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• 監控 — gam1 kong3: to monitor, to keep under surveillance, to supervise
• 甘藍 — gam1 lam5: cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
• 監視 — gam1 si6: to monitor, to keep watch on, to surveil
• 甘心 — gam1 sim1: to be willing, to be content, to be resigned to
• 甘肅 — gam1 sog4: Gansu (a province in northwestern China)
• 甘蔗 — gam1 zia3: sugar cane
• 疳積 — gam1 zêg4: infantile malnutrition (from digestive disturbances or intestinal parasites), pediatric malnutrition syndrome
• 泔 — gam1: rice-washing water, kitchen slops, swill
• 甘 — gam1: sweet, willing; readily
• 監 — gam1: prison; jail, supervisor; overseer
• 紺 — gam1: purple; violet, blackish red
• 感觸 — gam2 cog4: feelings, emotional stirring, thoughts and feelings
• 感情 — gam2 cêng5: feeling, emotion, affection
• 感動 — gam2 dong6: to move (emotionally), to touch
• 感恩 — gam2 eng1: to be grateful, to feel thankful
• 感到 — gam2 gao3: to feel, to sense
• 感激不盡 — gam2 gêg4 bug4 zing6: can't thank (someone) enough, extremely grateful
• 感激 — gam2 gêg4: to be grateful, to appreciate
• 感化 — gam2 huê3: to reform (someone) through moral influence, to reclaim
• 感慨 — gam2 kai3: to sigh with stirred emotion, to lament wistfully
• 感冒 — gam2 mao6: cold (illness), to catch a cold
• 感染 — gam2 riam2: to infect, to be infected, to influence/affect
• 感謝 — gam2 sia7: to thank, to be grateful, thank you
• 感受 — gam2 siu6: to feel, to experience, feeling; impression
• 感嘆 — gam2 tang3: to sigh with regret, to lament, to exclaim
• 感知 — gam2 zai1: to perceive, to be aware of, perception
• 感應 — gam2 êng3: response; reaction, (physics) induction
• 䃭 — gam2: to bury
• 感 — gam2: to feel, to sense, to be moved/affected
• 監察 — gam3 cag4: to supervise, to monitor, to inspect
• 鑒定 — gam3 dian7: to appraise; to verify, to identify; to evaluate
• 監督 — gam3 dog4: to supervise, to oversee, to superintend
• 尷尬 — gam3 gai3: awkward, embarrassed, embarrassing
• 監考 — gam3 kao2: to proctor an exam, to invigilate
• 尷 — gam3: awkward; embarrassed (bound form, only in 尷尬)
• 淦 — gam3: surname, (obsolete, of water) to leak into a boat
• 監 — gam3: eunuch, supervisor; overseer (historical)
• 鑒 — gam3: to inspect; to examine, to reflect on; to take as a lesson
• 含 — gam5: to hold in the mouth, to contain; to include
• 柑蛘 — gan1 iên5: longhorn beetle, longicorn
• 監牢 — gan1 lo5: prison, jail
• 橄欖球 — gan1 na2 giu5: rugby, rugby ball
• 橄欖 — gan1 na2: olive, Chinese olive
• 柑 — gan1: mandarin orange, tangerine
• 橄 — gan1: olive (bound form, only occurs in 橄欖)
• 苷 — gan1: glycoside
• 敢死 — gan2 si2: bold and reckless; daredevil
• 敢畏 — gan2 uin3: perhaps; probably, I'm afraid that
• 敢 — gan2: to dare; to venture (to)
• 酵母 — gan3 bho2: yeast, leaven
• 酵 — gan3: yeast
• 銜 — gan5: to hold in the mouth, to connect
• 乾巴巴 — gang1 ba1 ba1: dry and hard, parched, dull; insipid (of speech/writing)
• 工兵 — gang1 bian1: combat engineer, sapper
• 江邊 — gang1 bin1: riverside, riverbank
• 剛才 — gang1 cai5: just now, a moment ago
• 工廠 — gang1 ciang2: factory, plant, works
• 奸臣 — gang1 cing5: treacherous minister, corrupt court official
• 蕳砃 — gang1 dang1: potato
• 工地 — gang1 di7: construction site, building site
• 剛直不阿 — gang1 dig8 bug4 o1: upright and incorruptible, righteous, not currying favor with others
• 工潮 — gang1 dio5: labor strike, workers' protest movement
• 工場 — gang1 dion5: workshop, atelier
• 干預 — gang1 e6: to interfere, to intervene, to meddle
