Cantonese words starting with C

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To suffer from tongue-tie, or to speak with a lisp.

To have a tongue-tie; to speak with a lisp or have slurred speech due to a short tongue frenulum.

Crazy; insane; out of one's mind.

To stick together or adhere to; also to hang out with.

An aggressive or skeptical expression asking "what's your problem?" or "what are you doing?"

ci1 mei6 mong5 loeng5

魑魅魍魎魑魅魍魉

Demons, monsters, evil spirits, and ghosts in general.

Sticky; tacky to the touch.

Sticky to the teeth; describing food that easily gets stuck in one's teeth or gums.

Infatuation, deep affection, or blind devotion.

To cling to someone; to stick close to someone, especially a person one loves.

ci1 san1 ci1 sai3

黐身黐勢黐身黐势

Very clingy, needy, or physically close to someone.

ci1 san1 gou1 joek6

黐身膏藥黐身膏药

An overly clingy, dependent, or needy romantic partner.

Crazy; insane; absurd or silly.

Crazy; insane; out of one's mind.

Crazy, insane, or silly.

Crazy, insane, or mentally unstable.

Crazy; insane; out of one's mind.

Insane or crazy, like tangled wires; originally, crossed telephone lines.

黐線佬黐线佬

A crazy or insane man.

黐線仔黐线仔

Crazy kid, crazy guy, or nutcase.

Female; the sex that produces eggs in sexually reproducing organisms.

黐頭婆黐头婆

Caesarweed (Urena lobata), a plant with pink flowers and prickly, oblate fruit.

Orpiment; a toxic, yellow arsenic trisulfide mineral historically used to correct writing or as Chinese medicine.

ci1 zi1 ji5 bei6

To scoff at, look down on, or turn one's nose up at something.

To go crazy or lose one's mind; literally a short circuit of the main switch.

To begin, start, or originate; first; for the first time.

Shame or dishonour; a feeling of embarrassment or humiliation from disgrace.

This; a literary pronoun used without a classifier.

To strip, deprive, or discharge.

Hog or pig; also refers to the Kangxi radical 152.

Dried persimmon, or something flattened and smashed beyond recognition.

ci2 dei6 mou4 ngan4 saam1 baak3 loeng2

此地無銀三百兩此地无银三百两

To expose something by trying to hide it; to reveal a secret through a clumsy cover-up.

To legally deprive, strip, or revoke someone of their rights or privileges.

ci2 fung1 bat1 ho2 zoeng2

此風不可長此风不可长

This unhealthy trend or bad behavior must not be allowed to spread.

Pubis or pubic bone; the forward-facing bone of the pelvis located in the groin area.

This very moment; this instant.

ci2 hau2 fau2 jing6

矢口否認矢口否认

To flatly or steadfastly deny; to resolutely refuse to admit.

From then on; after this; henceforth; since then.

ci2 hei2 bei2 fuk6

To rise on one side and fall on the other; describing things happening or appearing one after another continuously.

ci2 jat6 kei4 cin4 zeoi3 gaai1

此日期前最佳

Best-before date; the recommended date until which a product retains its optimal quality.

To vow or swear an oath.

Shame, humiliation, or disgrace, especially a person or thing that brings dishonour.

Gear or cogwheel; a wheel with teeth that meshes with others to transmit torque and speed.

ci2 lou6 bat1 tung1

No thoroughfare or road closed; also used figuratively to describe an approach that does not work.

The whole story; the entire course of an event from beginning to end.

Besides, moreover, or in addition to this.

Arrows and stones used as missiles in ancient warfare; by extension, military conflict or battle.

Describing a man who is popular with women or surrounded by many females.