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| Cheap | P'eeahng; p'en ye. |
| Chicken | K(h)igh ts'ai. |
| Child | (boy) Ah tseeow tsai (girl) ah tseeow moy. |
| China (the country) | Choong kwet. |
| Chinese | T'ong nyin. |
| Chop, a | Sz how. |
| Christian, a | Shin fooee nyin; tseen cow ki. |
| Cigar | Lee soong yen. |
| City, a | Shang. |
| Clean | Lahng lee. |
| Clear | (of liquids) Ts'een; (of speech) mean p'ahk. |
| Clever | Ts'oong mean; lahng lee; ts'een. |
| Cloth | Poo; (woollen) yoong. |
| Clothes | Sahm foo; ye shong; ye fook. |
| Clumsy | Ts'z seeook. |
| Coal | Moy t'ahn; sha(r)k t'ahn. |
| Coarse | Ts'z. |
| Cold | Lahng; (a cold) shong foong p'ea set. |
| Collar | Foong leahng. |
| Colour | Set shooee. |
| Comb, to | Saw. |
| Come, to | Loi. |
| Come„ back, to | Chon loi. |
| Compass, a | Loh kang; loh p'ahn. |
| Compensate, to | P'oy poo; poo chon. |
| Comprador | My p'ahn. |
| Confucius | K'oong-foo-tsz. |
| Confused | Lawn. |
| Constable | Ts'ai yeet; (police) ts'ai nyin; (vulgar) look ye. |
