Cantonese words starting with Z
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子實子实
zi2 sat6variant of 籽實|籽实[zi3 shi2]
枳實枳实
zi2 sat6dried fruit of immature citron or trifoliate orange (used in TCM)
籽實籽实
zi2 sat6seed; kernel
指手劃腳指手划脚
zi2 sau2 waak6 goek3to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
指手畫腳指手画脚
zi2 sau2 waak6 goek3to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to criticize or give orders summarily
指授
zi2 sau6to instruct
紫壽帶紫寿带
zi2 sau6 daai2(bird species of China) black paradise flycatcher; Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
紫石英
zi2 sek6 jing1amethyst
紫石英號紫石英号
zi2 sek6 jing1 hou6HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette fired on by PLA forces on the Yangtze River in 1949, triggering the Amethyst Incident
只需
zi2 seoi1only need
只需要
zi2 seoi1 jiu3only needs [written]
紫水雞紫水鸡
zi2 seoi2 gai1(bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
紫水晶
zi2 seoi2 zing1amethyst
指使
zi2 si2to incite
子時子时
zi2 si411 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
只是
zi2 si6merely; only; just; nothing but; but; however
指事
zi2 si6ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as self-explanatory character
指示
zi2 si6to point out; to instruct; instructions
指示代詞指示代词
zi2 si6 doi6 ci4demonstrative pronoun
指示符
zi2 si6 fu4indicator
指示器
zi2 si6 hei3indicator
指示劑指示剂
zi2 si6 zai1indicator
指事字
zi2 si6 zi6ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as self-explanatory character
止息
zi2 sik1to stop; cessation
紫色
zi2 sik1purple
紫式部
zi2 sik1 bou6Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"
紫色花蜜鳥紫色花蜜鸟
zi2 sik1 faa1 mat6 niu5(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
紙屑纸屑
zi2 sit3(noun) paper scraps;
紫嘯鶇紫啸鸫
zi2 siu3 dung1(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
紙箱纸箱
zi2 soeng1carton
紙上談兵纸上谈兵
zi2 soeng6 taam4 bing1lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); armchair strategist; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
指桑罵槐指桑骂槐
zi2 song1 maa6 waai4lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; to make oblique accusations (idiom)
紫蘇紫苏
zi2 sou1beefsteak plant; Perilla frutescens
紫蘇屬紫苏属
zi2 sou1 suk6genus Perilla (includes basil and mints)
指數指数
zi2 sou3(numerical, statistical) index; index
指數基金指数基金
zi2 sou3 gei1 gam1index fund
指數函數指数函数
zi2 sou3 haam4 sou3exponential function
指數期權指数期权
zi2 sou3 kei4 kyun4index options
指數套利指数套利
zi2 sou3 tou3 lei6index arbitrage
子鼠
zi2 syu2Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
仔孫仔孙
zi2 syun1offsprings
子孫子孙
zi2 syun1(noun) Descendants
子孫根子孙根
zi2 syun1 gan1penis (slang)
子孫娘娘子孙娘娘
zi2 syun1 noeng4 noeng4goddess of fertility
止損點止损点
zi2 syun2 dim2(finance) stop-loss point (price at which one resolves to sell a security at a loss in order to avoid the possibility of having to sell later at an even lower price)
只說不做只说不做
zi2 syut3 bat1 zou6to be all talk and no action
紫檀
zi2 taan4red sandalwood
紫藤
zi2 tang4wisteria
止疼片
zi2 tang4 pin2painkiller
指頭指头
zi2 tau4finger; CL:個|个[ge4]
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