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• 廣府話 — guang2 hu2 uê7: Cantonese language
• 廣府 — guang2 hu2: Guangfu region, Cantonese-speaking region
• 廣泛 — guang2 huang3: widespread, extensive, wide-ranging
• 管控 — guang2 kong3: to manage and control
• 廣闊 — guang2 kuah4: vast, wide, expansive
• 管理 — guang2 li2: to manage; to administer, to supervise; to look after
• 廣韻 — guang2 ung7: Guangyun (a Song-dynasty rime dictionary)
• 管制 — guang2 zi3: to control; to restrict, to regulate; to supervise
• 廣 — guang2: broad; wide; extensive
• 炯 — guang2: bright, brilliant
• 管 — guang2: tube; pipe, ladle
• 耿 — guang2: bright; shining (literary), honest and upright (literary)
• 館 — guang2: building, hall, establishment
• 冠病 — guang3 bên7: coronavirus disease; COVID-19
• 灌腸 — guang3 deng5: sausage (with starchy filling)
• 慣例 — guang3 li7: convention; custom, precedent
• 冠名 — guang3 mian5: to give a name to (an event/competition, as a sponsor)
• 慣性 — guang3 sen3: inertia, momentum
• 罐頭 — guang3 tao5: can; tin (of canned food), canned food
• 貫通 — guang3 tong1: to link up, to be well versed in
• 冠 — guang3: to rank first, to excel; to surpass, champion
• 慣 — guang3: to be accustomed to; to be used to, habit; custom
• 灌 — guang3: to pour, to fill (with liquid), to irrigate
• 觀 — guang3: Taoist temple, watchtower; platform
• 貫 — guang3: string of a thousand coins, one's native place
• 粿 — guê2: rice cake, steamed or fried rice-flour cake
• 月 — ghuêh8: moon, month
• 骨牌 — gug4 bai5: domino
• 骨盤 — gug4 buan5: pelvis
• 骨髓 — gug4 cuê2: bone marrow
• 骨幹 — gug4 gang3: backbone; mainstay; core, diaphysis (shaft of a long bone)
• 骨灰盒 — gug4 huê1 ab8: cinerary casket; urn for ashes
• 骨灰 — gug4 huê1: ashes (cremated human remains), bone ash
• 骨氣 — gug4 ki3: integrity; moral backbone; unyielding character
• 骨折 — gug4 zih4: to break a bone; to fracture
• 骨 — gug4: bone
• 滑冰 — gug8 bian1: to ice-skate, to skate
• 滑坡 — gug8 bo1: landslide; landslip
• 崛起 — gug8 ki2: to rise (to prominence), to emerge, to spring up
• 滑雪 — gug8 soh4: to ski
• 崛 — gug8: to rise abruptly (literary), towering (literary)
• 掘 — gug8: to dig
• 滑 — gug8: smooth
• 猾 — gug8: crafty, cunning, sly
• 呴薰 — guh4 hung1: to smoke (tobacco)
• 吸收 — guh4 siu1: to absorb, to assimilate, to take in
• 瑰寶 — gui1 bo2: treasure; rarity; gem
• 規定 — gui1 dian7: regulation, rule, stipulation
• 規矩 — gui1 ge2: rule, custom, established practice
• 歸根結底 — gui1 geng1 gag4 doi2: ultimately, when all is said and done, in the final analysis
• 閨閣 — gui1 goh4: boudoir, lady's chamber
• 歸家 — gui1 gê1: to return home
• 規格 — gui1 gêh4: standard, specification, norm
• 規範性 — gui1 huam6 sên3: standardness, normalcy
• 規範 — gui1 huang6: standard, norm, regulation
• 歸期 — gui1 ki5: return date, date of return
• 規律 — gui1 lug8: law, regularity, routine
• 規模 — gui1 mo5: scale, size, scope
• 歸心似箭 — gui1 sim1 se6 zin3: eager to return home, heart set on going home like an arrow
• 規身 — gui1 sêng1: whole body
• 規程 — gui1 tian5: process, regulation, rule
• 歸案 — gui1 uan3: to bring to justice, to be brought before the law (of a criminal)
• 規劃 — gui1 uêh8: to plan, to program
• 規制 — gui1 zi3: rules and regulations, system
• 圭璋 — gui1 ziang1: ceremonial jade tablet/ornament, (figurative) person of noble, refined character
• 規章 — gui1 ziang1: rules and regulations, by-law
• 規則 — gui1 zêg4: rule, regulation
• 圭 — gui1: ancient jade ceremonial tablet, surname
• 奎 — gui1: Kui (a lunar mansion), stride (archaic)
• 歸 — gui1: to return, to belong to
• 瑰 — gui1: semi-precious stone (less precious than jade), extraordinary; fabulous
• 規 — gui1: rule; regulation, to plan
