Cantonese words starting with C

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to check; to consult (a document etc); query

to check; to probe (into)

茶話會茶话会

查韋斯查韦斯

Chavez, Spanish name

to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)

caa4 zi1 dong6 fan2

搽脂蕩粉搽脂荡粉

whitewash; to beautify; to put on make up

to look up a dictionary

look-up method for Chinese characters

to stop and search; to confiscate [written and colloquial]

teahouse; tea-garden or teahouse seat

to audit accounts

a gaiwan, a Chinese tea bowl which comes in a set complete with a lid and saucer, used for infusing and drinking tea

to ruin; to spoil; to break [colloquial]

to knead; to clear a drain with a pump; to carry sth under one's coat

(verb) 1. Conjecture; 2. Play (hand game e.g. Rock-paper-scissors)

caai1 bat1 tau3

to be unable to guess or make out

to warm up during exercise by hitting a ball back and forth

to guess; to surmise

caai1 cing4 cam4

猜呈尋猜呈寻

to play Rock-paper-scissors

caai1 cing4 cam4

猜情尋猜情寻

game of paper - scissors - stone

caai1 dak1 tau3

to have sufficient insight to perceive

to be suspicious and jealous of

(noun) a police station

to send (on errand)

caai1 jam2 coeng3 leng3 beng3

猜飲唱靚柄猜饮唱靓柄

(noun) good skill of playing games, drinking, singing, beautiful appearance and good skills of socialize, which are the five basic requirements to become a famous prostitute in ninety century

(noun) police officers

thousand dollars

to suspect; suspicious

forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)

morra, a drinking game [written and colloquial]

finger-guessing game; morra

caai1 leoi5 fai3

差旅費差旅费

business travel expenses

(noun) a male police officer

guessing a riddle

猜謎兒猜谜儿

to answer a riddle

morra, a drinking game [written and colloquial]