Cantonese words starting with C

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cou1 zok3 kwai1 cing4

操作規程操作规程

Operating rules or procedures.

An operating desk or console.

cou1 zok3 waan4 ging2

操作環境操作环境

Operating environment.

Operator; a person who operates machinery or equipment.

Thick and sturdy; robust.

Vulgar, rude, or coarse; lacking in culture and refinement as if uneducated.

To manipulate or control.

cou1 zung3 gon1

操縱桿操纵杆

Joystick; a control lever used for operating machinery, vehicles, or playing video games.

cou1 zung3 zi6 jyu4

操縱自如操纵自如

To operate a machine, vehicle, or other device with complete ease and control.

Grass, or characters relating to grass, plants, and herbs.

Ten dollars (cantonese slang).

A rake used for gathering grass, straw, or leaves.

A bag made of woven straw, or figuratively, a good-for-nothing person.

An ancient or traditional sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, animal, or person to indicate they are for sale.

Herbaceous; relating to herbs or non-woody plants.

cou2 bun2 zik6 mat6

Herbaceous plant; a general term for plants without woody stems.

To initial a document, especially to sign a draft treaty or agreement before official ratification.

cou2 cing1 ling4

Green lacewing; a beneficial insect of the family Chrysopidae.

Pasture, meadow, or grassland.

To start to establish or found; the initial stage of an enterprise.

Carelessly, hastily, or in a rushed manner.

cou2 cou2 liu5 si6

To finish a task carelessly, sloppily, or in a rushed manner.

cou2 cou2 sau1 bing1

To wrap up a task hastily and sloppily before it is properly completed.

cou2 cou2 sau1 coeng4

草草收場草草收场

To rush to conclude a matter; to end something in a hasty and sloppy manner.

An area of thick, tall grass; a patch of bushes or shrubs.

cou2 daai6 cing1

The indigo woad plant (Isatis tinctoria).

Lawn, meadow, or grassland; a piece of land covered with grass.

cou2 dei6 gwan2 kau4

草地滾球草地滚球

Lawn bowls; lawn bowling.

草地鷚草地鹨

Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis), a bird species.

Meadow; a low-lying grassland.

草花頭草花头

The Kangxi radical 140 in Chinese writing, representing grass and visibly similar to two horizontal crosses.

Worthless as dirt; insignificant people or things of no value.

cou2 gaan1 jan4 ming6

To treat human life as grass; to show utter disregard for human life.

Free-range chicken, or colloquially used to describe someone cowardly.

Grassroots; referring to ordinary people with lower incomes and little power in society.

cou2 gan1 gaai1 cang4

草根階層草根阶层

The grassroots class; lower-income people in society with little power or influence.

cou2 gan1 mong5 man4

草根網民草根网民

Grassroots netizens; ordinary internet users.

Straw; the dry stalks of cereal plants or grass.

A draft; an initial version of a text or document that is yet to be revised.

Straw mushroom; an edible, oval, grayish-white mushroom filled with moisture.

Black cardamom, a spice widely used in Chinese cuisine.

Straw sandals; shoes woven from straw.

Eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris).

Caohai Lake, Guizhou

To clean the ears; to remove earwax.

To draft, draw up, or outline a preliminary document.

Herbal medicine made from plants.

Grassland; a vast, flat area covered with grass.