Cantonese words starting with G

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旧情
gau6 cing4old affection
旧情人
gau6 cing4 jan4ex-lover [written and colloquial]
旧大埔墟站
gau6 daai6 bou3 heoi1 zaam6Old Tai Po Market Station, a railway station in Hong Kong
旧大陆
gau6 daai6 luk6the Old World
旧底
gau6 dai2(noun
旧地
gau6 dei6once familiar places
旧地重游
gau6 dei6 cung4 jau4(idiom) to return to a place after a long time away
旧的不去,新的不来
gau6 dik1 bat1 heoi3 ,san1 dik1 bat1 loi4lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
調旧调重弹
gau6 diu6 cung4 taan4replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited
調旧调子
gau6 diu6 zi2old tune; the same old stuff
旧都
gau6 dou1old capital
旧饭
gau6 faan6literally: a lump of rice; a idiot [colloquial]
旧货
gau6 fo3second-hand goods
旧货市场
gau6 fo3 si5 coeng4sale of second-hand goods
旧款
gau6 fun2Old style; outdated style
旧家
gau6 gaa1notable former families
旧交
gau6 gaau1old friend
旧教
gau6 gaau3the Old Religion (i.e. Roman Catholicism) 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], as opposed to Protestantism 新教[Xin1 jiao4]
旧金山
gau6 gam1 saan1San Francisco, California
旧居
gau6 geoi1old residence
旧景重现
gau6 ging2 cung4 jin6scenes of the past reappear; evocation of the past
旧故
gau6 gu3old friend
旧观
gau6 gun1former appearance
旧贯
gau6 gun3old system
旧国
gau6 gwok3old capital
旧鞋
gau6 haai4old shoes; ex-girlfriend [colloquial]
旧学
gau6 hok6old learning
旧好
gau6 hou2old friendship
旧日
gau6 jat6(noun) Days in the past
旧游
gau6 jau4place one has previously visited
旧友
gau6 jau5old friend
旧业
gau6 jip6one's old profession
旧约
gau6 joek3Old Testament
旧约全书
gau6 joek3 cyun4 syu1Old Testament
旧雨
gau6 jyu5old friends
旧怨
gau6 jyun3old grievance
旧例
gau6 lai6old rules; former practices
旧楼
gau6 lau2Old buildings
旧历
gau6 lik6old calendar; same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4]
旧历
gau6 lik6Lunar calendar
旧历年
gau6 lik6 nin4lunar New Year
旧历年
gau6 lik6 nin4Chinese new year
旧貌
gau6 maau6old look
旧闻
gau6 man4outdated news
旧民主主义革命
gau6 man4 zyu2 zyu2 ji6 gaak3 ming6old democratic revolution
旧物
gau6 mat6old property (esp. inherited from former generation)
旧名
gau6 meng2former name
旧木
gau6 muk6slow-witted person [colloquial]
旧梦
gau6 mung6old dreams
旧五代史
gau6 ng5 doi6 si2History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls

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