Cantonese Dictionary

校訂

gaau3 ding3

Mandarin: jiao4 ding4

check against the authoritative text

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校鐘

gaau3 zung1

Mandarin: xiao4 zhong1

Simplified: 校钟

to set the clock

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校閱

gaau3 jyut6

Mandarin: jiao4 yue4

read and revise

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根

gan1

Mandarin: gen1

root | basis | classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings M: 条tiáo [条] | radical (chemistry) | foundation | completely | root of a number | the penis | # adapted from cc-cedict

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根基

gan1 gei1

basis; foundation

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根底

gan1 dai2

Mandarin: gen1 di3

bedrock, basis, foundation; background learning; one's material possessions

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根式

gan1 sik1

Mandarin: gen1 shi4

[math] radical

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根據

gan1 geoi3

Mandarin: gen1 ju4

[1] according to; [2] based on, basis; [3] foundation (4) reference

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根據地

gan1 geoi3 dei6

Mandarin: gen1 ju4 di4

base; base area; base of operations; operational base

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根數

gan1 sou3

Mandarin: gen1 shu4

Simplified: 根数

the nth root of a number; radical (mathematical)

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根本

gan1 bun2

Mandarin: gen1 ben3

basically, fundamentally, actually, essentially

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根本上

gan1 bun2 soeng6

Mandarin: gen1 ben3 shang4

(adverb) Fundamentally

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根治

gan1 zi6

Mandarin: gen1 zhi4

completely cure

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根深蒂固

gan1 sam1 dai3 gu3

Mandarin: gen1 shen1 di4 gu4

deepseated; deep-rooted; entrenched; inveterate; deeply ingrained; firmly planted

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根源

gan1 jyun4

Mandarin: gen1 yuan2

origin; root; source; grassroots; bottom; radix; fountain; fountainhead

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根由

gan1 jau4

Mandarin: gen1 you2

cause, origin

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根苗

gan1 miu4

Mandarin: gen1 miao2

the root and shoot

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根蒂

gan1 dai3

Mandarin: gen1 di4

root and base

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根蔃

gan1 koeng2

Cantonese

roots of plants

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根號

gan1 hou6

Mandarin: gen1 hao4

[math] radical

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格

gaak3

Mandarin: ge2

square | frame | rule | (legal) case | style | character | standard | pattern | (grammar) case | (classical) to obstruct | to hinder | (classical) to arrive | to come | (classical) to investigate | to study exhaustively | shelf | division | to combat | to hit | to examine | a shop | # adapted from cc-cedict

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格仔

gaak3 zai2

Mandarin: ge2 zi3

checkered | squares (pattern)

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格仔紙

gaak3 zai2 zi2

Mandarin: ge2 zi3 zhi3

Simplified: 格仔纸

grid paper; graph paper; squared paper

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格仔餅

gaak3 zai2 beng2

Mandarin: ge2 zi3 bing3

Simplified: 格仔饼

waffle

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格但斯克

gaak3 daan6 si1 hak1

Mandarin: ge2 dan4 si1 ke4

Gdansk (city in Poland)

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格價

gaak3 gaa3

Mandarin: ge2 jia4

Simplified: 格价

comparing prices

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格劍

gaak3 gim3

Mandarin: ge2 jian4

Simplified: 格剑

(noun) frotting (a type of sex act)

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格外

gaak3 ngoi6

Mandarin: ge2 wai4

(adverb) 1. Additionally; 2. Extraordinarily; (adjective) Extra

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格子

gaak3 zi2

Mandarin: ge2 zi5

a trellis

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格子棉布

gaak3 zi2 min4 bou3

Mandarin: ge2 zi5 mian2 bu4

gingham

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