Cantonese words starting with C

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to clean (with water or alcohol); to swab

to renovate; to refresh (computer window); to break (a record)

caat3 san1 ji4 gwo3

擦身而過擦身而过

to abrade; to scrape; to chafe; to graze

caat3 wun2 bou3

brush; CL:把[ba3]

eraser; shredder

caat3 zi2 gaau1

擦紙膠擦纸膠

a rubber; an eraser

caat3 zi6 gaau1

擦字膠擦字胶

money; variant of 抄chāo [抄]; copy

(dialect) to do a body search

handwritten copy

to search and confiscate

to take a shortcut

to search a house and confiscate possessions

to take a shortcut

抄近兒抄近儿

erhua variant of 抄近[chao1 jin4]

caau1 gan6 lou6

to take a shortcut

duplicate (copy)

caau1 hau6 lou6

抄後路抄后路

to outflank and attack from the rear

to make a copy of

to issue a fine for traffic misconducts

paper money; CL:張|张[zhang1],紮|扎[za1]

to search (a person)

to fold one's arms; (dialect) wonton

to make a copy (and send it to someone); Carbon Copy (for email)

to copy from the book

to search and seize

to plagiarize; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy

to copy from a dictionary

to quarrel; noisy

(verb) 1. to argue; 2. to fight with

to make a racket

caau2 caau2 joeng6 joeng6

to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)

car crash (spoken)

to stir-fry; stir-fried dish

caau2 coi3 caan2

炒菜鏟炒菜铲

a cooking spatula

caau2 daai6 wok6

炒大鑊炒大镬

a big confrontation [colloquial]

caau2 dei6 pei4

to speculate in building land

(food) stir-fried rice noodles