Cantonese words starting with G

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gwaa1 zi2(noun) Refer to oval face, which is a shape of face "瓜子臉"

gwaa1 zi2melon seeds, a snack

gwaa1 zi2 coi3Common Purslane, a plant used mainly for Chinese medicine

gwaa1 zi2 hau2 min6(noun) Oval-shaped face

瓜子臉瓜子脸

gwaa1 zi2 lim5oval face

gwaa1 zik6died or passed away; (someone is going to be) doomed for sure; to suffer a big loss of capital

gwaa1 zo2dead (spoken)

gwaa2(adjective) (taste of food) Tasteless and blank

寡不敵眾寡不敌众

gwaa2 bat1 dik6 zung3the few are no match for the many; facing impossible odds (idiom)

gwaa2 cing4heartless

gwaa2 daam6insipid; indifferent

gwaa2 geoi1to live as a widow

gwaa2 gung1men who are widowed

gwaa2 jan4I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)

gwaa2 jin4taciturn

gwaa2 lau6having little knowledge

寡廉鮮恥寡廉鲜耻

gwaa2 lim4 sin1 ci2Shameless

gwaa2 lou2(noun) single guy

gwaa2 mou5 po2a widow

寡母婆咁多心

gwaa2 mou5 po2 gam3 do1 sam1indecisive, cannot make a decision

gwaa2 po2noun; widow

gwaa2 tau4oligarch

寡頭壟斷寡头垄断

gwaa2 tau4 lung5 dyun6oligopoly

寡頭政治寡头政治

gwaa2 tau4 zing3 zi6oligarchy

gwaa2 zai2noun; bachelor, unmarried man

gwaa2 zo6(esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support

gwaa3divinatory diagram; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]; to tell fortunes

gwaa3(Cant.) particle implying probability ; uncertainty

gwaa3(verb) to miss (someone); (adverb) maybe

gwaa3Chinese-style unlined garment; overcoat

gwaa3 ci2to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")

gwaa3 ci4to interpret the divinatory trigrams

gwaa3 coi2to decorate for festive occasions

gwaa3 daan1to stay in a Buddhist or Taoist temple temporarily; buying on credit; to be single

掛單和尚挂单和尚

gwaa3 daan1 wo4 soeng2to go to someone else house just to get a meal [colloquial]

gwaa3 dong3to put into gear; gear change

gwaa3 fo1to fail (a course)

gwaa3 gei1to hang up (a phone)

gwaa3 gwo2(of a tree) to bear fruit

gwaa3 hou2to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)

gwaa3 hou6to register (at a hospital etc)

掛號信挂号信

gwaa3 hou6 seon3registered letter

掛號證挂号证

gwaa3 hou6 zing3register card

gwaa3 ji6interpretation of the divinatory trigrams

gwaa3 kaau3to be affiliated with; affiliation

gwaa3 kei4vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)

掛藍燈籠挂蓝灯笼

gwaa3 laam4 dang1 lung4noun; literally: hanging blue lantern. it means a candidate member in a triad Committee who has not yet fully committed

gwaa3 laan4spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

掛臘鴨挂腊鸭

gwaa3 laap6 aap2(v.) (slang) to commit suicide by hanging oneself.

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