Cantonese words starting with Z
11,645 entries
飼養饲养
zi6 joeng5to raise
飼養場饲养场
zi6 joeng5 coeng4farm; dry lot
飼養業饲养业
zi6 joeng5 jip6stock farming
飼養員饲养员
zi6 joeng5 jyun4zookeeper; breeder (of livestock, dogs or poultry etc)
自養生物自养生物
zi6 joeng5 sang1 mat6(biology) autotroph
飼養者饲养者
zi6 joeng5 ze2feeder
字樣字样
zi6 joeng6model or template character; mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
飼育饲育
zi6 juk6to rear (an animal)
自用
zi6 jung6Personal use
自如
zi6 jyu4unobstructed; smoothly; freely
自娛自娱
zi6 jyu4to amuse oneself
治癒治愈
zi6 jyu6to cure; to restore to health
自喻
zi6 jyu6to refer to oneself as
寺院
zi6 jyun2cloister; monastery
自怨自艾
zi6 jyun3 zi6 ngaai6to be full of remorse
字元
zi6 jyun4character (computing) (Tw)
字源
zi6 jyun4etymology (of a non-Chinese word)
自圓其說自圆其说
zi6 jyun4 kei4 syut3to justify one's own argument; to make one's statement consistent; to make out a good case for oneself; to patch up the breach oneself; to fill up gaps in one's theory
字元集
zi6 jyun4 zaap6character set
自願自愿
zi6 jyun6voluntary
自願性自愿性
zi6 jyun6 sing3voluntary
自願者自愿者
zi6 jyun6 ze2volunteer; consenting participant
自給自给
zi6 kap1self-reliant
自給自足自给自足
zi6 kap1 zi6 zuk1self-sufficiency
踶跂
zi6 kei5overconfident and conceited mannerisms
自強自强
zi6 koeng4to strive for self-improvement
自強不息自强不息
zi6 koeng4 bat1 sik1to strive unremittingly
自強運動自强运动
zi6 koeng4 wan6 dung6Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 洋務運動|洋务运动
自強自立自强自立
zi6 koeng4 zi6 laap6to strive for self-improvement
自誇自夸
zi6 kwaa1to boast
自愧不如
zi6 kwai3 bat1 jyu4ashamed of being inferior (idiom)
自愧弗如
zi6 kwai3 fat1 jyu4to feel ashamed at being inferior (idiom)
伺隙
zi6 kwik1to wait for the opportunity
自決自决
zi6 kyut3self-decision
自決權自决权
zi6 kyut3 kyun4Self-determination
自立
zi6 laap6independent; self-sustaining; to support oneself
自立門戶自立门户
zi6 laap6 mun4 wu6to form one's own group or school of thought; to establish oneself
自立自強自立自强
zi6 laap6 zi6 koeng4to be self-reliant
字林
zi6 lam4Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
字粒
zi6 lap1cast metal type pieces used in printing
自流
zi6 lau4flow automatically; to flow by itself; to take its natural course; to do as one pleases
自留地
zi6 lau4 dei6private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm
自流井
zi6 lau4 zeng2see 自流井區|自流井区[Zi4 liu2 jing3 Qu1]
自流井區自流井区
zi6 lau4 zeng2 keoi1Ziliujing, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan
治理
zi6 lei5to govern; to manage; governance
自理
zi6 lei5to take care of oneself
字裡行間字里行间
zi6 leoi5 hong4 gaan1between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
自律
zi6 leot6self-discipline; autonomy (ethics)
自律性組織自律性组织
zi6 leot6 sing3 zou2 zik1Self-Regulation Organization
自力更生
zi6 lik6 gang1 sang1regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)
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