Cantonese words starting with G

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More; even more; further.

To replace or substitute; a change of leadership or generation.

Round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice).

To change, alter, or modify.

Alternately; by turns.

To change, alter, or modify a scheduled arrangement or details.

Terrier; a small, active breed of dog.

The twenty-seventh year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle.

To change clothes.

Changing room or locker room in a public place, gym, or swimming pool.

gang1 lai4 ham4 cau3

To survive on a coarse diet of herb soup and dry provisions.

gang1 lai4 ham6 cau3

To survive on a coarse diet of herb soup and dry provisions.

Polished round-grained nonglutinous rice, also known as Japonica rice.

To change one's name or the name of something.

The seventh year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle.

gang1 nin4 kei4

Menopause; the natural transition in women around age forty when hormone levels drop and menstruation stops.

The fifty-seventh year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle.

To update or renew by replacing the old with the new.

gang1 san1 sai3

Pleistocene; the geological epoch covering the most recent ice ages.

gang1 san1 wun6 doi6

更新換代更新换代

To upgrade and replace with a newer generation; to undergo reform and renewal.

The seventeenth year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle, such as 2000 or 2060.

To rehabilitate, helping ex-offenders learn skills to reintegrate into society.

The forty-seventh year of the sexagenary cycle, such as 1970 or 2030.

To replace or alternate, typically referring to two or more things repeatedly succeeding one another.

Thick soup or broth.

Heptose; any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.

To change or replace; to use one thing to substitute for another.

The thirty-seventh year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle, such as 1960 or 2020.

gang1 zi2 gwok3 bin3

庚子國變庚子国变

The crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight-nation military invasion.

To correct or rectify an error.

To change, reform, or make a fresh start.

Extending all the way across, or stretching through space or time.

A comedic trope, gag, meme, or an inside joke.

Loyal, upright, and honest.

To be choked on or have food stuck in the throat, or to be blunt and unyielding.

To have a fish bone stuck in the throat, to take the blame, or to be blunt and unyielding.

Rigid, inflexible, or stubborn; mechanical and unable to adapt.

A type of dried persimmon originating from Geng village in Heze, Shandong.

To choke on food, a bone, or other swallowed objects.

A room in a subdivided flat with concrete walls but no individual bathroom.

Upright and outstanding; having high integrity and refusing to compromise.

Bright, or having something weigh heavily on one's mind.

gang2 gang2 jyu1 waai4

耿耿於懷耿耿于怀

To brood over something; to be unable to let go of something that upsets you.

Stubborn and obstinate; refusing to listen to advice.

Throughout time, since ancient times, or everlasting.

gang2 gu2 bat1 bin3

亙古不變亘古不变

Unchanging since time immemorial; unvarying.

gang2 gu2 mei6 jau5

亙古未有亘古未有

Unprecedented; never existed since ancient times.

gang2 gu2 tung1 gam1

亙古通今亘古通今

From ancient times up to the present; throughout history.

To get a bone stuck in one's throat; to choke on a bone.

Of course, certainly, or undoubtedly.