Cantonese words starting with C
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千山萬水千山万水
cin1 saan1 maan6 seoi2a lengthy and hard expedition
遷西迁西
cin1 sai1see 遷西縣|迁西县[Qian1 xi1 Xian4]
遷西縣迁西县
cin1 sai1 jyun6Qianxi, a county in Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei
千辛萬苦千辛万苦
cin1 san1 maan6 fu2to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; after some effort
千絲萬縷千丝万缕
cin1 si1 maan6 lau5(idiom) intricately interconnected
千兆
cin1 siu6giga-
千頭萬緒千头万绪
cin1 tau4 maan6 seoi5plethora of things to tackle; very complicated
千挑萬選千挑万选
cin1 tiu1 maan6 syun2to select very carefully
千位
cin1 wai2the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
千位元
cin1 wai2 jyun4kilobit
千真萬確千真万确
cin1 zan1 maan6 kok3absolutely true (idiom); true from many points of view
千周
cin1 zau1kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz
遷就迁就
cin1 zau6(verb) To humor
千姿百態千姿百态
cin1 zi1 baak3 taai3(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
釺子钎子
cin1 zi2hammer drill for boring through rock
千字文
cin1 zi6 man4Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
千字節千字节
cin1 zi6 zit3kilobyte
千載千载
cin1 zoi2A Thousand Years
千載一時千载一时
cin1 zoi2 jat1 si4once in a thousand years, which means a rare opportunity
千載難逢千载难逢
cin1 zoi2 naan4 fung4extremely rare (idiom)
千足蟲千足虫
cin1 zuk1 cung4millipede
淺浅
cin2easy; simple
闡阐
cin2to express; to enlighten; to explain; to elucidate
淺白浅白
cin2 baak6simple
淺薄浅薄
cin2 bok6superficial
淺層文字浅层文字
cin2 cang4 man4 zi6shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
淺草浅草
cin2 cou2Asakusa (district of Tokyo known for its traditional atmosphere and Sensō-ji, a 7th-century Buddhist temple)
淺淡浅淡
cin2 daam6light (color); vague (feeling)
錢多事少離家近钱多事少离家近
cin2 do1 si6 siu2 lei4 gaa1 gan6lots of money, less work, and close to home
淺短浅短
cin2 dyun2narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill)
闡發阐发
cin2 faat3to elucidate; to study and explain
淺浮雕浅浮雕
cin2 fau4 diu1bas-relief
淺耕浅耕
cin2 gaang1to scratch
淺近浅近
cin2 gan6simple
淺見浅见
cin2 gin3shallow opinion
淺黑浅黑
cin2 hak1dark; (of skin) lightly pigmented
淺希近求浅希近求
cin2 hei1 gan6 kau4to aim low; without lofty ambition
淺顯浅显
cin2 hin2(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
淺顯易懂浅显易懂
cin2 hin2 ji6 dung2(adjective) easy to understand; easy to follow
淺海浅海
cin2 hoi2shallow sea
淺學浅学
cin2 hok6shallow study; scant knowledge
淺易浅易
cin2 ji6easy; suitable for beginners
闡揚阐扬
cin2 joeng4to expound
淺源地震浅源地震
cin2 jyun4 dei6 zan3shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)
淺藍浅蓝
cin2 laam4light blue
淺陋浅陋
cin2 lau6shallow and crude
淺露浅露
cin2 lou6blunt
錢物钱物
cin2 mat6money and things of value
錢能通神钱能通神
cin2 nang4 tung1 san4money is all-powerful
錢銀钱银
cin2 ngan2money
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