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• 鴣 — gou1: used in names of birds (bound form)
• 鼓舞 — gou2 bhu2: to inspire; to invigorate; to boost morale
• 古文 — gou2 bhung5: Classical Chinese, Literary Chinese
• 股市 — gou2 ci6: stock market
• 估值 — gou2 dag8: valuation, estimated value
• 股東 — gou2 dang1: shareholder, stockholder
• 古典 — gou2 diang2: classical, classic
• 古代 — gou2 do7: antiquity, ancient times
• 古董 — gou2 dong2: antique, curio, (figurative) old fogey
• 鼓動 — gou2 dong6: to inspire; to urge, to instigate; to incite
• 估計 — gou2 goi3: to guess, to estimate, to reckon
• 苟合 — gou2 hah8: to have illicit relations, to compromise one's principles to please others (literary)
• 古風 — gou2 hong1: ancient customs, ancient-style (art/fashion)
• 股份 — gou2 hung7: share, stock
• 古老 — gou2 lao2: ancient, old, hoary
• 鼓勵 — gou2 li6: to encourage
• 古玩 — gou2 nguang2: antique, curio
• 股票 — gou2 piê3: share; stock
• 古剎 — gou2 sag4: old temple, ancient monastery
• 古事 — gou2 se7: classical allusion, historical literature
• 古色古香 — gou2 sêg4 gou2 hiang1: having an ancient/antique elegance, evocative of antiquity
• 古早 — gou2 za2: antiquity, ancient times, long ago
• 古跡 — gou2 ziah4: historical site, heritage site, ruin
• 估 — gou2: to estimate; to guess
• 古 — gou2: old, ancient
• 牯 — gou2: bull; ox (male animal), male (suffix for animals)
• 股 — gou2: thigh, haunches
• 苟 — gou2: careless; perfunctory; casual
• 鼓 — gou2: drum
• 購買 — gou3 bhoi2: to purchase; to buy
• 詬病 — gou3 bên7: to denounce, to castigate, to criticize
• 購置 — gou3 di3: to purchase; to buy (esp. durable goods)
• 構築 — gou3 dog4: to construct, to build
• 構建 — gou3 giang6: to construct (something abstract), to build, to establish
• 僱傭 — gou3 iong5: to employ, to hire
• 購物 — gou3 muêh8: to shop; to go shopping
• 構思 — gou3 se1: to conceive (a creative work), to plan out an idea
• 構成 — gou3 sêng5: to constitute, to form, to make up
• 僱員 — gou3 uang5: employee
• 構造 — gou3 zao6: structure, construction, makeup
• 夠 — gou3: enough; sufficient
• 妒 — gou3: to be jealous of, to envy
• 構 — gou3: to form, to construct, frame; structure
• 購 — gou3: to buy; to purchase
• 遘 — gou3: alternative form of 到 (to arrive; to reach; until)
• 糊 — gou5: paste; glue, muddled; blurry (figurative)
• 龜怪 — gu1 guai3: eccentric; odd; strange
• 辜負 — gu1 hu6: to disappoint, to fail to live up to (expectations)
• 孤老頭 — gu1 lao6 tao5: bachelor, single old man
• 咕喱 — gu1 li5: coolie, laborer (derogatory)
• 辜 — gu1: crime; wrong; guilt, to let down
• 龜 — gu1: turtle; tortoise
• 韭菜粿 — gu2 cai3 guê2: garlic chive dumpling (a Teochew dish)
• 韭菜 — gu2 cai3: garlic chives, Chinese chives
• 久 — gu2: long (of time), for a long time
• 蠱 — gu2: to bewitch; to entice, to curse using sorcery
• 韭 — gu2: garlic chives, Chinese leek
• 固定 — gu3 dian7: fixed, regular, stable
• 顧家 — gu3 gê1: to look after one's family, to miss one's family
• 故宮 — gu3 gêng1: Forbidden City, former imperial palace
• 句號 — gu3 ho7: full stop, period (punctuation mark), (figurative) end; conclusion
• 故意殺人 — gu3 i3 suah4 nang5: to commit intentional homicide, to murder
• 故意 — gu3 i3: intentionally, deliberately, on purpose
• 顧客 — gu3 kêh4: customer, client
• 顧慮 — gu3 le6: to worry about, to have misgivings, apprehension
