Cantonese words starting with C
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纏身缠身
cin4 san1(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one
前生
cin4 sang1previous life
纏手缠手
cin4 sau2troublesome
前首相
cin4 sau2 soeng3former prime minister
前些
cin4 se1a few (days, years etc) ago
瀍水
cin4 seoi2the Chanshui river in Henan
前信號燈前信号灯
cin4 seon3 hou6 dang1car front indicator
前述
cin4 seot6aforestated; the preceding statement
前思后想
cin4 si1 hau6 soeng2Thinking thoroughly
纏絲瑪瑙缠丝玛瑙
cin4 si1 maa5 nou5sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
前事
cin4 si6past events; what has happened
前事不忘，後事之師前事不忘，后事之师
cin4 si6 bat1 mong4 ，hau6 si6 zi1 si1don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
前線前线
cin4 sin3leader
前線工作者前线工作者
cin4 sin3 gung1 zok3 ze2frontline worker [written and colloquial]
錢小豪钱小豪
cin4 siu2 hou4Chin Siu-ho, a Hong Kong actor
前兆
cin4 siu6omen; first sign
前所未見前所未见
cin4 so2 mei6 gin3unprecedented
前所未有
cin4 so2 mei6 jau5(idiom) unprecedented
前所未聞前所未闻
cin4 so2 mei6 man4(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
前蘇聯前苏联
cin4 sou1 lyun4former Soviet Union
前體前体
cin4 tai2(chemistry, biology) precursor
前提
cin4 tai4(noun) Precondition of
前提條件前提条件
cin4 tai4 tiu4 gin2preconditions
前頭前头
cin4 tau4in front; ahead
纏頭缠头
cin4 tau4embroidered headband used as decoration by actors or in Hui ethnic group
前廳前厅
cin4 teng1anteroom; lobby (of a hotel etc)
前腿
cin4 teoi2forelegs
前天
cin4 tin1the day before yesterday
前庭
cin4 ting4front courtyard
前庭窗
cin4 ting4 coeng1fenestra vestibuli (of inner ear)
前臺前台
cin4 toi4stage; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.); reception desk; foreground
錢塘钱塘
cin4 tong4see 錢塘江|钱塘江[Qian2 tang2 Jiang1]
錢塘潮钱塘潮
cin4 tong4 ciu4tidal bore of the Qiantang River 錢塘江|钱塘江[Qian2 tang2 Jiang1] in Zhejiang
錢塘江钱塘江
cin4 tong4 gong1Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou Bay, noted for its spectacular tidal bore 錢塘潮|钱塘潮[Qian2 tang2 chao2]
前途
cin4 tou4(noun) future path
前途未卜
cin4 tou4 mei6 buk1hanging in the balance; ¿Qué serà?
前途渺茫
cin4 tou4 miu5 mong4not knowing what to do next
前途無量前途无量
cin4 tou4 mou4 loeng6to have boundless prospects
前桅
cin4 wai4foremast
前胃
cin4 wai6proventriculus
前衛前卫
cin4 wai6advanced guard; avant-garde
錢永健钱永健
cin4 wing5 gin6Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate
前往
cin4 wong5to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
錢債钱债
cin4 zaai3monetary debts [written and colloquial]
前鎮前镇
cin4 zan3see 前鎮區|前镇区[Qian2 zhen4 Qu1]
前鎮區前镇区
cin4 zan3 keoi1Cianjhen, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 Shi4], Taiwan
前奏
cin4 zau3prelude
前奏曲
cin4 zau3 kuk1prelude (music)
前者
cin4 ze2the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
前綴前缀
cin4 zeoi3prefix (linguistics)
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