Cantonese words starting with G

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Adopted name, especially referring to a child spiritually placed in the care of another or a deity.

To place one's hope or expectations on someone.

Foster mother or adoptive mother.

Foster daughter; goddaughter.

To commemorate or remember; to preserve the memory of people or events through writing, actions, or ceremonies.

To write down or notate music.

gei3 pou2 faat3

記譜法记谱法

Method of music notation.

To parasitize; to live as a parasite on another organism.

gei3 sang1 cung4

寄生蟲寄生虫

A parasite, or a lazy person who depends on others.

gei3 sang1 mat6

Parasite; an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species.

gei3 sang1 sang1 wut6

A parasitic life or lifestyle.

A human parasite; a person who relies on others to live without contributing anything.

To hold a grudge; to be vindictive or unforgiving.

To consign goods for sale.

To mail or send a letter.

To write down and describe events in detail, typically in a longer written account.

Is both; on the one hand; since.

To record or note down things and events from daily life.

記事簿记事簿

Notebook; notepad.

記事本记事本

Notebook; a booklet for writing notes, or a laptop computer.

記事冊记事册

A notebook for keeping records or making notes.

既視感既视感

Déjà vu; the feeling that one has already experienced a current situation.

To ask someone to pass on a message or to say hello to others for them.

Memory; the ability to remember past events and things to do.

gei3 sing4 si6 sat6

既成事實既成事实

Fait accompli; an established fact that is already done and cannot be changed.

To sell goods on consignment.

To board or lodge, especially at a school or a public place other than one's home.

gei3 suk1 hok6 haau6

寄宿學校寄宿学校

Boarding school.

gei3 suk1 sang1

Boarder; a student who lives at school.

To send, mail, or deliver a letter, document, or parcel.

To entrust something to someone; also, a thing in which one invests one's hopes, energy, or feelings.

To express one's feelings, thoughts, or emotions in writing or poetry.

To be written as, recorded as, or denoted by.

The past; previous events or times.

gei3 wong5 bat1 gau3

To let bygones be bygones; to forgive and forget past misdeeds without further punishment.

Reporter or journalist; a person who gathers, writes, and reports the news.

記者會记者会

Press conference; a media briefing held to announce news and invite reporters to cover it.

記者站记者站

Correspondent post; a press station or news bureau.

gei3 ze2 ziu1 doi6 wui2

記者招待會记者招待会

Press conference; an event where government departments or organizations provide information directly to the media.

To narrate, describe, or give an account of events.

gei3 zeoi6 man4

記敘文记叙文

Narrative writing; a narrative essay or text.

Foster son; a male child taken in and raised by foster parents.

To live away from home temporarily.

To register as domiciled in another land.

To keep the books, or to record financial transactions such as income and expenditures.

gei3 zoeng3 jyun4

記帳員记帐员

Bookkeeper; a person who records financial transactions.

To record or put down in writing in order to preserve information for future reference.

To be written using the following notation.

Host of a parasite or virus.

To temporarily stay over at a place; to sojourn.