Cantonese words starting with G

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To cherish, dote on, or take very good care of someone.

All; entirely; without exception.

To accept, submit to, or not protest a decision or action.

To live or reside; place of residence.

A residence, dwelling, or house.

To be in the majority; to make up the largest proportion.

To live at home, or relating to the home and household.

To be positioned between two parties.

In traditional Chinese medicine, menstruation that occurs only once every three months.

geoi1 gou1 bat1 haa6

To remain consistently high, with no sign of decreasing.

geoi1 gou1 lam4 haa6

居高臨下居高临下

To look down from a high place, or to occupy a high position with a sense of superiority.

To hold an official post or secure a position.

To claim or take credit for oneself, often with an implication of arrogance.

geoi1 gung1 zi6 ngou6

Arrogant because of one's own achievements or contributions.

An inhabitant or resident.

Unexpectedly; to one's surprise; contrary to expectation.

geoi1 jung4 gwaan1

居庸關居庸关

Juyongguan, a historic mountain pass and frontier fortress on the Great Wall north of Beijing in Changping District.

To live, reside, or dwell in a certain place.

To hoard goods for speculation or profiteering.

Marie Curie; Pierre Curie; the surname Curie

geoi1 lai5 fu1 jan4

居禮夫人居礼夫人

Marie Curie; Madame Curie.

To reside or have an abode; to settle down and live in a place.

geoi1 lau4 kyun4

居留權居留权

Right of abode; the legal right to reside in a country or region.

geoi1 lau4 zing3

居留證居留证

Residence permit; a document allowing a foreign national to reside in a country or region.

Curie; a unit of radioactivity.

geoi1 lei5 fu1 jan4

Marie Curie, the renowned Polish-French physicist and chemist.

居魯士居鲁士

geoi1 lou5 si6 daai6 dai3

居魯士大帝居鲁士大帝

Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Persian Empire and conqueror of Babylon.

geoi1 maa5 fai3

車馬費车马费

Travel allowance, transit subsidy, or transportation expenses.

Resident or inhabitant; a person who settles and lives in a particular place.

geoi1 man4 dim2

居民點居民点

A residential area or settlement.

geoi1 man4 dim2 ji4

居民點兒居民点儿

A residential area, settlement, or populated place.

geoi1 man4 keoi1

居民區居民区

Residential area.

geoi1 man4 siu1 fai3 gaa3 gaak3 zi2 sou3

居民消費價格指數居民消费价格指数

Consumer price index (CPI).

geoi1 mou4 ding6 so2

居無定所居无定所

To have no fixed residence; homeless or unsettled.

geoi1 on1 si1 ngai4

To be vigilant in peaceful times; to think of danger while in safety.

Intention or motive, usually malicious.

geoi1 sam1 bat1 loeng4

To harbor evil intentions; to have bad motives.

geoi1 sam1 him2 ok3

居心險惡居心险恶

To have sinister motives; harboring evil intentions.

geoi1 sam1 ho4 zoi6

What are your intentions? What are you up to?

geoi1 sam1 po2 caak1

居心叵測居心叵测

Harboring ulterior motives; describing someone who is treacherous and whose bad intentions are hard to predict.

A room, house, or home for living.

To come first; to head the list; to be in the leading position.

A lay Buddhist devotee, or a scholar living in retirement in ancient times.

Dwelling; home; a place where people live.

To live as a widow; to remain widowed.

An apartment flat built under Hong Kong's Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), or any government-subsidized sale flat.

geoi1 wai2 wui2

居委會居委会

Neighborhood committee; a local administrative body in mainland China.

To occupy a high administrative position.

Dwelling; residence or house.