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• 出聲 — cug4 sian1: to make a sound, to make a noise
• 出身 — cug4 sing1: family background, origin, descent
• 出山 — cug4 suan1: to hold a funeral procession
• 出產 — cug4 suan2: to produce, to manufacture
• 出色 — cug4 sêg4: outstanding, remarkable, excellent
• 出生入死 — cug4 sên1 rib8 si2: to risk one's life, to brave death repeatedly
• 出生 — cug4 sên1: to be born
• 出臺 — cug4 tai5: to appear on stage, to be officially introduced or launched (of a policy)
• 出超 — cug4 tiou3: trade surplus
• 出庭 — cug4 têng5: to appear in court
• 出葬 — cug4 zeng3: to hold a funeral procession
• 出租車 — cug4 zou1 cia1: taxi, taxicab
• 出租屋 — cug4 zou1 og4: rental housing, rented room/apartment
• 出租 — cug4 zou1: to rent out, for rent
• 出珠 — cug4 zu1: to have smallpox
• 出水痘 — cug4 zui2 dao7: to get chickenpox
• 出眾 — cug4 zêng3: outstanding, out of the ordinary
• 出 — cug4: to go out, to exit, to leave
• 璀璨 — cui1 cang3: radiant; brilliant; resplendent
• 摧毀 — cui1 huin2: to destroy, to wreck
• 催婚 — cui1 hung1: to pressure someone to get married
• 催收 — cui1 siu1: to pursue debt repayment, to collect (a debt)
• 催熟 — cui1 sêg8: to accelerate ripening (of fruit)
• 推薦 — cui1 zing3: to recommend, to suggest
• 催 — cui1: to urge, to press someone, to speed up
• 崔 — cui1: surname Cui, (literary) high; lofty
• 摧 — cui1: to destroy, to smash, to break
• 揣 — cui2: to look for; to seek, to guess
• 喙脣 — cui3 dung5: lip(s)
• 翠綠 — cui3 lêg8: emerald green; jade green
• 碎銀 — cui3 ngêng5: loose change, small coins or notes
• 喙瀾 — cui3 nua6: saliva; drool; slobber
• 脆弱 — cui3 riag8: weak, frail, fragile, vulnerable
• 喙澀 — cui3 siab4: to have no appetite; not feel like eating
• 碎紙 — cui3 zua2: loose change, small-denomination money
• 喙 — cui3: mouth
• 嘴 — cui3: mouth
• 碎 — cui3: broken, shattered, fragmented
• 翠 — cui3: green; jade-green; cyan
• 存款 — cung5 kuang2: savings, bank deposit
• 春餅 — cung1 bian2: spring roll, spring pancake
• 春龜 — cung1 gu1: turtle-shaped pastry made in spring
• 春暉 — cung1 hui1: spring sunshine (literary), maternal love (figurative)
• 春分 — cung1 hung1: Spring Equinox (solar term)
• 春期 — cung1 ki5: springtime (literary/dialectal)
• 春季 — cung1 kui3: spring (season), springtime
• 春聯 — cung1 liang5: Spring Festival couplet, chunlian
• 春色 — cung1 sêg4: spring scenery, flushed/joyful look (figurative), lust (figurative)
• 春頭 — cung1 tao5: early spring
• 春天時 — cung1 tin1 si5: spring (season)
• 春天 — cung1 tin1: spring (season), springtime
• 春節 — cung1 zoih4: Chinese New Year, Spring Festival
• 伸 — cung1: to extend; to stretch out
• 春 — cung1: spring (season), vitality; liveliness, love; lust
• 忖 — cung2: to ponder, to speculate
• 蠢 — cung2: stupid; foolish, clumsy; awkward
• 寸步難行 — cung3 bou7 nang5 gian5: unable to move even a step, extremely difficult to make progress
• 寸尺 — cung3 ciêh4: size, dimensions, measurement
• 寸 — cung3: cun (traditional Chinese inch, ~3cm), a tiny amount
• 存在 — cung5 do6: to exist, to be present, existence
• 存錢 — cung5 zin5: to save money, to deposit money
• 存 — cung5: to save, to deposit, to store
• 吹拂 — cuê1 hug4: to blow on, to sweep through (of wind)
• 炊籠 — cuê1 lang5: steamer (basket); steaming basket
• 吹 — cuê1: to blow, to blow (of wind), to boast
