Cantonese words starting with C
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尋短見寻短见
cam4 dyun2 gin3to commit suicide
尋花寻花
cam4 faa1flower-viewing
尋花問柳寻花问柳
cam4 faa1 man6 lau5lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom); to sow one's wild oats
沉浮
cam4 fau4lit. sinking and floating; ebb and flow; ups and downs of fortune
尋訪寻访
cam4 fong2to inquire after
尋呼機寻呼机
cam4 fu1 gei1pager; beeper
尋歡寻欢
cam4 fun1to seek pleasure (esp. sexual)
尋歡作樂寻欢作乐
cam4 fun1 zok3 lok6pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
尋根寻根
cam4 gan1verb; to search for the root, normally used for people finding out their fami...
尋根究底寻根究底
cam4 gan1 gau3 dai2verb; to make a thorough investigation, to search or get to the root of thing...
尋根問底寻根问底
cam4 gan1 man6 dai2lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom o...
尋根溯源寻根溯源
cam4 gan1 sou3 jyun4see 追根溯源[zhui1 gen1 su4 yuan2]
尋機寻机
cam4 gei1to look for an opportunity
沉降
cam4 gong3to subside; subsidence
沉痼
cam4 gu3chronic illness
沉陷
cam4 haam6to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside
沉香
cam4 hoeng1Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
尋開心寻开心
cam4 hoi1 sam1to make fun of
尋釁寻衅
cam4 jan6to pick a quarrel
尋釁滋事罪寻衅滋事罪
cam4 jan6 zi1 si6 zeoi6disorderly behavior (PRC law)
噚日㖊日
cam4 jat6yesterday
尋日寻日
cam4 jat6(noun
沉凝
cam4 jing4stagnant; fig. grave in manner
潯陽浔阳
cam4 joeng4see 潯陽區|浔阳区[Xun2 yang2 Qu1]
潯陽區浔阳区
cam4 joeng4 keoi1Xunyang, a district of Jiujiang City 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
鱘魚鲟鱼
cam4 jyu2sturgeon
沉魚落雁沉鱼落雁
cam4 jyu4 lok6 ngaan6lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig....
尋求寻求
cam4 kau4to seek; to look for
沉雷
cam4 leoi4deep growling thunder
沉淪沉沦
cam4 leon4to sink into (vice, depravity etc); downfall; passing
尋來範疇寻来范畴
cam4 loi4 faan6 cau4(math.) derived category
沉落
cam4 lok6to sink
蕁麻荨麻
cam4 maa4nettle
蕁麻疹荨麻疹
cam4 maa4 can2urticaria; hives
噚晚㖊晚
cam4 maan5last night
尋晚寻晚
cam4 maan5last night
尋晚黑寻晚黑
cam4 maan5 hak1last night
沉迷
cam4 mai4to be engrossed; to lose oneself in
沈默
cam4 mak6silence; silent
沉默
cam4 mak6taciturn; silent
沉默寡言
cam4 mak6 gwaa2 jin4habitually silent (idiom); uncommunicative
沉默是金
cam4 mak6 si6 gam1silence is golden (idiom)
尋問寻问
cam4 man6to inquire
尋味寻味
cam4 mei6to think sth over
尋覓寻觅
cam4 mik6(verb) Seek for
沉湎
cam4 min5deeply immersed; deeply engrossed in
沉湎酒色
cam4 min5 zau2 sik1to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
尋摸寻摸
cam4 mo2to look for; to probe
沉悶沉闷
cam4 mun6oppressive (of weather); depressed; (of sound) dull
沉沒沉没
cam4 mut6to sink
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