Cantonese words starting with C

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caau3 gwai6 tung2

抄櫃桶抄柜桶

to search in the drawer

to wake someone up [colloquial]

nest; hideout; to fail

caau4 mang1 mang1

too many wrinkles; wrinkly

Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui

Chaohu, a county-level city in Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui

to perch; to dwell; to stay

Celosia argentea; mixed; crowded

name of a river

dismal; also written 淒暗|凄暗[qi1 an4]

plaintive; miserable

(adjective) miserable; tragic

luxuriant; abundant

sorrow; desolate

wives and concubines (of a polygamous man)

(literary) wailing; choking with sobs

妻管嚴妻管严

see 棲霞市|栖霞市[Qi1 xia2 Shi4]

cai1 haa4 keoi1

棲霞區栖霞区

Qixia, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu

棲霞市栖霞市

Qixia, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong

cai1 ji4 lou5 siu2

妻兒老小妻儿老小

the whole family

melancholy; sweet and piteous

mournful (sound)

cai1 lei4 zi2 saan3

妻離子散妻离子散

a family wrenched apart (idiom)

noun; wife and children

(of a bird) to perch

棲息地栖息地

adj.; sad fear; embarrassed by hardship; tragic and terrified

distressed and terrified

doleful; also written 淒婉|凄婉[qi1 wan3]

wife and children

to steep ; brew (tea)

(Cantonese); to hit or bash

(verb) to make some tea

course (i.e. building layer)