Cantonese words starting with C

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Seven people; a group or count of seven persons.

Seven Samurai; the classic 1954 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa.

cat1 nau2 baat3 waai1

Crooked, misshapen, or uneven.

cat1 nin4 zi1 joeng5

七年之癢七年之痒

The seven-year itch; a marital crisis arising from boredom after many years of marriage.

The seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires.

Patent leather; leather with a smooth, glossy, lacquered surface.

Shellac; a resin secreted by the female lac bug, processed into flakes and used as a wood finish or varnish.

cat1 ping3 baat3 cau3

七拼八湊七拼八凑

Assembled at random; cobbled together from various sources.

cat1 sap6 cat1 gwok3 zaap6 tyun4

七十七國集團七十七国集团

Group of 77; a loose alliance of developing countries founded in 1964.

cat1 sap6 ji6 hong4

All walks of life; all sorts of professions and trades.

cat1 sap6 nin4 doi6

The seventies; the 1970s.

cat1 sau2 baat3 goek3

七手八腳七手八脚

Flustered and disorganized, or describing many people pitching in together to do something.

The seven duties of a sovereign.

The Big Dipper constellation; seven stars.

The seven tones of a musical scale.

cat1 sing1 caa4

A type of Chinese herbal tea given to babies to alleviate indigestion and sleep problems.

cat1 sing1 jam1 gaai1

七聲音階七声音阶

Heptatonic scale; a musical scale with seven pitches per octave.

cat1 sing1 keoi1

七星區七星区

Qixing District, a district of Guilin in Guangxi.

cat1 sing1 ngaam4

Seven-Star Crags (in Zhaoqing), Seven-Star Cave (in Guilin), or Seven Star Reef (in the South China Sea).

cat1 sing1 piu4 cung4

七星瓢蟲七星瓢虫

Seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata).

cat1 sing4 suk6

Medium-well done (steak or other meat).

cat1 soeng5 baat3 haa6

An agitated, perturbed, or unsettled state of mind; in an anxious mess.

cat1 soi1 maan4

七鰓鰻七鳃鳗

Lamprey; a jawless fish of the family Petromyzontidae.

Lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus vernicifera).

漆樹科漆树科

Anacardiaceae, the cashew or sumac family of plants.

cat1 taan3 tong4

Heptose; a monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.

Seventh chord; a musical chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh.

Zhinü, the Weaver Girl from Chinese mythology, associated with the Qixi Festival.

cat1 zeoi2 baat3 sit3

Everyone talking at once in a lively, confusing, or opinionated chatter.

cat1 zeoi2 baat3 zoeng1

七嘴八張七嘴八张

To gabble; to speak all at once in a confused, lively, or chaotic manner.

cat1 zi1 baat3 lei4

七支八離七支八离

Broken, fragmented, or shattered into pieces.

A nickname for the 7-Eleven convenience store chain.

Seven Sisters, an old village and historical area in the North Point district of Hong Kong.

cat1 zi2 mui6 dou6

Tsat Tsz Mui Road, a road in North Point, Hong Kong.

cat1 zi2 mui6 sing1 tyun4

七姊妹星團七姊妹星团

The Pleiades star cluster (M45), also known as the Seven Sisters.

The Qixi Festival, celebrated on the seventh night of the seventh lunar month.

七夕節七夕节

Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

cat1 zing3 sei3 jyu4

七政四餘七政四余

The seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars used in traditional Chinese astrology and feng shui.

cat1 zit3 baat3 kau3

To receive a huge discount after successive price cuts; also figuratively used to mean heavily compromised.

cat6 fing6 fing6

柒ｆｉｎｇｆｉｎｇ

To act foolishly and oblivious to it, to dilly-dally, or used to describe a dangling penis.

cat6 fing6 fing6

柒揈揈柒轰轰

To act stupidly and cluelessly, to dilly-dally, or to dangle limply.

An insult used to call someone, usually a man, ugly, stupid, or a dickhead.

柒頭皮柒头皮

A person with an actual penis attached to their head, as opposed to someone whose head resembles a glans.

To be deeply grieved or distressed in mind.

To pull out; to draw; to extract a part from a whole, such as drawing lots or raffle tickets.

To pluck a stringed instrument, or to support someone by the arm.

To smoke, or to burn with fire.

Autumn or fall.