Cantonese words starting with G

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叽咋柳莺
gei1 zaa2 lau5 ang1(bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
机诈
gei1 zaa3deceitful
gei1 zaam6base station
讥嘲
gei1 zaau1teasing; mocking; ridicule
机制
gei1 zai3mechanism
机制
gei1 zai3machine-processed; machine-made
基质
gei1 zat1base solvent (of chemical compound)
基质膜
gei1 zat1 mok6basal plasma membrane
基准
gei1 zeon2(surveying) datum
gei1 zi2foundation; base
机子
gei1 zi2machine
gei1 zi2Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂|纣[Zhou4], then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周[Zhou1] dynasty
机智
gei1 zi3quick-witted
gei1 zo6underlay; pedestal
机长
gei1 zoeng2(aviation) pilot-in-command; captain
基桩
gei1 zong1foundation piles
机组
gei1 zou2flight crew (on a plane)
机组人员
gei1 zou2 jan4 jyun4the flight crew; the cabin crew
机轴
gei1 zuk6arbor
gei2self; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]; letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; personal
gei2(adverb) what (time)
gei2to collect and store; storing shelf
gei2drag
gei2Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); a small ancient state; a surname
gei2order; age; period; subdivision of a geological era; rules; laws; to sort (silk threads); record; historical account
纪伯伦
gei2 baak3 leon4Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist
几百万未开头
gei2 baak3 maan6 mei6 hoi1 tau4to spend like a billionaire [colloquial]
gei2 cau2twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
几次
gei2 ci3several times
几次三番
gei2 ci3 saam1 faan1lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
几千
gei2 cin1several thousand
几钱
gei2 cin4how much money
几大都
gei2 daai2 dou1no matter what
几大
gei2 daai6"how big?"; "how old?"; can be used to describe something which is quite big
几大就几大
gei2 daai6 zau6 gei2 daai6"as big as you want it"; "whatever you want"; "totally up to you"; 'go for broke, whatever the consequences'
几点
gei2 dim2what time?
几点钟
gei2 dim2 zung1what time (as in hour)
几丁
gei2 ding1chitin
几丁质
gei2 ding1 zat1chitin
几多
gei2 do1(slang) how much; how many?
几多钱
gei2 do1 cin4how much money
几多点
gei2 do1 dim2what time? [colloquial]
几多味
gei2 do1 mei2how many types of sexual services? [colloquial]
几多时间
gei2 do1 si4 gaan3how much time?; how long? [colloquial]
几度
gei2 dou6what degree?; what temperature?; several times; on several occasions
几分
gei2 fan1somewhat
gei2 fong1our side
几谏
gei2 gaan3to admonish tactfully
几咁
gei2 gam2so, very, very much; how
几近
gei2 gan6to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of

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