Cantonese words starting with C

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ce4 mun4 waai1 dou6

邪門歪道邪门歪道

Corrupt practices, dishonesty, or unorthodox and devious ways.

To look askance; to look at someone sideways or with a squint.

ce4 ngaan5 hon3

To look askance; to look sideways with suspicion, disapproval, or contempt.

To look askance or cast sidelong glances at someone.

The downwards-right concave hooked Chinese character stroke

Evil, wicked, or immoral thoughts and desires.

Evil, wicked, or immoral.

ce4 ok3 zuk6 sam1

邪惡軸心邪恶轴心

The Axis of Evil; a term used to describe regimes accused of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction.

ce4 paai2 din6 jing2

邪牌電影邪牌电影

A pornographic film.

A woman working in the sex industry, such as a hostess or a call girl.

Heterodox, unorthodox, or evil; also refers to perverse or misbehaved people.

Evil thoughts or wicked intentions.

A sliced ball in tennis or table tennis.

An evil spirit or demon.

Sorcery, black magic, or evil supernatural arts.

Strabismus; a squint or eye condition where the eyes do not align in the same direction.

A slanting line; a diagonal line or slash.

斜線號斜线号

Slash; virgule; the punctuation mark /

Heretical ideas; harmful teachings or fallacies.

Italics; a slanted typeface.

斜體字斜体字

Italic text; italics.

Oblique projection.

To recline or lie down at an angle.

Oblique axes in mathematics.

Foot (unit of length); also used as a shorthand for square foot (unit of area).

Red; of a red colour.

The Red Cliffs; a historic battlefield in Hubei province and the site of the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD.

Chibi, a county-level city in Xianning, Hubei.

cek3 bik1 zi1 zin3

赤壁之戰赤壁之战

Battle of Redcliffs; a decisive battle of 208 AD that led to the defeat of Cao Cao.

To be shirtless or bare-chested.

cek3 bok3 soeng5 zan6

赤膊上陣赤膊上阵

To go into battle bare-breasted, or figuratively to come out in the open and act without disguise.

cek3 bong2 aap3

赤膀鴨赤膀鸭

The gadwall (Mareca strepera), a species of duck.

cek3 ci3 saa1 zoek3

Eurasian crimson-winged finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus).

Algal bloom; red tide.

Stanley; a historic town and tourist destination on Hong Kong Island, home to Stanley Prison.

cek3 cyu5 nin4 waa4

赤柱年華赤柱年华

The age of minority, especially under the age of sixteen.

Dimensions, size, or physical measurements of an object.

cek3 daam2 zung1 sam1

赤膽忠心赤胆忠心

Wholehearted loyalty; complete devotion.

Red bean or adzuki bean.

Standard, criterion, or scale.

cek3 dou6 gei1 noi6 aa3

赤道幾內亞赤道几内亚

Equatorial Guinea

赤道儀赤道仪

Equatorial mount for a telescope.

cek3 dou6 jik6 lau4

Equatorial countercurrent; an eastward-flowing ocean current near the equator.

cek3 dou6 jyu5 lam4

Equatorial rainforest

cek3 dyun2 cyun3 coeng4

尺短寸長尺短寸长

Everyone and everything has their own strengths and weaknesses.

Red bandit; a derogatory term used by the Kuomintang to refer to Chinese communists or the PLA.

cek3 fei2 ceoi3

Ruddy kingfisher; a bird species (Halcyon coromanda).

cek3 fuk1 jing1

赤腹鷹赤腹鹰

Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis).