Cantonese Dictionary

加碼

gaa1 maa5

to raise the price of commodities; to overcharge; up the ante

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加租

gaa1 zou1

Mandarin: jia1 zu1

raise / increase the rent; a rent raise / increase

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加稅

gaa1 seoi3

Mandarin: jia1 shui4

Simplified: 加税

tax increase

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加紙

gaa1 zi2

Mandarin: jia1 zhi3

Simplified: 加纸

Canadian Dollar

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加細碼

gaa1 sai3 maa5

Mandarin: jia1 xi4 ma3

Simplified: 加细码

extra small size (XS) [written and colloquial]

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加緊

gaa1 gan2

Mandarin: jia1 jin3

[1] to intensify; [2] to speed up, to step up

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加航

gaa1 hong4

Canadian Pacific Airline Ltd

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加菜

gaa1 coi3

Mandarin: jia1 cai4

to have an extra dish or more in a meal

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加菲貓

gaa1 fei1 maau1

Mandarin: jia1 fei1 mao1

Garfield (cartoon character) [Var.] 咖啡貓

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加薪

gaa1 san1

Mandarin: jia1 xin1

raise salary

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加薪水

gaa1 san1 seoi2

to give a raise/rise in salary or wages

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加試

gaa1 si5/3

Mandarin: jia1 shi4

to add material to an exam; supplementary exam

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加護病房

gaa1 wu6 beng6 fong2

Mandarin: jia1 hu4 bing4 fang2

Simplified: 加护病房

Intensive Care Unit

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加護病房

gaa1 wu6 beng6 fong4*2

Mandarin: jia1 hu4 bing4 fang2

intensive care unit (Taiwan) | In HK known as 深切治療部 | In China known as 監護病房

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加速

gaa1 cuk1

Mandarin: jia1 su4

to accelerate; to expedite

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加速上市

gaa1 cuk1 soeng5 si5

Mandarin: jia1 su4 shang4 shi4

speed-to-market

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加速器

gaa1 cuk1 hei3

Mandarin: jia1 su4 qi4

accelerator (comp)

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加速度計

gaa1 cuk1 dou6 gai3

Mandarin: jia1 su4 du4 ji4

accelerometer

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加重

gaa1 cung5/zung6

Mandarin: jia1 zhong4

[1] /gaa1 cung5/ to make heavier [2] /gaa1 zung6/ to make more serious; to aggravate

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加長

gaa1 coeng4

Mandarin: jia1 chang2

lengthen

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加零一

gaa1 ling4 jat1

Mandarin: jia1 ling2 yi1

very very

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加飯酒

gaa1 faan6 zau2

Jiafan wine

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加餸

gaa1 sung3

Mandarin: jia1 song4

to have an extra dish or more in a meal

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加馬射線

gaa1 maa5 se6 sin3

Mandarin: jia1 ma3 she4 xian4

gamma rays

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加高椅

gaa1 gou1 ji2

a high chair (for children)

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加鹽加醋

gaa1 jim4 gaa1 cou3

Mandarin: jia1 yan2 jia1 cu4

Simplified: 加盐加醋

exagerrate; juice-up (spoken)

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劫

gip3

Mandarin: jie2

to rob | to plunder | to seize by force | to coerce | calamity | abbr. for kalpa 劫波jiébō [劫波] | disaster | # adapted from cc-cedict

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劫匪

gip3 fei2

cateran (a kind of irregular soldier like a robber or bandits)

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劫富濟貧

gip3 fu3 zai3 pan4

to rob from the rich and give to the poor

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劫持

gip3 ci4

Mandarin: jie2 chi2

to kidnap; to hijack

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