Cantonese words starting with C

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book; classifier for books; imperial edict to confer nobility titles; to set up formally

to crack; to break; to tear

(verb) (of cargo) 1. unload (the goods in containers); (slang) to solve (problem, etc.)

fence; railings

policy; scheme; to whip (a horse); riding crop with sharp spines (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy; crutches

to tear down; to dismantle

caak3 ci4 tong2

a curse used to threaten someone that they will have their penis cut off ; literally: to wreck the ancestral hall [colloquial]

to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

to expose; to see through (a lie etc)

caak3 cyun1 sai1 joeng4 geng3

拆穿西洋鏡拆穿西洋镜

to expose one's lie

to settle an issue; to overcome an obstacle [colloquial]

to dismantle a stall; to dismiss the partnership

caak3 dung1 bou2 sai1

拆東補西拆东补西

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient

caak3 dung1 coeng4 bou2 sai1 coeng4

拆東牆補西牆拆东墙补西墙

lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying)

to conspire; to machinate; to urge action

to instigate (rebellion etc)

to break up into parts

caak3 fong3 fun2

caak3 fu2 jyun4 gwai1

冊府元龜册府元龟

Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls

to confer a title upon sb; to crown

to dismantle a machine

removing of bones

see 冊亨縣|册亨县[Ce4 heng1 Xian4]

caak3 hang1 jyun6

冊亨縣册亨县

Ceheng, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou

to dismantle; to open up (sth sealed)

to support by coordinated action

to tear down and reuse

caak3 jyun4 dei6

place of origin

to confer a title on (an empress or a prince)

to encourage; to impel

see 策勒縣|策勒县[Ce4 le4 Xian4]

caak3 lak6 jyun6

策勒縣策勒县

Qira, a county in Hotan City 和田市[He2 tian2 Shi4], Xinjiang

essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old)

(noun) 1. Strategy; (adjective) Strategic

to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs

essay on policy in question and answer form used in imperial exams

stratagem (political or military)

gate; turnstile

caak3 paang4 zou6 gwo3

拆棚做過拆棚做过

to restart; to start over; to start from zero

to break up (a marriage, family etc)

to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)