Cantonese words starting with C
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次聲波次声波
ci3 sing1 bo1infrasonic wave
賜姓赐姓
ci3 sing3(of an emperor) to bestow a surname
厠所厕所
ci3 so2toilet; washroom; bathroom
廁所厕所
ci3 so2toilet; lavatory
廁所板厕所板
ci3 so2 baan2toilet seat [written and colloquial]
刺傷刺伤
ci3 soeng1to stab
次數次数
ci3 sou3number of times; order number (in a series); degree of a polynomial (math.)
次貸次贷
ci3 taai3subprime lending
次貸危機次贷危机
ci3 taai3 ngai4 gei1subprime mortgage crisis
刺探
ci3 taam3to pry into; to probe into
翅湯翅汤
ci3 tong1shark-fin soup
刺痛
ci3 tung3to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply
刺桐
ci3 tung4Indian coral tree; tiger's claw
莿桐
ci3 tung4Citong or Tzutung township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
莿桐鄉莿桐乡
ci3 tung4 hoeng1Citong or Tzutung township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
刺槐
ci3 waai4false acacia
刺蝟刺猬
ci3 wai6hedgehog
次韻次韵
ci3 wan5reply to a poem in the same rhyme
次序
ci3 zeoi6sequence; order
次之
ci3 zi1to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)
廁紙厕纸
ci3 zi2toilet paper
次子
ci3 zi2second son
翅子
ci3 zi2shark's fin; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
刺字
ci3 zi6to tattoo
翅展
ci3 zin2wingspan
次長次长
ci3 zoeng2deputy chief
刺中
ci3 zung3to hit with a piercing blow
匙
ci4spoon
坻
ci4islet; an embankment
墀
ci4courtyard; steps leading
弛
ci4to unstring a bow; to relax
慈
ci4compassionate; merciful; humane; mother
持
ci4to hold; to support; to persevere; to run (i.e. administer)
池
ci4pond; moat; the stalls (in theatre); an enclosed space with raised sides
瓷
ci4chinaware; china
磁
ci4magnetic; porcelain; dense; disc
祠
ci4shrine; ancestral temple
臍脐
ci4navel; the ligament at the base of pearl; umbilicus
茌
ci4used in 茌平[Chi2 ping2] (the name of a place in Shandong)
茲兹
ci4part of an ancient place name
詞词
ci4word; speech; 个gè [个]; phrase
踟
ci4hesitating; hesitant
辭辞
ci4word; speech; 个gè [个]; expression; an ancient form of poetic prose; to resign; to step back; to shirk
遲迟
ci4late; slow
馳驰
ci4to run fast; to gallop; to spread; to go swiftly; far off
詞不達意词不达意
ci4 bat1 daat6 ji3words do not convey the meaning; senseless
持不同政見持不同政见
ci4 bat1 tung4 zing3 gin3(politically) dissenting
持不同政見者持不同政见者
ci4 bat1 tung4 zing3 gin3 ze2(political) dissident
慈悲
ci4 bei1(noun) (of Buddhism) Karuṇā
慈悲為本慈悲为本
ci4 bei1 wai4 bun2mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
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