Cantonese words starting with G

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Military administration, or military and government affairs.

gwan1 zing3 fu2

軍政府军政府

Military government; junta.

Army commander; corps commander.

Military uniform, or fashion inspired by military attire; also used to refer to uniformed police officers.

gwan1 zong1 ging2 jyun4

軍裝警員军装警员

Uniformed police officers.

Branch of the military, such as the army, navy, or air force.

Monarch; sovereign; the head of state, usually hereditary.

gwan1 zyu2 gwok3

君主國君主国

A monarchy; a state ruled by a monarch.

gwan1 zyu2 laap6 hin3 zai3

君主立憲制君主立宪制

Constitutional monarchy.

gwan1 zyu2 zai3

Monarchy; a political system where a hereditary monarch acts as the supreme leader.

gwan1 zyu2 zing3 tai2

君主政體君主政体

gwan1 zyu2 zing3 zi6

Monarchy; a system of government led by a monarch.

gwan1 zyu2 zyun1 zai3

君主專制君主专制

Absolute monarchy

Confused; chaotic.

Muddy, turbid, or unclear.

To boil; to heat liquid to its boiling point; also to prepare soup by boiling ingredients.

To be physically outlined or edged with something.

An imperial robe worn by an emperor or high-ranking royalty in ancient China.

To roll, revolve, or turn around.

Gun, the mythical father of Yu the Great.

To sew a fabric border, trim, or piping onto the edge of a piece of clothing.

The decorative border, piping, or edging on a dress or piece of clothing.

gwan2 coi2 daan2

滾彩蛋滚彩蛋

Egg rolling; the Easter activity of children rolling decorated, hard-boiled eggs down a hillside.

To piss off, get lost, or beat it; used to tell someone to leave in anger.

gwan2 dou1 faai3

滾刀塊滚刀块

Chunks of vegetables obtained by repeatedly cutting diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut.

gwan2 dou1 juk6

滾刀肉滚刀肉

An annoying, stubborn, or thick-skinned person who is difficult to deal with; a pain in the neck.

滾犢子滚犊子

Beat it; scram; get lost.

Touching or moving; used humorously as a homophonic pun on 感動 (gam2 dung6).

gwan2 dung6 tiu4

滾動條滚动条

Scroll bar in computing.

To boil; to bubble up with heat (of a liquid).

To bother, trouble, or disturb someone.

gwan2 gaau2 saai3

滾攪晒滚搅晒

An expression used when visiting someone's home or receiving help, to apologize for the trouble caused.

gwan2 gwaa1 laan6 suk6

滾瓜爛熟滚瓜烂熟

Extremely fluent, thoroughly memorized, or very familiar with something.

gwan2 gwaa1 lau6 jyun4

滾瓜溜圓滚瓜溜圆

Round and fat, typically describing animals.

Nickname for a giant panda.

gwan2 gwan2 dei2

滾滾地滚滚地

Moody, depressed, or upset.

To be very hot; to emit or give off heat.

To piss off, get lost, or beat it; a rude command telling someone to leave immediately.

gwan2 hung4 gwan2 luk6

滾紅滾綠滚红滚绿

To misbehave, play around, run amok, or engage in promiscuous behavior.

A swindler, or a man who visits prostitutes.

gwan2 jau4 zin1 sam1

滾油煎心滚油煎心

To suffer extreme mental anguish or deep anxiety.

gwan2 jit6 laat6

滾熱辣滚热辣

Piping hot, brand new, or fresh from the press.

Perfectly round; as round as a ball.

Lawn bowls or pétanque.

To tumble down, roll down, or fall down.

To boil over; of liquid to overflow or spill from a container when being heated.

An expression yelled to ask people in front to move aside, literally meaning "boiling water".

gwan2 seoi2 daan2

滾水蛋滚水蛋

A Hong Kong-style cafe drink made by cracking a raw egg into boiling water to partially cook it.

gwan2 seoi2 luk6 goek3

滾水淥腳滚水渌脚

To leave a place in a great hurry, as if one's feet were scalded by boiling water.

gwan2 seoi2 luk6 zyu1 coeng2

滾水淥豬腸滚水渌猪肠

Misfortune never comes singly; bad luck keeps happening.