Cantonese words starting with C

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caai4 fo1 fu1 si1 gei1

柴科夫斯基

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin

plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)

a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs

a chauffeur [colloquial]

caai4 ho2 fu1 si1 gei1

柴可夫斯基

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer

caai4 jau4 faat3 dung6 gei1

柴油發動機柴油发动机

caai4 jau4 gei1

柴油機柴油机

a stock fish; dried cod

caai4 jyu4 pin2

柴魚片柴鱼片

katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)

jackal and wolf; fig. evil person

caai4 long4 dong1 dou6

豺狼當道豺狼当道

ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power

caai4 long4 dong1 lou6

豺狼當路豺狼当路

ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power

caai4 long4 dong1 tou4

豺狼當塗豺狼当涂

ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power

caai4 long4 fu2 paau3

lit. jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom)

caai4 long4 sak1 lou6

ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power

caai4 long4 zo6

Lupus (constellation)

caai4 mai5 jau4 jim4

柴米油鹽柴米油盐

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom)

caai4 mai5 jau4 jim4 zoeng3 cou3 caa4

柴米油鹽醬醋茶柴米油盐酱醋茶

lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea

lit. woodcutter's family; poor family background

caai4 mun4 siu2 wu6

柴門小戶柴门小户

woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel

to boo someone off stage; to disturb a performance

caai4 waa1 waa1

儕嘩嘩侪哗哗

to group up or partner with one without plan

caai4 waa1 waa1

for fun; a group of people hanging out to have fun [written and colloquial]

caai4 waa1 waa1

for fun; a group of people hanging out to have fun [written and colloquial]

Chai Wan, an MTR station in Hong Kong

(dialect) country girl; unsophisticated girl

Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)

to rebuke angrily

to survey; to conjecture; to speculate

bob of plumb line

caak1 dei6 kuk1 leot2

測地曲率测地曲率

geodesic curvature

caak1 dei6 sin3

測地線测地线

caak1 dei6 sin3 kuk1 leot2

測地線曲率测地线曲率

geodesic curvature

measure (math.)

caak1 fong1 ji4

測謊儀测谎仪

lie detector; polygraph

caak1 ging3 hei3

測徑器测径器

measurement and control

pregnancy testing

caak1 keoi5 ji4

測距儀测距仪

electronic equipment used to measure distance (e.g. a rangefinder, telemeter etc)

caak1 loeng4 gung1 geoi6

測量工具测量工具

caak1 loeng4 syun4

測量船测量船

to test and evaluate

to sound (sea depth)

caak1 sam1 seot6

測心術测心术

測試器测试器

testing apparatus; checker

to make astronomical observation

to measure temperature