Cantonese words starting with Z

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Delicacy; rare and delicious foodstuff.

zan1 sau1 mei5 mei6

珍饈美味珍馐美味

Delicacy and fine taste; a wonderful treat of delicious food.

zan1 sau1 mei5 zaan6

珍饈美饌珍馐美馔

Delicacies and fine food; a wonderful feast.

The essence, quintessence, or core meaning of something.

Sincere, frank, and straightforward.

Genuine silk, as opposed to synthetic silk.

To treasure, cherish, or value highly.

A real event; something that actually happened.

Really; extremely; used to emphasize a high degree.

Really! An exclamation of annoyance, frustration, or dissatisfaction.

To treasure, value, or cherish something precious and limited, making sure not to waste it.

True explanation; correct interpretation.

Truth, goodness, and beauty; the ideal qualities of a human or a work of art.

Natural voice; modal voice, as opposed to falsetto.

zan1 sing1 zeoi3 gou1 jam1

真聲最高音真声最高音

The highest note one can sing in a natural, non-falsetto voice.

True nature; one's real or genuine personality.

Sincere, honest, and earnest; coming from the bottom of one's heart without any pretense.

The truth; the actual facts or circumstances of a situation.

zan1 soeng3 bat1 lou6

真相畢露真相毕露

The whole truth is fully revealed; to unmask and expose a true situation or true colours.

zan1 soeng3 daai6 baak6

The whole truth is revealed, or a mystery is finally solved.

The argument of a logarithm in mathematics.

Regular script, a traditional Chinese calligraphic style.

Truth; words that correspond to the actual facts.

Precious curio; a rare and valuable collectible.

The truth or reality.

Really; genuinely; truly.

zan1 zan1 gaa2 gaa2

Half-truths, where truth and falsehood are intertwined.

zan1 zan1 zing3 zing3

Real, genuine, and authentic.

Real knowledge; genuine understanding.

zan1 zi1 zoek3 gin3

真知灼見真知灼见

Correct and penetrating insight; a profound and clear-sighted view.

Sincere and genuine; describing deep, pure, and trustworthy feelings.

An authentic work of calligraphy or painting, rather than a copy or imitation.

True, real, or genuine.

The truth about something; the actual facts.

To take good care of oneself; to treasure and look after oneself.

Pearl; a smooth, lustrous gem formed naturally or cultured inside molluscs.

Pearl; a variant of 珍珠.

zan1 zyu1 dou1 mou5 gam2 zan1

珍珠都冇咁真

One hundred percent true; absolutely genuine and without a doubt.

zan1 zyu1 dou1 mou5 gam3 zan1

珍珠都無咁真珍珠都无咁真

Absolutely true; 100% genuine and indisputable.

珍珠雞珍珠鸡

Mini lotus-leaf-wrapped sticky rice with chicken, or a guineafowl.

zan1 zyu1 gong2

Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Mother-of-pearl, used in ornamentation and traditional Chinese medicine.

zan1 zyu1 naai5 caa4

Bubble tea; a beverage originating from Taiwan, made by adding tapioca pearls to milk tea.

zan1 zyu1 ngaam4

Perlite; a form of amorphous volcanic glass.

Allah; the Islamic term for God.

zan1 zyu2 dong2

真主黨真主党

Hezbollah, a Lebanese Islamist political and militant group.

A boundary, border, or path between fields.

Fine and dense, or closely woven.