Cantonese words starting with Z

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zyun2 ling4 ji4

轉鈴兒转铃儿

To dial a rotary telephone.

To take a turn; to undergo a major change or turning point.

zyun2 lit6 dim2

轉捩點转捩点

A turning point; a critical juncture in an event or in life where major change occurs.

To transcribe or copy, or the biological process of genetic transcription.

To resell; to sell something that one has bought.

To parade or show off by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions or pedantic phrasing.

zyun2 min6 mou4 cing4

轉面無情转面无情

To turn against a friend and show no mercy; to suddenly become cold and ruthless towards someone you once knew.

In the blink of an eye; in an instant; describing how fast time passes.

zyun2 ngaan5 bin6 mong4

轉眼便忘转眼便忘

To forget something in the blink of an eye

zyun2 ngaan5 gaan1

轉眼間转眼间

In the blink of an eye; in an instant, describing how quickly time passes.

zyun2 ngaan5 zik1 sai6

轉眼即逝转眼即逝

To disappear in the blink of an eye; to pass in an instant.

zyun2 ngai4 wai4 on1

轉危為安转危为安

To turn peril into safety; to avert a crisis or danger, especially political or medical.

To have second thoughts; to change one's mind.

zyun2 on1 gei1 mui4

轉氨基酶转氨基酶

Aminotransferase; an enzyme that catalyzes a transamination reaction.

轉氨酶转氨酶

Transaminase; aminotransferase.

To migrate, move from place to place, or wander.

To reincarnate; for a soul to enter a new body and live again after death.

To turn one's body around, facing the opposite direction.

To reincarnate; to be reborn into another body or identity after death.

To compile and revise

To change hands; to be resold or passed on to another owner.

To delegate, sub-license, or re-assign authority, power, or rights to someone else.

To transliterate or transcribe words from one language using another language's script.

In the blink of an eye; in an instant; in a flash.

zyun2 seon3 gaan1

轉瞬間转瞬间

In an instant; in the blink of an eye.

To relay, pass on, or quote what someone else said.

To undergo a sudden change in one's personality, disposition, or temperament.

To transfer, change, or interchange to another vehicle, line, or mode of transportation.

To turn, convert, or transform into.

To pass something on to someone else.

To transfer ships or change vessels during a journey.

To change one's standpoint, viewpoint, or attitude.

To roll over, rotate, or turn the body.

Soon; shortly after; in a moment.

To pass on a task to someone else, or to pass the buck.

To make a turn, or to adapt to changing circumstances.

zyun2 waan1 mut3 gok3

轉彎抹角转弯抹角

To beat about the bush; to speak in an indirect or roundabout way rather than getting straight to the point.

To save or redeem a situation; to mediate or intercede.

zyun2 waan4 jyu4 dei6

轉圜餘地转圜余地

Room to maneuver, compromise, or save a situation.

To change the rhyme scheme within a poem.

To transfer cargo or transship goods; to experience a change in luck, especially from bad to good.

zyun2 wan6 zaam6

轉運站转运站

Transit center, distribution depot, or transport interchange.

zyun2 wan6 zaan6

轉運棧转运栈

A storage depot or transit station on a transportation route.

To transfer or change direction to another destination.

To switch to another organization or service provider.

zyun2 wui2 fai3

轉會費转会费

Transfer fee, especially in professional sports.

To turn back or reverse.

To change, switch, or convert to another state or object.

zyun2 wun6 dyun6 cang4

轉換斷層转换断层

Transform fault; a type of fault in geology.

zyun2 wun6 hei3

轉換器转换器

Converter; a device that changes one form, state, or signal to another.