Cantonese words starting with G

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prisoner (Cantonese)

to control; to inspect

gaam1 duk1 jan4

監督人监督人

監督者监督者

(noun) a prisoner; an inmate

(noun) a prison cell; jail

to imprison; to take into custody

to oversee; to supervise; supervisory

workplace overseer

to proctor (an exam)

keep secret; to keep one's mouth shut; to hold one's tongue; to say nothing

gaam1 hau2 bat1 jin4

緘口不言缄口不言

see 閉口不言|闭口不言[bi4 kou3 bu4 yan2]

gaam1 jan4 laai5 hau6

監人賴厚监人赖厚

shamelessly insist another person is one's friend

gaam1 jan4 naai5 hau5

監人乃後监人乃后

(slang) force someone to accept

gaam1 jan4 sik6 sei2 maau1

監人食死貓监人食死猫

forcing someone to be a scapegoat

監理所监理所

inspection and control bureau

see 監利市|监利市[Jian4 li4 Shi4]

shepherd; pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish)

forcefully; without consent (spoken)

gaam1 ngoi6 zap1 hang4

監外執行监外执行

to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)

to scrutinize balloting

to have custody of

gaam1 sau2 zi6 dou6

監守自盜监守自盗

to monitor; surveillance

gaam1 si6 geoi1 zyu6

監視居住监视居住

(PRC law) residential surveillance

監視器监视器

security camera

gaam1 si6 hung2

監視孔监视孔

head of prison officer (spoken)

to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop

to act as a guardian

gaam1 wu6 beng6 fong2

監護病房监护病房

Intensive Care Unit

監護人监护人

gaam1 wu6 kyun4

監護權监护权

custody (of a child)

to supervise the manufacture of; executive producer (film)

gaam1 zik1 zou6

監織造监织造

supervisor of textiles (official post in Ming dynasty)

to lower; to reduce; to diminish

to reduce pressure

gaam2 aat3 beng6

減壓病减压病

decompression sickness; also 減壓症|减压症[jian3 ya1 zheng4]

gaam2 aat3 biu2

減壓表减压表

decompression table

gaam2 aat3 cing4 zeoi6

減壓程序减压程序

decompression schedule

gaam2 aat3 si4 gaan3 biu2

減壓時間表减压时间表

decompression schedule (diving)

gaam2 aat3 zing3

減壓症减压症

decompression sickness; also 減壓病|减压病[jian3 ya1 bing4]

減筆字减笔字

simplified Chinese characters (dialect)

to reduce by half