碗 (wun2) — bowl in Cantonese
wunˊ²碗
Mandarin Pinyin: wan3
Meaning of 碗
nounbowl
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Example Sentences with 碗
你想唔想食碗雲吞麵？
Do you want to eat a bowl of wonton noodles?
朝早食嗰碗粥稀冧冧，未到晏晝就餓嘅嘞
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.
ngˎ₄唔goiˉ¹該neiˏ₅你faai˗₃快faai˗₃快ceoi˗₃脆ceoi˗₃脆saiˊ²洗saai˗₃晒diˉ¹啲wunˊ²碗(keoi5;佢)。
Please wash all the dishes quickly.
點解你洗嚫碗都打爛嘢㗎？
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something?
sikˍ₆食zoˊ²咗saamˉ¹三wunˊ²碗faan6.飯。
Ate three bowls of rice.
Words Containing 碗
食碗面，反碗底sik6 wun2 min2 faan2 wun2 dai2
(idiom) to repay kindness with ingratitude; to betray a friend
烘碗機hong3 wun2 gei1
dish dryer
碗碟櫃wun2 dip6 gwai6
cupboard for crockery, tableware or kitchen utensils | Also: 碗櫃; 杯櫃
保住飯碗bou2 zyu6 faan6 wun2
Securing / protecting one's means of making a living (lit. to protect rice bowl) [華]: 保著飯碗 [Syn.] 保飯碗
洗盤碗sai2 pun4 wun2
to wash dishes in a restaurant; one who washes dishes
洗碗sai2 wun2
to wash the dishes
鐵飯碗tit3 faan6 wun2
iron rice bowl — a secure job
飯碗faan6 wun2
rice bowl; ricebowl
保飯碗bou2 faan6 wun2
Securing / protecting one's means of making a living (lit. to protect rice bowl) [Syn.] [華]: 保著飯碗 [粵]: 保住飯碗
崩大碗bang1 daai6 wun2
Centella asiatica, used as a medicinal herb in TCM
碗仔翅wun2 zai2 ci3
(food) vegetarian Shark-fin Soup
碗碟碰埋都有聲wun2 dip6 pung3 maai4 dou1 jau5 seng1
"bowls and dishes clink when banged together," used to admonish people coming together to forget previous quarrels
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