Cantonese words starting with C

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co4 daai6 di2Big Two; a card game

鋤大Ｄ锄大Ｄ

co4 daai6 di2the 'big two' card game [colloquial]

鋤大弟锄大弟

co4 daai6 di2Big Two (Chinese poker game)

co4 di2to play the card games of 'big two' [colloquial]

co4 gaan1to weed out the traitors

鋤強扶弱锄强扶弱

co4 koeng4 fu4 joek6to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor

co4 sei2to prosecute

剒住度氣剒住度气

co4 zyu6 dou6 hei3force to bear with something unpleasant (spoken)

co5to sit; to take (a bus, airplane etc); variant of 座zuò [座]; for a building to have its back towards; to be sentenced

坐霸王車坐霸王车

co5 baa3 wong4 ce1fare-dodging

co5 baan1to work office hours

co5 baan1 fong2to be in prison

co5 bat1 zyu6cannot sit still

co5 biu1coordinate (geometry)

坐波監坐波监

co5 bo1 gaam1when a player is penalized, having to sit out on a yellow card and cannot play in ball games for a certain period of time

co5 ce1to take the car, bus, train etc

co5 ding6 ding6sit tight

坐花廳坐花厅

co5 faa1 teng1to go to jail (an old saying)

坐飛機位坐飞机位

co5 fei1 gei1 wai2sitting in the very top section in a theater, stadium, or gymnasium

co5 gaam1(verb) to be locked up in jail or prison

co5 gang2certainly to sit on… [a spot]; certainly to have… [a position]

坐幾籠坐几笼

co5 gei2 lung4to spend a few years in prison [colloquial]

co5 haa6to sit down

co5 hei2 san1To sit up

co5 hoeng2 kei4 sing4to reap where one has not sown (idiom)

co5 je2to be a night watch

坐移民監坐移民监

co5 ji4 man4 gaam1lit. serving a immigration jail sentence, meaning one has to stay in a country for a certain period of time being granted residency or citizenship

co5 jyut6see 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]

co5 jyut6 zi2to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"

co5 laang5 baan2 dang3to hold an inconsequential job; to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience; to be sidelined; to cool one's heels

co5 laap6 bat1 on1lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom); fidgety

co5 lin4the sexual position where the woman is sitting on top of the man [colloquial]

co5 lok6to be situated

co5 lou4to be imprisoned

co5 m4 ding6cannot sit still

坐埋一條船坐埋一条船

co5 maai4 jat1 tiu4 syun4sitting on the same boat; to be on the same boat; to be in the same situation

co5 miu2the sexual position where the woman is sitting on top of the man [colloquial]

co5 pun2to hold a position [colloquial]

坐山觀虎鬥坐山观虎斗

co5 saan1 gun1 fu2 dau3lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom)

坐失良機坐失良机

co5 sat1 loeng4 gei1to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

co5 syun4to go on a boat

co5 toi2to work as a hostess in a bar or KTV

co5 toi2 siu2 ze2bar girl

坐穩車坐稳车

co5 wan2 ce1a good luck wish for those departing by car or bus (on land)

坐穩船坐稳船

co5 wan2 syun4a good luck wish for those departing by sea

坐井觀天坐井观天

co5 zeng2 gun1 tin1lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded

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