Cantonese words starting with Z

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To raise, rear, or keep animals.

zi6 joeng5 coeng4

飼養場饲养场

A breeding farm or dry lot for raising livestock.

zi6 joeng5 jip6

飼養業饲养业

Stock farming; the animal husbandry industry.

zi6 joeng5 jyun4

飼養員饲养员

Zookeeper, livestock breeder, or animal keeper.

zi6 joeng5 sang1 mat6

自養生物自养生物

Autotroph; an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.

飼養者饲养者

A breeder, keeper, or rearer of animals.

Words, characters, or text printed on products or packaging.

To breed, raise, or rear animals.

For personal use; to use for oneself.

Skillful, comfortable, and in full control of an action; done with ease.

To amuse oneself; to entertain or please oneself.

Healing; soothing; comforting; describes something that brings warmth, love, or positive energy to the viewer.

To compare oneself to; to refer to oneself as.

Temple or monastery; a religious building used by Buddhist or other clergy for worship and spiritual practice.

zi6 jyun3 zi6 ngaai6

To bemoan one's fate; to be full of remorse and self-reproach.

A character, as the basic unit of written language, typically used in computing and telecommunications.

Etymology, especially of a non-Chinese word.

zi6 jyun4 kei4 syut3

自圓其說自圆其说

To justify one's own argument or make one's statement consistent and self-explanatory.

zi6 jyun4 zaap6

Character set; a set of characters used in a specific writing system or computer encoding.

Voluntary; done of one's own free will.

zi6 jyun6 sing3

自願性自愿性

Voluntary; the quality of being willing or consensual.

自願者自愿者

Volunteer; a consenting participant.

Self-sufficient; self-reliant; providing for one's own needs.

zi6 kap1 zi6 zuk1

自給自足自给自足

To be self-sufficient; to produce or provide everything one needs without depending on others.

Overconfident and conceited mannerisms.

To strive for self-improvement; to constantly work to make oneself stronger.

zi6 koeng4 bat1 sik1

自強不息自强不息

To strive continuously and tirelessly by one's own efforts; to never give up.

zi6 koeng4 wan6 dung6

自強運動自强运动

Self-Strengthening Movement, a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty.

zi6 koeng4 zi6 laap6

自強自立自强自立

To strive for self-improvement and rely on oneself.

To boast or brag about oneself.

zi6 kwai3 bat1 jyu4

To feel ashamed of one's own inferiority or lack of ability in comparison to others.

zi6 kwai3 fat1 jyu4

To feel ashamed of one's inferiority to someone else.

To lie in wait for an opportunity; to bide one's time.

To commit suicide, or to make one's own decisions.

zi6 kyut3 kyun4

自決權自决权

The right to self-determination.

To be independent, self-reliant, or stand on one's own feet.

zi6 laap6 mun4 wu6

自立門戶自立门户

To establish one's own independent group, school of thought, business, or household.

zi6 laap6 zi6 koeng4

自立自強自立自强

To be self-reliant and strive for self-improvement.

Zilin, an ancient Chinese character dictionary from around 400 AD.

A movable type; a single block or character used in letterpress printing.

To flow automatically, or to do as one pleases and let things take their natural course.

Private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm.

zi6 lau4 zeng2 keoi1

自流井區自流井区

Ziliujing, a district of Zigong City in Sichuan province.

To govern, administer, or manage; also to treat, handle, or cure.

To take care of oneself; to manage one's own daily life or affairs.

zi6 leoi5 hong4 gaan1

字裡行間字里行间

Between the lines; the implied or underlying meaning of a written passage.

Self-disciplined; to restrain oneself and regulate one's own behavior.

zi6 leot6 sing3 zou2 zik1

自律性組織自律性组织

Self-regulatory organization; a non-governmental organization that exercises some degree of regulatory authority over an industry or profession.

zi6 lik6 gang1 sang1

To stand on one's own feet; to be self-reliant and make a fresh start through one's own efforts.