Cantonese words starting with Z

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To promote, talk up, or create momentum for someone or something.

To build momentum, create buzz, or boost influence through promotion or publicity campaigns.

zou6 sai3 gaai3

To engage in major criminal activities to make big money, such as kidnapping, bank robbery, or drug trafficking.

zou6 sang1 bat1 jyu4 zou6 suk6

做生不如做熟

It is better to stick to what you know or do what you are familiar with rather than start a new trade.

做收錢做收钱

To work as a cashier or to be responsible for collecting money.

zou6 sau2 goek3

做手腳做手脚

To do something illicit secretly; to tamper with or pull tricks.

zou6 sau2 seon3

To buy or serve as a souvenir or gift for friends and relatives when traveling.

To celebrate a birthday, usually for an elderly person, by hosting a party or banquet.

To work, act, or handle matters.

To result in, make, or cause.

To cause, bring about, or give rise to an undesirable result.

zou6 sing6 hong4

An polite and elegant way to ask someone what their profession or line of work is.

To work as a prostitute, escort, or hostess.

To perform in a show, or to put on a show in public to feign something.

To do bookkeeping and accounting, or to falsify financial records.

zou6 syun4 jip6

造船業造船业

The shipbuilding industry.

To do appropriately, properly, or successfully.

zou6 wan6 dung6

做運動做运动

To do physical exercises, workouts, or athletic activities for health and fitness.

To bring success to; to cultivate or help someone or something to succeed.

造紙廠造纸厂

Paper mill; a paper-making factory.

To have done; also to have become.

zou6 zo2 jan4 zyu1 zai2

做咗人豬仔做咗人猪仔

To become someone's victim of deception, human trafficking, or forced labor.

Statue or image, especially a religious one carved from stone or cast in metal.

Affected, artificial, or unnatural in behavior, facial expression, tone, or manner.

To act as the dealer or banker in a gambling game, or figuratively, to be the person in charge.

To enjoin, urge, or remind earnestly.

To hold, grasp, or catch.

To gaze at or focus one's eyes on.

To wish someone well, to pray, or to express blessings.

Bamboo; a fast-growing, evergreen woody plant with hollow, jointed stems.

Sincere, true, or deep; also used in classical contexts to refer to ancient India.

An ancient five-stringed lute, or to build.

To build or construct a physical structure.

Congee; rice porridge cooked with a large amount of water.

To touch, contact, or encounter.

Foot or leg; a bound morpheme related to feet or legs.

The foot, or the lower part of the leg.

Complete, unabridged, or unexpurgated.

To catch a thief.

A bamboo skewer or bamboo stick.

Bamboo skewer or toothpick; a thin, long bamboo stick used for skewering food or cleaning teeth.

zuk1 co3 jung6 san4

捉錯用神捉错用神

To misinterpret, misunderstand, or get the wrong idea about someone else's thoughts or intentions.

zuk1 cung4 jap6 si2 fat1

捉蟲入屎忽捉虫入屎忽

To ask for trouble; to make trouble for oneself or mess things up.

zuk1 cung4 jap6 si2 fat1

捉蟲入屎窟捉虫入屎窟

To ask for trouble or make trouble for oneself; to bring unnecessary complications upon oneself.

To get or give an electric shock; for an electric current to pass through the body.

zuk1 dou2 luk6 m4 sik1 tyut3 gok3

捉到鹿唔識脫角捉到鹿唔识脱角

To fail to fully exploit a golden opportunity.

To stir up emotions or touch on feelings; to trigger or activate a system by touch.

竹花頭竹花头

The Chinese radical 艹, representing grass or herbs.

To offend, violate, or break (a law, regulation, or rule).