Cantonese words starting with C

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cong1 hoi2 jat1 suk1

滄海一粟沧海一粟

A drop in the ocean; a grain of millet in the vast sea, representing something extremely tiny or insignificant.

cong1 hoi2 song1 tin4

滄海桑田沧海桑田

Great change over time, metaphorically described as the blue seas turning into mulberry fields and vice versa.

cong1 hoi2 waang4 lau4

滄海橫流沧海横流

A metaphor for great political upheaval, social turbulence, or chaotic times.

cong1 hoi2 wai4 zyu1

滄海遺珠沧海遗珠

An unnoticed treasure; a valuable person or thing that has been overlooked.

A wound, or figuratively, the desolation of trauma.

cong1 ji4 mun5 muk6

瘡痍滿目疮痍满目

A scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks.

Siberian cocklebur.

Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis).

cong1 jing4 paak3

蒼蠅拍苍蝇拍

cong1 jing4 zo6

蒼蠅座苍蝇座

Musca, a constellation in the deep southern sky.

Sore; skin ulcer.

cong1 jyun4 jyun6

滄源縣沧源县

Cangyuan county in Yunnan, China, also known as Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County.

cong1 jyun4 ngaa5 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

滄源佤族自治縣沧源佤族自治县

Cangyuan Va Autonomous County, in Lincang City, Yunnan.

Cang County, a county in Cangzhou, Hebei.

Cangxi, a county in Sichuan province, China.

cong1 kai1 jyun6

蒼溪縣苍溪县

Cangxi County, a county in Guangyuan, Sichuan, China.

Cang Jie, the legendary inventor of Chinese characters, or the Chinese input method named after him.

cong1 kit3 syu1 jap6 faat3

倉頡輸入法仓颉输入法

Cangjie input method; a stroke-reconstruction system for inputting Chinese characters on a keyboard.

The blue dome of heaven; the sky or firmament.

Granary; a storehouse for grain.

Desolate, bleak, and lonely.

cong1 long6 ting4

滄浪亭沧浪亭

The Surging Waves Pavilion, a classical garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu.

Old-looking; aged in appearance.

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea).

The Azure Dragon; one of the Four Auspicious Beasts of Chinese mythology, representing the east.

cong1 mei4 wong4 ang1

蒼眉蝗鶯苍眉蝗莺

Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus), a bird species.

Vast and boundless; hazy or blurred in the distance.

Vast and boundless; expansive and wild.

Cangnan, a county in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.

cong1 naam4 jyun6

蒼南縣苍南县

Cangnan, a county in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang.

Cangwu county in Wuzhou, Guangxi.

cong1 ng4 jyun6

蒼梧縣苍梧县

Cangwu, a county in Wuzhou, Guangxi.

cong1 ngoi6 wut6 dung6

艙外活動舱外活动

Extravehicular activity; physical activity done by an astronaut outside a spacecraft.

Cangshan, a district of Fuzhou in Fujian Province.

cong1 saan1 keoi1

倉山區仓山区

Cangshan, a district of Fuzhou City in Fujian

The common people or all living things.

cong1 sang1 tou4 taan3

蒼生塗炭苍生涂炭

The common people in a miserable state.

Black atractylodes rhizome, the dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Weathered and changed greatly after having been through a lot of hardships.

Hamster; a small rodent with a very short tail, often kept as a pet.

cong1 tau4 jin3 zoek3

蒼頭燕雀苍头燕雀

Eurasian chaffinch or common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs).

Heaven or providence, typically implying a supreme controlling power or deity.

A cabin seat, space, or berth on a ship, plane, or other vehicle.

Verdant and luxuriant; lush and green.

Panic-stricken, flurried, and not knowing what to do.

Panic-stricken, flurried, and in a great rush.

Flurried, panicked, or in a great rush.

Flurried, panicked, and hurried.

Greenish yellow, or flurried and hurried.