Cantonese words starting with G

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gan1 dak1 fu1 jan4

A wife who follows her husband everywhere.

Somersault; a gymnastics move where a person jumps and rotates vertically in the air before landing on their feet.

To jump on the bandwagon; to blindly follow a trend or copy others.

gan1 gan1 gai3 gaau3

斤斤計較斤斤计较

Sparing or overly particular about every minor detail, especially money or favors.

Foundation or basis upon which something is built.

Basis, grounds, or evidence from speech, writing, or prior knowledge.

One's physique, physical fitness, strength, or flexibility.

gan1 gwok3 jing1 hung4

巾幗英雄巾帼英雄

Heroine; a female hero.

Radical sign; the square root or radical symbol (√).

gan1 hung4 ding2 baak6

跟紅頂白跟红顶白

To follow and support those who are popular and successful while abandoning or opposing those who fall from favor.

Muscle; muscular tissue.

Source, origin, or root; the place where something begins or first occurs.

Influence, capability, or the weight and importance of someone or something.

Weight, or figuratively, one's capability, influence, or worth.

To follow behind; to tail.

A derogatory term for a yes-man, copycat, or sycophant who blindly follows others.

The root and shoot of a plant; the origin or source of a matter.

gan1 pei4 lik6 zeon6

筋疲力盡筋疲力尽

Exhausted; physically drained of all energy and strength.

To finish up a partially completed task, or to do something immediately after.

To follow up on and finish a task left incomplete by someone else.

Radical; the nth root of a number in mathematics.

To follow up; to continue investigating or taking action on an existing issue.

To cure once and for all; to completely eradicate a disease or problem from the root.

To follow or shadow someone secretly; to stalk.

To follow, pursue, or tail someone.

gan1 zyu6 lok6 lei4

Next; following this; what comes next.

To eradicate; to eliminate completely from the root.

Only; merely; barely.

A type of beautiful, ornamental jade.

Urgent, fast, or continuous.

Celery or violet.

To have an audience with the emperor.

Careful, cautious, and solemn.

Crop failure; a poor harvest.

To hold tightly; to grasp firmly.

To close something tightly, firmly, or shut.

Urgent; pressing; tight on time or space.

Compact, tight, and well-knit with no gaps; especially of a plot, schedule, or arrangement.

僅次於仅次于

Second only to.

Barely, scarcely, or only just.

Urgent, critical, or pressing; requiring immediate attention.

To remember well; to keep firmly in mind.

Crucial, important, or vital.

緊要事紧要事

An urgent, important, or critical matter.

gan2 lo4 mat6 gu2

緊鑼密鼓紧锣密鼓

With intense and hectic preparation; a flurry of publicity or preparations before an event.

Close together, tight, or inseparable; having no distance or barriers between things.

Close-fitting or tight-fitting.

Careful, cautious, and prudent.

gan2 siu2 san6 mei4

謹小慎微谨小慎微

Over-cautious; meticulous and timid to a fault.