Cantonese words starting with C

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Grumpy, irritable, and violent.

Wording; the choice of words and way of expressing something.

A vinegar jar, or figuratively, a highly jealous person.

Irritable or bad-tempered, originating from the Chinese medicine term for a hot and dry body constitution.

Internal heat or dryness in traditional Chinese medicine theory.

Raging with anger; furious.

To visit; to pay a visit.

Camel cricket or cave cricket; a small, wingless insect that lives in dark places.

A student's conduct and behavior, measured against school rules.

Noise; irritating or annoying sound.

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Noise pollution.

Jealousy; romantic jealousy.

Dry and hot in nature, referring to a type of food, medicine, or bodily constitution in Chinese medicine.

Irritable or exhibiting manic symptoms; having a manic episode.

Brown rice; unpolished rice that retains the bran and germ.

Academic or artistic attainment; level of skill.

Moral principles or personal integrity, especially regarding one's profession.

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Caught unprepared; not fast enough to respond to or deal with a sudden situation.

Measure; step or method taken in response to a situation or to achieve a goal.

Acetic acid; the sour-tasting substance produced by the oxidation of ethanol, with the chemical formula CH₃COOH.

A public bathhouse; a place for the public to bathe.

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躁鬱症躁郁症

Bipolar affective disorder.

Concentrated vinegar or acetic acid.

Noisy, loud, or making an annoying amount of racket.

A Chinese surname, commonly transliterated as Cao, Tso, or Cho.

A trough, groove, or channel; also used in Taiwan to refer to a hard drive.

Noisy, boisterous, or loud in an annoying way.

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曹操都有知心友，關公亦有對頭人曹操都有知心友，关公亦有对头人

Even the worst person has close friends, and even the most respected person has enemies.

嘈嘈閉嘈嘈闭

Noisy, annoying, or making a racket.

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嘈嘈閉閉嘈嘈闭闭

To be very noisy, especially by making a racket, chatter, or arguing.

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嘈到拆樓嘈到拆楼

Extremely noisy and loud, as if the sound waves could demolish a building.

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Deafeningly loud; extremely noisy.

To argue or bicker with someone.

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嘈喧巴閉嘈喧巴闭

Noisy, clamorous, or making a huge racket.

Noisy and jarring to the ears; deafeningly loud.

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To keep making noise, shouting, or speaking loudly.

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嘈生曬嘈生晒

Extremely noisy; making a huge racket or din.

To be woken up by noise.

Noisy, clamorous, or cacophonous; a loud and chaotic mixture of voices or sounds.

To save, store up, collect, or accumulate things for future use or as a hobby.

To step with the right foot, or to take small steps.

To promote, urge, or hasten; to increase the speed of an action.

To be neat, orderly, careful, or prudent.

To restrain, bind, or control.

The accumulation or flow of water; to foster or tolerate.

Livestock; domestic animals bred and kept by humans.

Lofty, towering, or rising straight up sharply.

To crowd or gather together, or a classifier for bunched objects.

The sound of rustling leaves or falling petals, or dense vegetation.