Cantonese words starting with Z

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zeng3 mui1(Tw) beautiful woman
正话
zeng3 waa6(adverb) a moment before; a moment ago; just now
zeng6clean; only; (Chinese opera) painted face male role; cleanse
zeng6clean; only; (Chinese opera) painted face male role; cleanse
zeng6Zheng state during the Warring States period; abbr. for 郑州Zhèngzhōu [郑州]; sol...
郑家富
zeng6 gaa1 fu3Andrew Cheng Kar-foo, a Hong Kong politician
郑国渠
zeng6 gwok3 keoi4Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC
郑光祖
zeng6 gwong1 zou2Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comed...
郑幸娟
zeng6 hang6 gyun1Zheng Xingjuan (1989–), Chinese female high jumper
郑人争年
zeng6 jan4 zang1 nin4Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom)
郑伊健
zeng6 ji1 gin6Ekin Cheng (1967-), Hong Kong actor and pop singer
郑易里
zeng6 jik6 lei5Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the ...
郑汝桦
zeng6 jyu5 waa4Eva Cheng Yu-wah, a Hong Kong politician
郑裕玲
zeng6 jyu6 ling4Carol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host
郑玄
zeng6 jyun4Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
郑码
zeng6 maa5Zheng coding; also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3]
郑梦准
zeng6 mung6 zeon2Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代|现代[Xian4...
净身出户
zeng6 san1 ceot1 wu6to leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or property)
郑秀文
zeng6 sau3 man4Sammi Cheng Sau Man, a Hong Kong singer and actress
郑成功
zeng6 sing4 gung1Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader
郑和
zeng6 wo4Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
郑则仕
zeng6 zak1 si6Kent Cheng Jak-si, a Hong Kong actor
郑州
zeng6 zau1see 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4]
郑州大学
zeng6 zau1 daai6 hok6Zhengzhou University
郑州市
zeng6 zau1 si5Zhengzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 S...
郑中基
zeng6 zung1 gei1Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, a Hong Kong singer and actor
郑重
zeng6 zung6formal
郑重其事
zeng6 zung6 kei4 si6serious about the matter
𩺬
zeoi1a moray eel
zeoi1a surname
zeoi1macaque; to lie in ambush; monkey; to watch for
zeoi1gangrene; an ulcer
zeoi1cone; to bore; gimlet; to drill
zeoi1short-tailed bird
zeoi1 ban1 zuk6 bak1to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
zeoi1 bei2to flog
zeoi1 bik1to pursue closely; to demand (payment)
zeoi1 bing1pursuing troops
追补
zeoi1 bou2a supplement
zeoi1 bou6to pursue; to hunt down
追本穷源
zeoi1 bun2 kung4 jyun4see 追本溯源[zhui1 ben3 su4 yuan2]
zeoi1 caa4to try to find out; to trace; to track down
追寻
zeoi1 cam4to pursue; to search
追寻现代中国
zeoi1 cam4 jin6 doi6 zung1 gwok3In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁[Shi3 Jing3 qian1]
追缉
zeoi1 cap1to pursue; to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc)
追随
zeoi1 ceoi4to follow
追随者
zeoi1 ceoi4 ze2follower; following
锥齿轮
zeoi1 ci2 leon4pinion gear
zeoi1 ci3to stab from hiding
追歼
zeoi1 cim1to pursue and kill

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