Cantonese words starting with C

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Tawny or dark brown, like the color of tea; dark brown with a touch of green.

Tea tree or tea plant, referring to the source of tea leaves or tea tree oil.

To hunt down, find, and seize evidence or contraband in a law enforcement operation.

Teapot; a lidded vessel with a handle and spout used for brewing and pouring tea.

Tea party; a social gathering usually held in the afternoon with tea, cake, and refreshments.

Teabowl; a ceramic bowl used for drinking tea, especially in Japanese tea ceremonies.

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搽脂蕩粉搽脂荡粉

To put on makeup; to beautify, or figuratively, to whitewash and gloss over.

To look up a word in a dictionary.

To investigate and verify; to substantiate.

To stop and search; to intercept and inspect.

A tea shop; a shop specializing in selling tea leaves.

A small, handleless covered bowl used for brewing and drinking tea.

Tea brick; dry tea leaves compressed into the shape of a brick.

To ruin, spoil, or break something.

To knead, or to clear a drain with a plunger.

To knead, rub, or roll something with the hands to shape it.

To guess, speculate, or estimate something without being entirely sure.

To lightly roll or rub a ball to control its spin, to fondle breasts, or to wrap fishing bait into a ball.

To guess; to speculate; to estimate or deduce without complete certainty.

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猜呈尋猜呈寻

Rock-paper-scissors; a hand game played by two or more people.

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猜情尋猜情寻

The game of rock paper scissors.

To be suspicious and jealous; to suspect someone of being hostile while envying their advantages.

Police station; the office building of police officers in a district.

To send or order someone to do something for you; to run errands.

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猜飲唱靚柄猜饮唱靓柄

The traditional attributes or skills expected of a female hostess in a nightclub.

Police officer; the police.

To play finger-guessing or drinking games.

To be suspicious or distrustful of others.

To play the finger-guessing drinking game morra.

To play hand-guessing games, such as rock-paper-scissors.

A police officer, typically referring to a male officer.

To guess riddles.

Morra; a hand-guessing drinking game.

To play a drinking game where players guess each other's next hand gestures.

A female police officer.

An assigned task, duty, or job.

To speculate, guess, or conjecture.

To step on, tread on, or trample.

To step on, stamp, kick, or pedal; to belittle, or to rush through work.

To ice skate; to go ice skating.

踩波車踩波车

To lose balance and fall over after accidentally stepping on the ball in association football.

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踩親條尾踩亲条尾

To offend someone or step on their toes.

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踩嚫條尾踩嚫条尾

To offend someone or tread on someone's toes, especially a powerful or easily angered person.

To ride a bicycle.

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踩錯腳踩错脚

To stumble, miss a step, or lose one's footing.

To show up at someone else's territory, usually to provoke them or cause trouble.

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To ride a bicycle.

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踩單車踩单车

To ride a bicycle; to go cycling.

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踹單車踹单车

To ride a bicycle.

To belittle, disparage, or put someone down.