Cantonese words starting with G

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gu2 m4 dou2cannot guess; used to describe a person who is hard to predict or unpredictable; literal translation: can't figure out; "didn't expect that"; "did not see that that coming"; "who would have thought

gu2 maai4 paau1 soi1one feeling upset and frustrated (slang)

gu2 man4old language; Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose

gu2 man4stock investor

古文觀止古文观止

gu2 man4 gun1 zi2Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty

gu2 man4 ming4ancient civilization

古文運動古文运动

gu2 man4 wan6 dung6cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song

gu2 man4 zi6ancient and historical texts

古文字學古文字学

gu2 man4 zi6 hok6paleography

gu2 mat6antique

gu2 mo2to reckon

gu2 mok2eardrum; tympanic membrane

gu2 mou5(noun) Drum dance

gu2 mou6old tomb (archaeology)

古墓麗影古墓丽影

gu2 mou6 lai6 jing2Tomb Raider (computer game)

gu2 mou6 zong3 kwan4(archeology) burial complex

gu2 ngaa5classic and elegant

gu2 ngaa5 din2ancient Athens

gu2 ngaan5 zing1protruding eyes

gu2 nok6Gounod (name)

gu2 o1(botany) coca (source of cocaine)

古柯鹼古柯碱

gu2 o1 gaan2(loanword) cocaine

古柯樹古柯树

gu2 o1 syu6coca plant (source of cocaine)

gu2 pei4a drum skin; a drumhead

gu2 piu3share certificate

股票代號股票代号

gu2 piu3 doi6 hou6ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)

股票交易所

gu2 piu3 gaau1 jik6 so2stock exchange

股票市場股票市场

gu2 piu3 si5 coeng4stock market

股票投資股票投资

gu2 piu3 tau4 zi1to invest in stock

股票指數股票指数

gu2 piu3 zi2 sou3stock market index

gu2 pok3simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)

gu2 pun4lit. to drum on a bowl; fig. grief for a lost wife

gu2 pun4 zi1 cik1drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife)

gu2 saan1Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan

鼓山區鼓山区

gu2 saan1 keoi1Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan

gu2 saat3old Buddhist temple

gu2 san1 sai3Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago)

古新統古新统

gu2 san1 tung2Palaeocene system (geology)

gu2 san4a title given to successful investors; "the God of investing in stocks"

gu2 sang1 doi6Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪

gu2 sang1 mat6paleo-organism

古生物學古生物学

gu2 sang1 mat6 hok6palaeontology

古生物學家古生物学家

gu2 sang1 mat6 hok6 gaa1paleontologist; paleobiologist

gu2 sat1tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)

gu2 sau2drummer

gu2 se4blind monk

股四頭肌股四头肌

gu2 sei3 tau4 gei1quadriceps muscle group

gu2 seng1sound of a drum

gu2 si1old verse

gu2 si2ancient history

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