Cantonese words starting with G

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旧年
gau6 nin2last year
旧爱
gau6 oi3an old love; an ex-lover [written and colloquial]
旧恶
gau6 ok3old wrong; wickedness of former times
旧案
gau6 on3old court case
旧派
gau6 paai3old school
旧瓶装新酒
gau6 ping4 zong1 san1 zau2lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
旧生
gau6 sang1alumni; a student who has been in the school for some time (as opposed to new students)
旧愁新恨
gau6 sau4 san1 han6old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
旧石器时代
gau6 sek6 hei3 si4 doi6Paleolithic Era
旧水
gau6 seoi2hundred dollars
旧诗
gau6 si1old verse
旧时
gau6 si4(adverb) In the past, …
旧时代
gau6 si4 doi6former times
旧事
gau6 si6old affair
旧式
gau6 sik1old style
旧识
gau6 sik1former acquaintance
旧城区
gau6 sing4 keoi1Old Town District
旧书
gau6 syu1second-hand book; ancient book
旧损
gau6 syun2old and damaged
旧态
gau6 taai3old posture
旧体
gau6 tai2old form of writing
旧体诗
gau6 tai2 si1poetry in the old style
旧体字
gau6 tai2 zi6traditional Chinese characters
旧唐书
gau6 tong4 syu1History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
旧同事
gau6 tung4 si6an old work colleague [written and colloquial]
旧皇历
gau6 wong4 lik6old calendar
旧宅
gau6 zaak6former residence
旧习
gau6 zaap6old habit
旧制
gau6 zai3old system
旧阵时
gau6 zan6 si4(noun
旧疾
gau6 zat6old illness
旧知
gau6 zi1old acquaintance
旧址
gau6 zi2former site; old location
旧迹
gau6 zik1old traces
旧招牌
gau6 ziu1 paai4an old established business
旧账
gau6 zoeng3lit. old account; fig. old scores to settle; old grudge
旧俗
gau6 zuk6former custom; old ways
ge3 be6final particle for making an assertion [colloquial, less commonly used nowadays]
ge3 laa2a modal particle used at the end of a statement to indicate assertion; to affirm a statement as it's to be understood as a statement of fact [colloquial]
嘅话
ge3 waa2as said
ge3 ze1only
ge3 ze6it is (spoken)
gei1small table
gei1Cut
gei1used in 剞劂[ji1 jue2]
gei1serge
gei1to grumble; to whisper; to babble; to chatter
gei1homosexual
gei1woman; female entertainer (archaic); goddess
gei1a final particle used to express surprise

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