Cantonese words starting with G

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gau2 lung4 tong4

九龍塘九龙塘

Kowloon Tong, a commercial and residential district in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

gau2 lung4 waan1

九龍灣九龙湾

Kowloon Bay, a district and a bay in eastern Kowloon, Hong Kong.

gau2 m4 daap3 baat3

Irrelevant, nonsensical, or completely unrelated.

From time to time; occasionally; once in a while.

Foxtail millet.

Dog hair; dog fur.

gau2 mou4 cung4

狗毛蟲狗毛虫

Woolly bear caterpillar

Female dog; bitch.

gau2 naam4 neoi5

A couple engaged in an illicit love affair; a despicable or shameless couple.

A female dog or pup.

Jagged; zig-zagged; sawtooth-shaped.

gau2 ngaan5 hon3 jan4 dai1

狗眼看人低

To look down on others; to be snobbish and despise those of lower status.

gau2 ngaau5 gau2 gwat1

Infighting and internal strife among members of the same group; dog-eat-dog.

gau2 ngaau5 leoi5 dung6 ban1

狗咬呂洞賓狗咬吕洞宾

To bite the hand that feeds you; to mistake goodwill for bad intentions.

gau2 ngau4 jat1 mou4

An insignificant or minute part of a huge quantity; a drop in the bucket.

gau2 ngau4 ji6 fu2 zi1 lik6

九牛二虎之力

Tremendous effort, strength, or mighty force.

The number ninety-nine.

gau2 sap6 nin4 doi6

The nineties; the decade of the 1990s.

Dog flea; a flea that hops onto dogs.

gau2 si2 dong3 gon1 goeng1

狗屎當乾薑狗屎当乾薑

To mistake something worthless for something valuable.

gau2 si2 laap6 saap3

Junk; cheap, worthless things or useless people.

gau2 si2 laap6 zaap6

狗屎拉雜狗屎拉杂

A hotchpotch of things; a hodgepodge.

Bastard, asshole, or an otherwise detestable man.

Most likely; highly probable.

gau2 sing4 gau2

Ninety-nine percent; highly likely or almost certain.

gau2 siu1 wan4 ngoi6

九霄雲外九霄云外

A place far, far away; beyond the highest heavens.

gau2 soeng5 ngaa5 haang1

Xiehouyu (歇後語) meaning "there is a way" (有條路); used to suggest a secret path, motive, or affair.

gau2 tau4 gwan1 si1

狗頭軍師狗头军师

An armchair strategist or someone who is fond of giving bad advice.

Short name for the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR).

九肚魚九肚鱼

Bombay duck; a species of lizardfish commonly used in Cantonese cuisine.

A kennel or doghouse; a covered shelter for pet dogs.

Bullshit; nonsense.

gau2 waa6 lin4 pin1

狗話連篇狗话连篇

Full of nonsense or bullshit; a pack of lies.

Unseen or unexperienced for a long time; long-awaited.

A leader of a team or patrol responsible for catching illegal street hawkers.

Yellow chives; a slender, flat vegetable cultivated in the dark during winter.

Yellow chives; hotbed chives which have been grown in the dark and are yellow and tender.

To live on in degradation or to scrape by; to drag out an ignoble existence.

gau2 zaau2 bin1

狗爪邊狗爪边

The canine radical 犭.

A puppy or little dog, or used as a term of endearment for dogs in general.

gau2 zai2 deoi2

狗仔隊狗仔队

Paparazzi; photographers or reporters who follow celebrities to get gossip and photos.

Dog paddle; a simple swimming style resembling how a dog swims, with the head kept above water.

gau2 zam1 kwan4 dou2

九針群島九针群岛

The Ninepin Group, a cluster of islands in Sai Kung, Hong Kong.

Kyushu; the third-largest island of Japan, including its surrounding smaller islands.

gau2 zi2 lin4 waan4

九子連環九子连环

Nine Gates; a rare and high-scoring winning hand in Mahjong.

Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre KITEC

To correct, rectify, or amend a mistake.

A ten percent discount, making the price ninety percent of the original.

The nine generations of a family, spanning from great-great-grandfather to great-great-grandson.