Cantonese words starting with G

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gaa1 zoeng2 jat6

家長日家长日

Parents' Day at school

gaa1 zoeng2 wui2

家長會家长会

parent-teacher conference

gaa1 zoeng2 zai3

家長制家长制

patriarchal system

to load (cargo)

(polite) my paternal grandfather

gaa1 zuk1 maa5 lik6

加足馬力加足马力

to go at full throttle; to kick into high gear

家族樹家族树

to aggregate; to calculate the total

to make heavier; (of an illness etc) to become more serious; to increase (a burden, punishment etc)

to increase a bet; to raise (in poker); to raise the stakes; variant of 加註|加注[jia1 zhu4]

a ferule for punishing pupils

variant of 嘎[ga3]

obstruction in the intestine; asthma

賈伯斯贾伯斯

to impersonate; to disguise oneself as sb else

賈寶玉贾宝玉

Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗

假報告假报告

false report; fabricated declaration (e.g. income tax return)

counterfeit money

phony mercy; crocodile tears

to suppose; to assume; if; conjecture

gaa2 cit3 jyu5 hei3

假設語氣假设语气

gaa2 cit3 sing3

假設性假设性

to lip-sync (singing)

to pose as sb; imposture

gaa2 daai6 hung1

gaa2 dai6 cung4

賈第蟲贾第虫

(biology) giardia (esp. Giardia lamblia)

gaa2 dai6 cung4 beng6

賈第蟲病贾第虫病

(medicine) giardiasis

to assume; supposed; assumption

gaa2 dou6 fat6 gwik1

to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo

gaa2 dung6 zok3

假動作假动作

fake move or pass (sports)

假分數假分数

improper fraction (with numerator ≥ denominator, e.g. seven fifths)

counterfeit article; dummy

seems to be fake (spoken)

falsetto, same as 假聲|假声

gaa2 gung1 zai3 si1

假公濟私假公济私

official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position

gaa2 hang2 ding6 geoi3

false affirmative

gaa2 hei3 zan1 coeng3

假戲真唱假戏真唱

fiction comes true

gaa2 hing3 lam4

賈慶林贾庆林

Jia Qinglin (1940-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee 2002-2012