Cantonese words starting with C

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To bid farewell or say goodbye to someone.

Navel orange; a type of large orange with a navel-like mark on its peel.

Late; slow in taking action or finishing a task.

Resignation letter; a letter written to a superior to resign from a job.

To hold a gun or be armed.

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持槍搶劫持枪抢劫

Armed robbery; committing robbery while carrying a gun.

Kind, gentle, and loving, typically describing an elderly person.

Magnetic field; a force field created by magnets or electric currents.

To hesitate, waver, or be undecided.

To hesitate, waver, or pace back and forth indecisively.

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踟躕不前踟蹰不前

Hesitant to move forward or take action; hesitating and making no progress.

Magnetic tape, used for storing data or audio.

Umbilical cord.

磁帶機磁带机

Tape drive; a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape.

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治大國若烹小鮮治大国若烹小鲜

Ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy; a big country should be governed with care and minimal interference.

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磁單極子磁单极子

Magnetic monopole; a hypothetical elementary particle that is an isolated magnet with only one magnetic pole.

Button magnet used on whiteboards, refrigerator doors, or other magnetic surfaces.

Slow, sluggish, or slow-witted, especially in reacting to things.

Slow-witted, sluggish, or slow in reaction.

Later; after a while.

遲啲見迟啲见

Dictionary; a reference book listing words with their spelling, meaning, pronunciation, and origin.

辭典機辞典机

Electronic dictionary; a portable electronic device used for looking up words.

詞典學词典学

Lexicography; the study of dictionaries and the practice of compiling them.

Magnetic storage disk, especially a floppy disk.

磁碟機磁碟机

Floppy disk drive; a computer device used to read floppy disks.

To resign or quit one's job, or to dismiss someone from employment.

To hold a knife.

To arrive late; to reach a destination after the agreed or scheduled time.

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遲到好過冇到迟到好过冇到

Better late than never; arriving late is better than not showing up at all.

Magnetization; the process by which the magnetic properties of a substance are changed under the influence of an external magnetic field.

Morphology in linguistics.

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遲發性損傷迟发性损伤

Delayed lesion.

Magnetic levitation; maglev.

Word bank; a repository or collection of words and vocabulary data.

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慈福行動慈福行动

Operation Blessing, a charitable relief organization.

The vigor, eloquence, or force of one's speech or writing.

To manage a household; to keep house.

Figure of speech; rhetorical device.

To submit, hand in, or pay late

雉雞尾雉鸡尾

The tail feathers of a male pheasant.

磁感應磁感应

Magnetic induction

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磁感應強度磁感应强度

Magnetic flux density; magnetic induction strength.

磁感線磁感线

Line of magnetic flux.

To rescind, lift, or relax a prohibition.

Root; the core, irreducible part of a word in linguistics.

Spoon; an eating utensil with a handle and a shallow bowl at one end.