Cantonese words starting with G

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to pretend; to make sth up; to make use of

variant of 假托[jia3 tuo1]

gaa2 tou4 mit6 gwik1

假途滅虢假途灭虢

lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

small, dear kid

a lie; misstatement

see 賈汪區|贾汪区[Jia3 wang1 Qu1]

gaa2 wong1 keoi1

賈汪區贾汪区

Jiawang, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu

to make use of; under false pretenses; masquerading as; tolerant; character acquiring meanings by phonetic association

假借義假借义

the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")

loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also called phonetic loan

artificial limb; prosthetic limb

arrogant [colloquial]

false testimony

gaa2 zing3 gin2

假證件假证件

false documents

gaa2 zing3 ging1

假正經假正经

demure; hypocritical

false appearance

gaa2 zoeng6 ngaa4

to forge; to fabricate (a story)

gaa2 zung2 pei4

假種皮假种皮

used in dialects

price; (chemistry) valence

(of a woman) to marry; to shift (blame etc)

to harness; to drive; to sail; your good self (honorific); to over ride; cart; the emperor

(of an emperor) to pass away

(coll.) unable to withstand; can't stand it

final particle for making an assertion [colloquial, less commonly used nowadays]

(coll.) coffee (loanword) (Tw)

(noun) a personal hangout; someone's home; den; hideaway, usually referring to an illegal underground den used for activities such as gambling or prostitution(e.g. "黄色架步" or "識情架步"= a prostitution parlour); means ; scale represents the degree of importance placed on it)

valency shell (chemistry)

to drive a vehicle

gaa3 cin4 paai4

價錢牌价钱牌

價電子价电子

valency electron

gaa3 faan4 syun4

駕帆船驾帆船

(loanword) coffee

gaa3 fe1 bun6 leoi5

咖啡伴侶咖啡伴侣

Coffee-mate (non-dairy creamer manufactured by Nestlé)