Cantonese words starting with C

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草原百灵
cou2 jyun4 baak3 ling4(bird species of China) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
草原雕
cou2 jyun4 diu1(bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
草原灰伯劳
cou2 jyun4 fui1 baak3 lou4(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
cou2 jyun4 geoi6 sik1Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
草原鹞
cou2 jyun4 jiu6(bird species of China) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
cou2 kau3bandits
cou2 liu2fodder
草鹭
cou2 lou6(bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
草绿篱莺
cou2 luk6 lei4 ang1(bird species of China) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
草龙
cou2 lung4grass lizard; a cigarette spiked with heroin
草码
cou2 maa5the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
cou2 maang5(celebrity) The Grasshopper, a former bang in Hong Kong
cou2 man4the grass roots
cou2 mong5a rank growth of grass; wilderness
cou2 mou2straw hat
cou2 mui2strawberry; (Tw) hickey
cou2 mui2 zuk6pampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw)
cou2 muk6vegetation
cou2 muk6 fui1plant ash
cou2 muk6 gaai1 bing1lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
草木鸟兽
cou2 muk6 niu5 sau3flora and fauna
滿草满囹圄
cou2 mun5 ling4 jyu5lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
草泥马
cou2 nai4 maa5see 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1] (near homophone of 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1] used to avoid Internet censorship)
cou2 on3draft (legislation, proposal etc)
cou2 paa4 zi2tick (zoology)
cou2 pei1lawn
cou2 pei4turf; sod
cou2 ping4lawn
草坪机
cou2 ping4 gei1lawn mower
cou2 saan1Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong)
cou2 saan1 wu4Sarcandra glabra (botany)
草石蚕
cou2 sek6 caam4Chinese artichoke
cou2 seot1careless; sloppy
cou2 seot1 sau1 bing1to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
草食动物
cou2 sik6 dung6 mat6herbivore
草食性动物
cou2 sik6 sing3 dung6 mat6herbivore [written and colloquial]
草书
cou2 syu1grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
cou2 syun1oxalic acid C2H2O4
cou2 syun4 ze3 zin3lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])
草体
cou2 tai2see 草書|草书[cao3 shu1]
草头王
cou2 tau4 wong4bandit chief;
草图
cou2 tou4a sketch
cou2 tyun4Caotun Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
草屯镇
cou2 tyun4 zan3Caotun Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
cou2 uk1thatched hut
cou2 zek6Straw mat
草纸
cou2 zi2rough straw paper; brown paper
草字头儿
cou2 zi6 tau4 ji4grass radical 艹
草垫
cou2 zin3straw mattress
草荐
cou2 zin3straw mattress

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