Cantonese words starting with C
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初來乍到初来乍到
co1 loi4 zaa3 dou3to be a newcomer
初露
co1 lou6first sign (of budding talent)
初露才華初露才华
co1 lou6 coi4 waa4first sign of budding talent
初露鋒芒初露锋芒
co1 lou6 fung1 mong4first sign of budding talent
初露頭角初露头角
co1 lou6 tau4 gok3lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent; budding genius
初戀初恋
co1 lyun2(noun) Puppy love
初戀情人初恋情人
co1 lyun2 cing4 jan4first lover
初戀感覺初恋感觉
co1 lyun2 gam2 gok3feelings of first love
搓麻將搓麻将
co1 maa4 zoeng3to play mahjong
初文
co1 man2archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
初吻
co1 man5First kiss
芻秣刍秣
co1 mut3hay
初年
co1 nin4early years
雛鳥雏鸟
co1 niu5nestling; fledgling; chicks
初三
co1 saam1third year in junior middle school
搓洗
co1 sai2to rub clean (garments)
初心
co1 sam1initial intention
初審初审
co1 sam2preliminary trial
初生
co1 sang1newborn; primary (biology)
初生之犢不怕虎初生之犊不怕虎
co1 sang1 zi1 duk6 bat1 paa3 fu2see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chu1 sheng1 zhi1 du2 bu4 wei4 hu3]
初生之犢不畏虎初生之犊不畏虎
co1 sang1 zi1 duk6 bat1 wai3 fu2lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
初試初试
co1 si3preliminary exam; first try
初試身手初试身手
co1 si3 san1 sau2to have a try; initial foray
初時初时
co1 si4in the very beginning
初升
co1 sing1rising (sun, moon etc)
初聲初声
co1 sing1the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
初小
co1 siu2lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学[chu1 ji2 xiao3 xue2])
磋商
co1 soeng1to consult; to negotiate; negotiations
初選初选
co1 syun2primary election
蹉跎
co1 to4(literary) to slip; (of time) to slip away
蹉跎歲月蹉跎岁月
co1 to4 seoi3 jyut6to let years and months slip by – to waste one's time; to allow time to slip away
芻豢刍豢
co1 waan6livestock
初中
co1 zung1junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])
初中生
co1 zung1 sang1junior high student
憷
co2to be afraid
楚
co2distinct; orderly; suffering; punishment cane (old); a surname
礎础
co2foundation; plinth
脞
co2chopped meat
楚辭楚辞
co2 ci4Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
楚楚
co2 co2neat
楚楚可憐楚楚可怜
co2 co2 ho2 lin4delicate and charming
憷場憷场
co2 coeng4to get stage fright
楚國楚国
co2 gwok3the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
楚河漢界楚河汉界
co2 ho4 hon3 gaai3lit. the river that divides Chu and Han; the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard
楚漢相爭楚汉相争
co2 hon3 soeng1 zang1see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
楚漢戰爭楚汉战争
co2 hon3 zin3 zang1Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu
楚雄
co2 hung4see 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
楚雄市
co2 hung4 si5Chuxiong, a county-level city in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
楚雄州
co2 hung4 zau1see 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
憷頭憷头
co2 tau4to be afraid to stick out
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