Cantonese words starting with C

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Brown rice; unpolished rice that retains the bran and germ.

Comai county in Lhoka, Tibet.

cou3 mei5 jyun6

措美縣措美县

Comai, a county in Shannan City, Tibet.

cou3 min6 noi6 zat1 mong5

糙面內質網糙面内质网

Rough endoplasmic reticulum; an organelle found in eukaryotic cells.

肏你媽肏你妈

Fuck your mother; an offensive insult.

Academic or artistic attainment; level of skill.

cou3 pei4 beng6

Pellagra; a nutritional deficiency disease.

Bathtub; a tub used for bathing.

cou3 san1 juk6 dak1

To improve oneself by meditation; to bathe the body and cleanse one's virtue.

To deal with; to handle; to proceed.

Moral principles or personal integrity, especially regarding one's profession.

cou3 sau2 bat1 kap6

Caught unprepared; not fast enough to respond to or deal with a sudden situation.

Noise; unwanted, loud, or unpleasant sound.

cou3 seng1 wu1 jim5

噪聲污染噪声污染

Noise pollution.

Measure; step or method taken in response to a situation or to achieve a goal.

Acetic acid; the sour-tasting substance produced by the oxidation of ethanol, with the chemical formula CH₃COOH.

cou3 syun1 cim1 wai4

醋酸纖維醋酸纤维

Cellulose acetate, used for film and fiber.

cou3 syun1 jyut3 zi2

Ethyl acetate; a chemical compound commonly used as a solvent.

醋罈子醋坛子

A jealous person, usually in the context of a romantic relationship.

A public bathhouse; a place for the public to bathe.

Communal bathhouse or public bath.

cou3 wat1 zing3

躁鬱症躁郁症

Bipolar affective disorder.

Noisy, clamorous, or tumultuous.

To handle, manage, or take measures to deal with a situation.

cou3 zi3 jyu6 jyu4

To handle a situation easily and effortlessly.

Concentrated vinegar or acetic acid.

cou3 zoeng1 cou2

酢漿草酢浆草

Creeping oxalis; wood sorrel.

To make noise; to disturb or bother someone with noise; to quarrel.

A Chinese surname, commonly transliterated as Cao, Tso, or Cho.

A trough, groove, or channel; also used in Taiwan to refer to a hard drive.

cou4 baak6 jyu2

曹白魚曹白鱼

Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata), also known as slender shad.

cou4 bat1 hing3

曹不興曹不兴

Cao Buxing, a famous semilegendary painter active around 210–250 AD.

Noisy, boisterous, or loud in an annoying way.

Tanker; a tank truck or tank car used for transporting liquids or gases.

Cao Cao (155-220), famous warlord, statesman, and poet at the end of the Han dynasty.

cou4 cou1 dou1 jau5 zi1 sam1 jau5 gwaan1 gung1 jik6 jau5 deoi3 tau4 jan4

曹操都有知心友，關公亦有對頭人曹操都有知心友，关公亦有对头人

Even the worst person has close friends, and even the most respected person has enemies.

嘈嘈閉嘈嘈闭

Noisy, annoying, or making a racket.

cou4 cou4 bai3 bai3

嘈嘈閉閉嘈嘈闭闭

To be very noisy, especially by making a racket, chatter, or arguing.

Cao Chong, a son of Cao Cao who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty.

cou4 dou3 caak3 lau4

嘈到拆樓嘈到拆楼

Extremely noisy and loud, as if the sound waves could demolish a building.

cou4 dou3 caak3 tin1

Extremely noisy; deafeningly loud or rowdy.

A workshop for brewing liquor; a distillery or brewery.

To argue or bicker with someone.

cou4 gong1 cyun1

曹剛川曹刚川

Cao Gangchuan (born 1935), a former artillery officer, senior PRC politician, and army leader.

Channel steel, also known as U-beam or steel groove.

Slot; a slotted hole.

cou4 hyun1 baa1 bai3

嘈喧巴閉嘈喧巴闭

Noisy, clamorous, or making a huge racket.

Noisy and jarring to the ears; deafeningly loud.