Cantonese words starting with C

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cit3 je6 bat1 min4

徹夜不眠彻夜不眠

To stay awake all night, being unable or choosing not to sleep.

cit3 ji5 nok6 bui3 lei6

切爾諾貝利切尔诺贝利

切爾西切尔西

Chelsea, a place name or football club.

To host a banquet; to lay on a feast to entertain guests.

To strike camp or withdraw troops.

Essential, crucial, or highly important.

If; in the event that.

cit3 juk6 bat1 lei4 pei4

切肉不離皮切肉不离皮

Blood is thicker than water; close kin are inseparable.

Meat cleaver; a heavy, broad-bladed knife used for chopping meat.

To evacuate expatriates or citizens living abroad.

To establish, set up, or found an organization, department, or service.

To evacuate or withdraw from a place, often due to danger or for military reasons.

To feel someone's pulse as a diagnostic method in traditional Chinese medicine.

By no means; do not; be sure not to.

A section, cross section, or tangent plane.

You must not; be sure not to.

To eagerly anticipate; to look forward to with great hope.

A type of dance in Thailand.

Cheney, a surname or name.

To fully understand, awaken to, or become completely aware of a truth.

An incisor tooth.

To look forward to something eagerly.

cit3 pin2 gim2 caa4

切片檢查切片检查

Biopsy; a histopathological examination of tissue samples.

To slice; to cut something into thin slices.

cit3 ping4 min6

Tangent plane to a surface.

Directly affecting or concerning oneself; of personal concern or interest.

cit3 san1 cyu3 dei6

設身處地设身处地

To put oneself in someone else's shoes; to empathize by imagining oneself in another's situation.

cit3 san1 lei6 jik1

One's vital, personal interests.

Feasibly; realistically; steadfastly, earnestly, or in a practical and down-to-earth manner.

cit3 sat6 ho2 hang4

切實可行切实可行

Feasible; practical and realistic.

To chop, mince, or cut into small pieces.

To julienne or shred, especially food into thin strips.

Facilities or installations; large, functional structures or equipment.

To paint; to colour a drawing or painting.

A tangent line; a straight line that just touches a curve at a given point.

To cut up, slice, carve, or shred into pieces.

To cancel, revoke, or rescind.

To cancel, retract, or withdraw; a formal term.

To cut, shave, or plane materials; machining.

cit3 soek3 lik6

Cutting force; the force required to cut a material.

To imagine, conceive, or hypothesize; to put oneself in another's shoes.

To drop a lawsuit; to withdraw a legal case.

To chop, cut, or prepare ingredients for cooking.

To set up a vendor's stand or stall.

On-topic; relevant; straight to the point and not straying from the subject.

cit3 tau4 cit3 mei5

徹頭徹尾彻头彻尾

Out and out; downright; completely from head to toe or start to finish.

To retreat; to withdraw military forces to a safer location to regroup.

A sharp, cutting pain.

If; in the event that.

Qieyun, a Chinese rime dictionary published in 601 AD during the Sui dynasty.