Cantonese words starting with G

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Government-run; established by the government, especially of schools.

gun1 laap6 hok6 haau6

官立學校官立学校

Government school; a school established and directly operated by the government.

To attend a formal ceremony, most commonly a wedding.

Officials and civil servants.

Bureaucratic; rigid, inefficient, and detached from reality by strictly following established procedures.

gun1 liu4 zaap6 hei3

官僚習氣官僚习气

Bureaucratic style or ways; the typical negative attitudes and red tape of bureaucrats.

gun1 liu4 zyu2 ji6

官僚主義官僚主义

Bureaucracy; an inefficient system with excessive rules, officials, and tedious procedures.

觀落陰观落阴

A ritual in Daoism and folk religion where the soul of a living person is brought to the netherworld for a spiritual journey.

官老爺官老爷

An official, especially a high-ranking or haughty one; also used historically or sarcastically.

Coronary artery.

gun1 mak6 ceon4 waan4

冠脈循環冠脉循环

Coronary circulation

The name of an official post or title in the imperial bureaucracy.

A royal crown, or to be crowned as champion.

gun1 min5 tong4 wong4

Ostentatious; pompous or high-sounding on the surface to hide an underlying reality.

To observe and study other people's work or performance in order to learn from their strengths.

To wait and see, or to observe from a distance; to be hesitant and undecided.

Coffin; a box in which a dead body is buried.

An organic function, sensory faculty, or physical sense.

gun1 nang4 gei1

Functional group in chemistry.

gun1 nang4 tyun4

官能團官能团

Functional group; a group of atoms within a molecule that has its own characteristic properties.

An established view, idea, mentality, or concept regarding a matter.

gun1 nim6 gang1 san1

觀念更新观念更新

To renew a concept, update one's mindset, or change one's way of thinking.

To go bird watching; bird watching as a leisure activity.

觀世音观世音

Guanyin; the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy.

gun1 sai3 jam1 pou4 saat3

觀世音菩薩观世音菩萨

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit: Avalokiteśvara).

gun1 sam1 beng6

Coronary heart disease.

Lawsuit; court case; legal proceedings.

gun1 si1 hap6 jing4

官私合營官私合营

Public and private interests working together.

Official; formal.

gun1 sing1 toi4

觀星台观星台

An ancient astronomical observatory.

To visualize, as in Buddhist meditation practice.

To view and admire; to look at something with appreciation.

gun1 teng1 seoi2 fu3

官廳水庫官厅水库

Guanting Reservoir, a major reservoir in Hebei Province that serves Beijing.

Guantian, a place name used for townships in various locations.

Kwun Tong, an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Kwun Tong, an area in East Kowloon, Hong Kong.

gun1 tong4 jiu5 dou6

觀塘繞道观塘绕道

Kwun Tong Bypass; an elevated bypass expressway in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

gun1 tong4 keoi1

觀塘區观塘区

Kwun Tong District, an administrative district in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

gun1 tong4 sin3

觀塘線观塘线

Kwun Tong Line, a rail line on the MTR network in Hong Kong.

Mandarin; the group of Sinitic languages that includes Putonghua, Beijing dialect, and Sichuanese.

Government official; bureaucrat or functionary in imperial China.

gun1 waan6 jan4 gaa1

A family of a government official or bureaucrat, typically belonging to the educated elite.

An official post or government position.

gun1 wan6 hang1 tung1

官運亨通官运亨通

To have a highly successful and smooth-sailing political or official career.

觀護所观护所

Probation office; juvenile detention house.

gun1 zai2 gwat1 gwat1

Well-dressed, dapper, or decent-looking, describing a man with a polite and presentable appearance.

The civil service system; the system of government offices.

Guanzhou, an island and neighborhood located in Guangzhou, China.

gun1 zau1 zaam6

Guanzhou Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China.

Crest; a comb or tuft of feathers on a bird's head.