• 固然 — gu3 riêng5: admittedly; it is true that; undoubtedly
• 固體 — gu3 ti2: solid (state of matter)
• 故障 — gu3 ziang3: breakdown, malfunction, fault
• 固執 — gu3 zib4: stubborn, obstinate
• 句 — gu3: sentence; phrase, classifier for sentences
• 固 — gu3: firm, solid, strong
• 故 — gu3: reason; cause, former; old
• 灸 — gu3: to cauterize with moxa (moxibustion), moxibustion
• 顧 — gu3: to look after; to take care of, to attend to
• 牛皮 — gu5 puê5: cattle hide, leather, (figurative) bragging talk
• 具備 — gu6 bi6: to possess, to be equipped with, to meet (requirements)
• 舅囝 — gu6 gian2: brother-in-law (wife's younger brother)
• 舅舅 — gu6 gu6: maternal uncle (mother's brother)
• 俱樂部 — gu6 lag8 bou6: club, association, organization
• 懼怕 — gu6 pan3: to be afraid, to fear; to dread
• 具體 — gu6 ti2: concrete, specific, particular
• 具有 — gu6 u6: to have, to possess
• 俱 — gu6: all, together, entirely
• 具 — gu6: tool; implement, utensil
• 懼 — gu6: to fear, to be afraid
• 舅 — gu6: maternal uncle (mother's brother), brother-in-law (wife's brother)
• 故步自封 — gu7 bou7 ze6 hong1: to be stuck in old ways, unwilling to improve; complacent
• 舊𫢗時 — gu7 diang1 si5: the past, former times
• 故都 — gu7 dou1: ancient capital, former capital
• 故居 — gu7 ge1: former residence, old home
• 咕鴣 — gu7 gu1: turtledove
• 故鄉 — gu7 hiên1: hometown, native land
• 故里 — gu7 li2: native place, hometown
• 舊曆 — gu7 lêh8: Chinese lunar calendar
• 舊年 — gu7 ni5: last year
• 故事 — gu7 se7: story, tale, narrative
• 舊址 — gu7 zi2: old address, former site
• 舊 — gu7: old (of things), used
• 歌冊 — gua1 cêh4: booklet of Teochew ballads, ballad songbook
• 柯 — gua1: dry, withered, dried up
• 歌 — gua1: song; tune
• 果斷 — gua2 duang3: decisive, resolute, firm
• 果決 — gua2 guag4: firm and resolute, decisive, unwavering
• 寡婦 — gua2 hu6: widow
• 掛礙 — gua3 ghai7: to worry; to be concerned, to obstruct; to hinder
• 褂 — gua3: Chinese-style unlined upper garment; jacket
• 決定性 — guag4 dian7 sên3: decisiveness, conclusiveness
• 決斷 — guag4 duang3: to decide, to make a decision, decisive
• 括號 — guag4 ho7: bracket, parenthesis
• 決戰 — guag4 ziang3: to fight a decisive battle, to have a decisive engagement
• 廓 — guag4: outline, contour
• 括 — guag4: to include; to encompass, to tie up; to bind
• 決 — guag4: to decide; to determine, to burst; to breach (of a dike)
• 割愛 — guah4 ain3: to reluctantly give up something treasured, to part with reluctantly
• 割車 — guah4 cia1: to overtake (a vehicle)
• 渴求 — guah4 kiu5: to yearn for, to long for, to crave
• 割讓 — guah4 riang6: to cede (territory)
• 割捨 — guah4 sia3: to give up, to part with
• 割 — guah4: to cut, to sever
• 渴 — guah4: thirsty
• 葛 — guah4: kudzu (Pueraria lobata), hemp cloth, surname Ge
• 颳 — guah4: (of wind) to blow
• 乖巧 — guai1 ka2: well-behaved, cute (of a child)
• 乖 — guai1: well-behaved, obedient, good (of a child)
• 拐點 — guai2 diam2: turning point, inflection point
• 拐跤囝 — guai2 ka1 gian2: cripple, lame person
• 拐跤 — guai2 ka1: lame, crippled
• 會計 — guai3 goi3: accountant, accounting
• 怪𡳞 — guai3 lang6: annoying, hard to get along with
• 怪人 — guai3 nang5: eccentric person, weirdo, strange person
• 繪畫 — guai3 uê7: painting, picture, drawing
• 繪製 — guai3 zi3: to draw, to draft
• 劊 — guai3: to sever, to cut off, to chop off
