Cantonese words starting with C

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恃強凌弱恃强凌弱

ci5 koeng4 ling4 joek6one who is powerful bullies the weak or poor

恃老賣老恃老卖老

ci5 lou5 maai6 lou5people, usually the elderly, who bully or look down on others, because they think their old age gives them the right to do so

ci5 man4 ming6Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3]

似模似樣似模似样

ci5 mou4 ci5 joeng6(adjective) alike; (slang) someone does a pretty good job for a task; to look the part; to look the way as something should

恃勢欺人恃势欺人

ci5 sai3 hei1 jan4taking advantage of the situation and bully others

ci5 seoi2 lau4 nin4Time goes by fast, just like the swiftly water flow

似水年華似水年华

ci5 seoi2 nin4 waa4fleeting years (idiom)

ci5 si6 ji4 fei1apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

ci5 siu3 fei1 siu3like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)

恃熟賣熟恃熟卖熟

ci5 suk6 maai6 suk6to take advantage of one as they are friends or have a good relationship

ci5 zi2persimmon

ci5 zi2 ziu1bell pepper, aka sweet pepper

ci5 zuk1alike; similar (spoken)

cik1an alternative form for 叱,scold

cik1relative; grief; battle-axe; a surname

cik1(Cant.) to pull, lift up

cik1imperial orders ; edict; a Taoist spell used against demons and spirits

cik1to blame; to reprimand; to oust; (of territory) to expand; to scold; to open up land; to fill up; plentiful

cik1to sting; poison

cik1keep in order; to order; to readjust; neat; to command

cik1 caak1to rebuke angrily

叱咤風雲叱咤风云

cik1 caak1 fung1 wan4lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world

cik1 cik1sorrowful

cik1 cik1intimate; sorrowful

cik1 cuk1(literary) to walk slowly

cik1 cyut3to reprimand; to berate

cik1 fung1to appoint sb to a post or confer a title on sb by imperial order

戚繼光戚继光

cik1 gai3 gwong1Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader

cik1 hau6to reconnoiter; scout

cik1 ho1to shout angrily

cik1 hot3to shout at

cik1 jau5relatives and friends

cik1 ji6relation

cik1 lik6repulsion (in electrostatics)

cik1 ling6Imperial order or edict (old)

cik1 lou5saline marsh

cik1 maa6to curse

cik1 maa6to scold

cik1 man6to call sb to account

cik1 muk6maple (timber)

cik1 suk6relative; dependent

cik1 teoi3to dismiss (from a post); to order away (servants etc)

槭糖漿槭糖浆

cik1 tong4 zoeng1maple syrup

cik1 zaa1variant of 叱咤[chi4 zha4]

叱吒風雲叱咤风云

cik1 zaa1 fung1 wan4powerful, masterful

cik1 zaak3to upbraid

cik1 zaak3to lash out

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