Cantonese words starting with C

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Village or hamlet; a rural settlement where people live together in close proximity.

Sichuan and Tibet.

To pant; to breathe heavily.

To ponder, consider, or speculate.

To sneak away; to escape or leave somewhere secretly, like a thief.

Mistaken, contradictory, or going against.

Error; mistake or mishap.

cyun2 bat1 gwo3

喘不過喘不过

To be unable to breathe easily; to gasp for breath.

cyun2 bat1 gwo3 hei3 loi4

喘不過氣來喘不过气来

To be unable to breathe; to feel breathless or suffocated, either physically or due to stress and pressure.

To guess, speculate, or surmise based on little evidence or clues.

cyun2 cou1 hei3

喘粗氣喘粗气

To pant heavily; to breathe hard.

To speculate, guess, or wonder about someone's thoughts or intentions.

To estimate, guess, or appraise.

To pant, gasp, or breathe heavily.

cyun2 heoi1 heoi1

To pant, gasp, or puff and blow hard.

cyun2 heoi1 heoi1

喘噓噓喘嘘嘘

Gasping for breath; panting heavily.

To ponder, turn things over in one's mind, or guess.

To try to fathom, figure out, or carefully weigh and consider.

To ponder, contemplate, or reckon.

To gasp or pant for breath; to catch one's breath or take a brief respite.

To conjecture, guess, or speculate.

To surge or pulsate, specifically in turbomachinery.

cyun2 zoi6 waai4 leoi5

揣在懷裡揣在怀里

To tuck something into one's bosom or chest pocket.

To connect or string together.

Arrogant, cocky, or condescending.

Anxious; apprehensive; worried.

To throw, rush, hurry, or urge.

A tiny step; a single step or an inch of progress.

cyun3 bou6 bat1 lei4

寸步不離寸步不离

To follow closely without leaving someone's side, or to have a very close relationship.

cyun3 bou6 naan4 hang4

寸步難行寸步难行

To find it extremely difficult to take even a single step, physically or metaphorically.

cyun3 bou6 naan4 ji4

寸步難移寸步难移

Unable to move even a single step; stuck; in a difficult situation.

cyun3 can1 fong2 jau5

串親訪友串亲访友

To call on friends and relations; to visit relatives and friends.

cyun3 cou2 bat1 lau4

To leave absolutely nothing; to completely destroy, kill everyone, and leave not even a single blade of grass.

cyun3 cou2 bat1 sang1

Barren and lifeless; a state where not even a blade of grass can grow.

cyun3 cou2 ceon1 fai1

寸草春暉寸草春晖

A child's gratitude is insufficient to repay the immense love of their parents.

cyun3 cyu2 lei5

串處理串处理

String processing in computing.

cyun3 dak1 hei2

To have the right to be arrogant or boastful because one actually has the ability or merits to back it up.

寸到嘔寸到呕

To be extremely arrogant, conceited, or insolent.

cyun3 dou3 fei1 hei2

寸到飛起寸到飞起

Extremely arrogant, insolent, or cocky.

cyun3 dou3 mou4 leon4

寸到無倫寸到无伦

Extremely arrogant, insolent, or cocky.

To break apart inch by inch, often used figuratively to describe extreme heartbreak or agony.

To invade, raid, or make an incursion.

cyun3 gam1 naan4 maai5 cyun3 gwong1 jam1

寸金難買寸光陰寸金难买寸光阴

Time is precious and cannot be bought with money.

To flee in disorder and occupy or encamp in a place.

To tamper with or secretly alter written materials.

To leave one's post to chat with colleagues or visit other workstations while on duty.

To explain the meaning of a text, passage by passage or word by word.

To collude to fabricate a story, typically by witnesses or suspects in a legal case.

A very short period of time; a fleeting moment.

cyun3 gwo3 maa5 lan2

寸過馬撚寸过马撚

Extremely arrogant, insolent, or cocky.