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• 脥肍 — gih4 gao1: cheek
• 今後 — gim1 ao6: from now on, henceforth, hereafter
• 金文 — gim1 bhung5: bronze inscriptions, bronze script (ancient Chinese writing on bronze vessels)
• 金不換 — gim1 bug4 huang3: invaluable; priceless, cannot be exchanged even for gold
• 金星 — gim1 cên1: Venus (planet)
• 金含 — gim1 gam5: candy, sweet (confection)
• 金剛 — gim1 geng1: diamond, vajra (Buddhist ritual object), Buddhist guardian deity
• 金玉 — gim1 ghêg8: gold and jade, treasured/precious thing
• 金枝玉葉 — gim1 gi1 ghêg8 hioh8: person of royal or aristocratic lineage, delicate branches and leaves (literal)
• 金額 — gim1 hiah8: amount of money, sum of money
• 今非昔比 — gim1 hui1 za2 bi2: times have changed, the present cannot compare to the past
• 金融 — gim1 iong5: finance, banking
• 金礦 — gim1 kuang3: gold mine
• 金科玉律 — gim1 kui1 ghêg8 lug8: golden rule, inviolable law or principle
• 金鯉 — gim1 li2: goldfish
• 今暝 — gim1 mê5: tonight
• 金黃 — gim1 ng5: golden yellow, golden, orange (dialectal)
• 金銀紙 — gim1 ngeng5 zua2: joss paper, spirit money (ceremonial paper burned as an offering)
• 今年 — gim1 ni5: this year
• 金平 — gim1 pêng5: Jinping (district of Shantou, Guangdong), Jinping (county in Yunnan)
• 金字塔 — gim1 ri7 tah4: pyramid
• 今日 — gim1 rig8: today, nowadays; the present time
• 金黍米 — gim1 siu3 bhi2: corn, maize
• 金屬 — gim1 sog8: metal
• 金色 — gim1 sêg4: gold (color), golden
• 金塔 — gim1 tah4: Phnom Penh (capital of Cambodia)
• 金石 — gim1 zioh8: metal and stone, inscriptions on ancient bronzes and stone tablets
• 今 — gim1: now; at present, nowadays
• 金 — gim1: gold, metal, money
• 錦旗 — gim2 gi5: silk banner, pennant awarded in recognition
• 錦囊 — gim2 lang2: silk brocade bag (historical, for storing valuables or documents)
• 錦 — gim2: brocade, fine polychrome silk fabric
• 禁毒 — gim3 dag8: to fight narcotics, to ban drugs
• 禁忌 — gim3 gi6: taboo, contraindication
• 禁區 — gim3 ku1: restricted area, forbidden area
• 禁令 — gim3 lêng6: prohibition, ban
• 禁止 — gim3 zi2: to prohibit, to forbid
• 禁 — gim3: to prohibit, to forbid, to restrict
• 妗 — gim6: wife of mother's brother, maternal uncle's wife
• 鹼粽 — gin1 zang3: alkaline zongzi (rice dumpling dessert)
• 見面 — gin3 ming7: to meet, to see (someone)
• 見 — gin3: to see, to meet
• 墘 — gin5: edge; side; brink
• 緊急 — ging2 gib4: urgent, pressing, emergency
• 緊張 — ging2 ziang1: nervous, tense, anxious
• 緊 — ging2: tight; taut, urgent; pressing
• 叫賣 — gio3 bhoi7: to hawk (wares), to peddle, to cry one's wares
• 叫苦不迭 — gio3 kou2 bug4 diag4: to complain endlessly of hardship, to moan and groan without stopping
• 叫人 — gio3 nang5: to call someone by name, to greet someone by name
• 叫停 — gio3 têng5: to call a halt, to call a time-out, to call an end to
• 叫做 — gio3 zo3: to be called, to be known as
• 叫座 — gio3 zo7: attracting a large audience, box-office hit, popular (of a show)
• 橋樑 — gio5 nion5: bridge
• 橋 — gio5: bridge, beam; crosspiece
• 茄 — gio5: eggplant, aubergine
• 藠 — gio6: Chinese onion (Allium chinense)
• 鞠躬 — giog4 giong1: to bow, to make a bow
• 粥 — giog4: congee, rice porridge, gruel
• 鞠 — giog4: to bend, to bow
• 角色 — gioh4 sêg4: role, character (in a story/film/game), part
• 薑 — gion1: ginger
• 恭敬 — giong1 gêng3: respectful, deferential
• 恭喜發財 — giong1 hi2 huag4 cai5: Happy New Year (congratulations and best wishes for a prosperous new year)
• 恭喜 — giong1 hi2: congratulations, to congratulate
• 恭賀 — giong1 ho7: congratulate respectfully
