Cantonese words starting with C

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cin1 ji4 baat3 baak3

千兒八百千儿八百

Around a thousand; approximately eight hundred to a thousand.

One hundred billion; hundreds of billions.

To delay, procrastinate, or drag on for a long time.

cin1 jin4 maan6 jyu5

千言萬語千言万语

Thousands of words; having a great deal to say.

Chiba, a Japanese surname and place name.

cin1 jip6 jyun6

千葉縣千叶县

Chiba prefecture, Japan.

Qianyang; a county in Shaanxi, China.

cin1 joeng4 jyun6

千陽縣千阳县

Qianyang County, in Baoji City, Shaanxi.

Kilocalorie (kcal).

By all means; please; make sure to (used to emphasize a request, warning, or command).

By all means, at all costs, or under no circumstances; used when giving earnest advice or warnings.

cin1 kei4 baak3 gwaai3

Exceedingly strange; having all kinds of weird or peculiar things and phenomena.

cin1 kei4 m4 hou2

Under no circumstances; please do not; must not.

To move away from; to leave the place where one originally lived.

A thousand miles; a very long distance.

cin1 lei5 daap3 coeng4 paang4 ，mut6 jau5 bat1 saan3 dik1 jin3 zik6

千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席

Even the longest banquet must eventually come to an end; all good things must come to an end.

cin1 lei5 daat6 kap6 tok3 baa1 go1

千里達及托巴哥千里达及托巴哥

Trinidad and Tobago

cin1 lei5 daat6 wo4 do1 baa1 go1

千里達和多巴哥千里达和多巴哥

Trinidad and Tobago

cin1 lei5 gei3 ngo4 mou4

千里寄鵝毛千里寄鹅毛

Goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present sent with deep sincerity.

cin1 lei5 jan1 jyun4 dau1 co3 hyun1

千里姻緣兜錯圈千里姻缘兜错圈

The TVB drama series "A Matter of Business", broadcast in Hong Kong in 1998.

千里馬千里马

A fine steed that can cover long distances quickly.

cin1 lei5 ngaan5

Clairvoyance, or the supernatural ability to see things happening at a great distance.

cin1 lei5 ngo4 mou4

千里鵝毛千里鹅毛

A goose feather sent from afar; a trifling gift that carries deep affection or weighty thought behind it.

cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4

千里送鵝毛千里送鹅毛

A trifling present sent from afar that carries deep affection; the thought that counts.

cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4 ，lai5 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6

千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重

It is the thought that counts; a small gift sent from afar carrying deep affection.

cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4 ，lai5 hing1 jan4 ji3 zung6

千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重

A small gift sent from afar carries deep affection; it is the thought that counts.

cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4 ，mat6 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6

千里送鵝毛，物輕情意重千里送鹅毛，物轻情意重

A small gift sent from afar carries deep affection; it is the thought that counts.

cin1 lei5 tiu4 tiu4

From or to a very distant place; over a long and arduous journey.

cin1 lei5 zi1 hang4 ，ci2 jyu1 zuk1 haa6

千里之行，始於足下千里之行，始于足下

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; success is built gradually from small beginnings.

cin1 lei5 zi1 ngoi6

A thousand miles away; extremely far away.

cin1 lei5 zi1 tai4 ，kui2 jyu1 ngai5 jyut6

千里之堤，潰於蟻穴千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

A tiny small leak or mistake can cause a great disaster; a small thing can have ruinous consequences.

cin1 leoi6 jat1 dak1

千慮一得千虑一得

A thousand tries leads to one success; even a foolish person can occasionally make a good point.

cin1 leoi6 jat1 sat1

千慮一失千虑一失

Even a thousand calculations can have one oversight; even the wisest person can make a mistake.

Green, lush, and flourishing vegetation.

By all means; absolutely; no matter what.

cin1 maan6 fu3 jung1

千萬富翁千万富翁

Multi-millionaire; an extremely wealthy person.

Paths or lanes between fields that divide agricultural land.

cin1 naan4 maan6 naan4

千難萬難千难万难

Extremely difficult; fraught with countless difficulties.

Kilowatt (kW); a unit of power equal to one thousand watts.

A thousand years; a millennium.

To vent or shift one's anger onto an innocent bystander.

cin1 nou6 jyu1 jan4

遷怒於人迁怒于人

To vent one's anger on an innocent party.

Qian'an, a county-level city in Hebei, China.

遷安市迁安市

Qian'an, a county-level city in Tangshan, Hebei Province

Kilopascal, a unit of pressure.

cin1 pin1 jat1 leot6

Repetitive, formulaic, and lacking in variety; hackneyed or trite.

To migrate or move from one habitat or location to another, especially of a group of people or animals.

cin1 saan1 keoi1

千山區千山区

Qianshan, a district of Anshan City in Liaoning Province.