Cantonese words starting with C

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沧海一粟
cong1 hoi2 jat1 suk1lit. one grain floating on the ocean (idiom)
沧海桑田
cong1 hoi2 song1 tin4lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
沧海横流
cong1 hoi2 waang4 lau4to describe political
沧海遗珠
cong1 hoi2 wai4 zyu1undiscovered talent (idiom)
疮痍
cong1 ji4wound; (fig.) the desolation of trauma
滿疮痍满目
cong1 ji4 mun5 muk6a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
苍耳
cong1 ji5Siberian cocklebur (botany)
苍鹰
cong1 jing1(bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
苍蝇
cong1 jing4housefly
苍蝇拍
cong1 jing4 paak3flyswatter
苍蝇座
cong1 jing4 zo6Musca (constellation)
疮疡
cong1 joeng4sore; skin ulcer
沧源县
cong1 jyun4 jyun6see 滄源佤族自治縣|沧源佤族自治县[Cang1 yuan2 Wa3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
沧源佤族自治县
cong1 jyun4 ngaa5 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6Cangyuan Va Autonomous County, in Lincang City 臨滄市|临沧市[Lin2 cang1 Shi4], Yunnan
沧县
cong1 jyun6Cang County or Cangxian, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
苍溪
cong1 kai1see 蒼溪縣|苍溪县[Cang1 xi1 Xian4]
苍溪县
cong1 kai1 jyun6Cangxi, a county in Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 Shi4], Sichuan
仓颉
cong1 kit3Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing
仓颉输入法
cong1 kit3 syu1 jap6 faat3Cangjie input method, a kind of typing method in Chinese
苍穹
cong1 kung4the blue dome of heaven
仓廪
cong1 lam5(literary) granary
苍凉
cong1 loeng4desolate
沧浪亭
cong1 long6 ting4The Surging Waves Pavillion in Suzhou, Jiangsu
苍老
cong1 lou5old; (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous
苍鹭
cong1 lou6(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
苍龙
cong1 lung4Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
苍眉蝗莺
cong1 mei4 wong4 ang1(bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus)
苍茫
cong1 mong4boundless; hazy (distant horizon)
苍莽
cong1 mong5boundless
苍南
cong1 naam4see 蒼南縣|苍南县[Cang1 nan2 Xian4]
苍南县
cong1 naam4 jyun6Cangnan, a county in Wenzhou City 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
苍梧
cong1 ng4see 蒼梧縣|苍梧县[Cang1 wu2 Xian4]
苍梧县
cong1 ng4 jyun6Cangwu, a county in Wuzhou City 梧州市[Wu2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi
舱外活动
cong1 ngoi6 wut6 dung6extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle)
仓山
cong1 saan1see 倉山區|仓山区[Cang1 shan1 Qu1]
仓山区
cong1 saan1 keoi1Cangshan, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
苍生
cong1 sang1(area where) vegetation grows
苍生涂炭
cong1 sang1 tou4 taan3the common people in a miserable state
苍术
cong1 seot6black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM)
沧桑
cong1 song1(adjective) Vicissitudes of someone's life
仓鼠
cong1 syu2hamster
苍头燕雀
cong1 tau4 jin3 zoek3(bird species of China) Eurasian chaffinch; common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
苍天
cong1 tin1firmament
舱位
cong1 wai2shipping space; cabin seat
苍郁
cong1 wat1verdant and luxuriant
仓惶
cong1 wong4variant of 倉皇|仓皇[cang1 huang2]
仓皇
cong1 wong4in a panic
仓黄
cong1 wong4variant of 倉皇|仓皇[cang1 huang2]
苍惶
cong1 wong4variant of 倉皇|仓皇[cang1 huang2]
苍黄
cong1 wong4greenish yellow; variant of 倉皇|仓皇[cang1 huang2]

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