Cantonese words starting with Z

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做收钱
zou6 sau1 cin2Collect money
zou6 sau2to put one's hand to sth; skillful hands; writer
做手脚
zou6 sau2 goek3(verb) 1. Secretly mess with (an objective in order to make it malfunction); 2. Make arrangement (on vote etc.)
zou6 sau2 seon3to make souvenir gift
做寿
zou6 sau6to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)
zou6 sek6soapstone
做声
zou6 seng1to speak
zou6 si5 soeng1market maker
zou6 si6to work; to have a job
zou6 sing4causing (spoken)
zou6 sing4to bring about; to create; to cause
zou6 sing6 hong4what is your line of work?; what is your profession? [colloquial]
zou6 siu2to be sb's concubine
zou6 siu2 caau1to prepare a crib sheet; to cheat by copying
zou6 siu2 ze2to be an escort in a nightclub; to be a prostitute [written and colloquial]
做骚
zou6 sou1show-off; faking; putting up a publicity stunt
做数
zou6 sou3rigging numbers in accounting so as to pass the auditing; to do math; to do accounting; to organise the accounts and transactions
zou6 syun4shipbuilding
造船厂
zou6 syun4 cong2dockyard
造船业
zou6 syun4 jip6shipbuilding industry
zou6 syun4 so2shipyard
做厅长
zou6 teng1 zoeng2(jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
zou6 to5to do appropriately
做祷告
zou6 tou2 gou3to pray
做为
zou6 wai4to act as
做运动
zou6 wan6 dung6to exercise (physically)
zou6 wut6to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)
做活儿
zou6 wut6 ji4erhua variant of 做活[zuo4 huo2]
做针线
zou6 zam1 sin3to do needlework
zou6 zau6to bring up; to contribute to
做准备工作
zou6 zeon2 bei6 gung1 zok3to make preparations
造纸
zou6 zi2papermaking
造纸厂
zou6 zi2 cong2a paper mill; a paper-making factory
zou6 zi6to create Chinese characters
zou6 zi6 gei2to be oneself
zou6 zo2became; to have done [colloquial]
做咗人猪仔
zou6 zo2 jan4 zyu1 zai2[literal translation] become someone's piggy; 豬仔 also means the one being sold for indentured servitude of hard labour
做张做势
zou6 zoeng1 zou6 sai3to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to indulge in histrionics
做张做智
zou6 zoeng1 zou6 zi3to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to indulge in histrionics
做张做致
zou6 zoeng1 zou6 zi3see 做張做智|做张做智[zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 zhi4]
zou6 zoeng6statue
zou6 zok3affected
zou6 zok3affected; pretentious
做庄
zou6 zong1as the dealer
zou6 zyu2variant of 作主[zuo4 zhu3]
做绝
zou6 zyut6to go to extremes
zuk1to enjoin; to urge
zuk1to clutch; to capture; to grasp
zuk1percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
zuk1candle; watt

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