Cantonese words starting with C

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To delay, postpone, or drag out.

The morphological form of a word, such as its inflection or conjugation.

ci4 joek3 zi2 ming4

詞約指明词约指明

Concise but unambiguous.

To decline politely.

Aji fish; horse mackerel.

A word or term; a language unit made of one or more morphemes that can be used independently.

Etymology; the origin and historical development of words.

The origin of words and phrases; etymology.

磁懸浮磁悬浮

Magnetic levitation; maglev train.

ci4 jyun4 fau4 lit6 ce1

磁懸浮列車磁悬浮列车

Ci County, a county in Handan City, Hebei.

Magnetic card; a card with a magnetic strip for storing data.

Cardholder; the person who holds or owns a card.

Cixi, a county-level city in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.

Cixi, a county-level city in Ningbo, Zhejiang.

To gallop; to ride fast.

Lyrics and melody; the lyrics and music of a song.

磁流體磁流体

Hydromagnetic fluid; ferrofluid.

ci4 lei4 sin1 soeng5 ngon6

遲嚟先上岸迟嚟先上岸

Latecomers succeeding or getting served before those who arrived earlier.

Cili county in Zhangjiajie, Hunan.

慈利縣慈利县

Cili, a county in Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province.

Part of speech; word class.

Manipura; the solar plexus chakra located in the upper abdomen.

To express a view, present an argument, or state a stance.

Magnetic force; the force exerted by a magnetic field on moving charges or magnetic materials.

磁力線磁力线

Line of magnetic flux; magnetic field line.

磁力鎖磁力锁

Magnetic lock; an electromagnetic lock.

Polite speech; diplomatic or eloquent language.

Polite, diplomatic, or eloquent language.

Late; behind schedule or past the designated time.

Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus).

馳龍科驰龙科

Dromaeosauridae, a family of feathered theropod dinosaurs that includes the velociraptor.

Slow; sluggish or tardy.

ci4 maan6 gat1 laai1 ji1

茨萬吉拉伊茨万吉拉伊

Morgan Tsvangirai (1952-2018), Zimbabwean politician.

ci4 mei4 sin6 muk6

Having a benevolent face, kind eyes, and a gentle appearance.

ci4 mei4 sin6 ngaan5

Having a benevolent and kind countenance; soft and gentle facial features.

Suffix; a word ending.

Famous, renowned, or well-known.

ci4 ming4 zung1 ngoi6

馳名中外驰名中外

Renowned both at home and abroad; famous worldwide.

Ancestral temple or shrine, typically built to honor ancestors or deities.

An affectionate term for an affectionate mother, or used sarcastically to refer to the Hong Kong Police.

An ancestral memorial hall and its surrounding tomb.

Late in life; past one's prime.

To gallop or run fast, or to rush about in pursuit of something.

Headword in a dictionary.

To delay or be late.

One's mother's kind and loving face.

To miss or think of someone or something far away.

Deep love and affection, especially that of a parent toward children.

Word frequency; the number of times a word occurs in a text or corpus.