Cantonese words starting with C

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To play the flute.

To catalyze; to speed up a chemical reaction.

ceoi1 faa3 lit6 faa3

Fluidized-bed catalytic cracking.

ceoi1 faa3 zai1

催化劑催化剂

Catalyst; a chemical substance that speeds up a reaction, such as an enzyme in the body.

ceoi1 faa3 zok3 jung6

Catalysis; the acceleration of a chemical reaction by a catalyst.

ceoi1 faa3 zok3 jung6

趨化作用趋化作用

Chemotaxis; the movement of cells or organisms in response to a chemical stimulus.

To brush gently; to breeze, or figuratively, to praise and flatter.

To fatten an animal, especially before slaughter.

ceoi1 fei4 zai1

催肥劑催肥剂

An animal fattening agent or preparation.

ceoi1 fu1 laai1 nau2

To easily destroy something that is already weak or in ruins.

To curry favor with, flatter, or ingratiate oneself with influential people.

To blow away dust, often used in the figurative sense of requiring negligible effort.

ceoi1 fui1 zi1 lik6

Very slight effort, usually as easy as blowing away dust.

To enjoy the breeze or get some fresh air.

ceoi1 fung1 gei1

吹風機吹风机

To fawn on, flatter, or curry favor with someone.

To blow a whistle, or to summon a group of people to participate or help.

To approach or converge toward a numerical value.

ceoi1 gat1 bei6 hung1

趨吉避凶趋吉避凶

To pursue good fortune and avoid disaster or misfortune.

Cooking utensil; cookware.

Cui Jian, Chinese rock pioneer, singer, and songwriter.

Musicians at a traditional wedding or funeral procession, or a booster who praises and promotes someone.

To boost, push, or propel something or someone to achieve quick results.

To force, boost, or rush something to happen in a short period of time.

ceoi1 gun2 ngok6

吹管樂吹管乐

ceoi1 gwai1 haa6

Choe Gyuha (1919–2006), South Korean politician who served as president from 1979 to 1980.

ceoi1 hang4 saai3

To spread a rumor far and wide; for news or gossip to be heavily circulated.

ceoi1 hau2 kam4

To play the harmonica.

ceoi1 hau2 saau3

To whistle; to produce a sound by blowing or sucking air through pursed lips.

To blow air; to expel air with pursed lips.

Cooking vessels, particularly in an archaeological context.

To boast, brag, or exaggerate the positive aspects of something or someone.

To tend to, incline towards, or head in a certain direction.

ceoi1 hong1 gin3 mai5

吹糠見米吹糠见米

To get instant results; to see immediate effects from one's efforts.

To blow a brass instrument.

Cui Hao, Tang dynasty poet and author of the poem Yellow Crane Tower.

The blowhole of a musical instrument.

Cui Hong, a historian from the Northern Wei dynasty.

ceoi1 jat1 leon4 seoi2

吹一輪水吹一轮水

To have a casual, purposeless chit-chat or gossip for a while.

ceoi1 jim4 fu6 sai3

趨炎附勢趋炎附势

To fawn on the powerful; to jump on the bandwagon of the influential.

Smoke rising from kitchen chimneys during cooking.

Choi Yeong (1316-1388), a prominent general of the Korean Goryeo dynasty.

ceoi1 jip6 gei1

吹葉機吹叶机

To tend towards, to incline towards, or to move in a certain direction.

ceoi1 jyu4 sau2

A player of the yu, a free-reed wind instrument.

To promote or stimulate lactation.

ceoi1 jyu5 gik1 sou3

Daniel C. Tsui (1939-), a Chinese-born American physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics.