Cantonese words starting with C

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臭子兒臭子儿

cau3 zi2 ji4dead bullet (one that does not fire)

cau3 zik1scent (smell of person or animal used for tracking)

cau3 zuk1to scrape together enough (people, money etc)

臭豬頭有盟鼻菩薩臭猪头有盟鼻菩萨

cau3 zyu1 tau4 jau5 mang4 bei6 pou4 saat3every offer, however nad, will find its taker [colloquial]

cau4hatred; enmity; enemy

cau4high and steep mountains

cau4forlorn; disappointed

cau4to swim (bound form)

cau4arable fields; class

cau4dense; thick (liquid); packed; viscous

cau4chip (in gambling); ticket; to plan; resource; tally; a counter

cau4(light) silk fabric M: 匹pǐ [匹]

cau4to pace back and forth; to waver; complacent

cau4strong; robust; to come to an end; unyiedling

cau4to entertain; to return; to compensate; to answer; to propose a toast; to fulfil

cau4 baan6to arrange; to make preparations

cau4 ban1bargain sale

cau4 bei6(verb) plan and prepare

cau4 bou3to repay

cau4 ce1prisoner transport vehicle

cau4 ceot1to plan out; to prepare

cau4 cin2to raise money

cau4 coeng3melancholy

cau4 coeng3to respond to each other with a mutual exchange of poems

惆悵若失惆怅若失

cau4 coeng3 joek6 sat1to feel despondent (idiom)

cau4 cou3to raise (money)

cau4 cyu4to hesitate; (literary) self-satisfied

cau4 cyu4variant of 躊躇|踌躇[chou2 chu2]

躊躇不決踌躇不决

cau4 cyu4 bat1 kyut3to hesitate

躊躇滿志踌躇满志

cau4 cyu4 mun5 zi3enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug

cau4 daap3to thank with a gift

cau4 deoi3(literary) to reply

cau4 dou6to swim across

cau4 dyun6satin

cau4 faan2prisoner; convict

cau4 fun2fundraising

cau4 gam1monetary reward

cau4 gam3to imprison

cau4 gin3to prepare to build sth

cau4 ging6(of strokes in calligraphy or painting) vigorous and powerful

囚錮鋒囚锢锋

cau4 gu3 fung1occluded front (meteorology)

cau4 ji1prisoners' uniform

cau4 ji5to discuss (a plan)

cau4 jing3social interaction

cau4 kei4to fundraise [colloquial]

cau4 loek6astute; resourceful

cau4 lou4prison cell

cau4 lou4reward

cau4 lung4prison cage

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