Cantonese words starting with C

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初創公司初创公司

co1 cong3 gung1 si1startup company

co1 cuk1 dou6Initial Velocity

co1 cung1original intention

co1 dang2elementary (i.e. easy)

初等代數初等代数

co1 dang2 doi6 sou3elementary algebra

co1 dang2 gaau3 juk6primary education

co1 dung1early winter

co1 faan6first offender

初發芙蓉初发芙蓉

co1 faat3 fu4 jung4a refreshing piece of poetry

co1 fuk6the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days

co1 fung6lit. phoenix in embryo; budding genius

co1 gaang1first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)

co1 gaau1new acquaintance

co1 gei6underage prostitute

co1 gin3to see for the first time [written and colloquial]

co1 go1(noun) a beginner; a novice; a neophyte

co1 gou2first draft (of writing)

co1 gou2 zang1 ji6same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days

co1 gu2to make a preliminary estimate

雛菊花環雏菊花环

co1 guk1 faa1 waan4daisy chain

初歸新抱落地孩兒初归新抱落地孩儿

co1 gwai1 san1 pou5 lok6 dei6 haai4 ji4a new daughter in law is like a new born, meaning a new daughter in law to a family must learn all the new rules about the family she is marrying to from scratch again like a baby [colloquial]

co1 haa6early summer

初刻拍案驚奇初刻拍案惊奇

co1 hak1 paak3 on3 ging1 kei4Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]

co1 hok6to learn for the first time

初學者初学者

co1 hok6 ze2beginning student

co1 jat1first year in junior middle school

co1 jat1 lau4 lau4during good mood from festivities over first day of the new year

co1 jau4to knead; to rub

co1 je6early evening; (fig.) first sexual encounter

co1 ji4newly hatched bird; fig. chick (slighting term for young woman)

co1 ji5lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble); fig. my observation as a humble layman

co1 ji6second year in junior middle school

co1 jin3swallow chick

co1 jing4embryonic form

雛形土雏形土

co1 jing4 tou2cambisol (soil taxonomy)

co1 jip6early part (of a decade, century etc)

co1 jiu4to mow grass and cut firewood; woodman

搓圓㩒扁搓圆㩒扁

co1 jyun4 gam6 bin2adj; too agreeable; able to be swayed, easy to follow other, not having their own points of view

搓圓撳扁搓圆揿扁

co1 jyun4 gam6 bin2literally meaning 'make round and press flat', usually to describe someone who is easy going or can be easily swayed

co1 kap1(noun) Entry level

初級班初级班

co1 kap1 baan1beginner course

初級小學初级小学

co1 kap1 siu2 hok6lower elementary school

初級中學初级中学

co1 kap1 zung1 hok6junior high school; junior middle school; lower secondary school

co1 kei4(noun) Primary phase

co1 lai4 pou3 dou3as it is my first time or new arrival to

co1 loeng4army provisions

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