Cantonese words starting with C

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cin4 jyun4(military) forward position

前緣未了前缘未了

cin4 jyun4 mei6 liu5one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)

前臼齒前臼齿

cin4 kau5 ci2premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)

cin4 kei4preceding period

錢其琛钱其琛

cin4 kei4 sam1Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier

cin4 keoi1fore-runner

cin4 king1to lean forward

cin4 kit3(the item) named above; cited above

cin4 kiu4Maebashi (surname or place name)

cin4 lai6precedent

cin4 leon4front wheel

cin4 lit6the very front

cin4 lit6 sin3prostate

cin4 lit6 sin3 jim4prostatitis

cin4 lit6 sin3 ngaam4Prostate cancer

cin4 lit6 sin3 sou3prostaglandin

cin4 loek6 jik6swept-forward wing (on jet fighter)

cin4 loeng4Former Liang, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms (314-376)

cin4 loeng4land tax

cin4 loi4to come (formal); previously

cin4 lok3to wind around

cin4 long4front porch

cin4 long6the older generation [colloquial]

cin4 maan5the night before last night

cin4 maau4forward patrol (military) (old)

cin4 min4touching (emotions)

纏綿不已缠绵不已

cin4 min4 bat1 ji5to cling without letting go; to cling lovingly to each other

纏綿悱惻缠绵悱恻

cin4 min4 fei2 cak1(of a person) sad beyond words (idiom); very sentimental

cin4 min6ahead; preceding; also pr. [qian2 mian5]

前無古人前无古人

cin4 mou4 gu2 jan4unprecedented

cin4 muk6Ch'ien Mu, a Chinese scholar, historians and philosophers in the 20th century

cin4 mun4Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2

前門打虎，後門打狼前门打虎，后门打狼

cin4 mun4 daa2 fu2 ，hau6 mun4 daa2 long4to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

前門拒虎，後門進狼前门拒虎，后门进狼

cin4 mun4 keoi5 fu2 ，hau6 mun4 zeon3 long4to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

cin4 ngaak6forehead

cin4 nin4the year before last

前怕狼後怕虎前怕狼后怕虎

cin4 paa3 long4 hau6 paa3 fu2lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); reds under the beds

cin4 paai4front row

cin4 pei4Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006

前仆后繼前仆后继

cin4 puk1 hau6 gai3marching forward with courage (military)

cin4 saam1 gaap3top three

錢三強钱三强

cin4 saam1 koeng4Qian Sanqiang

cin4 saan1Front A place in Zhuhai, China

cin4 saau3outpost

前哨戰前哨战

cin4 saau3 zin3skirmish

cin4 sai3previous life; former incarnation

前世姻緣前世姻缘

cin4 sai3 jan1 jyun4a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)

前世撈亂骨頭前世捞乱骨头

cin4 sai3 lou1 lyun6 gwat1 tau4mutual enmity; describes a situation where two or more parties are always having issues with each other and having a sour relationship for a long time; literally 'their bones were mixed up in their past lives'

cin4 sai3 m4 sau1an act of karma on one's unfortunate events (spoken)

cin4 san1forerunner; precursor; jacket front

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