Cantonese words starting with C

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Qiaocheng, a district in Bozhou, Anhui province.

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譙城區谯城区

Qiaocheng, a district of Bozhou City in Anhui.

Chaotian, a district of Guangyuan in Sichuan.

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朝天區朝天区

Chaotian District, a district of Guangyuan City in Sichuan Province, China.

Facing heaven pepper; a type of small, hot chili pepper pointing upwards as it grows.

The central imperial government or palace in traditional East Asia.

Tide level; the height of the sea surface at a particular time relative to a datum.

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朝永振一郎

Tomonaga Shin'ichirō, a Japanese physicist and 1965 Nobel Prize laureate.

Chaozhou (or Teochew), a city in eastern Guangdong, China; can also refer to the broader Chaoshan region.

Teochew cuisine; the cooking style of the Chaozhou region.

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Chaozhou-style steamed dumpling, a popular dim sum containing peanuts, garlic chives, pork, and dried shrimp wrapped in a translucent skin.

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Teochew-style steamed dumplings.

Teochew mandarin oranges; a pockmarked face.

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潮州音樂潮州音乐

Everyone for themselves, from a pun on the sound of the Chiu Chow suona.

Chaozhou, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China.

潮州話潮州话

Teochew language; the Min Nan dialect spoken in Teochew and surrounding areas.

The Teochew (Chaozhou) dialect of Southern Min Chinese.

潮州鎮潮州镇

Chaozhou, a township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Teochew porridge, where the rice grains are cooked just until tender but still slightly chewy.

Woodcutter; a person who cuts and gathers wood.

Tide; the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun.

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潮汐電站潮汐电站

Tidal power station.

Abbreviation for the Korean War.

State affairs of an imperial court.

To face; to head toward; in the direction of.

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瞧著辦瞧着办

To do as one sees fit, or to wait and see before deciding what to do.

The ethnic Korean minority living in China, especially in the northeast.

North Korea-China; relating to relations, agreements, or interactions between North Korea and China.

Korean Central News Agency (KCNA); the state news agency of North Korea.

Court beads worn by officials during the Qing dynasty, derived from Buddhist prayer beads.

The beginning, start, or early stage of something.

To knead, rub, or roll something with the hands to shape it.

To deliberate, consult, or discuss; to scrutinize or polish.

To mow or cut grass; straw or hay.

To miss an opportunity, to slip, or to make a mistake.

Young bird, infant, or something in an early stage of development.

At the very beginning.

Initial, tentative, or preliminary; at the beginning stage of a process.

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初步設想初步设想

Tentative idea; initial plan or preliminary thought.

Early autumn; the beginning of autumn.

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初出茅廬初出茅庐

To have just started working or begun a career; to be new and inexperienced.

Initial; starting; beginning.

To initialize, especially in computing.

The first time; doing something for the first time without prior experience.

Newly established or first founded.

Menarche; a female's first menstrual period.

At the beginning; at first; initially.

Heat or preliminary contest; a competition held at the beginning of a tournament to eliminate contestants.

Newly established; a startup company or phase.