Cantonese words starting with C

8,852 entries

親愛的亲爱的

can1 oi3 zing1 sing4

親愛精誠亲爱精诚

can1 pang4 cik1 jau5

親朋戚友亲朋戚友

friends and relatives (spoken)

can1 pang4 hou2 jau5

親朋好友亲朋好友

friends and family

one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); birth (parents)

can1 saang1 gwat1 juk6

親生骨肉亲生骨肉

one's own flesh and blood

can1 saang1 neoi5

親生女亲生女

one's own daughter [written and colloquial]

can1 saang1 zai2 bat1 jyu4 gan6 san1 cin4

親生仔不如近身錢亲生仔不如近身钱

an expression which says that having money for oneself is more reliable or secure than having to depend on one's own son

can1 saang1 zi2 neoi5

親生子女亲生子女

(adverb) Personally (= in person)

(verb) Done by oneself

can1 seoi2 coeng4 long4

親水長廊亲水长廊

waterside promenade

can1 seoi2 sing3

親水性亲水性

(often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant

to look angrily at

angry or sullen look

can1 sin6 daai6 si3

親善大使亲善大使

goodwill ambassador

close and distant (relatives)

can1 so1 gwai3 zin6

親疏貴賤亲疏贵贱

close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone

can1 suk6 gwaan1 hai6

親屬關係亲属关系

can1 wai6 deoi2

親衛隊亲卫队

SS or Schutzstaffel, paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany

to connect intimately (with); affable

親和力亲和力

(personal) warmth; accessibility; (chemistry) affinity

親和性亲和性

to be enlightened by direct contact with sb

to kiss (on the mouth)

parent and child; two successive generations

can1 zi2 gaam3 ding6

親子鑒定亲子鉴定

paternity or maternity test

personally; oneself

can1 zi6 ceot1 maa5

親自出馬亲自出马

to attend to a matter personally

can1 zi6 dung6 sau2

親自動手亲自动手

to do the job oneself

to take to the field oneself (of emperor)

(coll.) to blame sb for sth

(literary) to smile; to display; to sunbathe; to hide; to stay

measles; to examine

(interrog.); not to speak of; still more

(verb) Diagnose

Consultation fees

fine and smooth