• 恭維 — giong1 rui5: flatter, compliment
• 恭 — giong1: respectful, reverent
• 穹 — giong1: sky; the heavens (literary), vault of the sky
• 躬 — giong1: oneself, in person; personally, to stoop
• 拱手 — giong2 ciu2: to clasp hands in greeting, cupped-hand salute
• 攪 — giou2: to stir, to mix, to disturb
• 矯 — giou2: to correct; to rectify; to straighten out
• 勼水 — giu1 zui2: to shrink (from absorbing water), to fall short
• 九龍城 — giu2 lêng5 sian5: Kowloon City (Hong Kong)
• 九龍 — giu2 lêng5: Kowloon (urban area of Hong Kong)
• 九寨溝 — giu2 zê7 gao1: Jiuzhaigou (nature reserve and national park in Sichuan, China)
• 救星 — giu3 cên1: savior, liberator
• 救治 — giu3 di7: to rescue and treat
• 救急 — giu3 gib4: to help in an emergency, to provide emergency assistance
• 救國 — giu3 gog4: to save the nation
• 究竟 — giu3 gêng2: after all, actually; exactly (in questions)
• 救護車 — giu3 hu6 cia1: ambulance
• 救護 — giu3 hu6: to rescue, to administer first aid
• 救火車 — giu3 huê2 cia1: fire engine, fire truck
• 救火 — giu3 huê2: to fight a fire, to put out a fire
• 救援 — giu3 iêng6: to rescue, to come to the aid of
• 救命稻草 — giu3 mian7 dao6 cao2: last resort, straw to clutch at
• 救命 — giu3 mian7: Help!, to save one's life
• 救人 — giu3 nang5: to save someone's life, to rescue
• 救生衣 — giu3 sên1 i1: life jacket
• 救生圈 — giu3 sên1 kuêng1: life buoy, life preserver
• 救生 — giu3 sên1: to save a life, life-saving
• 救濟 — giu3 zi3: to relieve, to give aid
• 救助 — giu3 zo6: to rescue, to render aid
• 救 — giu3: to save, to rescue
• 究 — giu3: to investigate, to study thoroughly; to research
• 球場 — giu5 dion5: field; court; ballpark
• 球隊 — giu5 dui7: team (in a ball game)
• 球鞋 — giu5 oi5: sneakers; trainers; athletic shoes
• 球拍 — giu5 pah4: racket; bat
• 球 — giu5: ball, globe; sphere
• 糾察 — giu6 cag4: to picket, to maintain order
• 糾纏 — giu6 din5: to be entangled; to get tangled up, to nag; to pester
• 糾紛 — giu6 hung1: dispute, conflict
• 糾偏 — giu6 piang1: to rectify a deviation, to correct an error
• 糾正 — giu6 zian3: to correct; to make right
• 糾 — giu6: to investigate; to inspect, to correct, to entwine; to wind
• 叫 — giê3: to call; to be called, to yell; to shout
• 叽 — giê3: to call (rare), to cry out (rare)
• 轎夫 — giê7 bou1: sedan chair bearer, palanquin bearer
• 轎 — giê7: sedan chair, palanquin
• 潔 — giêg4: clean; pure, honest; upright
• 碣 — giêg4: stone tablet with inscriptions; stele
• 羯 — giêg4: castrated male goat; wether
• 竭 — giêg8: to exhaust; to use up, to dry up; to drain
• 腳 — giêh4: foot; leg (literary), base; foundation
• 薑母 — giên1 bho2: old ginger; mature ginger
• 捐贈 — giêng1 zang7: to donate; to contribute as a gift
• 堅 — giêng1: hard; firm; solid, resolute
• 鍵盤 — giêng6 buan5: keyboard
• 建築物 — giêng6 dog4 muêh8: building; structure; edifice
• 建築 — giêng6 dog4: building; structure, architecture
• 建國 — giêng6 gog4: to found a country, to establish a nation
• 建立 — giêng6 lib8: to establish; to set up
• 建議 — giêng6 ngi2: to suggest, to recommend, suggestion
• 建 — giêng6: to build; to construct, to establish; to found
• 歌舞劇 — go1 bhu2 giah8: musical, song and dance drama
• 歌舞昇平 — go1 bhu2 sêng1 pêng5: peace and prosperity (depicted through singing and dancing)
• 歌舞 — go1 bhu2: singing and dancing, song and dance
• 羔丕 — go1 bi5: coffee (Singapore Teochew term)
• 膏筆 — go1 big4: ballpoint pen
• 歌唱 — go1 ciang3: to sing
• 歌手 — go1 ciu2: singer, vocalist
• 歌星 — go1 cên1: singing star, famous singer
