Cantonese words starting with Z

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zyut3 jyu1 jin4 ci4

拙於言詞拙于言词

To be clumsy with words or unable to express oneself clearly.

Clumsy and poor; of low quality or skill.

zyut3 min6 zyu1

To kiss someone on the cheek.

Simple and unsophisticated; austere or natural in style.

zyut3 sik6 tou3 bou6

輟食吐哺辍食吐哺

To stop eating and spit out food, representing an eagerness to welcome and recruit talented people.

zyut3 tyun4 pung2 pei3

To flatter or bootlick in a highly sycophantic manner.

zyut3 zeoi2 ban6 sit3

Clumsy and awkward in speech; inarticulate.

To stop; to cease.

Simple and frank; honest and straightforward.

zyut3 zing3 jyun4

拙政園拙政园

Humble Administrator's Garden, a famous classical garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu.

My humble work; a self-deprecating term used to refer to one's own writing or creation.

Healthy and strong; growing vigorously, especially of plants.

My humble work; a self-deprecating term used to refer to one's own book or writing.

To rub forcefully back and forth against a surface with one's hand.

Heartless, unfeeling, or uncompromising in one's actions.

Out of print; discontinued, with only existing stock remaining.

A peerless artwork; a masterpiece or item of supreme quality that cannot be matched.

Absolutely not; under no circumstances; never.

Words written on one's deathbed, or the final work of an artist before death.

Precipice; a sheer, steep cliff.

Crop failure, or sterilization of a person or animal.

Heartless, merciless, or unfeeling; showing no regard for personal relations or feelings.

A singer's last performance or song before their death or retirement.

zyut6 cyu3 fung4 sang1

絕處逢生绝处逢生

To find a way to survive or succeed when everything seems hopeless.

zyut6 daai6 bou6 fan6

絕大部分绝大部分

The overwhelming majority; the vast majority.

zyut6 daai6 do1 sou3

絕大多數绝大多数

The vast majority; the overwhelming majority.

A desperate situation, a dead end, or a dangerous spot with no way out.

Absolute or unconditional; extremely or 100 percent.

zyut6 deoi3 daai6 do1 sou3

絕對大多數绝对大多数

An absolute majority; overwhelming majority.

zyut6 deoi3 dei6 zi2

絕對地址绝对地址

An absolute address in computing, specifying a fixed location in memory or storage.

zyut6 deoi3 gun1 nim6

絕對觀念绝对观念

The Absolute Idea in Hegelian philosophy.

zyut6 deoi3 lin4 zuk6

絕對連續绝对连续

Absolutely continuous.

zyut6 deoi3 ling4 dou6

絕對零度绝对零度

Absolute zero; the lowest possible thermodynamic temperature, approximately -273.15 degrees Celsius.

zyut6 deoi3 ng6 caa1

絕對誤差绝对误差

Absolute error; the magnitude of the difference between an exact value and an approximation.

zyut6 deoi3 sap1 dou6

絕對濕度绝对湿度

Absolute humidity.

zyut6 deoi3 sou3 zi6

絕對數字绝对数字

Absolute number, as opposed to a relative number or percentage.

zyut6 deoi3 wan1 biu1

絕對溫標绝对温标

Absolute temperature scale; Kelvin.

zyut6 deoi3 wan1 dou6

絕對溫度绝对温度

Absolute temperature.

zyut6 deoi3 zik6

絕對值绝对值

Absolute value; the distance of a number from zero on the number line.

Extreme; exceeding; to the highest degree.

zyut6 ding2 cung1 ming4

絕頂聰明绝顶聪明

Extremely clever, highly intelligent, or brilliant.

Peerless, incomparable, or unique in a generation, usually describing talent or beauty.

zyut6 doi6 gaai1 jan4

絕代佳人绝代佳人

A woman of peerless beauty; a beauty unmatched in her generation.

To split one's sides laughing.

To excommunicate.

Absolutely not; by no means.

Excellent, superb, or perfect, with nothing else able to compare.

To sever relations; to break off a friendship or association.

An extremely powerful, superb, or unique skill or move.