Cantonese words starting with G

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gei1 zaa2 lau5 ang1

嘰咋柳鶯叽咋柳莺

Common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), a species of leaf warbler.

Deceitful; crafty and cunning.

Base station; a radio transceiver that connects mobile phone signals.

To tease, mock, or ridicule.

Mechanism; the way a system, plan, or phenomenon operates and changes.

Machine-processed or machine-made.

Matrix, substrate, or base solvent of a chemical compound.

基質膜基质膜

Basal plasma membrane.

Benchmark or standard; a baseline level that needs to be achieved.

Foundation or base.

Machine, device, or small electronic apparatus.

Jizi, a legendary Chinese sage from the end of the Shang dynasty.

Quick-witted, resourceful, and intelligent; clever.

Plinth, base, or pedestal of a statue or building; a supporting structure beneath them and above the foundation.

The captain or pilot of an aircraft.

Foundation piles; columns driven into the ground to support a structure.

A generator unit or set of machinery; can also refer to an aircrew or flight crew.

gei1 zou2 jan4 jyun4

機組人員机组人员

Flight crew; aircrew or cabin crew working aboard an aircraft.

An arbor or axis in a machine; a spindle.

The sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems.

Several; a few; a positive number less than ten, typically between three and nine.

To collect and store, or a shelf used for storage.

To drag, pull, or hold back.

The Chinese wolfberry shrub, Qi (an ancient Chinese state), or the surname Qi.

A Chinese surname, typically romanized as Kei, Ki, or Kee.

gei2 baak3 leon4

紀伯倫纪伯伦

Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese poet, writer, and artist.

gei2 baak3 maan6 mei6 hoi1 tau4

幾百萬未開頭几百万未开头

To spend money extravagantly or live lavishly, as if one has millions of dollars untouched.

The twenty-sixth year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle.

Several times; a few times.

gei2 ci3 saam1 faan1

幾次三番几次三番

Repeatedly; over and over again; time and time again.

Several thousand.

How much money.

gei2 daai2 dou1

幾大都几大都

No matter what; anyway; by all means.

No matter what; anyway; indicates one's firm resolution to do something regardless of the consequences.

gei2 daai6 zau6 gei2 daai6

幾大就幾大几大就几大

To go all out or do something regardless of the consequences.

What time; when.

gei2 dim2 zung1

幾點鐘几点钟

What time or when, based on hours.

Chitin; a tough, semitransparent substance that forms the major component in the exoskeletons of arthropods.

gei2 ding1 zat1

幾丁質几丁质

Chitin; a tough, semitransparent substance that forms the major component of arthropod exoskeletons and fungal cell walls.

How many or how much; used to ask about quantity, number, or time.

幾多錢几多钱

How much money.

幾多點几多点

What time is it?

幾多味几多味

How many types of sexual services are provided?

gei2 do1 si4 gaan3

幾多時間几多时间

How much time; how long.

Several times; a slightly more formal or elegant way to express frequency.

Somewhat, rather, or to some degree.

Our side; one's own side.

To admonish or advise tactfully.

How; so; used to express a strong feeling about the extent of a description.

To be on the brink or verge of; almost.