Cantonese words starting with C
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千秋
cin1 cau1a thousand years
韆鞦千秋
cin1 cau1a swing
千秋萬代千秋万代
cin1 cau1 maan6 doi6throughout the ages
千錘百煉千锤百炼
cin1 ceoi4 baak3 lin6well experienced, after hard works and harsh challenges
千錘百鍊千锤百炼
cin1 ceoi4 baak3 lin6after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
千千萬萬千千万万
cin1 cin1 maan6 maan6lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; thousands upon thousands
千瘡百孔千疮百孔
cin1 cong1 baak3 hung2see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bai3 kong3 qian1 chuang1]
千噸千吨
cin1 deon1kiloton
千叮萬囑千叮万嘱
cin1 ding1 maan6 zuk1repeatedly urging
遷都迁都
cin1 dou1to move the capital (city)
千刀萬剮千刀万剐
cin1 dou1 maan6 gwaa2(idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
千島群島千岛群岛
cin1 dou2 kwan4 dou2Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia
千島湖千岛湖
cin1 dou2 wu4Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
千島醬千岛酱
cin1 dou2 zoeng3thousand island dressing
千佛洞
cin1 fat6 dung6Buddhist grottos
遷飛迁飞
cin1 fei1to migrate (of birds)
千方百計千方百计
cin1 fong1 baak3 gai3lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
千夫
cin1 fu1a lot of people (literary)
千伏
cin1 fuk6kilovolt
千家萬戶千家万户
cin1 gaa1 maan6 wu6every family (idiom)
千鹼基對千碱基对
cin1 gaan2 gei1 deoi3kilobase pair (molecular biology)
千揀萬揀，揀著個爛燈膽千拣万拣，拣着个烂灯胆
cin1 gaan2 maan6 gaan2, gaan2 zoek6 go3 laan6 dang1 daam2to make the worst choice after picking out of so many options [colloquial]
千揀萬揀,揀着個爛燈盞千拣万拣,拣着个烂灯盏
cin1 gaan2 maan6 gaan2 ,gaan2 zoek6 go3 laan6 dang1 zaan2after rounds of selection, one end up with the worst choice out of all
千揀萬揀，揀著個爛燈盞千拣万拣，拣着个烂灯盏
cin1 gaan2 maan6 gaan2, gaan2 zoek6 go3 laan6 dang1 zaan2to make the worst choice after picking out of so many options [colloquial]
千金
cin1 gam1thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; (honorific) invaluable (support)
千金方
cin1 gam1 fong1Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3]
千金一諾千金一诺
cin1 gam1 jat1 nok6a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
千金一擲千金一掷
cin1 gam1 jat1 zaak6lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
千金要方
cin1 gam1 jiu3 fong1Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3]
千金難買千金难买
cin1 gam1 naan4 maai5can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
千斤
cin1 gan1a Chinese measuring unit, equals to approximately 500 kg per unit
千斤頂千斤顶
cin1 gan1 ding2jack (mechanical lifting device)
遷居迁居
cin1 geoi1to move (from one residence to another)
遷居移民迁居移民
cin1 geoi1 ji4 man4immigration
千嬌百媚千娇百媚
cin1 giu1 baak3 mei6beautiful and charming
千古
cin1 gu2for all eternity; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
千古遺恨千古遗恨
cin1 gu2 wai4 han6to have eternal regrets (idiom)
千古罪人
cin1 gu2 zeoi6 jan4sb condemned by history (idiom)
千鈞一髮千钧一发
cin1 gwan1 jat1 faat3lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
千軍易得，一將難求千军易得，一将难求
cin1 gwan1 ji6 dak1 ，jat1 zoeng3 naan4 kau4Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千軍萬馬千军万马
cin1 gwan1 maan6 maa5magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
千赫
cin1 haak1kilohertz
千赫茲千赫兹
cin1 haak1 zi1kilohertz
千克
cin1 hak1kilogram
千禧
cin1 hei1millennium
千禧一代
cin1 hei1 jat1 doi6Generation Y
千禧年
cin1 hei1 nin4the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
遷入迁入
cin1 jap6to move in (to new lodging)
千依百順千依百顺
cin1 ji1 baak3 seon6totally submissive (idiom)
遷移迁移
cin1 ji4to migrate
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