Cantonese Dictionary

哲理

zit3 lei5

Mandarin: zhe2 li3

philosophic theory; philosophy

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哲蚌寺

zit3 pong5 zi6*2

Mandarin: zhe2 bang4 si4

Drepung (monastery near Lhasa, Tibet)

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唑

zo6

Mandarin: zuo4

azole (chemistry) | used in transliteration | # adapted from cc-cedict

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唧

zik1

Mandarin: ji1

(Cant.) a final particle | (onom.) to pump (water) | chirping of insects or birds | to squirt | to squeeze out | # adapted from cc-cedict

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唧屐

zek1 kek6

Mandarin: ji1 ji1

jacket

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唧都唔笑

zek1 dou1 m4 siu3

Mandarin: ji1 dou1 n2 xiao4

Cantonese

lit. no reaction to tickle, meaning one who is stern, serious, boring, not fun

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唧魚蛋

zik1 jyu4 daan2

Mandarin: ji1 yu2 dan4

Simplified: 唧鱼蛋

to squeeze a woman's breast; to make cotton buds in prison service [colloquial]

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唨

zo2

Mandarin: zuo3

(Cant.) particle indicating past tense | already | # adapted from cc-cedict

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啁

zau1

Mandarin: zhou1

chirp | to tease | # adapted from cc-cedict

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啁哳

zaau1 zaat3

Mandarin: zhao1 zha1

many different messy, miscellaneous sound

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啁啁

zaau1 zaau1

Mandarin: zhou1 zhou1

chirp

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啜

zyut3

Mandarin: chuo4

to sip | to sob | to kiss | to eat | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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啜奶嘴

zyut3 naai5 zeoi2

Mandarin: chuo4 nai3 zui3

Cantonese

suck dummy / pacifier

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啜手指

zyut3 sau2 zi2

Mandarin: chuo4 shou3 zhi3

[v] to suck fingers

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啜泣

zyut3 jap1

to sob or shed tears because of grief, sorrow, or pain; weep

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啜面珠

zyut3 min6 zyu1

Mandarin: chuo4 mian4 zhu1

kiss on cheek

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啫

zoe1

Mandarin: zhe3

penis | # adapted from cc-cedict

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啫啫

zoe1 zoe1

Mandarin: ze1 ze1

male genitals; penis | one method of Cantonese cooking, using a sizzling hot pot to cook food

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啫啫雞煲

zoe3 zoe3 gai1 bou1

Cantonese

sizzling chicken hot pot

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啫喱

ze1 lei1*2

Cantonese

[1] [loanword] jelly [2] [華]: 果子凍

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啫屐

ze1 kek6

Mandarin: ze1 ji1

jacket

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喆

zit3

Mandarin: zhe2

(used in given names) | variant of 哲zhé [哲] | a sage | wise | sagacious | # adapted from cc-cedict

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喋

zaap6

Mandarin: die2

the sound of fish or bird feeding in the water | # adapted from cc-cedict

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喳

zaa1

Mandarin: cha1

to chirp | to chatter | chirrup | response of acknowledgement by servants in the past when taking orders from their master | used in transliterations, such as 'jar' | 'jug' | # adapted from cc-cedict

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喳喳淋

zaa4 zaa4 lam4

Mandarin: cha1cha5 lin2

quickly; fast; hurry up [colloquial]

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喳喳聲

zaa4 zaa2 seng1

Mandarin: zha1 zha1 sheng1

Simplified: 喳喳声

quicker; quicly

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嗟

ze1

Mandarin: jie1

to sigh; alas

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嗟怨

ze1 jyun3

Mandarin: jie1 yuan4

to sigh and whine

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嗣

zi6

Mandarin: si4

succession (to a title) | to inherit | continuing (a tradition) | posterity | descendants | heirs | # adapted from cc-cedict

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嗣位

zi6 wai6

Mandarin: si4 wei4

succeed to the throne

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