beauty treatment)
做老襯做老衬
zou6 lou5 can3a newly-wed man
做唔切
zou6 m4 cit3unable to get things done in time
造馬造马
zou6 maa5rigged
做買賣做买卖
zou6 maai5 maai6to buy and sell; to trade
做文章
zou6 man4 zoeng1to make an issue of sth; to make a song and dance
做乜
zou6 mat1(verb) what are you doing?; (interrogative adverbs) why
做乜嘢
zou6 mat1 je5what are you doing?
做乜撚嘢
zou6 mat1 lan2 je5what the fuck; what the fuck is going on?; what the fuck are you doing? [colloquial]
造物
zou6 mat6creation
造物主
zou6 mat6 zyu2the Creator (in religion or mythology)
做咩
zou6 me1what's up?
做眉做眼
zou6 mei4 zou6 ngaan5to frown
做磨心
zou6 mo4 sam1to be the middleman; to be someone suffering because of the contradictory interests of two parties; to be someone who is loathed by both sides
做媒
zou6 mui4(noun) To be an intermediary (to tie two people or groups to agree with each other)
做滿月做满月
zou6 mun5 jyut6to celebrate a baby's one-month milestone (often with a banquet or gathering of family and friends)
做夢做梦
zou6 mung6to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
造岩礦物造岩矿物
zou6 ngaam4 kwong3 mat6rock-forming mineral
做眼
zou6 ngaan5(in the game of Go) to make an "eye"
做眼色
zou6 ngaan5 sik1to give sb a meaningful look
做牛做馬做牛做马
zou6 ngau4 zou6 maa5lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
做愛做爱
zou6 oi3to make love
做派
zou6 paai3way of doing sth; to act in an affected manner; gestures in opera
做朋友
zou6 pang4 jau5become friends
做PR
zou6 pi1 aa1 lou4to be a public relations representative [written and colloquial]; to work as a nightclub hostess [colloquial]
做伴
zou6 pun5to keep sb company
造山
zou6 saan1mountain building
造山帶造山带
zou6 saan1 daai2orogenic belt (geology)
造山運動造山运动
zou6 saan1 wan6 dung6mountain building (geology)
造山作用
zou6 saan1 zok3 jung6orogeny (geology)
做生日
zou6 saang1 jat6to celebrate a birthday
做生意
zou6 saang1 ji3to do business
做勢做势
zou6 sai3to strike a posture; to put on an act [written and colloquial]
造勢造势
zou6 sai3promoting a function or event; campaigning (for election)
做世界
zou6 sai3 gaai3(verb) to rob; to steal; to carry out a crime; to make a living
做生不如做熟
zou6 sang1 bat1 jyu4 zou6 suk6it is better to do what you are familiar with rather than something unknown, it is better to work in a familiar environment than a new working environment
做生活
zou6 sang1 wut6to work
簉室
zou6 sat1concubine
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