• 艱巨 — gang1 ge6: arduous; onerous; formidable
• 工藝 — gang1 ghoi7: craft, craftsmanship, technology of production
• 工具人 — gang1 gu6 nang5: tool person, pawn used by others, person exploited for others' benefit
• 工具 — gang1 gu6: tool, instrument, means
• 干休 — gang1 hiun1: to give up, to let it rest, to stop pursuing
• 江河 — gang1 ho5: rivers, waterways
• 工夫茶 — gang1 hu1 dê5: gongfu tea, Chaoshan tea ceremony
• 功夫 — gang1 hu1: kung fu; martial arts, effort; time spent, meticulous (Teochew)
• 姦夫 — gang1 hu1: adulterer (male)
• 工夫 — gang1 hu1: effort; work, skill; workmanship, time; free time
• 工會 — gang1 huê6: trade union, labor union
• 綱要 — gang1 iao3: outline; sketch, essentials; compendium
• 姦淫 — gang1 im5: to rape, to sexually violate, to molest
• 工友 — gang1 iu2: janitor, manual worker (school/office), workmate (dated)
• 工期 — gang1 ki5: project time limit, construction period
• 艱苦 — gang1 kou2: arduous; laborious, hard to bear; agonizing
• 艱難 — gang1 lang5: hard; difficult; challenging
• 工業區 — gang1 ngiab8 ku1: industrial zone, industrial park
• 工業 — gang1 ngiab8: industry
• 乾糧 — gang1 niên5: dry provisions, dry rations/snacks
• 江湖 — gang1 ou5: rivers and lakes (literal), the world at large; society, the itinerant/underworld domain
• 工人 — gang1 ring5: worker; laborer
• 江西 — gang1 sai1: Jiangxi (a province of China)
• 工事 — gang1 se7: fortifications, defense works
• 干涉 — gang1 siab8: to interfere, to intervene
• 江蘇 — gang1 sou1: Jiangsu (a province of China)
• 工讀 — gang1 tag8: to work part-time while studying, to reform (young offenders)
• 工頭 — gang1 tao5: foreman, overseer
• 工程 — gang1 tian5: engineering, project
• 崗位 — gang1 ui7: post, position, job
• 工作服 — gang1 zag4 hog8: work clothes, overalls
• 工作組 — gang1 zag4 zu1: work group, task force
• 工作 — gang1 zag4: to work, job; work (n.), task
• 工資 — gang1 ze1: wage, salary, pay
• 工整 — gang1 zian2: neat (handwriting), tidy, neatly matched (couplets)
• 干支 — gang1 zin1: sexagenary cycle, heavenly stems and earthly branches
• 工錢 — gang1 zin5: wages, pay for labor
• 江水 — gang1 zui2: river water
• 干證 — gang1 zêng3: witness, evidence
• 乾 — gang1: dry, arid
• 公 — gang1: grandfather, public, male (of animals)
• 剛 — gang1: just; exactly, just now
• 奸 — gang1: treacherous, evil; wicked, crafty/sly
• 姦 — gang1: evil, wicked, treacherous, to commit adultery, to rape
• 岡 — gang1: ridge, hill
• 工 — gang1: work; labor, workday
• 干 — gang1: to concern, to be implicated in, to interfere
• 江 — gang1: river, the Yangtze River
• 綱 — gang1: guiding principle, outline; essential part
• 罡 — gang1: Big Dipper (constellation), astral (Daoism)
• 肛 — gang1: anus
• 艱 — gang1: difficult; hard
• 菅 — gang1: a type of grass
• 柬埔寨 — gang2 bou1 zê7: Cambodia
• 簡稱 — gang2 cêng1: abbreviated name, short form
• 簡單 — gang2 duan1: simple, easy, uncomplicated
• 簡介 — gang2 gai3: brief introduction, overview, profile
• 講究 — gang2 giu3: something worth paying attention to, niceties, special requirements
• 講解 — gang2 goi2: to explain, to expound, to narrate
• 講古 — gang2 gou2: to tell stories, to narrate tales
• 簡化 — gang2 huê3: to simplify, to streamline
• 簡約 — gang2 ioh4: minimal, concise, simple
• 港口 — gang2 kao2: port, harbor
• 講論 — gang2 lung6: to discuss
• 簡歷 — gang2 lêh8: curriculum vitae, résumé, resume
• 講授 — gang2 siu6: to lecture, to instruct, to teach
• 港灣 — gang2 uang1: harbor, bay
• 講座 — gang2 zo7: lecture, seminar, course
• 港紙 — gang2 zua2: Hong Kong dollar
