Cantonese words starting with G

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纪念
gei2 nim6(noun) anniversary; (adjective) memorial
纪念品
gei2 nim6 ban2souvenir; memento
纪念碑
gei2 nim6 bei1monument
纪念馆
gei2 nim6 gun2memorial hall
纪念日
gei2 nim6 jat6day of commemoration
纪念邮票
gei2 nim6 jau4 piu3commemorative postage stamp
纪念堂
gei2 nim6 tong4memorial hall
纪念堂站
gei2 nim6 tong4 zaam6Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station, a metro station in Guangzhou
纪念章
gei2 nim6 zoeng1memorial badge; CL:枚[mei2]
纪念奖
gei2 nim6 zoeng2trophy
几年
gei2 nin4a few years; several years
纪年
gei2 nin4to number the years; annals
几年来
gei2 nin4 lai4 loi4for the past several years
几耐
gei2 noi6how long
gei2 pei4suede
几倍
gei2 pui5several times (bigger)
几生修到
gei2 sang1 sau1 dou3it means a person is very very lucky
几十
gei2 sap6adj.; dozens of
几十百
gei2 sap6 baak3adj.; a few hundred
几十年
gei2 sap6 nin4several decades [written and colloquial]
几十岁
gei2 sap6 seoi3several decades of age, meaning old; middle-aged
纪实
gei2 sat6record of actual events
几岁
gei2 seoi3how old are you? (familiar, or to a child)
几时
gei2 si4at what time?; when?
几时都
gei2 si4 dou1whenever; anytime; at all time [written and colloquial]
几时几日
gei2 si4 gei2 jat6when and what time in the future; which hour which day
己所不欲,勿施于人
gei2 so2 bat1 juk6 ,mat6 si1 jyu1 jan4What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects); Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
几天
gei2 tin1several days
几天后
gei2 tin1 hau6a few days later; several days later [written]
几天来
gei2 tin1 loi4for the past few days
杞天之虑
gei2 tin1 zi1 leoi6see 杞人之憂|杞人之忧[Qi3 ren2 zhi1 you1]
gei2 tong4hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖[pu2 tao5 tang2]
纪委
gei2 wai2discipline inspection commission
纪昀
gei2 wan4Ji Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut 閱微草堂筆記|阅微草堂笔记
gei2 zi2wolfberry; goji
虮子
gei2 zi2louse egg
gei2 zi2 zi1 lam4(idiom) a multitude of talented people
几至
gei2 zi3almost
gei2 zi6sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
纪传体
gei2 zyun6 tai2history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
gei3to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter)
gei3to cross over
gei3to choke on something eaten
gei3already; both... (and...)
gei3to covet; to desire
gei3address after one's name who is very close
记不住
gei3 bat1 zyu6can't remember
gei3 ceot1to mail; to send by post
寄辞
gei3 ci4to send a message
记错
gei3 co3to remember incorrectly [written and colloquial]

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