Cantonese words starting with Z

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Rotary grindstone.

Revolving door.

An organ stop; a knob or button that activates a row of pipes.

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鑽牛角钻牛角

To waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to split hairs.

A turntable or rotating disc.

Diamond; a rare, extremely hard crystalline form of carbon, highly valued as a gemstone.

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鑽石山钻石山

Diamond Hill, an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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鑽石王老五钻石王老五

An eligible bachelor; a wealthy single man.

To conduct exploratory drilling.

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鑽探機钻探机

Drilling machine; a rig or device used for exploratory drilling or boring holes.

A rotating turret.

Drill bit; the cutting tool at the end of a drill.

To switch channels on a television or radio, or figuratively, to switch languages.

To move to another classroom for the next class, or for a teacher to change classes.

To change position, transpose, or invert.

To drill a well, such as for oil or water.

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鑽井平台钻井平台

An oil drilling platform.

Rotor; the rotating part of an electrical machine or device.

轉字鎖转字锁

Combination lock

Biography; a literary genre that records a person's life.

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傳奇人物传奇人物

Legendary person.

To prick, stab, or pierce.

To suck, sip, or kiss with pursed lips.

Sad, mournful, or weary.

Clumsy, awkward, or unrefined.

To pick up, gather up, select, or turn around.

To sever or cut off; also meaning absolutely, extremely, or hopeless.

To embellish, connect, or mend; also used as an alternative form for to stop or suspend.

To grow vigorously; to display vigorous new growth.

To stop or cease doing something.

To pour a libation on the ground.

Clumsy, awkward, or lacking skill.

My clumsy writing; a humble expression used to refer to one's own writing or calligraphy.

To stop writing or painting.

To suspend business at the imperial court, especially on account of a misfortune or the death of a member of the imperial family.

Duodao district of Jingmen city, Hubei province.

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掇刀區掇刀区

Duodao, a district of Jingmen City in Hubei province.

To stop plowing; to cease farming.

My humble opinion or unworthy view.

My wife; a humble self-abasing term used by a husband to refer to his own wife.

Clumsy and incomprehensible in writing style or speech.

My unworthy manuscript; a humble way of referring to one's own writing or draft.

To stop work; to suspend or cease working.

To drop out of school; to discontinue one's studies before graduating.

To sob; to weep silently with constant gasping.

To stop performing a play

To drop out of school or give up work.