Cantonese words starting with C

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To fire, sack, or lay off an employee.

caau2 jau4 jyu2

炒魷魚炒鱿鱼

To fire, sack, or lay off an employee; or for an employee to resign.

Speculator; a person who trades stocks or assets for short-term profit.

To argue, fight, or have sex with someone.

Noisy, loud, or unpleasant to the ear; causing discomfort or annoyance.

caau2 laang5 faan6

炒冷飯炒冷饭

To repackage old concepts, products, or topics as new without any substantial change.

To speculate in real estate by buying and quickly selling property for profit.

caau2 lou5 baan2 jau4 jyu2

炒老板魷魚炒老板鱿鱼

To resign from a job, or to fire one's boss.

caau2 lou5 sai3 jau4 jyu2

炒老細魷魚炒老细鱿鱼

To quit one's job; to resign.

caau2 maa1 zin2

To speculate in securities or commodities through margin trading.

caau2 maai4 jat1 dip6

To mix or combine things together without much organization; to throw together.

caau2 maai5 caau2 maai6

炒買炒賣炒买炒卖

To engage in rampant speculation, buying and selling commodities or assets for quick profits.

To speculate; to buy and sell on a short-term basis for a profit.

Fried rice vermicelli.

caau2 mai5 beng2

炒米餅炒米饼

Fried rice biscuit; a very hard, traditional Cantonese snack made from rice flour, sugar, peanuts, sesame, and coriander.

caau2 mai5 fan2

Stir-fried rice vermicelli.

Fried noodles; stir-fried noodles cooked without soup.

Noisy, rowdy, or boisterous; lacking quiet.

To over-fry food and burn it, or figuratively to lose money through failed investment or speculation.

A wok; a deep, round-bottomed cooking pan used for stir-frying.

caau2 wok6 ging6

炒鑊勁炒镬劲

To clash or argue intensely, or to experience a major collision or blunder.

caau2 wong4 ngau4

炒黃牛炒黄牛

Ticket scalping or touting.

To quarrel, bicker, or argue, usually in a relatively minor or lighthearted way.

caau2 zo2 jat1 wok6

炒咗一鑊炒咗一镬

To have made a real mess of something; to have completely ruined or failed at a task.

To hype up, promote, or manipulate information deliberately to create a desired effect or sensation.

To rake one's fingers through something, or to rummage and search thoroughly.

To dig up, rummage through, or turn over with a tool; to harrow.

caau3 gwai6 tung2

抄櫃桶抄柜桶

To rummage through or search a drawer.

To wake someone up.

A nest, lair, or den built by birds, insects, or other animals for shelter.

An animal's nest, lair, or burrow; also used figuratively to refer to an enemy's hideout or lair.

caau4 mang1 mang1

Crumpled and heavily wrinkled.

Wrinkled, shriveled, or withered.

Wrinkled, shriveled, or creased skin or surface.

Lake Chao, a famous freshwater lake in Anhui province, China.

Wife; the formal female spouse of a man.

To stay, reside, or dwell at a place.

Luxuriant or lush vegetation; also used to describe a crowded or mixed state.

Miserable, tragic, and deeply saddening.

Miserable, tragic, and pitiful.

Desolate and dreary; miserable, cold, and lonely.

A polygamous man's wife and concubines.

One's wife and children.

cai1 ji4 lou5 siu2

妻兒老小妻儿老小

The whole family, specifically one's wife, children, and parents.

Screaming, shrieking, or wailing in a sad, miserable, and piercingly loud manner.

cai1 lei4 zi2 saan3

妻離子散妻离子散

To have one's family torn apart and separated, with the wife leaving and children dispersing.

Miserable, woeful, or pitiful.

Sad but beautiful; poignant and moving.

Wife and children.

To live, stay, or take shelter in a place.