Cantonese words starting with C
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清理
cing1 lei5to clear up; to dispose of
清理隊伍清理队伍
cing1 lei5 deoi6 ng5to purge the ranks
青旅
cing1 leoi5youth hostel
腈綸腈纶
cing1 leon4acrylic fiber
清廉
cing1 lim4honest
清零
cing1 ling4to restore sth to its initial state; to empty (a bank account); (computing) to clear (memory)
蜻蛉
cing1 ling4damselfly
蜻蛉目
cing1 ling4 muk6Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
清涼清凉
cing1 loeng4cool; (of clothing) skimpy
稱量称量
cing1 loeng4to weigh
清涼油清凉油
cing1 loeng4 jau4soothing ointment
清亮
cing1 loeng6clear; bright
青睞青睐
cing1 loi6(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
清朗
cing1 long5clear and bright; clear and sonorous (voice)
青龍青龙
cing1 lung4Azure Dragon, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, representing the east and the spring season
青龍偃月刀青龙偃月刀
cing1 lung4 jin2 jyut6 dou1the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, a legendary weapon of Guanyu in the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
青龍縣青龙县
cing1 lung4 jyun6see 青龍滿族自治縣|青龙满族自治县[Qing1 long2 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
青龍滿族自治縣青龙满族自治县
cing1 lung4 mun5 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County, in Qinhuangdao City 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 Shi4], Hebei
青龍頭青龙头
cing1 lung4 tau4Tsing Lung Tau, a place in Hong Kong, China
青馬大橋青马大桥
cing1 maa5 daai6 kiu4Tsing Ma Bridge (to Hong Kong Airport)
清邁清迈
cing1 maai6Chiang Mai, city in Thailand
青黴素青霉素
cing1 mei4 sou3(pharmacology) penicillin
青面獠牙
cing1 min6 liu4 ngaa4ferocious-looking (idiom)
清明
cing1 ming4tomb-sweeping (Ching Ming Festival)
清明上河圖清明上河图
cing1 ming4 soeng6 ho4 tou4(noun) the River of Wisdom, which is the national treasure of China
清明節清明节
cing1 ming4 zit3(noun) The Ching Ming Festival, which is a day that Chinese people to clean their ancestor's graves, and more importantly, it requires worship ritual includes touch up headstone inscriptions, offerings food (incense and real food), money (paper money) to their ancestors, etc.
青苗
cing1 miu4green sprouts; young seedlings
清么九
cing1 mo1 gau2one of the method of winning in a Mahjong game
青梅竹馬青梅竹马
cing1 mui4 zuk1 maa5lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); childhood sweethearts
清末
cing1 mut6the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]
清末民初
cing1 mut6 man4 co1the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
清雅
cing1 ngaa5refined
青瓦臺青瓦台
cing1 ngaa5 toi4the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
青眼
cing1 ngaan5(to look) with a direct gaze
青年
cing1 nin4youth; young person
青年人
cing1 nin4 jan4young person
青年期
cing1 nin4 kei4adolescence
青年旅舍
cing1 nin4 leoi5 se3youth hostel
青年事務委員會青年事务委员会
cing1 nin4 si6 mou6 wai2 jyun4 wui2The Commission on Youth
青年團青年团
cing1 nin4 tyun4youth corps
青年會青年会
cing1 nin4 wui2YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844)
青年仔
cing1 nin4 zai2male teenager (spoken)
青年節青年节
cing1 nin4 zit3Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
青囊
cing1 nong4medical practice (Chinese medicine) (old)
清貧清贫
cing1 pan4poor but upright
清平
cing1 ping4Cheongpyeong, a town in South Korea; Qingping, a town in China
青浦
cing1 pou2Qingpu suburban district of Shanghai
青浦區青浦区
cing1 pou2 keoi1Qingpu suburban district of Shanghai
清盤清盘
cing1 pun2liquidation
青山
cing1 saan1common term for mental hospital
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