Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- huī
English
- direct
- to wave
- (slang) (loanword of fight) 1. Compare; 2. Comparable
- to wave; to swing
- wipe away
- to brandish
- squander
- to command
- to conduct
- to scatter
- to disperse
粵語
- 手嘅前臂大幅度移動;可以係空手或者揸住一啲嘢
Variants
Words containing 揮
- 發揮faat3 fai1
to display
- 指揮zi2 fai1
to conduct
- 揮舞fai1 mou5
to brandish
- 揮手fai1 sau2
to wave (one's hand)
- 揮霍fai1 fok3
to squander money
- 揮動fai1 dung6
to wave sth
- 揮發fai1 faat3
to volatilize
- 揮軍fai1 gwan1
to lead an army; to lead troops [written and colloquial]
- 指揮官zi2 fai1 gun1
commander
- 揮春fai1 ceon1
noun; Red banners, lucky messages, Red Couplets, Year couplets
- 揮低fai1 dai1
to defeat someone in a competition or a fight; literally: to fight down
- 揮師fai1 si1
in command of the army
- 揮灑fai1 saa2
to sprinkle
- 有得揮jau5 dak1 fai1
can match up to; can compare favourably with; bear comparison with [colloquial]
- 揮拳fai1 kyun4
to punch; to throw a punch
- 揮之不去fai1 zi1 bat1 heoi3
impossible to get rid of
- 指揮者zi2 fai1 ze2
conductor
- 揮斥fai1 cik1
to chide
- 指揮燈zi2 fai1 dang1
indicator lights on vehicle; used to signal the direction the car is turning, or when both are flashing, to signal vehicle is stopped, disabled, or in an emergency situation
- 揮翰fai1 hon6
(literary) to wield a writing brush
- 冇得揮mou5 dak1 fai1
incomparable; unbeatable [colloquial]
- 瞎指揮hat6 zi2 fai1
to give nonsensical instructions
- 借題發揮ze3 tai4 faat3 fai1
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
- 揮灑自如fai1 saa2 zi6 jyu4
(idiom) to do (sth) with great aplomb