Cantonese words starting with Z

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Short-tailed bird.

Pursuing troops; enemy soldiers giving chase.

To pursue and arrest; to hunt down a fleeing target for capture rather than to kill.

To investigate, trace, or follow clues to uncover the truth.

To pursue, seek, or search for in order to achieve a goal.

To track down and arrest a criminal; to hunt down a fugitive.

To follow or be loyal to someone, typically a leader or role model.

To chase after someone in order to beat them up.

To catch up with; to gain on.

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To put pressure on someone to quickly give you what you want.

zeoi1 dou3 tin1 goek3 dai2

追到天腳底追到天脚底

To hunt down someone to the ends of the earth.

To grieve, mourn, or pay tribute to a deceased person.

To posthumously award or promote someone to an official rank or title.

To add something extra, append, or supplement.

To investigate and determine who is responsible for a mistake or negative event, and hold them accountable.

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追究責任追究责任

To hold someone accountable, investigate liability, and assign responsibility for an action or incident.

To snipe from afar, or to lie in wait and ambush a target.

To pursue and attack, or to track and follow closely.

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狙擊步槍狙击步枪

A sniper rifle.

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狙擊槍狙击枪

Sniper rifle; a high-precision rifle equipped with a high-magnification optical scope for long-range shooting.

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狙擊手狙击手

Sniper, marksman, or sharpshooter; or figuratively, a hidden attacker or a cool-headed predictor.

To chase after, pursue, or speed up to catch up with someone.

To repair or cobble shoes.

To buy into a rising stock or market trend, or to raise the stakes in gambling.

To pierce ears; to make a hole in the earlobe for earrings.

To recall, look back on, or reminisce about the past.

To admit or confer posthumously.

To admire the moon on the night after the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the sixteenth day of the eighth lunar month.

To pursue, seek, or actively strive for a goal; also to court or woo someone.

To binge-watch a drama series; to watch many episodes of a show in succession.

To smoke heroin, or more generally, to use drugs.

To question repeatedly; to press someone for an answer or cross-examine them.

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To court or pursue a girl romantically to make her one's girlfriend.

To chase, praise, or support a person, object, or trend enthusiastically.

To hunt down and pursue someone in order to kill them.

To catch up with; to make up a distance or gap.

To collect a debt, either for oneself or on behalf of others.

To trace back to or date back to a source or origin.

Cone or pyramid; a three-dimensional geometric shape with a polygonal or circular base tapering to a single point.

To chase or press someone to pay off a debt.

An awl or pricker tool used for piercing small holes.

Penis; a child's word for the male reproductive organ.

To chase after one another, or to pursue a goal or dream.

To trace, track, or follow the origin or movement of a target.

To curse or swear; also variant of 詛 (zo2).

Mouth; the organ of humans and animals used for eating and speaking.

Irregular teeth; out of harmony or in discord.

To give a kiss.

Picky about food; fastidious about what one eats.