Cantonese words starting with Z

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Seed or fruit of a plant.

Dried immature fruit of the bitter orange or trifoliate orange, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Seed or kernel.

zi2 sau2 waak6 goek3

指手劃腳指手划脚

To gesticulate and use body language, or to order people about without helping.

zi2 sau2 waak6 goek3

指手畫腳指手画脚

To gesticulate while speaking, or to critically and bossily point fingers and give orders.

To instruct or direct.

紫壽帶紫寿带

Black paradise flycatcher, also known as the Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata).

zi2 sek6 jing1 hou6

紫石英號紫石英号

HMS Amethyst, the Royal Navy corvette involved in the 1949 Amethyst Incident on the Yangtze River.

Only need to; only required to.

Only need; only require.

紫水雞紫水鸡

Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus).

zi2 seoi2 zing1

To instigate, incite, or direct someone to do something bad.

The period from 11 PM to 1 AM in the traditional Chinese two-hour system.

But; only; except that.

An ideogram; one of the six classifications of Chinese characters representing abstract concepts.

Instruction, direction, or indication; spoken or signaled guidance on how to do something.

zi2 si6 doi6 ci4

指示代詞指示代词

Demonstrative pronoun

Indicator; a sign, signal, or marker that points to or shows something.

An indicator or display device.

指示劑指示剂

Indicator; a chemical substance used to monitor the progress of a reaction or test for acidity.

An ideogram or self-explanatory character, one of the six classification methods of Chinese characters.

To stop, cease, or come to an end.

Purple; the colour made by mixing red and blue, such as the colour of lavender.

Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese writer of the Heian period and author of The Tale of Genji.

zi2 sik1 faa1 mat6 niu5

紫色花蜜鳥紫色花蜜鸟

Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus).

Scraps of paper; small, shredded, or torn pieces of paper.

紫嘯鶇紫啸鸫

Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus).

A cardboard box or carton.

zi2 soeng6 taam4 bing1

紙上談兵纸上谈兵

To engage in idle theorizing or act as an armchair strategist; all talk and no action.

zi2 song1 maa6 waai4

指桑罵槐指桑骂槐

To criticize someone indirectly; to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree.

Beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens).

紫蘇屬紫苏属

The genus Perilla; a genus of annual herbs belonging to the mint family Lamiaceae.

Index, indicator, or mathematical exponent.

zi2 sou3 gei1 gam1

指數基金指数基金

Index fund; a type of mutual fund or exchange-traded fund that tracks a specific financial market index.

zi2 sou3 haam4 sou3

指數函數指数函数

Exponential function.

zi2 sou3 kei4 kyun4

指數期權指数期权

Index options; a financial derivative that gives the holder the right to buy or sell a financial index.

zi2 sou3 tou3 lei6

指數套利指数套利

Index arbitrage; a trading strategy that exploits price differences between index futures and the underlying stocks.

The Year of the Rat, representing the first year of the twelve-year Chinese zodiac cycle.

Offspring, descendants, or children and grandchildren.

Children and grandchildren; descendants.

子孫根子孙根

Penis; a humorous euphemism for the male genitalia.

zi2 syun1 noeng4 noeng4

子孫娘娘子孙娘娘

Goddess of fertility and childbirth in Chinese folk religion.

止損點止损点

Stop-loss point; the price at which one sells a security to prevent further losses.

zi2 syut3 bat1 zou6

只說不做只说不做

To be all talk and no action; to make promises or speak without taking any practical steps.

Red sandalwood; padauk.

Painkiller; analgesic tablet.