Cantonese words starting with C

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ci4 gang1 baak6

Spoon-white; a color resembling a white Chinese ceramic spoon.

Enduring, lasting, or persistent over a long period of time.

ci4 gau2 sing3 duk6 zai1

持久性毒劑持久性毒剂

Persistent agent; a chemical weapon that remains effective in the environment for a long time.

ci4 gau2 wo4 ping4

Continuous peace; a lasting peace.

持久戰持久战

Protracted war; a prolonged war or conflict where endurance, persistence, and perseverance are key factors.

遲幾日迟几日

A few days later; in a few days.

Magnetic moment.

Words and sentences; phrasing or expressions.

Magnetic pole; either of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetic field is strongest.

Word stem; the core part of a word that carries meaning and can combine with affixes.

Tzigane; a Romani person or gypsy, especially of Hungarian descent, or their music.

Chagang province, a province in northern North Korea.

Arrowhead; a wetland plant with edible corms often eaten during Chinese New Year.

Arrowhead; an edible aquatic tuber.

Arrowhead; an aquatic plant with edible corms.

慈姑椗慈姑碇

A little boy's penis or genitals, often used affectionately.

To resign from a civil service or government position.

To resign or quit one's job.

Magnetic resonance.

ci4 gung6 zan3 sing4 zoeng6

磁共振成像

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

持國天持国天

Dhritarashtra, one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist cosmology.

Later on; after a while; in the future.

To be armed, especially holding a weapon.

ci4 haai6 haang4 gip3

To say goodbye before departing on a long journey.

Empress Dowager Cixi.

ci4 hei1 taai3 hau6

Empress Dowager Cixi, regent of the Qing dynasty from 1861 to 1908.

Porcelain; chinaware.

Porcelain; chinaware.

磁氣圈磁气圈

Magnetosphere; the region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are controlled by that object's magnetic field.

To resign or voluntarily leave a position or job.

Cihai; an encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936.

Penned words; a literary composition, letter, or calligraphy.

ci4 hong6 lo4 cap1

詞項邏輯词项逻辑

Term logic; syllogistic logic.

遲浩田迟浩田

Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense from 1993 to 2003.

Cavity magnetron, used to produce microwaves.

To resign; to voluntarily leave a job or position before the end of the term.

ci4 jan1 ngaa5 lei6

Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia.

The East Asian Yogācāra school of Buddhism.

A writer of ci (a genre of classical Chinese poetry).

ci4 jan4 mak6 haak3

詞人墨客词人墨客

Writers, poets, and scholars who are skilled in literature and calligraphy.

To hold, possess, own, or have.

A holder; a person who possesses or holds something.

Porcelain glaze.

The meaning of a word; word meaning.

To hesitate; to be undecided and need time to think.

The meaning of a word.

磁異常磁异常

Magnetic anomaly; a local variation in the Earth's magnetic field.

Salt harvested from a salt lake.