Cantonese words starting with C

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To weed; to hoe or remove weeds.

Big Two; a popular Cantonese card game.

鋤大Ｄ锄大Ｄ

Big two; a popular shedding card game of Cantonese origin.

鋤大弟锄大弟

Big Two, a popular Chinese shedding card game.

To hoe; to till the soil or loosen the earth with a hoe.

To play the card game Big Two.

To weed out traitors.

co4 koeng4 fu4 joek6

鋤強扶弱锄强扶弱

To defeat the strong and help the weak; to fight against oppression and aid the vulnerable.

Ploughs and hoes; farming tools.

To aggressively prosecute or gather evidence against a suspect to ensure conviction or imprisonment.

Hoe; a farming tool used for weeding and loosening soil.

co4 zyu6 dou6 hei3

剒住度氣剒住度气

To suppress one's anger; to feel resentful and indignant but not dare to speak out or explode.

To sit; to rest one's body by placing one's buttocks on a surface.

co5 baa3 wong4 ce1

坐霸王車坐霸王车

To ride public transport without paying the fare; to fare-evade.

To work regular office hours, keeping a fixed daily schedule at the workplace.

co5 baan1 fong2

To be in prison.

Anxious, restless, or unable to sit still due to impatience or nervousness.

Coordinate in geometry.

坐波監坐波监

To be suspended from playing in ball games.

To ride in a vehicle or travel by land transport.

co5 ding6 ding6

To sit still in one place without moving around.

坐花廳坐花厅

To be imprisoned or go to jail.

co5 fei1 gei1 wai2

坐飛機位坐飞机位

Sitting in the highest, cheapest, or furthest seats in a theater, stadium, or gymnasium.

To serve a prison sentence; to be in prison.

Certain; guaranteed; absolutely sure.

坐幾籠坐几笼

To spend several years in prison.

To sit up, moving from a lying position to a sitting position.

co5 hoeng2 kei4 sing4

To sit idle and enjoy the fruits of other people's labor.

To hold an overnight vigil for a deceased relative, or formerly, to serve or accompany someone overnight.

co5 ji4 man4 gaam1

坐移民監坐移民监

To reside in a foreign country for a required duration to obtain residency or citizenship.

To confinement; to rest and recover at home for a month after giving birth, following East Asian tradition.

To convalesce for a month following childbirth, observing dietary and lifestyle guidelines to aid recovery.

co5 laang5 baan2 dang3

To be sidelined, neglected, or relegated to an unimportant position.

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Restless, fidgety, and anxious; unable to sit or stand still due to worry or nervousness.

The cowgirl sexual position, where one partner sits on top of the other.

To be situated or located.

To be in jail or serve a prison sentence.

Fidgety; unable to sit still.

co5 maai4 jat1 tiu4 syun4

坐埋一條船坐埋一条船

To be in the same boat; to share the same interests and have one's fates entwined.

The sexual position in which the woman sits on top of the man.

To engage in proprietary trading using a financial institution's own capital.

co5 saan1 gun1 fu2 dau3

坐山觀虎鬥坐山观虎斗

To watch in safety from the sidelines as others fight, then reap the spoils.

co5 sat1 loeng4 gei1

坐失良機坐失良机

To sit back and let a golden opportunity slip by.

To take a boat or go on a boat journey.

To work as a hostess accompanying customers at a bar, nightclub, or KTV.

co5 toi2 siu2 ze2

Bar girl; a female escort or hostess who sits and drinks with customers at a bar, nightclub, or KTV.

坐穩車坐稳车

A farewell wish for someone departing by car or bus to have a safe journey.

坐穩船坐稳船

A good luck wish for someone departing by sea, wishing them a safe and steady voyage.

co5 zeng2 gun1 tin1

坐井觀天坐井观天

To look at the sky from the bottom of a well; to be ignorant, narrow-minded, or have a limited perspective.