Cantonese words starting with G

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gau2 sap6 nin4 doi6

The nineties; the decade of the 1990s.

Dog flea; a flea that hops onto dogs.

gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1

A narrow escape from death; a very slim chance of survival.

Dog feces, or nonsense and bullshit.

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.

狗屎運狗屎运

Dumb luck; an unexpected stroke of good fortune.

gau2 sing1 luk6 diu6

九聲六調九声六调

Nine tones and six pitches; the traditional tonal system of Cantonese and other Southern Chinese languages.

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.

To censure or impeach.

gau2 tau4 gwan1 si1

狗頭軍師狗头军师

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

九頭鳥九头鸟

A legendary bird with nine heads in Chinese mythology.

A henchman, lackey, or servile follower.

A henchman, lackey, or servile follower.

The ninth heaven, representing the highest level of the heavens.

gau2 tin1 jyun4 neoi5

Xuan Nü, a powerful goddess of war, longevity, and exorcism in Chinese mythology.

gau2 tin1 laam5 jyut6

九天攬月九天揽月

To reach for the stars; to achieve a lofty or seemingly impossible goal.

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

Jiutai, a former county-level city in Jilin, China, now a district of Changchun.

九肚魚九肚鱼

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

To agree blindly or readily without serious thought.

Doghouse; a derogatory term for a police station.

Nonsense, rubbish, or bullshit; unreasonable talk.

gau2 waa4 saan1

九華山九华山

Mount Jiuhua; a scenic mountain in Anhui and one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China.

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 doghouse or kennel; can also refer to a messy room or house.

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 zaai6 kau1

九寨溝九寨沟

Jiuzhaigou Valley, a scenic nature reserve in Sichuan.

gau2 zaai6 kau1 fung1 ging2 ming4 sing3 keoi1

九寨溝風景名勝區九寨沟风景名胜区

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area in Sichuan.

gau2 zaai6 kau1 jyun6

九寨溝縣九寨沟县

Jiuzhaigou, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan.

To gather together, assemble, or muster.

gau2 zaap6 seoi3

狗雜碎狗杂碎

A useless, contemptible, or lowlife person.

gau2 zaap6 zung2

狗雜種狗杂种

Son of a bitch; bastard.

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.