• 怪 — guai3: strange, odd, weird
• 會 — guai3: to calculate; to compute
• 繪 — guai3: to draw, to paint, to depict
• 蒯 — guai3: a kind of grass (Cyperus/sedge), (also) a surname
• 棺柴 — guan1 ca5: coffin
• 官方 — guan1 huang1: official, authoritative, government
• 肝炎 — guan1 iam7: hepatitis
• 官網 — guan1 mang6: official website
• 肝臟 — guan1 zang6: liver
• 倌 — guan1: groom; keeper of animals, servant; attendant
• 官 — guan1: official, government official
• 棺 — guan1: coffin, inner coffin
• 竿 — guan1: bamboo pole, fishing rod
• 肝 — guan1: liver
• 趕赴 — guan2 hu3: to hurry to, to rush to
• 趕早 — guan2 za2: as soon as possible, before it is too late
• 果真 — guan2 zing1: really, sure enough, if indeed
• 寡 — guan2: widowed; widow, few; scant
• 趕 — guan2: to hurry, to rush, to catch (a bus/train)
• 寒露 — guan5 lou7: Hanlu (Cold Dew), a solar term
• 寒天 — guan5 tin1: cold weather, winter
• 捾 — guan6: to carry (hanging from the hand), to hold
• 汗流汁滴 — guan7 lao5 zab4 dih4: drenched in sweat, with sweat trickling down
• 汗毛 — guan7 mo5: fine body hair, down
• 汗 — guan7: sweat; perspiration
• 汗 — guan7: short for 可汗 (khan, a ruler's title), a surname, Han
• 關愛 — guang1 ain3: to care for; show affection toward, loving care
• 關埠 — guang1 bou1: Guanbu (town in Chaoyang District, Shantou)
• 觀察 — guang1 cag4: to observe, to watch, to examine
• 關中 — guang1 dong1: Guanzhong (region in Shaanxi, China)
• 關鍵詞 — guang1 giang6 se5: keyword
• 關鍵 — guang1 giang6: key; crucial; pivotal, crux; key point (n.)
• 光滑 — guang1 gug8: smooth, glossy, sleek
• 光學 — guang1 hag8: optics
• 光伏 — guang1 hog8: photovoltaic, solar power
• 關乎 — guang1 hu1: to relate to, to concern; to be about
• 光環 — guang1 huang5: halo, ring of light, aura
• 光輝 — guang1 hui1: radiance, glory, brilliance
• 關於 — guang1 i1: concerning; regarding; about
• 光榮 — guang1 iong5: honourable; glorious
• 關聯 — guang1 liang5: to be related; connected, to associate (with)
• 光臨 — guang1 lim5: to arrive (honorific, of a guest), to patronize
• 光譜 — guang1 pou2: spectrum, light spectrum
• 關西 — guang1 sai1: Kansai (region of Japan), area west of Hangu Pass (archaic)
• 關心 — guang1 sim1: to care about, to be concerned about
• 觀賞 — guang1 sion2: to view and enjoy, to admire the sight of, to appreciate
• 光速 — guang1 sog4: speed of light
• 光緒 — guang1 su2: Guangxu (Qing dynasty emperor), Guangxu era (1875-1908)
• 光線 — guang1 suan3: light, ray of light
• 觀看 — guang1 toin2: to view, to watch
• 光宗耀祖 — guang1 zong1 iao6 zou2: to bring honor to one's ancestors, to bring glory to one's family
• 觀眾 — guang1 zêng3: audience, spectator, viewer
• 冠 — guang1: hat, cap
• 洸 — guang1: glittering; sparkling (of light on water), imposing; majestic
• 胱 — guang1: bladder (in 膀胱), used only in 膀胱 'bladder'
• 觀 — guang1: to observe; to watch; to view
• 誆 — guang1: to deceive, to cheat, to coax
• 鰥 — guang1: widower, widowed
• 廣播 — guang2 bua3: to broadcast, to air
• 廣大 — guang2 dai6: vast, extensive, widespread
• 管道 — guang2 dao6: pipeline; duct, channel; means
• 廣電 — guang2 diang6: radio and television, broadcasting
• 廣場 — guang2 diên5: square; plaza, shopping mall
• 廣告 — guang2 gao3: advertisement, ad
• 管家 — guang2 gê1: housekeeper, butler, steward
• 管徑 — guang2 gên3: pipe diameter
• 廣府人 — guang2 hu2 nang5: Cantonese person