Cantonese words starting with C

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to suffer (defeat, death etc)

caam2 zou1 bat1 hang6

慘遭不幸惨遭不幸

to meet with disaster

caam2 zyut6 jan4 waan4

慘絕人寰惨绝人寰

extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality

feel remorse; repent; to be penitent

China fir; also pr. [shā]

China fir, a type of pine tree (Cunninghamia lanceolata)

cliff; abrupt; steep

door post; a prop; to stir up someone's feelings

to slander; to misrepresent

sharp instrument for digging

gluttonous; to have a craving; lecherous; describes vegetables which requires to be cooked with a lot of oil for it to be palatable

bamboo tray for raising silkworms

variant of 蠶箔|蚕箔[can2 bo2]

caam4 bou2 bou2

蠶寶寶蚕宝宝

lies and slander

to defame one person while flattering another

Malabar spinach (Basella alba)

small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on

Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture

caam4 cung4 si1 je4

蠶蟲師爺蚕虫师爷

strategist (slang)

broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean

caam4 dau2 zing3

蠶豆症蚕豆症

G6PD deficiency (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency)

silkworm cocoon

caam4 gaan2 zi2

蠶繭紙蚕茧纸

paper made from silkworm cocoons

棖雞婆枨鸡婆

rude and unreasonable woman (spoken)

glutton; greedy pig

to make one's mouth water; greedy person

slander; calumny

caam4 jin4 juk6 dik6

饞涎欲滴馋涎欲滴

lit. to drool with desire (idiom); greedy

caam4 jin4 juk6 seoi4

饞涎欲垂馋涎欲垂

see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chan2 xian2 yu4 di1]

silkworm chrysalis; silkworm pupa

a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting

newly hatched silkworm

Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)

to defame one person while flattering another

silkworm guano (excrement)