Cantonese words starting with Z

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Zeng Pu, a novelist and publisher.

zang1 saam1 wo4 jin4

Augmented triad; a musical chord consisting of two major thirds.

To add and delete; to make additions and deletions.

Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), also known as Zengzi, a student of Confucius who is the presumed editor or author of the Great Learning.

A minister who is not afraid to speak out and give forthright criticism to the monarch.

Hyperplasia; the enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells.

To enrich, beautify, or add luster and color to something.

To compete to be first; to scramble to be ahead.

zang1 sin1 hung2 hau6

爭先恐後争先恐后

To scramble, jostle, or rush for something in a crowd, creating chaos.

Zengcheng, a municipal district of Guangzhou in Guangdong province.

To scramble or rush to do something, competing with one another.

zang1 sou3 zai1

增塑劑增塑剂

Plasticizer; a substance added to materials to make them softer and more flexible.

Great-grandchild; the child of one's grandchild.

zang1 syun1 neoi5

曾孫女曾孙女

Great-granddaughter.

To add, increase, or enrich; to make more abundant.

Buddhist monks.

To break away from; to struggle and free oneself.

zang1 wai5 hung4

曾偉雄曾伟雄

Andy Tsang Wai-hung, former Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force.

zang1 wan1 cang4

增溫層增温层

Thermosphere; the layer of the Earth's atmosphere above the mesosphere.

Reinforcements; extra personnel and materials dispatched to handle a critical situation.

To struggle, make a great effort, or put up resistance.

To dispute, quarrel, or argue over something.

zang1 zap1 bat1 haa6

爭執不下争执不下

To quarrel endlessly with neither side willing to back down.

zang1 zek3 ngaan5 bai3 zek3 ngaan5

睜隻眼閉隻眼睁只眼闭只眼

To turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice something wrong.

To enhance, promote, improve, or facilitate something, typically abstract concepts.

zang1 zeon3 waa4

曾俊華曾俊华

John Tsang Chun-wah, former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong.

To increase capital; a capital increase.

Zengzi, a student of Confucius and presumed author or editor of the Great Learning.

To increase to.

曾志偉曾志伟

Eric Tsang, a prominent Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host.

To increase, enhance, or add value to something.

To multiply, reproduce, or proliferate; to increase in number or amount.

zang1 zik6 faan2 jing3 deoi1

增殖反應堆增殖反应堆

Breeder reactor; a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes.

zang1 zik6 seoi3

增值稅增值税

Value-added tax (VAT).

To fight, battle, or wage war.

To increase, rise, or grow.

zang1 zoeng2 cuk1 dou6

增長速度增长速度

Growth rate or rate of increase.

zang1 zoeng2 leot2

增長率增长率

Growth rate, especially in economics.

zang1 zoeng2 tin1

增長天增长天

Virudhaka, the Growth King and one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhism.

Great-grandfather, specifically one's father's paternal grandfather.

Great-grandfather; paternal grandfather's father.

zang1 zou2 fu6 mou5

Great-grandparents

zang1 zou2 mou5

Great-grandmother; paternal grandfather's mother.

Buddhist monks and secular people; both the clergy and the laity.

To argue, dispute, or engage in litigation.

To rush or scramble to do something before others; to vie for.

To give as a present or present as a gift.

A free gift or giveaway, often provided with purchase.

To join in the celebrations of an event; also used sarcastically to describe adding to someone's trouble.

To join in the fun or add to the excitement, often with a sarcastic or mocking undertone.