Cantonese words starting with C

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To accumulate, store, or save up.

To tremble with fear.

To knit one's brows; to frown or hesitate.

To kick, tread on, or leap.

Speed or velocity.

Dirty, narrow-minded, or small; also can mean to reorganize or be cautious.

Constraint, restraint, fetter, or anything that restricts freedom.

Livestock and poultry products, or the livestock industry.

To formally urge or request an authority or organization to take action.

Very quickly; in a hurry; at once.

cuk1 cuk1 bong6 m4 hou2 loeng5 tau4 mong6

速速磅唔好兩頭望速速磅唔好两头望

Pay up; a common expression telling someone to quickly hand over money.

cuk1 cuk1 bong6 seoi2

To hand over the money quickly.

Express delivery; courier service for sending mail or goods quickly.

蓄電池蓄电池

Storage battery; a general term for a chemical battery that can be recharged and reused.

Speed or velocity.

cuk1 dou6 haan6 zai3

Speed reading; to skim or read rapidly.

Shorthand; stenography; a rapid and concise written record of spoken words.

Deliberately, willfully, or with premeditated intent to do something bad.

To crowd around; to cluster or swarm around someone or something.

To stand tall and upright.

Speed, velocity, or the rate at which something occurs.

Animal husbandry; the breeding and raising of land animals and poultry.

Convulsions, spasm, or twitching.

Domestic animals or livestock; also used as an insult for a brute or beastly person.

cuk1 sai3 doi6 faat3

蓄勢待發蓄势待发

Accumulating strength and ready to take action.

Brand new; completely new and never used.

cuk1 sau2 doi6 bai6

束手待斃束手待毙

To tie one's own hands and wait for death; to resign oneself to defeat without making any effort.

cuk1 sau2 mou4 caak3

束手無策束手无策

At one's wits' end; completely unable to find a way to solve a problem.

cuk1 sau2 zau6 kam4

To allow oneself to be caught or controlled without putting up any resistance.

Croquis; a quick sketch or drawing technique that focuses on rapidly capturing a subject from life.

To urge, impel, or prompt someone to do something; to accelerate or precipitate an event.

Fast food, convenience food, or food that can be prepared quickly.

To facilitate, bring about, or help to realize an event or cooperation.

Accelerated, crash, or intensive, especially regarding training courses or skills learning.

To promote sales; to stimulate the sales volume of goods.

To promote, advance, or facilitate a process, helping it develop more quickly.

cuk1 zi1 gou1 gok3

束之高閣束之高阁

To shelve or put aside; to suspend a project or lay a matter aside.

To do something quickly or wage a quick war.

cuk1 zin3 cuk1 kyut3

速戰速決速战速决

To settle a matter quickly; to finish something swiftly and decisively.

An employee, particularly a domestic helper or housemaid.

To fill; to charge.

Irresolute, indecisive, or hesitant.

Fir tree; any conifer of the genus Abies.

To rinse, flush, or wash using a rapid stream of water.

Hearing or the ability to hear.

Motherwort; a medicinal herb.

Scallion, green onion, or spring onion; also a pale green color.

To rush or dash forward in a specific direction, usually as an abrupt movement.