Cantonese words starting with Z

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To bump into; to collide with; to hurt oneself by hitting something.

To have a car crash or traffic accident; to collide.

To try one's luck; to have a stroke of luck or be fortunate by chance.

zong6 daai6 baan2

To run into serious trouble or make a major blunder.

To bump into, collide with, or unexpectedly run into someone or something.

zong6 dou3 mun5 tin1 sing1

撞到滿天星撞到满天星

To be so dizzy from a blow to the head that one sees stars.

To get angry or pissed off.

Condition, situation, or state of affairs.

To strike, hit, or clash violently against something.

To bump into or run across someone by chance.

Swindler or con artist.

A derogatory term for a lawyer.

zong6 hau2 zong6 min6

To run into someone constantly; to regularly cross paths or come across someone in daily life.

To get a bruise from being hit or bumped.

Adverbial; a grammatical modifier of a predicate.

The top scorer in an exam; historically the number-one scholar in the imperial civil service examinations.

To have a conflict of schedules; to clash in date or time.

To have hard-of-hearing or deteriorating hearing due to old age.

Appearance; physical form and look of someone or something.

To run into someone unexpectedly; to meet face-to-face by chance.

To happen to; by chance or coincidence.

To bump into and break, or to catch someone red-handed.

To wear the same outfit as someone else by coincidence, especially at a social event.

zong6 sau2 san4

To try one's luck; to leave things to chance or fortune.

zong6 sei2 maa5

撞死馬撞死马

To look extremely panicked or in a great rush, as if one has just run over and killed a horse.

zong6 sei2 maa5 gam2

撞死馬咁撞死马咁

To run in a frantic rush, as if in an emergency or panicked state.

An ancient profession of helping people with lawsuits and litigation, similar to a modern lawyer.

State, condition, or status of a person, animal, substance, or abstract concept.

zong6 taai3 caam1 sou3

狀態參數状态参数

Status parameters.

To hit or bang one's head; to headbutt.

Firing pin; the component in a firearm that strikes the primer of a cartridge to detonate it.

To happen to meet or run into by chance, or to experience a scheduling clash.

Tibetan ethnic group; the Tibetan people.

Rent; the money or fee paid to rent a property or an object.

Dregs, yeast, or grains from brewing wine; pickled in wine; ruined, messy, or in a bad state.

To suffer, meet with, or be subjected to a disaster or misfortune.

To waste, ruin, or treat something with careless abuse.

To encounter or suffer from misfortune.

Concession; a leased territory within a country set aside for foreigners to live and trade.

Rent; money paid to a landlord or owner for the temporary use of something.

To be robbed or plundered.

Terrible; awful; in a bad state.

Poor food or frugal diet; a wife who has shared her husband's hardships.

To rent or lease; to pay money to use property or objects.

Lease or tenancy agreement.

To suffer a disaster, misfortune, or calamity.

To rent, lease, or charter; to pay money for the temporary right to use something.

Bitter experience; an unfortunate encounter.

To suffer or be subjected to bad treatment or misfortune.

To treat someone harshly, be mean to them, or mock them; to ruin or wreck an object.