• 炊 — cuê1: to steam (cooking), to cook
• 髓 — cuê2: bone marrow, pith; medulla, essence
• 揣事 — cuê7 se7: to look for trouble
• 喘氣 — cuêng2 kui3: to breathe
• 喘 — cuêng2: to pant, to gasp for breath
• 爨 — cuêng3: to cook, to make a fire for cooking
• 釧 — cuêng3: bracelet, armlet
• 闖 — cuêng3: to rush in; to burst in, to charge through; to break through
• 全球 — cuêng5 giu5: whole world, globe
• 全體 — cuêng5 toi2: all, entirety, whole
• 全 — cuêng5: complete, whole, entire
• 栓 — cuêng5: peg, plug, bolt
• 差役 — cê1 hiah8: runner; bailiff (archaic), corvee labor (archaic)
• 叉 — cê1: fork, cross; X (mark)
• 岔 — cê1: to branch off; diverge, fork (in a road)
• 差 — cê1: to dispatch; to send on an errand, errand; task
• 廁所 — cê3 so2: toilet, restroom; bathroom
• 廁 — cê3: toilet, lavatory
• 查處 — cê5 cu3: to investigate and deal with accordingly
• 查清 — cê5 cêng1: to investigate thoroughly, to ascertain
• 查扣 — cê5 kao3: to check and confiscate, to track down
• 查漏補缺 — cê5 lao7 bou2 kuêh4: to detect and fill deficiencies
• 查驗 — cê5 ngiam7: to examine and verify, to inspect
• 查詢 — cê5 sung5: to inquire about, to query
• 查看 — cê5 toin2: to examine, to inspect, to look over
• 查獲 — cê5 uag8: to hunt down and seize, to uncover (a crime)
• 查 — cê5: to investigate, to check, to look into
• 尺 — cê7: gongche musical notation for the note 're' (in Kunqu and Cantonese opera)
• 斥候 — cêg4 hao7: scout, patrol
• 側翻 — cêg4 huang1: to roll over, to tumble
• 測量 — cêg4 nion5: to measure, to survey (land)
• 測溫 — cêg4 ung1: to measure temperature, to take one's temperature
• 斥責 — cêg4 zêh4: to reprimand, to rebuke, to denounce
• 側 — cêg4: side
• 叱 — cêg4: to scold; to shout at; to bawl out
• 戚 — cêg4: relative; kin, sadness; sorrow (literary)
• 槭 — cêg4: maple (tree, genus Acer)
• 測 — cêg4: to measure, to survey, to predict
• 粟 — cêg4: paddy; unhulled rice, rice husk
• 冊 — cêh4: book, volume
• 策 — cêh4: plan; scheme; strategy, policy
• 青紅燈 — cên1 ang5 dêng1: traffic light
• 青紅火 — cên1 ang5 huê2: traffic light
• 青菜花 — cên1 cai3 huê1: broccoli
• 青菜 — cên1 cai3: vegetables, greens
• 青草 — cên1 cao2: grass, medicinal herbs (Southern Min)
• 生鮮 — cên1 cin1: fresh food (fish, fruit, vegetables), fresh produce
• 青春 — cên1 cung1: youth, springtime of life, adolescence
• 星星 — cên1 cên1: star
• 星搭渡 — cên1 dah4 dou7: meteor, shooting star
• 星斗 — cên1 dao2: star (dialectal/literary)
• 青島 — cên1 dao2: Qingdao (city in Shandong, China)
• 星球 — cên1 giu5: planet, celestial body
• 青光眼 — cên1 guang1 ngang2: glaucoma
• 星光 — cên1 guang1: starlight
• 生果 — cên1 guê2: fruit
• 青果 — cên1 guê2: Chinese olive (Canarium album), green unripe fruit
• 星過宮 — cên1 guê3 gêng1: meteor, shooting star
• 青海 — cên1 hai2: Qinghai (province of China), Qinghai Lake
• 星雲 — cên1 hung5: nebula
• 生份人 — cên1 hung7 nang5: stranger
• 生份 — cên1 hung7: unfamiliar, strange
• 生分 — cên1 hung7: to grow apart, to become estranged
• 生番 — cên1 huêng1: barbarian; savage (dated, derogatory), uncivilized or unreasonable person (derogatory)
• 生醃 — cên1 iam1: Chaoshan-style raw marinated seafood
• 星期幾 — cên1 ki5 gui2: which day of the week, what day is it
• 星期一 — cên1 ki5 ig4: Monday
• 星期六 — cên1 ki5 lag8: Saturday
• 星期五 — cên1 ki5 ngou6: Friday
