Cantonese words starting with G

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Old affection, past romance, or former love.

gau6 cing4 jan4

舊情人旧情人

An ex-lover, former boyfriend, or former girlfriend.

gau6 daai6 bou3 heoi1 zaam6

舊大埔墟站旧大埔墟站

Old Tai Po Market Station, a historic railway station in Hong Kong.

gau6 daai6 luk6

舊大陸旧大陆

The Old World; Africa, Europe, and Asia.

In the past; previously; formerly.

Once familiar places; a place where one used to live or visit, often evoking memories.

gau6 dei6 cung4 jau4

舊地重遊旧地重游

To revisit a place after a long time away.

gau6 dik1 bat1 heoi3 ，san1 dik1 bat1 loi4

舊的不去，新的不來旧的不去，新的不来

If the old doesn't go, the new will not come; out with the old, in with the new.

gau6 diu6 cung4 taan4

舊調重彈旧调重弹

To replay the same old tune; to harp on the same old theme.

舊調子旧调子

An old tune; the same old story or clichés.

An old capital; a former capital city.

An idiot, particularly someone who is slow, passive, or useless; literally a lump of rice.

Second-hand goods; used items.

gau6 fo3 si5 coeng4

舊貨市場旧货市场

Flea market; a market selling second-hand goods.

Old style, old-fashioned, or an older model of a product.

An old or notable former family, especially an aristocratic or influential household.

Catholicism; the Old Religion as opposed to Protestantism.

gau6 gam1 saan1

舊金山旧金山

San Francisco, a major city in northern California, USA.

Former residence; one's old home.

gau6 ging2 cung4 jin6

舊景重現旧景重现

Scenes of the past reappear, bringing back old memories.

Former appearance; the way something used to look.

Old system, established practice, or former custom.

An old capital city; a former capital.

An ex-girlfriend; a highly disrespectful term for a former female partner.

Traditional Chinese learning or scholarship, as opposed to modern or Western learning.

Old friendship, or a former close relationship.

Former days; the past, usually referring to many years ago.

A place one has previously visited or traveled to.

An old friend; a friend of long standing.

One's old profession, former trade, or previous occupation.

The Old Testament, or an old covenant or treaty.

gau6 joek3 cyun4 syu1

舊約全書旧约全书

The Old Testament; the first division of the Christian Bible.

Old friends; long-time acquaintances.

An old grievance, past grudge, or long-standing resentment.

Old rules, former practices, or precedents.

Old building; tenement building.

The traditional East Asian lunisolar calendar, also known as the Chinese or lunar calendar.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar.

舊曆年旧历年

The Lunar New Year, or the Chinese lunar calendar.

舊歷年旧历年

The Chinese New Year according to the lunar calendar.

Old look, former appearance, or how something used to look.

Old news or anecdotes; past events.

gau6 man4 zyu2 zyu2 ji6 gaak3 ming6

舊民主主義革命旧民主主义革命

The old democratic revolution, in Chinese Marxist historiography referring to the period 1840-1919.

Old property, especially things inherited from a former generation or belonging to the past.

Former name; old name.

A slow-witted, dull, or unresponsive person.

Old dreams; past dreams or fond memories of the past.

gau6 ng5 doi6 si2

舊五代史旧五代史

History of the Five Dynasties, one of the 24 dynastic histories, compiled in 974 during the Northern Song dynasty.