Cantonese words starting with G

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gaak3 nin4 wong4 lik6

隔年皇曆隔年皇历

lit. almanac from years back (idiom); old-fashioned principle

gaak3 nip6 saa1

Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)

gaak3 saam1 caa1 ng5

(idiom) every few days; every once in a while

gaak3 saam1 caa3 ng5

variant of 隔三差五[ge2 san1 cha4 wu3]

half-sibling relationship; step-

gaak3 saan1 maai5 ngau4

隔山買牛隔山买牛

to commit to something without understanding it fully

gaak3 saat3 ji5

格薩爾格萨尔

King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle

gaak3 saat3 mat6 leon6

格殺勿論格杀勿论

lawful authority to capture and execute anyone who resists

grizzly (mining)

separated by a generation

gaak3 seoi6 naa5 daat6

格瑞那達格瑞那达

Grenada, island country in the Caribbean Sea (Tw)

gaak3 sik1 faa3

(computing) to format

gaak3 sik1 taap3

(loanword) gestalt

gaak3 sik1 taap3 liu4 faat3

格式塔療法格式塔疗法

Gestalt therapy

desolate;out of the way; remote; secluded; in a location that is hard to get to

to dismiss from a post

gaak3 zai2 beng2

格仔餅格仔饼

格仔紙格仔纸

grid paper; graph paper; squared paper

gaak3 zai3 ban2

革製品革制品

(dialect) to tickle

variant of 胳肢[ge2 zhi5]

胳肢窩胳肢窝

armpit; also written 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]

gaak3 zi2 faa1 nei4

gaak3 zi2 min4 bou3

checked woolen fabric; plaid

to sack; to depose

to cut off; to isolate

gaak6 gaat6 si2

cockroach feces

embarrassed; difficult to cope with

(verb) 1. To force; 2. To compel; (verb) to take into custody; (noun) The supervisor (of school)

letters; to seal

to supervise; to monitor

gaam1 caa4 jyun4

監查員监查员

gaam1 caat3 bou6

監察部监察部

Ministry of Supervision (MOS)

gaam1 caat3 guk6

監察局监察局

inspection office

gaam1 caat3 jan4

監察人监察人

supervisor; watchdog

gaam1 caat3 jyun2

監察院监察院

Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

gaam1 cou1 lai2

監粗嚟监粗嚟

act with rash and force (spoken)