Cantonese words starting with C
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前個排前个排
cin4 go3 paai4earlier on; previously
纏腳缠脚
cin4 goek3binding of women's feet
纏腳帶缠脚带
cin4 goek3 daai2footbinding band
纏腳娘缠脚娘
cin4 goek3 noeng4women who bind their feet
前冠
cin4 gun3heading
前功盡廢前功尽废
cin4 gung1 zeon6 fai3wasted all efforts made previously
前功盡棄前功尽弃
cin4 gung1 zeon6 hei3to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县
cin4 gwok3 ji5 lo4 si1 mung4 gu2 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County, in Songyuan City 松原市[Song1 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin
前郭縣前郭县
cin4 gwok3 jyun6see 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣|前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县[Qian2 guo1 er3 Luo2 si1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
前後前后
cin4 hau6(noun) 1. Front and back; (of sequence) One go first and the next one goes after the other
前後腳前后脚
cin4 hau6 goek3arriving one after each other on purpose as to avoid unwanted attention
前後文前后文
cin4 hau6 man4context; same as 上下文
前後左右前后左右
cin4 hau6 zo2 jau6Surroundings
錢起钱起
cin4 hei2Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet
前戲前戏
cin4 hei3foreplay
錢可通神钱可通神
cin4 ho2 tung1 san4with money, you can do anything (idiom)
瀍河
cin4 ho4Chan River in Henan province 河南[He2 nan2]
瀍河回族區瀍河回族区
cin4 ho4 wui4 zuk6 keoi1Chanhe Hui District, a district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市[Luo4 yang2 Shi4], Henan
前晌
cin4 hoeng2(dialect) morning
前海灣站前海湾站
cin4 hoi2 waan1 zaam6Qianhaiwan Station, a subway station in Shenzhen, China
錢學森钱学森
cin4 hok6 sam1Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer
前漢前汉
cin4 hon3Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], Western Han dynasty
前漢書前汉书
cin4 hon3 syu1History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
前寒武紀前寒武纪
cin4 hon4 mou5 gei2pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago
前胸
cin4 hung1human chest
前空翻
cin4 hung1 faan1(acrobatics) front flip
前胸貼後背前胸贴后背
cin4 hung1 tip3 hau6 bui3(lit.) chest sticking to back; (of several persons) packed chest to back
前任
cin4 jam6predecessor; former
前因
cin4 jan1antecedents
前因後果前因后果
cin4 jan1 hau6 gwo2cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
前人
cin4 jan4predecessor; the person facing you
前人栽樹，後人乘涼前人栽树，后人乘凉
cin4 jan4 zoi1 syu6 ，hau6 jan4 sing4 loeng4to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
前一
cin4 jat1the previous; before; preceding [written and colloquial]
前一向
cin4 jat1 hoeng3lately
前一天
cin4 jat1 tin1the day before (an event)
前日
cin4 jat6day before yesterday
前夜
cin4 je6the eve
前意識前意识
cin4 ji3 sik1preconscious
前兒前儿
cin4 ji4before
前移式叉車前移式叉车
cin4 ji4 sik1 caa1 ce1reach truck
前嫌
cin4 jim4former hatred
前咽
cin4 jin1prepharynx (biology)
前燕
cin4 jin1Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370)
前言
cin4 jin4preface; foreword; introduction; preamble; (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
前言不對後語前言不对后语
cin4 jin4 bat1 deoi3 hau6 jyu5one's whose words or stance differ on another occasion or sentence
纏繞缠绕
cin4 jiu2twisting; to wind; to bother
纏擾缠扰
cin4 jiu5to harass
纏繞莖缠绕茎
cin4 jiu5 ging3vine
前仰後合前仰后合
cin4 joeng5 hau6 hap6to sway to and fro
前園前园
cin4 jyun4Front yard
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