• 星期二 — cên1 ki5 ri6: Tuesday
• 星期日 — cên1 ki5 rig8: Sunday
• 星期三 — cên1 ki5 san1: Wednesday
• 星期四 — cên1 ki5 si3: Thursday
• 星期 — cên1 ki5: week
• 星空 — cên1 kong1: starry sky
• 青樓 — cên1 lao5: brothel (literary)
• 星羅棋布 — cên1 lo5 gi5 bu3: spread all over the place, dotted with, scattered like stars
• 親姆 — cên1 m2: co-mother-in-law
• 青盲囝 — cên1 mê5 gian2: blind person
• 青盲 — cên1 mê5: blind
• 青盲牛 — cên1 mên5 ghu5: illiterate person (lit. 'blind ox')
• 青盲蟲 — cên1 mên5 tang5: illiterate person (lit. 'blind bug')
• 青年 — cên1 ni5: youth, young person
• 星兒 — cên1 ri5: star (poetic/diminutive form)
• 星屎 — cên1 sai2: meteor, shooting star
• 青史 — cên1 se2: annals of history, history books
• 青絲 — cên1 si1: black hair (literary), green silk thread (literary)
• 青少年 — cên1 siao3 ni5: youth, adolescent, teenager
• 星辰 — cên1 sing5: stars, heavenly bodies
• 星宿 — cên1 siu3: constellation, the stars
• 青山綠水 — cên1 sua1 lêg8 zui2: green hills and clear waters, beautiful natural landscape
• 青色 — cên1 sêg4: green, blue-green; cyan
• 青苔 — cên1 ti5: moss
• 青天 — cên1 tin1: blue sky
• 青蛙 — cên1 ua1: frog
• 星洲 — cên1 ziu1: Singapore (nickname)
• 星座 — cên1 zo7: constellation, astrological sign, star sign
• 星 — cên1: star
• 腥 — cên1: having a fishy/raw smell, fishy smell
• 蜻 — cên1: dragonfly (bound form, used in words for the dragonfly)
• 青 — cên1: green, blue
• 醒目 — cên2 mag8: eye-catching; flashy, clever; smart
• 醒 — cên2: to wake up, to be awake, to sober up
• 清白 — cêng1 bêh8: pure, innocent
• 清倉 — cêng1 ceng1: to clear stock, to have a clearance sale
• 清朝 — cêng1 ciou5: Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
• 清楚 — cêng1 co2: clear, to understand clearly
• 親喙 — cêng1 cui3: personally (say something), in person
• 清醒 — cêng1 cên2: clear-headed, sober, lucid
• 清除 — cêng1 de5: to clear away, to eliminate, to remove
• 清代 — cêng1 do7: the Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
• 清單 — cêng1 duan1: list, inventory, checklist
• 清高 — cêng1 gao1: aloof from material/political pursuits; virtuous, (derogatory) standoffish, unsociable
• 清潔能源 — cêng1 giag4 lêng5 nguang5: clean energy
• 清潔 — cêng1 giag4: clean, unpolluted
• 清規 — cêng1 gui1: monastic rules (Buddhist or Taoist)
• 親家 — cêng1 gê1: parents-in-law of one's child, co-parents-in-law
• 清香 — cêng1 hion1: delicately fragrant, sweet-scented
• 稱呼 — cêng1 hu1: to call; to address (someone as)
• 清華 — cêng1 hua5: clear, elegant and beautiful, noble and refined
• 清遠 — cêng1 iang2: Qingyuan (city in Guangdong)
• 清氣相 — cêng1 ki3 sion3: fastidious about cleanliness, obsessively neat and tidy
• 清氣 — cêng1 ki3: clean, tidy
• 清苦 — cêng1 kou2: poor and simple (esp. of scholars), destitute
• 清朗 — cêng1 lang6: clear and bright (sky, weather), lucid; clear
• 清理 — cêng1 li2: to clean up, to tidy up, to deal with
• 清涼 — cêng1 liang5: cool, refreshing
• 親目 — cêng1 mag8: with one's own eyes
• 清邁 — cêng1 mai6: Chiang Mai
• 清明節 — cêng1 mêng5 zoih4: Tomb Sweeping Day, Qingming Festival
• 清明 — cêng1 mêng5: Qingming (solar term), Tomb Sweeping Day
• 清心丸 — cêng1 sim1 in5: Teochew jelly cube (in sweet mung bean soup), clear-heart ball
• 清新 — cêng1 sing1: fresh, refreshing
• 清爽 — cêng1 suang2: fresh and cool, relieved; relaxed
• 清晰 — cêng1 sêg4: clear, distinct