Cantonese words starting with Z

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子实
zi2 sat6variant of 籽實|籽实[zi3 shi2]
枳实
zi2 sat6dried fruit of immature citron or trifoliate orange (used in TCM)
籽实
zi2 sat6seed; kernel
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
指手画脚
zi2 sau2 waak6 goek3to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to criticize or give orders summarily
zi2 sau6to instruct
紫寿带
zi2 sau6 daai2(bird species of China) black paradise flycatcher; Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
zi2 sek6 jing1amethyst
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
zi2 seoi1only need
zi2 seoi1 jiu3only needs [written]
紫水鸡
zi2 seoi2 gai1(bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
zi2 seoi2 zing1amethyst
使
zi2 si2to incite
子时
zi2 si411 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
zi2 si6merely; only; just; nothing but; but; however
zi2 si6ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as self-explanatory character
zi2 si6to point out; to instruct; instructions
指示代词
zi2 si6 doi6 ci4demonstrative pronoun
zi2 si6 fu4indicator
zi2 si6 hei3indicator
指示剂
zi2 si6 zai1indicator
zi2 si6 zi6ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as self-explanatory character
zi2 sik1to stop; cessation
zi2 sik1purple
zi2 sik1 bou6Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"
紫色花蜜鸟
zi2 sik1 faa1 mat6 niu5(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
纸屑
zi2 sit3(noun) paper scraps;
紫啸鸫
zi2 siu3 dung1(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
纸箱
zi2 soeng1carton
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
指桑骂槐
zi2 song1 maa6 waai4lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; to make oblique accusations (idiom)
紫苏
zi2 sou1beefsteak plant; Perilla frutescens
紫苏属
zi2 sou1 suk6genus Perilla (includes basil and mints)
指数
zi2 sou3(numerical, statistical) index; index
指数基金
zi2 sou3 gei1 gam1index fund
指数函数
zi2 sou3 haam4 sou3exponential function
指数期权
zi2 sou3 kei4 kyun4index options
指数套利
zi2 sou3 tou3 lei6index arbitrage
zi2 syu2Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
仔孙
zi2 syun1offsprings
子孙
zi2 syun1(noun) Descendants
子孙根
zi2 syun1 gan1penis (slang)
子孙娘娘
zi2 syun1 noeng4 noeng4goddess of fertility
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)
只说不做
zi2 syut3 bat1 zou6to be all talk and no action
zi2 taan4red sandalwood
zi2 tang4wisteria
zi2 tang4 pin2painkiller
指头
zi2 tau4finger; CL:個|个[ge4]

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