• 哥打丁宜 — go1 da2 dêng1 ngi5: Kota Tinggi (town and district in Johor, Malaysia)
• 膏藥 — go1 iêh8: herbal plaster; medicated patch; poultice
• 歌曲 — go1 kêg4: song
• 哥林多前書 — go1 lim5 do1 zoin5 ze1: 1 Corinthians (book of the Bible)
• 哥林多 — go1 lim5 do1: Corinth (city in Greece)
• 高麗菜 — go1 lê6 cai3: cabbage
• 歌詞 — go1 se5: lyrics
• 歌聲 — go1 sian1: singing voice, sound of singing
• 歌頌 — go1 song6: to extol, to praise (often in song)
• 哥 — go1: older brother, elder male relative of the same generation
• 糕 — go1: cake, pudding; paste
• 膏 — go1: paste, ointment, grease
• 稿件 — go2 gian6: manuscript, contribution/submission to a publication
• 稿費 — go2 hui3: author's fee, royalty paid for writing
• 稿紙 — go2 zua2: manuscript paper, ruled/gridded writing paper
• 稿 — go2: draft; sketch, manuscript
• 裹 — go2: to wrap; to bind, to wrap up
• 告示 — go3 si7: notice, official announcement, poster
• 告狀 — go3 zeng7: to tattle, to complain to a superior, to report someone
• 塊 — go3: piece; chunk; lump, dollar; yuan (classifier for money)
• 笱 — go5: bamboo basket for trapping fish
• 個別 — go6 biag8: individual, particular; specific, exceptional
• 個人 — go6 ring5: individual (person), personal
• 個性化 — go6 sên3 huê3: personalized, customized, individualized
• 個性 — go6 sên3: personality, individuality, character
• 個案 — go6 uan3: individual case, case (legal, medical, or research)
• 個 — go6: general classifier for people or things, (Teochew) to be
• 國母 — gog4 bho2: empress dowager, empress
• 國寶 — gog4 bo2: national treasure
• 國恥 — gog4 ci2: national humiliation
• 穀笪 — gog4 dag4: coarse bamboo mat (used for drying grain)
• 國道 — gog4 dao6: national highway
• 國都 — gog4 dou1: national capital
• 國度 — gog4 dou7: nation, country, kingdom
• 國界 — gog4 gai3: national border, national boundary
• 國語 — gog4 ghe2: national language, Standard Mandarin
• 國外 — gog4 ghua7: abroad, overseas, outside the country
• 國旗 — gog4 gi5: national flag
• 國歌 — gog4 go1: national anthem
• 䀰䀰金 — gog4 gog4 gim1: having big, shiny eyes, bright-eyed
• 國家法 — gog4 gê1 huab4: national law; the law of the state
• 國家標準 — gog4 gê1 piao1 zung2: national standard
• 國家社會主義 — gog4 gê1 sia6 huê6 zu2 ngi6: National Socialism, Nazism
• 國家 — gog4 gê1: country, nation, state
• 國學 — gog4 hag8: sinology, Chinese studies, national culture
• 國貨 — gog4 huê3: domestic goods, made-in-China products
• 國內外 — gog4 lai6 ghua7: domestic and international, at home and abroad
• 國內 — gog4 lai6: within the country, domestic, back home
• 國民黨 — gog4 ming5 dang2: Kuomintang, Nationalist Party
• 國民 — gog4 ming5: citizen, national, people
• 國標 — gog4 piao1: national standard, international standard, International Standard ballroom dance
• 穀饒 — gog4 riao5: Gurao (a town in Chaoyang District, Shantou, Guangdong)
• 國人 — gog4 ring5: compatriot, fellow countryman
• 國產 — gog4 suan2: domestically made, made in China
• 國土 — gog4 tou2: national territory, country's land
• 穀雨 — gog4 u2: Guyu, Grain Rain (one of the 24 solar terms)
• 國王 — gog4 uang5: king
• 國威 — gog4 ui1: national prestige, national power and influence
• 國際法院 — gog4 zi3 huag4 in7: International Court of Justice
• 國際音標 — gog4 zi3 im1 piao1: the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
• 國際 — gog4 zi3: international, global
• 國 — gog4: country, nation, state
• 榖 — gog4: paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
• 穀 — gog4: grain; cereal
• 谷 — gog4: valley, gorge, ravine
• 轂 — gog4: hub of a wheel, wheel