Cantonese words starting with G

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Roasted melon or flower seeds, eaten as a snack.

Melon seeds, commonly eaten as a snack.

Purslane; a leafy green vegetable used in traditional Chinese medicine and cooking.

gwaa1 zi2 hau2 min6

An oval face with a pointed chin, traditionally considered an attractive facial shape resembling a melon seed.

瓜子臉瓜子脸

An oval face, shaped like a sunflower seed.

To die, or to be doomed with no way out.

Dead; kicked the bucket.

Tasteless, bland, or boring.

gwaa2 bat1 dik6 zung3

寡不敵眾寡不敌众

Outnumbered; the few are no match for the many; facing impossible odds.

Heartless, cold-hearted, or lacking in affection and sentiment.

Tasteless, bland, or lacking flavour.

Widow; a woman whose husband has died.

To live as a widow; to live in widowhood.

A widower; a man who has lost his spouse.

First-person pronoun used by sovereigns and rulers in ancient China.

Taciturn, quiet, or of few words; describing a person who seldom talks.

Ignorant and ill-informed; having little knowledge or experience.

gwaa2 lim4 sin1 ci2

寡廉鮮恥寡廉鲜耻

Shameless; having no sense of honor or shame.

Bachelor; a single man.

A middle-aged or elderly widow.

gwaa2 mou5 po2 gam3 do1 sam1

寡母婆咁多心

Indecisive; overthinking; unable to make a decision.

Widow; a woman whose husband has died.

Oligarch, or a state of oligarchy.

gwaa2 tau4 lung5 dyun6

寡頭壟斷寡头垄断

Oligopoly; a market state dominated by a small number of sellers.

gwaa2 tau4 zing3 zi6

寡頭政治寡头政治

Oligarchy; a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.

Bachelor or unmarried man.

To receive little support or help, especially due to having an unjust cause.

Symbols used in traditional Chinese divination, specifically the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching.

Sentence-final particle used to express the speaker's uncertainty, hesitation, or guess.

To hang, hang up, or suspend an object using a rope, hook, nail, or other support.

Gown; a traditional Chinese unlined garment or robe.

To mention or bring up, often used in the context of "not worth mentioning."

The explanatory text associated with each of the hexagrams in the I Ching.

To be wounded and bleed.

For Buddhist monks or nuns to receive food offered at someone else's house.

gwaa3 daan1 wo4 soeng2

掛單和尚挂单和尚

To visit someone's house uninvited just to get a free meal.

To shift gears; to put a vehicle into gear.

To fail a course or class.

To keep a game character active or automated while away from the keyboard to earn experience or resources.

To bear fruit; for a tree to grow fruit.

To hang up properly, such as a telephone, picture, or clothes.

To register at a hospital or clinic, or to send mail via registered post.

gwaa3 hou6 seon3

掛號信挂号信

Registered letter; mail that requires the recipient to show identification to receive it.

gwaa3 hou6 zing3

掛號證挂号证

Registration card; outpatient card used for registration at a hospital or clinic.

Interpretation of the divinatory trigrams or hexagrams.

To be affiliated with an organization or to hang onto a larger institution.

Vertical banner for display at exhibitions or advertising hung from poles.

gwaa3 laam4 dang1 lung4

掛藍燈籠挂蓝灯笼

An associate or candidate member of a triad society who has not yet undergone the formal initiation ceremony.

Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum).

gwaa3 laap6 aap2

掛臘鴨挂腊鸭

To commit suicide by hanging, visually resembling a cured duck hung up to dry.