Cantonese Dictionary

架撐

gaa2 caang1

Mandarin: jia4 cheng1

Simplified: 架撑

tools (spoken)

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架構

gaa3 kau3

Mandarin: jia4 gou4

[1] infrastructure, framework; [2] architecture

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架樑

gaa3 loeng2

Mandarin: jia4 liang2

Simplified: 架梁

(noun) an intervener

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架步

gaa3 bou6

Mandarin: jia4 bu4

(noun) a personal hangout; someone's home; den; hideaway, usually referring to an illegal underground den used for activities such as gambling or prostitution(e.g. "黄色架步" or "識情架步"= a prostitution parlour); means | artifice; unspoken rules; the procedures; the line-up (its extent | scale represents the degree of importance placed on it)

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架生

gaa2 caang1

Mandarin: jia4 sheng1

tools

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架空

gaa3 hung1

Mandarin: jia4 kong1

to falsify/fabricate, conjure up

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架空列車

gaa3 hung1 lit6 ce1

Mandarin: jia4 kong1 lie4 che1

skytrain (in Vancouver Canada)

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架空電纜

gaa3 hung1 din6 laam6

Mandarin: jia4 kong1 dian4 lan3

overhead wires

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架罉

gaa2 caang1

Mandarin: jia4 cang1

tools (spoken)

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枷

gaa1

Mandarin: jia1

cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China) | chains | # adapted from cc-cedict

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枷鎖

gaa1 so2

Mandarin: jia1 suo3

stocks and chain; in fetters

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枸

geoi2

Mandarin: gou1

Acgle sepiaria | # adapted from cc-cedict

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枸杞

gau2 gei2

Mandarin: gou3 qi3

Chinese wolfberry; goji berry; matrimony vine | Scientific name: Lycium chinense

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枸杞子

gau2 gei2 zi2

Mandarin: gou3 qi3 zi5

Chinese wolfberry fruit; goji berry

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柑咁大個鼻

gam1 gam3 daai6 go3 bei6

Mandarin: gan1 gan1 da4 ge4 bi2

Simplified: 柑咁大个鼻

Cantonese

a nose as big as a mandarin

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柑桔

gam1 gat1

Mandarin: gan1 ju2

(fruit) Kumquat

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柬

gaan2

Mandarin: jian3

card | note | letter | old variant of 拣jiǎn [拣] | invitation | to choose | # adapted from cc-cedict

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柬埔寨人民黨

gaan2 bou3 zaai6 jan4 man4 dong2

Mandarin: jian3 pu3 zhai4 ren2 min2 dang3

Cambodian People's Party

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柬帖

gaan2 tip3

Mandarin: jian3 tie3

(noun) an invitation card

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校准

gaau3 zeon2

Mandarin: jiao4 zhun3

(mechanical) calibration

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校味

gaau3 mei6

Mandarin: xiao4 wei4

(verb) add seasoning while cooking

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校場

gaau3 coeng4

Mandarin: jiao4 chang3

(military) drill ground

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校奶

gaau3 naai5

Mandarin: xiao4 nai3

to get a baby used to drinking cow's milk as a substitute for mother's milk

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校尉

gaau3 wai3

Mandarin: xiao4 wei4

military officer

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校對

gaau3 deoi3

Mandarin: jiao3 dui4

proofreader, to proofread; to calibrate

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校慢鐘

gaau3 maan6 zung1

Mandarin: xiao4 man4 zhong1

Simplified: 校慢钟

to set the clock back [colloquial]

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校改

gaau3 goi2

Mandarin: jiao4 gai3

read and correct proofs

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校正

gaau3 zing3

Mandarin: jiao4 zheng4

rectify; proofread; correct; amend; see also 糾正

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校準

gaau3 zeon2

Mandarin: jiao4 zhun3

adjust; calibrate; calibration; true up; try up

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校色

gaau3 sik1

Mandarin: xiao4 se4

calibration

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