Cantonese words starting with Z

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Pig's trotter; pig's feet as a food ingredient.

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豬腳薑猪脚姜

Ginger vinegar; a traditional Cantonese dish made of ginger, sweet vinegar, pig's trotters, and eggs.

豬肝色猪肝色

Dark reddish brown color, resembling the color of pig's liver.

Pearl River, a major river system in Guangdong province.

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珠江三角洲

Pearl River Delta; the delta region in southern Guangdong formed by the Xi, Bei, and Dong rivers.

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Zhujiang New Town, a central business district in Guangzhou, China.

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珠江新城站

Zhujiang New Town Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China.

The compound surname Zhuge.

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諸葛亮诸葛亮

Zhuge Liang (181–234), a famous statesman and military strategist of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.

Pork fat or lard.

Chocolate; a food made from cocoa, milk, and sugar.

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Chocolate milk.

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Chocolate sprinkles or chocolate chips.

A male pig; a boar.

A pigpen; a pigsty.

Feudal lords or rulers of vassal states during feudal times, especially those before the Qin dynasty.

Zhuhai; a city in Guangdong, China, south of Zhongshan and adjacent to Macau.

Pig blood jelly; pig blood curd.

A type of dark soy sauce.

Lard; cooking oil extracted from pig fat that solidifies into a white solid when cooled.

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豬油包猪油包

A traditional Cantonese bun filled with pork fat, candied winter melon, and sugar.

Pig liver, a common ingredient in Chinese cooking.

朱義盛朱义盛

Fake jewellery or counterfeit luxury goods.

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朱纓花朱缨花

Red powderpuff; Calliandra haematocephala, a species of flowering shrub.

Pork; the meat of a pig used as food.

豬肉刀猪肉刀

A butcher's knife, typically used for cutting meat.

豬肉乾猪肉干

Pork jerky; a preserved pork food dried with seasonings.

豬肉佬猪肉佬

A male butcher.

豬肉舖猪肉铺

A butcher's shop; a pork butcher shop.

Dwarf; a person of unusually small stature due to a genetic condition.

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諸如此類诸如此类

And things like that; and so on and suchlike.

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珠圓玉潤珠圆玉润

Exquisite, smooth, and pleasingly rounded, describing either a person's singing voice or beautiful handwriting.

Pigsty; pigpen.

Probationary inspector in the Hong Kong Police Force, named after the single star on their shoulder badge.

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Senior Assistant Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police, named after the rank's badge design.

To implicate other innocent people in a crime; to involve others in a criminal case.

Pig feed, or a traditional filler paste made from pig blood, talcum powder, and water.

Jura; the mountains in eastern France extending into Switzerland.

An idiot, fool, or stupid person.

侏羅紀侏罗纪

The Jurassic period, a geologic period between the Triassic and Cretaceous.

A male pig kept for breeding.

A pig cage or pig basket.

豬籠車猪笼车

A wooden flatbed trolley or handcart used for moving goods.

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豬籠草猪笼草

Pitcher plant; a tropical carnivorous plant with pitcher-shaped traps that capture insects.

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豬籠入水猪笼入水

To rake in money from all directions; to have wealth pouring in from many different sources.

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珠聯璧合珠联璧合

An ideal match, usually used to congratulate a newlywed couple on their marriage.