Cantonese words starting with C

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Crazy; insane; out of one's mind.

Insane or crazy, like tangled wires; originally, crossed telephone lines.

黐線佬黐线佬

An insane man, madman, or a man who behaves and speaks illogically.

黐線仔黐线仔

Crazy kid, crazy guy, or nutcase.

Female; the sex that produces eggs in sexually reproducing organisms.

ci1 sing3 gik1 sou3

Estrogen; female sex hormone.

ci1 sing3 zip3 hau2

Female connector.

To sneer at, laugh at, or mock.

To giggle foolishly; to smirk or snicker in a silly, dazed, or infatuated manner.

Silly, foolish, or stupid.

To indulge in wishful thinking or daydreams, or a pipe dream itself.

To whip, flog, or beat with a cane or whip.

黐頭婆黐头婆

Caesarweed (Urena lobata), a plant with pink flowers and prickly, oblate fruit.

To whip or spank the buttocks.

Orpiment; a toxic, yellow arsenic trisulfide mineral historically used to correct writing or as Chinese medicine.

To flog or beat with a bamboo stick.

To be fascinated, infatuated, or spellbound.

ci1 zi1 ji5 bei6

To scoff at, look down on, or turn one's nose up at something.

To not grow wiser despite growing older; a humble term used to refer to one's older age.

To beat with a cane or cudgel as a form of corporal punishment.

To go crazy or lose one's mind; literally a short circuit of the main switch.

Extravagant, wasteful, or exaggerating.

To begin, start, or originate; first; for the first time.

Shame or dishonour; a feeling of embarrassment or humiliation from disgrace.

This; a literary pronoun used without a classifier.

Clear and clean, as of water.

To strip, deprive, or discharge.

Hog or pig; also refers to the Kangxi radical 152.

Dried persimmon, or something flattened and smashed beyond recognition.

Previously; before this; prior to this time.

This place; here.

Here; this place.

ci2 dei6 mou4 ngan4 saam1 baak3 loeng2

此地無銀三百兩此地无银三百两

To expose something by trying to hide it; to reveal a secret through a clumsy cover-up.

Tooth decay; cavities.

This line of work, hobby, or field of interest.

To legally deprive, strip, or revoke someone of their rights or privileges.

To set off on a journey or start happening, especially of trains, buses, or events.

ci2 fuk6 bei2 hei2

To rise and fall; one after another; occurring in waves.

ci2 fung1 bat1 ho2 zoeng2

此風不可長此风不可长

This unhealthy trend or bad behavior must not be allowed to spread.

Here, this place, or this period of time.

ci2 gaap3 sang1 hoeng1

齒頰生香齿颊生香

To leave a delicious, fragrant aftertaste in one's mouth.

The root of a tooth.

Dental transition; the process of losing baby teeth and growing permanent adult teeth.

Tooth decay; dental caries.

To start building; to begin construction.

Crown of a tooth.