Cantonese words starting with Z

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zai6 lau4 fung1

滯留鋒滞留锋

stationary front (meteorology)

overdue (payment)

zai6 naap6 gam1

滯納金滞纳金

poor sales; unmarketable

to sell poorly; slow-moving (product, inventory etc)

stagflation (i.e. simultaneous inflation and stagnation)

to tilt; uneasy; slanting

the side; to lean; lateral

(conjunction) But

afternoon; the sun in the afternoon sky

at the side of (something or someone)

zak1 bin1 laan4

側邊欄侧边栏

(computing) sidebar

get around the rules and avoid responsibility without being too obvious

zak1 bou6 lung4

則步隆则步隆

Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)

zak1 dou1 pong4

側刀旁侧刀旁

name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc

(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4 feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1 feng1])

lateral root (botany)

beside, next to

attack in the flank

(old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)

Side direction;crossrange

zak1 hung1 faan1

側空翻侧空翻

aerial cartwheel

to bend an ear (to)

Tilapia, a type of fish

zak1 jyu4 cung1

鰂魚涌鲗鱼涌

Quarry Bay (area in Hong Kong)

zak1 laat6 hak1

則辣黑则辣黑

Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament)

side chain (used in classifying amino acids)

to capture data; data skimming

lateral side; aspect

to raise eyebrows; shocked

to lie on one's side

turn one's body to one side

zak1 sang1 dung6 mat6

側生動物侧生动物

parazoan (animal of the subkingdom Parazoa, mostly sponges)

to profile; (offender) profiling

siding; lateral line

oblique tone; uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)

Justin Lo, a Hong Kong singer

to lie down (on one's side)

sidestroke (swimming)