Cantonese words starting with Z

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To walk back; to return on foot.

Lees or sediment left over from alcoholic drinks.

Leeway, flexibility, or room for changes and compromise when handling a matter.

Flexibility; room for maneuver or compromise.

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Noriko Sakai, a Japanese actress and singer.

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酒醉三分醒

Used to assert that a drunk person is still conscious of and responsible for their actions.

Wine bottle; any bottle used for holding alcoholic drinks.

A banquet feast, traditionally served and counted by tables of about twelve people.

Alcohol or ethanol; the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors.

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To use shortcuts, trickery, or petty cleverness to gain small advantages or avoid work.

Rhinophyma, a skin condition causing a red, bumpy, and enlarged nose.

To be vexed or worried.

To curse, wish ill, or invoke bad luck upon someone.

To play or perform music on a musical instrument.

To beat someone up

Daytime; day as opposed to night.

To wrinkle, pucker, or furrow; to contract the muscles and skin of the face to form temporary folds.

Wrinkled, creased, or puckered.

To prove effective or produce the expected results.

Day and night; a full twenty-four hour period.

A magic spell or incantation; words spoken to invoke supernatural power.

To curse, swear, or abuse someone with malicious wishes.

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皺掹掹皱掹掹

Wrinkled, creased, or crumpled.

Wrinkle or furrow; fine lines that appear on the skin due to aging or other reasons.

To frown, scowl, or furrow one's brow, typically when annoyed, sad, worried, or angry.

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奏鳴曲奏鸣曲

Sonata; an instrumental musical composition, usually for a solo instrument or small ensemble.

To perform music, usually using musical instruments.

Memorial to the throne; a folded and confidential government document submitted by officials to the emperor during the Qing dynasty.

To win a victory; to return victorious.

An official petition or report submitted to an emperor or the imperial court.

Helmet or armor worn in ancient times.

Infinite time spanning the past to the future; the sky; an eon in geological time.

Almost, soon, or shortly; indicating a state that is very close to completion or happening.

An ancient style of Chinese calligraphy (large seal script); also to read or study.

Saddle crupper; a harness strap on a horse's back.

Sleeve; the part of a garment that covers the arm.

An axle, shaft, or spindle; the central rotating part of a machine component.

Strong, triple-brewed wine; tribute money paid to the emperor for sacrificial rites.

Vulture, eagle, or similar large bird of prey.

To go to bed or go to sleep.

On the spot; directly at the place where one is located.

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To utilize resources on hand; to use local materials and resources to make things.

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To execute a criminal or prisoner on the spot without trial; metaphorically, to have sex on the spot.

To attend a school or study at a certain educational level.

Soon; shortly; in a short period of time in the near future.

To give in, submit, or yield to force or coercion.

An expression used to indicate that something is highly unlikely, impossible, or fake.

Tribute paid by dukes or princes to the emperor in ancient China.

Just like that; without any change or further action.