Cantonese words starting with G

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gap1 zung1 sang1 zi3quick witted in an emergency

急轉直下急转直下

gap1 zyun2 zik6 haa6to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change

gap1 zyun3to whirl

急轉彎急转弯

gap1 zyun3 waan1to make a sudden turn

gap3a measure for grain, equal to 1 decilitre

gap3 gaai3(noun) (of TCM) Dried gecko, which is a kind of animal crude drugs

gap3 naa2a toad

gap3 zi2pigeon; various birds of the family Columbidae

gap6(Cant.) to stare; snooping; to monitor or track; to watch closely

gap6 je5to peep; to snoop around [colloquial]

gap6 zyu6to keep an eye on; to watch someone

gat1to strip the skin of the face; (Cant.) to pierce; to prick

gat1to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])

gat1(noun) 1. nothing; (adjective) empty

gat1mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); Chinese bellflower

gat1finished; stop

gat1to investigate; to scold; to interrogate

吉亞卡摩吉亚卡摩

gat1 aa3 kaa1 mo1Giacomo (name)

吉伯特氏症候群

gat1 baak3 dak6 si6 zing3 hau6 kwan4Gilbert's syndrome

gat1 baak3 lei6Cadbury (name)

gat1 bou3 dei6(Tw) Djibouti

gat1 bou3 tai4Djibouti

gat1 bui3kapok (Ceiba pentandra)

吉卜力工作室

gat1 buk1 lik6 gung1 zok3 sat1Studio Ghibli, Japanese film studio

gat1 bun2 si1Gibbons (name)

gat1 coeng4lucky; propitious

gat1 coeng4 jyu4 ji3wishing one good fortune as one desires (used in greetings especially during Chinese New Year) [written and colloquial]

gat1 coeng4 mat6mascot

gat1 daa2Kedah, state of northwest Malaysia, capital Alor Star 亞羅士打|亚罗士打[Ya4 luo2 shi4 da3]

gat1 daai6 gong2Chittagong (Bangladesh port city)

gat1 daat6Jeddah (Saudi city, on Red Sea)

gat1 dak6 baa1jitterbug (loanword)

gat1 dik6 jan1Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward)

吉電子伏吉电子伏

gat1 din6 zi2 fuk6giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules)

gat1 gaai1 lei6Kigali, capital of Rwanda (Tw)

gat1 gang2Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

gat1 gat1 gwaa1 gwaa1(onom.) giggling noise

gat1 hing3auspicious; good fortune

吉慶圍吉庆围

gat1 hing3 wai4Kat Hing Wai, a village in Hong Kong [written and colloquial]

gat1 hung1good and bad luck (in astrology)

gat1 jan1Gene (name)

gat1 jan4 tin1 soeng3see 吉人自有天相[ji2 ren2 zi4 you3 tian1 xiang4]

吉人自有天相

gat1 jan4 zi6 jau5 tin1 soeng3Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)

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