Cantonese words starting with C

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guessing game played while drinking in bars

(noun) a female police officer

to send; to appoint; official messenger

to guess; to conjecture; to suppose

plunger (for clearing drains)

to guess correctly

caai1 zoi6 waai4 leoi5

搋在懷裡搋在怀里

to tuck into one's bosom

to guess correctly

(verb) 1. demean; (slang) to visit (e.g. a party, bar, shop, etc.)

to kick (with bottom of one's foot); to tread on; to stamp; to pedal (a bike); to propel oneself with the movement of feet; to belittle; to continuously work non-stop to try and finish something; to enter

to step on ice; to go ice skating

踩波車踩波车

to lose balance after stepping on the ball (football jargon)

caai2 can1 tiu4 mei5

踩親條尾踩亲条尾

(literally: to step on someone's tail); to offend someone

caai2 can3 tiu4 mei5

踩嚫條尾踩嚫条尾

to offend someone; to tread on someone's toes

caai2 co3 goek3

踩錯腳踩错脚

to stumble; to lose one's footing

provoking by entering enemy's turf or area of control (spoken)

caai2 daan1 ce1

caai2 daan1 ce1

踩單車踩单车

bicycle riding; cycling

caai2 daan1 ce1

踹單車踹单车

to ride a bicycle [colloquial]

caai2 dei6 pun4

踩地盤踩地盘

to step into one's sphere of influence and to be of a threat to their benefits (or conflicts with their interests)

to operate by means of a pedal

to step on the boundary line; to step into someone else's territory

caai2 gong3 sin3

踩鋼線踩钢线

to do dangerous things; to walk a tighwire

caai2 gou1 hiu1

踩高蹺踩高跷

to walk on stilts

caai2 gwo3 gaai3

踩過界踩过界

stepping over the boundary; taking things too far (spoken)

caai2 saat3 ce1

踩剎車踩刹车

to step on the brake

caai2 sei2 ngai5

踩死蟻踩死蚁

walking slowly (slang)

caai2 seoi2 jing2

to scout for a tour operator; (tennis) to commit a foot fault

caai2 soeng5 mun4

踩上門踩上门

to harass someone; to invade someone's territory [colloquial]

caai2 syut3 kek6

caai2 syut3 kek6

stage rehearsal

caai2 zyu6 jan4 bok3 tau4

踩住人膊頭踩住人膊头

to advance or gain advantage over others (slang)

(literary) to gnaw; to suck

a class; companion

firewood; thin (of a person); paper taper gor use in drug taking

dog-like animal; dhole (Cuon Alpinus); wolf; wicked

simple and crude cart (or chariot)

caai4 daat6 muk6

柴達木柴达木

Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

caai4 daat6 muk6 pun4 dei6

柴達木盆地柴达木盆地

Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

caai4 din6 gei1 ce1

柴電機車柴电机车

diesel-electric locomotive