Cantonese words starting with G

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gu3 gaau1former acquaintance
故旧
gu3 gau6old friends
故旧不弃
gu3 gau6 bat1 hei3do not neglect old friends
gu3 gei6usual trick
顾忌
gu3 gei6to have misgivings; worry; scruple
gu3 gei6 cung4 jin2to repeat an old stratagem
gu3 geoi1former residence
gu3 gin2(computing) firmware
故宫
gu3 gung1the Forbidden City
故宫博物院
gu3 gung1 bok3 mat6 jyun2Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing
故国
gu3 gwok3country with an ancient history
顾客
gu3 haak3customer; client
顾客至上
gu3 haak3 zi3 soeng6the customer reigns supreme (idiom)
gu3 heoi3(euphemism) to pass away; to die
故乡
gu3 hoeng1(noun) Hometown
顾恺之
gu3 hoi2 zi1Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
gu3 jan4old friend
gu3 jau5intrinsic to sth; native
gu3 jau5old friend
固有词
gu3 jau5 ci4native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc)
固有名词
gu3 jau5 ming4 ci4proper noun
顾野王
gu3 je5 wong4Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1]
gu3 ji3deliberately; on purpose
gu3 ji4therefore
顾炎武
gu3 jim4 mou5Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
gu3 jin4admittedly (it's true that...)
gu3 jin4 zi1no doubt, of course
顾影自怜
gu3 jing2 zi6 lin4lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom)
gu3 jing4 mat6solid particles in liquid
故业
gu3 jip6old estate; former occupation
固若金汤
gu3 joek6 gam1 tong1lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
固阳县
gu3 joeng4 jyun6Guyang, a county in Baotou City 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
雇佣
gu3 jung4to be employee
雇佣
gu3 jung4to employ; to hire
雇佣兵
gu3 jung4 bing1mercenary
雇佣兵
gu3 jung4 bing1(military) mercenary
雇用
gu3 jung6to employ; to hire
雇员
gu3 jyun4employee
gu3 jyun4see 固原市[Gu4 yuan2 Shi4]
故园
gu3 jyun4one's hometown
雇员
gu3 jyun4employee
gu3 jyun4 si5Guyuan, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
顾及
gu3 kap6(verb) Concern about
锢漏锅
gu3 lau6 wo1tinker
gu3 lei5home town; native place
顾虑
gu3 leoi6misgivings; apprehensions
故弄玄虚
gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1deliberately mystifying
顾问
gu3 man6adviser
顾命
gu3 meng6not willing to sacrifice; to be apprehensive of one's life
顾眄
gu3 min5to turn one's head and look around

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