Cantonese words starting with C

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cin1 saan1 maan6 seoi2

千山萬水千山万水

A long and arduous journey.

Qianxi, a county in Hebei, China.

cin1 sai1 jyun6

遷西縣迁西县

Qianxi, a county in Tangshan City, Hebei Province.

cin1 san1 maan6 fu2

千辛萬苦千辛万苦

Countless hardships, suffering, or trials; to go through innumerable difficulties.

cin1 si1 maan6 lau5

千絲萬縷千丝万缕

To have an incredibly complicated and close relationship with someone or something.

Giga-; a prefix meaning one billion (10^9), or historically one million million (10^12) in some contexts.

cin1 tau4 maan6 seoi5

千頭萬緒千头万绪

A plethora of things to tackle; extremely complicated, tangled, or difficult to sort out.

cin1 tiu1 maan6 syun2

千挑萬選千挑万选

To select very carefully; to choose from among a thousand or ten thousand options.

The thousands place or column in the decimal system.

cin1 wai2 jyun4

Kilobit; a unit of data equal to 1,000 bits.

cin1 zan1 maan6 kok3

千真萬確千真万确

Absolutely true; completely genuine and beyond any doubt.

Kilocycle; a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz.

To yield, accommodate, or make compromises for someone.

cin1 zi1 baak3 taai3

千姿百態千姿百态

An immense variety of postures, gestures, or appearances.

A hammer drill or boring bar used for drilling through rock.

A very lengthy article or post on a social media platform.

千字節千字节

A thousand years, representing a very long time.

cin1 zoi2 jat1 si4

千載一時千载一时

Once in a thousand years; a extremely rare opportunity.

cin1 zoi2 naan4 fung4

千載難逢千载难逢

Extremely rare; once in a lifetime; an opportunity or event that occurs only once in a thousand years.

cin1 zuk1 cung4

千足蟲千足虫

To explain, clarify, or elucidate something to make it clearer.

Simple, plain, and straightforward in structure and content.

Shallow, superficial, or lacking in knowledge and cultivation.

cin2 cang4 man4 zi6

淺層文字浅层文字

Shallow orthography; a writing system with highly consistent and simple spelling-to-sound correspondences.

Asakusa, a district of Tokyo.

Light in color, or faint and vague in feeling.

cin2 do1 si6 siu2 lei4 gaa1 gan6

錢多事少離家近钱多事少离家近

An ideal job description featuring lots of money, little work, and a short commute close to home.

Narrow, shallow, or limited in knowledge or skill.

To elucidate, study, and explain in detail.

淺浮雕浅浮雕

Bas-relief; low relief sculpture.

To plow or cultivate soil shallowly; to scratch.

Simple, shallow, or easy to understand.

Humble, shallow, or superficial opinion, often used to refer to one's own views.

Dark skin; to have a dark or lightly pigmented complexion.

cin2 hei1 gan6 kau4

淺希近求浅希近求

To aim low, lacking lofty ambitions or high aspirations.

Easy to understand, plain, or accessible, as in written or spoken material.

cin2 hin2 ji6 dung2

淺顯易懂浅显易懂

Simple and easy to understand.

Shallow study, or superficial and scant knowledge.

Simple and easy to understand; suitable for beginners.

To expound, clarify, or propagate an idea, principle, or doctrine.

cin2 jyun4 dei6 zan3

淺源地震浅源地震

Shallow earthquake, with an epicenter less than 70 km deep.

Shallow, superficial, or having meager knowledge or experience.

Blunt, direct, or straightforward in expression.

Money and valuable belongings.

cin2 nang4 tung1 san4

錢能通神钱能通神

Money is all-powerful; money talks.

Money; financial matters.