• 擀 — gang2: to roll (dough), to roll flat
• 柬 — gang2: letter; invitation (formal), abbr. for Cambodia
• 港 — gang2: river (dialectal), harbor; port
• 澗 — gang2: mountain stream; brook between mountains
• 簡 — gang2: simple, brief, concise
• 講 — gang2: to speak, to say, to tell
• 幹部 — gang3 bou6: cadre, officer; ranking member
• 降低 — gang3 di1: to reduce, to lower, to decrease
• 降雨 — gang3 hou6: rain, rainfall, precipitation
• 降級 — gang3 kib4: to demote, to downgrade
• 降臨 — gang3 lim5: to arrive, to descend upon, to befall
• 幹線 — gang3 suan3: main line, trunk line
• 降溫 — gang3 ung1: to cool down, to drop in temperature
• 幹 — gang3: to do, to work
• 旰 — gang3: half a day, time of day
• 槓 — gang3: thick rod; pole, to cross out; strike out
• 絳 — gang3: crimson; deep red
• 諫 — gang3: to remonstrate; to admonish
• 贛 — gang3: Jiangxi (abbreviation), Gan River
• 降 — gang3: to fall; to descend; to lower
• 降 — gang3: to surrender; to capitulate; to give in
• 共存 — gang7 cung5: to coexist
• 共享經濟 — gang7 hiang2 gêng1 zi3: sharing economy
• 共享 — gang7 hiang2: to share, to enjoy together
• 共和國 — gang7 hua5 gog4: republic (country)
• 共和 — gang7 hua5: republic, republicanism
• 共贏 — gang7 ian5: to achieve a win-win outcome, to share a common victory
• 共勉 — gang7 miang2: to encourage each other, to strive together
• 共鳴 — gang7 mêng5: to resonate, to respond sympathetically, to strike a chord
• 共產黨 — gang7 suan2 dang2: communist party
• 共產 — gang7 suan2: communist, communism (attributive)
• 共識 — gang7 sêg4: consensus, common understanding
• 共 — gang7: with, for, and
• 勾搭 — gao1 dah4: to collude, to have an affair
• 交代 — gao1 dai3: to explain; to make clear, to hand over (duties), to instruct; to tell
• 高調 — gao1 diao7: high-sounding tone; lofty rhetoric, bombast
• 高中 — gao1 dong1: high school, senior high school
• 高度 — gao1 dou7: height, altitude
• 勾結 — gao1 gag4: to collude, to conspire, to collaborate treasonably
• 交界 — gao1 gai3: to share a border with, to border on
• 高跟鞋 — gao1 geng1 oi5: high heels; high-heeled shoes
• 鉤指 — gao1 gi2: to make a pinky promise
• 交規 — gao1 gui1: traffic regulations; traffic rules
• 高架橋 — gao1 gê3 gio5: viaduct, flyover; overpass
• 交警 — gao1 gêng6: traffic police (officer)
• 高校 — gao1 hao6: college; university (short for 高等學校)
• 高效 — gao1 hao7: highly efficient, highly effective
• 高峰期 — gao1 hong1 ki5: peak period, rush hour
• 高峰 — gao1 hong1: peak, summit, height
• 交付 — gao1 hu3: to hand over; to deliver, to pay
• 高發 — gao1 huag4: to occur frequently (of diseases, accidents)
• 高血壓 — gao1 huêh4 iab4: hypertension; high blood pressure
• 高興 — gao1 hêng3: glad; happy; pleased; delighted
• 交椅 — gao1 in2: chair (usually with armrests), old-style folding chair, (figurative) leadership position
• 高考 — gao1 kao2: National College Entrance Examination (China), higher education entrance exam
• 勾起 — gao1 ki2: to evoke, to call to mind, to induce
• 高企 — gao1 kia6: to remain high, to stay elevated (of price or value)
• 高空 — gao1 kong1: high altitude, high in the sky
• 高科技 — gao1 kuê1 gi6: high-tech; hi-tech
• 高樓大廈 — gao1 lao5 dai6 hê7: high-rise buildings; skyscrapers
• 高麗 — gao1 li5: cabbage
• 高粱酒 — gao1 liang5 ziu2: kaoliang liquor (sorghum liquor)
• 高粱 — gao1 liang5: sorghum
• 交流 — gao1 liu5: to exchange; to communicate, to interact, to flow together
• 鉤鐮 — gao1 liêm5: sickle
• 高棉 — gao1 miang5: Cambodia, Khmer
• 高昂 — gao1 ngang1: high-pitched, elated; in high spirits, costly; exorbitant