初更

co1 gaang1

first watch of the night (contrast to 巡更)

落手打三更

lok6 sau2 daa2 saam1 gang1

making a terrible mistake from the start

三更窮五更富

saam1 gaang1 kung4 ng5 gaang1 fu3

lit. poor at 3 o'clock and rich by 5, meaning one who has no financial planning,

更替

gang1 tai3

to take over (from one another); to alternate; to replace; to relay

落筆打三更

lok6 bat1 daa2 saam1 gaang1

to blunder at the very start; start off on the wrong foot; to falter at the gate

傻更更

so4 gang1 gang1

stupid; silly; not very clever [華]: 傻兮兮

更加

gang3 gaa1

more; even more | [粵]: also 重 (zung6)

更衣

gang1 ji1

change one's clothes

看更

hon1 gaang1

a security guard

夜更

je6 gang1

night shift

自力更生

zi6 lik6 gang1 saang1

self-reliant; regeneration through one's own effort

半夜三更

bun3 je6 saam1 gaang1

[[in the depths of the night]] in the depths of the night, very late at night.

嗎嗎更

m4 laa1 gaang1

[irrelevant, unrelated.]

落手打三更

lok6 sau2 daa2 saam1 gaang1

to do something wrongly since the very beginning

更想

gang3 soeng2

prefer [written and colloquial]

更進一步

gang3 zeon3 jat1 bou6

striving to improve

輪更

leon4 gaang1

to take shift

更大

gang3 daai6

bigger; even bigger; larger [written and colloquial]

百尺竿頭更進一步

baak3 cek3 gon1 tau4 gang3 zeon3 jat1 bou6

even a 100 foot stalk of bamboo can progress one more step (i.e., there is alway

捱更抵夜

ngaai4 gaang1 dai2 ye6

[1] stay up all night [2] go to bed late and get up early