Cantonese words starting with C

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the setting sun

remnant; residue; surplus; to leave surplus

caan4 jyu4 mat6

殘餘物残余物

caan4 jyu4 zim1 jim5

殘餘沾染残余沾染

residual contamination

caan4 kyut3 bat1 cyun4

殘缺不全残缺不全

incomplete; fragmentary

to remain; to be left over; residue

caan4 lau4 mat6

殘留物残留物

remnant; material left over

caan4 man4 hoi6 mat6

殘民害物残民害物

to harm people and damage property (idiom)

leftover agricultural plastic (as waste or rubbish that needs to be disposed of or recycled)

too bright for the eyes; stinging the eyes

(noun) senectitude

caan4 nin4 dyun2 ging2

殘年短景残年短景

at the end of the year (idiom)

殘奧會残奥会

Paralympic Games

(noun) someone's wretched life

殘體字残体字

"invalid Chinese characters" - a derogatory term for simplified Chinese characters

(literary) ruined walls

caan4 wun4 baai6 bik1

殘垣敗壁残垣败壁

lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); ruins

caan4 wun4 dyun6 bik1

殘垣斷壁残垣断壁

lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); ruins

remainder; sediment; debris; rubbish

caan4 zaa1 jyu4 jip6

殘渣餘孽残渣余孽

evil elements who have escaped eradication

disabled; deformity on a person or animal

caan4 zat6 jan4

殘疾人残疾人

disabled person

殘疾兒残疾儿

a child with a birth defect

the glow from a sunset

to support; to push or move with a pole; to open or unfurl; brace; support; to punt a boat

name of a comet

to strive for; to argue or debate); to compete; why

stare at sth beyond reach

sound of bells; an ancient type of three legged vessel

(fig.) to sustain

caang1 coeng4 min6

撐場面撑场面

to keep up appearances; to put up a front

caang1 gon1 tiu3

撐桿跳撑杆跳

caang1 gon1 tiu3

撐竿跳撑竿跳

caang1 gon1 tiu3 gou1

撐桿跳高撑杆跳高

caang1 gon1 tiu3 gou1

撐竿跳高撑竿跳高

caang1 muk6 git3 sit3

瞠目結舌瞠目结舌

(idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned

caang1 muk6 ji5 deoi3

瞠目以對瞠目以对

to return only a blank stare