Cantonese words starting with Z

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zi2 caan2Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period

zi2 caau1banknote

zi2 cang4sublayer

zi2 cau2first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支

紫籌股紫筹股

zi2 cau4 gu2purple chip stock, with the capital from Mainland China invested in blue chip companies [written and colloquial]

zi2 cek3(literary) very close; very near

zi2 cek3 tin1 ngaai4so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)

zi2 ceoi3(literary) purport; objective; intent

zi2 ceot1to indicate

紫翅椋鳥紫翅椋鸟

zi2 ci3 loeng4 niu5(bird species of China) common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

zi2 cik1to denounce; to rebuke

zi2 cin4ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead

zi2 cing1designation; to refer to

zi2 cing4 zeoi6subroutine

zi2 coeng4see 子長市|子长市[Zi3 chang2 Shi4]

zi2 coi3edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori

紫菜包飯紫菜包饭

zi2 coi3 baau1 faan6gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)

紫菜屬紫菜属

zi2 coi3 suk6Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)

zi2 coi3 toi4variant of 紫菜薹[zi3 cai4 tai2]

zi2 cou2papyrus

zi2 cou2red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)

zi2 cou2 fo1Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)

zi2 daai2paper tape; paper streamer

zi2 daan2bullet

子彈火車子弹火车

zi2 daan2 fo2 ce1bullet train

子彈人子弹人

zi2 daan2 jan4a man who ejaculates very quickly during sex [colloquial]

zi2 dai6 bing1noun; army

zi2 dak1to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to

zi2 deng1boil on the toe

zi2 deoi1papers

zi2 dim2to gesticulate

指點迷津指点迷津

zi2 dim2 mai4 zeon1to show sb how to get to the right path

子癲前症子癫前症

zi2 din1 cin4 zing3pre-eclampsia, toxaemia of pregnancy (medicine)

zi2 ding1whitlow

zi2 ding1 hoeng1lilac

zi2 ding3paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead)

zi2 ding6dedicated

zi2 diu1sable (Martes zibellina)

zi2 doi6offspring

zi2 doi6to refer to

zi2 doi6paper bag

zi2 dou3to point at; to indicate

zi2 dou6to guide; to direct; to instruct

指導課指导课

zi2 dou6 fo3tutorial

指導教授指导教授

zi2 dou6 gaau3 sau6adviser

指導員指导员

zi2 dou6 jyun4instructor; political instructor (in the PLA)

指導者指导者

zi2 dou6 ze2coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor

zi2 duk6(computing) read-only

指東打西指东打西

zi2 dung1 daa2 sai1to set up a trap using distraction techniques [colloquial]

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