Cantonese words starting with C

8,852 entries

彻夜不眠
cit3 je6 bat1 min4to be sleepless all night
切尔诺贝利
cit3 ji5 nok6 bui3 lei6Chernobyl
西切尔西
cit3 ji5 sai1(name) Chelsea
设宴
cit3 jin3to hold a banquet
撤营
cit3 jing4to withdraw troops
cit3 jiu3essential
设若
cit3 joek6if
切肉不离皮
cit3 juk6 bat1 lei4 pei4lit. unable to remove skin from meat while cutting it, meaning inseparable
cit3 juk6 dou1meat cleaver
撤侨
cit3 kiu4to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)
设立
cit3 laap6to set up; to establish
撤离
cit3 lei4to withdraw from
切脉
cit3 mak6to feel sb's pulse
cit3 mat6must not
cit3 min6section; tangent plane (math.)
cit3 mok6you must not; be sure not to
cit3 mong6to eagerly anticipate
cit3 naai5a type of dance in Thailand
cit3 nei4Cheney (name)
彻悟
cit3 ng6fully aware
cit3 ngaa4incisor tooth
cit3 paan3to look forward eagerly to sth
切片检查
cit3 pin2 gim2 caa4histopathological examination; biopsy
cit3 pin3to slice; thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination)
cit3 ping4 min6tangent plane (to a surface)
cit3 san1direct; personal
设身处地
cit3 san1 cyu3 dei6to put oneself in sb else's shoes
cit3 san1 lei6 jik1One's vital interests
切实
cit3 sat6feasible; practical; conscientiously
切实可行
cit3 sat6 ho2 hang4feasible
cit3 seoi3to chop
切丝
cit3 si1cut into shreds
设施
cit3 si1facilities
设色
cit3 sik1to paint
切线
cit3 sin3tangent line (geometry)
cit3 sing4to cut up (into pieces); to carve; to shred
cit3 siu1variant of 撤銷|撤销[che4 xiao1]
撤销
cit3 siu1(verb) Cancel
cit3 soek3to cut; machining
cit3 soek3 lik6Cutting Force
设想
cit3 soeng2to imagine; to envisage; to have consideration for
撤诉
cit3 sou3to drop a lawsuit
cit3 sung3cutting of vegetables
设摊
cit3 taan1to set up a vendor's stand
切题
cit3 tai4to keep to the subject
彻头彻尾
cit3 tau4 cit3 mei5lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing; out and out
退
cit3 teoi3to retreat
cit3 tung3sharp pain
设或
cit3 waak6if
切韵
cit3 wan5Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries

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