Cantonese words starting with Z

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Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb)

Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system

to extract; an excerpt

lit. to take off a hat; rehabilitation

lit. to take off a hat; rehabilitation

a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")

female geek; female nerd; otaku girl

to choose a spouse

to delist (a traded security)

to extract and edit; excerpts

see 澤普縣|泽普县[Ze2 pu3 Xian4]

zaak6 pou2 jyun6

澤普縣泽普县

Poskam, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang

delivery service, primarily C2C and B2C (Tw)

Jersey (Channel Islands)

zaak6 sai1 dou2

澤西島泽西岛

Jersey (Channel Islands)

(adjective) difficult; thorny

common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)

to throw the dice

擲骰子掷骰子

to throw the dice

to be picky (food)

zaak6 sin6 gu3 zap1

擇善固執择善固执

to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)

zaak6 sin6 ji4 cung4

擇善而從择善而从

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

in exile as penal servitude

zeta (Greek letter Ζζ)

zaak6 tit3 beng2

擲鐵餅掷铁饼

to throw a discus

please return (an item sent in the mail)

(bird species of China) marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)

see 澤州縣|泽州县[Ze2 zhou1 Xian4]

zaak6 zau1 jyun6

澤州縣泽州县

Zezhou, a county in Jincheng City 晉城市|晋城市[Jin4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi

to borrow money

house; residence

zaak6 zi3 gong1

翟志剛翟志刚

Zhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut

(literary) to pace back and forth

hairpin; to wear in hair

tsampa; tsamba (Tibetan staple food)

Wearing a flower in one's hair

to wink; to bat (the eyes)

to behead (as form of capital punishment); to fight

noun; cut loss, margin cut; liquidation; forced liquidation

zaam2 cou2 ceoi4 gan1

斬草除根斩草除根

to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch

zaam2 deng1 zit6 tit3

斬釘截鐵斩钉截铁

lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)

zaam2 dou3 bin3 si2 beng2 wai4 zi2

斬到變屎餅為止斩到变屎饼为止

to chop somone to bits [colloquial]