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Words starting with C

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擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type材cáimaterial; timber财cáimoney; wealth采càiallotment to a feudal noble彩cǎi(bright) color; variety菜càivegetable; greens (CL:棵[kē]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yàng],道[dào],盤|盘[pán])财产cái chǎnproperty; assets菜单cài dānmenu; CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]采访cǎi fǎngto interview; to gather news财富cái fùwealth; riches材料cái liào(raw) material; data才能cái néngtalent; ability采取cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take彩色cǎi sècolor; multicolored采用cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ参cānto take part in; to participate餐cānmeal; to eat参观cān guānto look around; to tour参加cān jiāto participate; to take part参考cān kǎoconsultation; reference参与cān yùto participate (in sth)操cāoto grasp; to hold草cǎograss; straw操场cāo chǎngplayground; sports field草地cǎo dìlawn; meadow操作cāo zuòto work; to operate测cèto survey; to measure测量cè liángsurvey; to measure测试cè shìto test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area)层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum曾céngonce; already曾经céng jīngonce; already查cháto research; to check茶chátea; tea plant察cháto examine; to inquire差chādifference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly茶叶chá yètea; tea leaves产chǎnto give birth; to reproduce产品chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise产生chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate常chángalways; ever场chángthreshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout唱chàngto sing; to call loudly长chánglength; long常常cháng chángfrequently; often长城Cháng chéngthe Great Wall长处cháng chùgood aspects; strong points唱歌chàng gēto sing a song场合chǎng hésituation; occasion常见cháng jiàncommonly seen; common唱片chàng piàngramophone record; LP长期cháng qīlong term; long time常识cháng shícommon sense; general knowledge场所chǎng suǒlocation; place长途cháng túlong distance常用cháng yòngin common usage抄chāoto make a copy; to plagiarize超chāoto exceed; to overtake