Cantonese words starting with C

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潛意識潜意识

Subconscious; subconsciousness.

To change or influence imperceptibly, quietly, or behind the scenes.

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潛移默化潜移默化

To be gradually and imperceptibly influenced by one's environment or external factors.

To hide or conceal oneself.

潛育土潜育土

Gleysol, a type of wetland soil formed under waterlogged conditions.

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潛規則潜规则

An unwritten or unspoken rule, often implying unfair or unethical practices.

A navy submarine; a military submarine.

Potential or capability; the possibility of future development.

潛力股潜力股

A stock with potential to increase in value; a person with great potential for future success.

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潛力股男人潜力股男人

A man with good prospects or potential for future success.

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潛望鏡潜望镜

To submerge or become submerged.

Potential; potentiality; hidden talent or capacity that has not yet been developed.

Loon; any water bird of the genus Gavia.

Qianshan, a county-level city in Anqing, Anhui, China.

To concentrate fully on; to devote oneself to or be single-minded about something.

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潛神默記潜神默记

To devote oneself to a task in silence

To dive or swim underwater, or figuratively, to disappear and stay out of contact.

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潛水刀潜水刀

Dive knife; a knife used in underwater diving.

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潛水夫病潜水夫病

Decompression sickness, also known as the bends.

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潛水夫症潜水夫症

Decompression sickness; the bends.

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潛水服潜水服

潛水衣潜水衣

Diving suit; a protective suit worn when diving.

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潛水員潜水员

Diver; a professional who works underwater.

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潛水艇潜水艇

Submarine; also a slang term for an anti-social person who avoids social events to study or do their own thing.

潛水者潜水者

Underwater diver.

Submarine or submersible; also a reclusive student focused solely on studying.

潛臺詞潜台词

Subtext; unspoken lines in a play left for the audience to infer, or the underlying meaning behind someone's words.

To abscond, flee secretly, and go into hiding.

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潛逃無蹤潜逃无踪

To abscond without leaving a trace.

Underwater swimming or skin diving.

Potential or latent talent; ability that has not yet been fully developed or shown.

Potential or underlying; hidden and not yet revealed.

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潛在媒介潜在媒介

Potential vector.

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潛在威脅潜在威胁

Potential threat

To go into hiding or conceal one's tracks.

An unauthorized building works or illegal structure.

An unauthorized building or illegal structure built on a property.

Thousand, used in financial contexts to prevent fraud or alteration.

Thousand; the number 1,000.

To move, shift, or change locations or state.

A drill used for boring through rock.

A footpath between fields, especially one running north and south.

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千變萬化千变万化

Constantly changing, with infinite variations.

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千變萬軫千变万轸

Constantly changing; ever-varying; highly volatile and unpredictable.

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千差萬別千差万别

Extremely diverse, with countless differences or variations.

To redomicile; to change a company's country of registration.

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千層糕千层糕

Layered cake made of multiple repeating sheets of pastry, showing alternating layers when cut.

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千層麵千层面