Cantonese words starting with Z

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A cliff or a steep rock wall.

A large, square fishing net.

Short hair or matted hair.

To pressurize or supercharge.

An argument, dispute, or verbal conflict.

To fight for supremacy, hegemony, or a championship.

zang1 baak6 zai1

增白劑增白剂

Whitener; a whitening agent or optical brightener.

To argue, quarrel, or debate.

To reinforce with more troops, or the reinforcements themselves.

To add and supplement, or something supplementary added to make a system more complete.

曾寶儀曾宝仪

Bowie Tsang, a Taiwanese singer, actress, TV host, and author.

To increase production.

To quarrel, argue, or dispute with someone.

To thicken, making a liquid more viscous.

zang1 cau4 zai1

增稠劑增稠剂

Thickener; a substance used to increase the viscosity of a liquid.

To strive for, fight for, or make an effort to achieve something.

To refuse to concede, yield, or back down; to be deadlocked in a dispute.

To add to existing facilities or services.

To scramble for, fight over, or snatch something.

zang1 coeng4 leon6 dyun2

爭長論短争长论短

To argue over who is right and wrong, or to dispute over trivialities.

To speed up; to accelerate.

To vie for someone's favor and attention.

To struggle or strive hard.

To enlarge, increase, or magnify.

To earn income through work or effort.

To obtain or win something by making an effort.

To fight, struggle, or contend with others, often to obtain something.

Unsatisfactory; falling slightly short of expectations or an expected standard.

To revise and enlarge a book or publication.

zang1 ding3 bun2

增訂本增订本

Revised and enlarged edition.

To increase in quantity or number.

zang1 do1 zuk1 siu2

Demand exceeds supply; an insufficient amount of goods or resources to distribute among a large number of people.

Zengdu, a district in Suizhou, Hubei.

zang1 dou1 keoi1

曾都區曾都区

Zengdu, a district of Suizhou City, Hubei.

Dispute, conflict, or controversy.

To fight, compete, or scramble for something.

zang1 dyut6 zin3

爭奪戰争夺战

A fight, battle, or struggle for possession or supremacy.

zang1 faan4 jan4

Zeng Fanren, former president of Shandong University.

zang1 fan1 dyut6 miu5

爭分奪秒争分夺秒

To race against the clock, making use of every second when time is tight.

To reinforce defenses.

The margin, range, or extent of an increase.

To strive for supremacy, fight, or compete against one another.

zang1 fung1 haap3 cou3

爭風呷醋争风呷醋

To compete for affection; to fight or bicker over a love interest out of jealousy.

zang1 fung1 hek3 cou3

爭風吃醋争风吃醋

To rival someone for the affection of a man or woman; to fight for a lover's attention out of jealousy.

The Sangha; the Buddhist community of monks, nuns, and disciples.

To increase, raise, or add to the amount, number, or quality of something.

zang1 gaa1 lo4 jyu5

僧加羅語僧加罗语

Sinhalese language; Sinhala.

zang1 gaa1 zik6

Value added in economic and accounting contexts.

To add or subtract, or to increase and decrease.

To quarrel, argue, or fight verbally.