Cantonese words starting with G

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Even, uniform, or well-distributed.

Sovereign, monarch, or king; the person holding supreme power in a feudal society.

Trustworthy, honest, and reliable; fair and clear-cut, especially in financial or business dealings.

Insistent on dividing or defining things with absolute clarity and precision, to the point of being inflexible.

The king's; belonging to a monarch or sovereign.

A gentleman; a person of noble character and high virtue.

gwan1 zi2 dung6 hau2 bat1 dung6 sau2

君子動口不動手君子动口不动手

An advice that a gentleman uses words, not force, to resolve disputes.

gwan1 zi2 hip3 ding6

君子協定君子协定

Gentlemen's agreement; an informal, legally non-binding agreement based on mutual trust and honor.

gwan1 zi2 zi1 gaau1 daam6 jyu4 seoi2

君子之交淡如水

The friendship between gentlemen is pure and plain, built on moral principles rather than material gain.

Army commander; corps commander.

Military uniform, or fashion inspired by military attire; also used to refer to uniformed police officers.

gwan1 zong1 ging2 jyun4

軍裝警員军装警员

Uniformed police officers.

Branch of the military, such as the army, navy, or air force.

Monarch; sovereign; the head of state, usually hereditary.

gwan1 zyu2 zai3

Monarchy; a political system where a hereditary monarch acts as the supreme leader.

gwan1 zyu2 zyun1 zai3

君主專制君主专制

Absolute monarchy

Confused; chaotic.

Muddy, turbid, or unclear.

To boil; to heat liquid to its boiling point; also to prepare soup by boiling ingredients.

To be physically outlined or edged with something.

An imperial robe worn by an emperor or high-ranking royalty in ancient China.

To roll, revolve, or turn around.

To sew a fabric border, trim, or piping onto the edge of a piece of clothing.

To piss off, get lost, or beat it; used to tell someone to leave in anger.

To roll; to move by turning over and over on a surface.

To bother, trouble, or disturb someone.

gwan2 gaau2 saai3

滾攪晒滚搅晒

An expression used when visiting someone's home or receiving help, to apologize for the trouble caused.

gwan2 gwaa1 laan6 suk6

滾瓜爛熟滚瓜烂熟

Extremely fluent, thoroughly memorized, or very familiar with something.

To surge on, roll on, or billow.

gwan2 gwan2 dei2

滾滾地滚滚地

Moody, depressed, or upset.

To be very hot; to emit or give off heat.

To piss off, get lost, or beat it; a rude command telling someone to leave immediately.

gwan2 hung4 gwan2 luk6

滾紅滾綠滚红滚绿

To misbehave, play around, run amok, or engage in promiscuous behavior.

A cheat, swindler, irresponsible person, or a man who patronizes prostitutes.

gwan2 jit6 laat6

滾熱辣滚热辣

Piping hot, brand new, or fresh from the press.

To boil over; of liquid to overflow or spill from a container when being heated.

Boiling or boiled water.

gwan2 seoi2 daan2

滾水蛋滚水蛋

A Hong Kong-style cafe drink made by cracking a raw egg into boiling water to partially cook it.

gwan2 seoi2 luk6 goek3

滾水淥腳滚水渌脚

To leave a place in a great hurry, as if one's feet were scalded by boiling water.

gwan2 seoi2 luk6 zyu1 coeng2

滾水淥豬腸滚水渌猪肠

Misfortune never comes singly; bad luck keeps happening.

gwan2 seoi2 ze3 me2

滾水借歪滚水借歪

An expression used to ask people to step aside or get out of the way.

To boil until thoroughly cooked.

gwan2 syut3 kau4

滾雪球滚雪球

To snowball; to build up rapidly like a rolling snowball.

gwan2 zuk6 lau4 bing1

滾軸溜冰滚轴溜冰

Roller skating; the sport of moving on flat ground wearing wheeled skates.

gwan2 zuk6 lau4 bing1 haai4

滾軸溜冰鞋滚轴溜冰鞋

Roller skates or rollerblades.

Stick or rod; a long, hard object.

Manual transmission or manual gear shift in a vehicle.

Red Pole; a rank in a triad gang.

To swindle, cheat, or deceive people.