Cantonese words starting with Z

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紙人紙馬纸人纸马

zi2 jan4 zi2 maa5paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals

zi2 jan5to guide; to point (the way); guidance

zi2 jat6 ho2 doi6imminent

zi2 jau5only have ...; there is only ...; it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement")

zi2 je6midnight

zi2 ji3depends on

zi2 ji3decree; order

zi2 ji4(coll.) penny

zi2 ji5think; hope

zi2 ji5verb; expect, hope

zi2 jin1cigarette

只言片語只言片语

zi2 jin4 pin3 jyu5(idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases

zi2 jing4paper matrix in which type is set

zi2 jing6to identify

zi2 jip6(botany) cotyledon; seed leaf

紙葉子纸叶子

zi2 jip6 zi2deck of playing cards

zi2 jiu3so long as; provided; if

只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

zi2 jiu3 gung1 fu1 sam1 ，tit3 cyu5 mo4 sing4 zam1If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.; to study diligently

zi2 joek6Confucius says:

zi2 joeng2paper pattern as model in dressmaking

zi2 joeng4see 紫陽縣|紫阳县[Zi3 yang2 Xian4]

紫陽縣紫阳县

zi2 joeng4 jyun6Ziyang, a county in Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi

zi2 jyu2silverfish (Lepisma saccarina)

子曰詩云子曰诗云

zi2 jyut6 si1 wan4Confucius poem and text

zi2 kat1to suppress coughing

zi2 kat1 seoi2cough syrup [written and colloquial]

止咳糖漿止咳糖浆

zi2 kat1 tong4 zoeng1cough suppressant syrup

zi2 kwai1cuckoo

zi2 kwan4subgroup (math.)

紫林鴿紫林鸽

zi2 lam4 gaap3(bird species of China) pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea)

zi2 ling6to order; to command

紫羅蘭紫罗兰

zi2 lo4 laan4(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana)

紫羅蘭色紫罗兰色

zi2 lo4 laan4 sik1violet (color)

紙老虎纸老虎

zi2 lou5 fu2paper tiger

zi2 lou6Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 Lu4]

zi2 lou6to give directions

zi2 luk6happiness and wealth

指鹿為馬指鹿为马

zi2 luk6 wai4 maa5making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation

指鹿作馬指鹿作马

zi2 luk6 zok3 maa5to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth

zi2 maa5paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals

紙馬兒纸马儿

zi2 maa5 ji4erhua variant of 紙馬|纸马[zhi3 ma3]

zi2 mai5black glutinous rice

zi2 man4fingerprint

zi2 mei4crape myrtle

紫微斗數紫微斗数

zi2 mei4 dau2 sou3Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling

紫微宮紫微宫

zi2 mei4 gung1palace of Jade emperor (in Taoism)

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