Cantonese words starting with G

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鸠山
gau1 saan1Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name
鸠山由纪夫
gau1 saan1 jau4 gei2 fu1Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
鸠屎
gau1 si2an expression used to curse someone who is arrogant and thinks he
gau1 tung1to conspire or infiltrate
鸠呜
gau1 wu1homophonic transliteration of "gou wu"(shopping) in mandarin
鸠集
gau1 zaap6variant of 糾集|纠集[jiu1 ji2]
鸠支孖碌
gau1 zi1 maa1 luk1a rude way to describe someone who is annoying ; stupid [colloquial]
gau1 zi1 maa1 luk1; gau2 zi1 maa1 luk1a rude way to describe someone who is annoying ; stupid [colloquial]
gau2(long) time; old
gau21. nine 2. multiple times; repeatedly 3. (crude) shithead
gau2"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters
gau2name of a hill in Hunan
gau2(noun) 1. flunkey; 2. servile follower; 3. lackey; (coarse language) to curse
gau2black jade
gau2basket for trapping fish
gau2if; careless; temporarily
gau2sense of shame; to scold; to insult
gau2leek; Chinese chives
gau2leek; Chinese chives
gau2 ap1bark or talk without reasons (spoken)
gau2 baa1Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
gau2 bat1 gau2from time to time
gau2 bat1 lei5a type of pork and vegetable bun, which is a type of speciality in Tianji, China [written and colloquial]
gau2 bei2 gaa2(noun) brace; strut
gau2 beng6my old illness
久病成医
gau2 beng6 sing4 ji1(proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor
久病成良医
gau2 beng6 sing4 loeng4 ji1long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
九边形
gau2 bin1 jing4nonagon
久别
gau2 bit6a long period of separation
久别重逢
gau2 bit6 cung5 fung4to meet again after a long period of separation
狗贼
gau2 caak6(insult) brigand
纠察
gau2 caat3to maintain order
九层塔
gau2 cang4 taap3basil
gau2 cat1 nin4year 1997
gau2 ce2perfunctory; drifting along; improper (relations)
gau2 ce2 joeng4 pei4to fuss around; to wag one's tongue
gau2 ce2 tau1 on1seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself
gau2 ce2 tau1 sang1to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
gau2 ceoi2(literary) to extort
gau2 ceon4 lou5 jan4nonagenarian
九出十三归
gau2 ceot1 sap6 saam1 gwai1a loanshark term, meaning when one borrows ten dollars, one only received nine, but have to repay thirteen
九齿钉耙
gau2 ci2 deng1 baa3The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4])
gau2 cin1nine thousand
纠缠
gau2 cin4(verb) 1. Intertwine; Entangle
纠缠不清
gau2 cin4 bat1 cing1hopelessly muddled
纠错
gau2 co3to correct an error
久长
gau2 coeng4a long time
gau2 coi2literally: nine colors; many colors [written and colloquial] seriously; extremely [colloquial]
gau2 coi3garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives
韭菜
gau2 coi3Chinese leek

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