Cantonese Dictionary

耕佣

gaang1 jung4

Mandarin: geng1 yong4

a farmhand (also 佣耕)

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耕地

gang1 dei6

Mandarin: geng1 di4

arable land

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耕手

gaang1 sau2

Mandarin: geng1 shou3

cultivating arm (one of the Wing Chun/Ving Tsun kung fu 詠春拳's principal hand movement)

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耕田

gaang1 tin4

to till land

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耕田佬

gaang1 tin4 lou2

Mandarin: geng1 tian2 lao3

peasant; farmer (spoken)

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耕種

gaang1 zung3

Mandarin: geng1 zhong4

plough and sow; cultivate; farm; till

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耕耘

gaang1 wan4

Mandarin: geng1 yun2

ploughing and weeding; cultivate; farming

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耿

gang2

Mandarin: geng3

bright | honest | upright | shining | glorious | having moral integrity | to have guts | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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耿介

gang2 gaai3

Mandarin: geng3 jie4

honest; upright; frank

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耿直

gang2 zik6

Mandarin: geng3 zhi2

honest; upright; frank

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耿耿於懷

gang2 gang2 jyu1 waai4

Mandarin: geng3 geng3 yu2 huai2

take sth.personal and harbour resentment in one's heart; be disgruntled; take sth. to the heart

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肌

gei1

Mandarin: ji1

[n] muscle; flesh; tissue; skin

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肌強直

gei1 goeng6 zik6

Mandarin: ji1 jiang4 zhi2

myotonia (tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity)

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肌肉

gei1 juk6

Mandarin: ji1 rou4

(adjective) muscular

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肌肉營養不良症

gei1 juk6 jing4 joeng5 bat1 loeng4 zing3

Mandarin: ji1 rou4 ying2 yang3 bu4 liang2 zheng4

muscular dystrophy

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肌肉發達

gei1 juk6 faat3 daat6

Mandarin: ji1 rou4 fa1 da2

muscular

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肌肉緊張

gai1 juk6 gan2 zoeng1

Mandarin: ji1 rou4 jin3 zhang1

muscle tone

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肌肉萎縮症

gei1 juk6 wai2 suk1 zing3

Mandarin: ji1 ​rou4 ​wei3 ​suo1 ​zheng4

muscular dystrophy (lit., "muscle wasting disease")

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肌肉車

gei1 juk6 ce1

a muscle car (typically a powerful sportscar)

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肌肉酸痛

gei1 juk6 syun1 tung3

Mandarin: ji1 rou4 suan1 tong4

muscle soreness

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肌膚

gei1 fu1

Mandarin: ji1 fu1

skin | Appears to have been popularised by cosmetics companies' advertisements. The more common word for 'skin' is '皮膚'; in spoken Cantonese, just '皮'.

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肛

gong1

Mandarin: gang1

the anus

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肛交

gong1 gaau1

Mandarin: gang1 jiao1

anal sex

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肛吻

gong1 man5

Mandarin: gang1 wen3

rimming (type of oral sex)

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肛門

gong1 mun4

Mandarin: gang1 men2

the anus, rectum | [粵]: 屎窟窿

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肛門袋

gong1 mun4 doi6*2

Mandarin: gang1 men2 dai4

a colostomy bag

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肝

gon1

Mandarin: gan1

liver; hepar

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肝炎

gon1 jim4

Mandarin: gan1 yan2

hepatitis

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肝癌

gon1 ngaam4

cancer of the liver

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肝硬化

gon1 ngaang6 faa3

Mandarin: gan1 ying4 hua4

cirrhosis

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