• 鬼怪 — gui2 guai3: ghosts and monsters, evil forces
• 幾日 — gui2 rig8: a few days, how many days
• 鬼神 — gui2 sing5: ghosts and spirits, supernatural beings
• 幾 — gui2: how many; how much, several; a few
• 詭 — gui2: sly; cunning; tricky, deceitful
• 鬼 — gui2: ghost, spirit, devil
• 貴重 — gui3 dong6: valuable; precious
• 貴港 — gui3 gang2: Guigang (a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China)
• 貴幹 — gui3 gang3: your business (honorific), what brings you here
• 貴金屬 — gui3 gim1 sog8: precious metal
• 桂花 — gui3 huê1: sweet osmanthus, osmanthus flower
• 貴客 — gui3 kêh4: guest of honor, valued customer
• 瑰麗 — gui3 li6: exceptionally beautiful; magnificent
• 桂林 — gui3 lim5: Guilin (city in Guangxi)
• 桂平 — gui3 pêng5: Guiping (city in Guangxi)
• 貴嶼 — gui3 se6: Guiyu (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong)
• 貴姓 — gui3 sên3: your surname (honorific)
• 貴州 — gui3 ziu1: Guizhou (a province in southwestern China)
• 貴族 — gui3 zog8: nobleman; aristocrat, nobility; aristocracy
• 桂 — gui3: osmanthus, cassia; cinnamon
• 癸 — gui3: tenth heavenly stem
• 貴 — gui3: expensive, precious; valuable
• 鱖 — gui3: mandarin fish, Chinese perch
• 慣勢 — guin3 si3: to be accustomed to, to be in the habit of
• 懸 — guin5: tall; high
• 高 — guin5: tall, high
• 跪 — guin6: to kneel, to kowtow
• 櫃檯 — guin7 tai5: counter (shop, front desk)
• 縣長 — guin7 ziang2: county magistrate, head of a county
• 櫃 — guin7: cabinet, cupboard, counter
• 縣 — guin7: county; district
• 軍隊 — gung1 dui7: army; troops; military forces
• 軍閥 — gung1 huag8: warlord
• 軍火 — gung1 huê2: munitions; arms and ammunition
• 軍演 — gung1 ing5: military exercise (abbreviation of 軍事演習)
• 軍民 — gung1 ming5: military and civilians
• 軍師 — gung1 se1: military adviser; strategist
• 軍事 — gung1 se7: military affairs; military matters
• 君主 — gung1 zu2: monarch, sovereign, ruler
• 君 — gung1: monarch, lord, ruler
• 軍 — gung1: army; military; troops
• 緄邊 — gung2 bin1: embroidered border, trim (of a garment)
• 滾滾 — gung2 gung2: rolling along; billowing; churning
• 滾水 — gung2 zui2: boiling water; hot water
• 滾 — gung2: to roll; to turn, to boil
• 鯀 — gung2: Gun (mythological figure, father of Yu the Great)
• 裙 — gung5: skirt, apron, dress
• 郡 — gung6: commandery; prefecture (historical Chinese administrative division), county
• 瓜分 — guê1 hung1: to divide up, to partition, to carve up
• 瓜子 — guê1 zi2: melon seed, edible seed eaten as a snack (e.g. watermelon/sunflower seed)
• 瓜 — guê1: melon; gourd; squash
• 粿條 — guê2 diao5: kway teow (flat rice noodle)
• 粿𩛩 — guê2 gaoh4: rice noodle roll; kway teow roll
• 果仁 — guê2 ring5: nut, kernel, peanut
• 果汁 — guê2 zab4: fruit juice
• 粿汁 — guê2 zab4: kway chap (Teochew dish of rice-flour sheets in soy-based broth with braised pork, offal, egg, tofu)
• 果子園 — guê2 zi2 hng1: orchard
• 果醬 — guê2 zion3: jam, fruit preserve, jelly
• 果 — guê2: fruit
• 碻 — guê2: to prop up; to put something underneath to raise or balance
• 餜 — guê2: cakes; biscuits; pastry
• 過後 — guê3 ao6: afterwards, later
• 過房 — guê3 bang5: to adopt a young relative, to give one's child up for adoption to a relative
• 過道 — guê3 dao6: corridor, passageway, aisle
• 過度 — guê3 dou7: excessive, too much, undue
• 過渡 — guê3 dou7: to transition, to cross over by ferry
• 過街 — guê3 goi1: to cross the street
• 過犯 — guê3 huam6: sin, trespass, transgression
• 過分 — guê3 hung7: excessive, undue, out of line
• 過番 — guê3 huêng1: to go abroad (esp. to Southeast Asia); to emigrate overseas
• 過於 — guê3 i1: too, excessively, overly
• 過癮 — guê3 ing2: satisfying, exhilarating; a real thrill, to enjoy to the fullest
• 過去 — guê3 ke3: the past, formerly
• 過客 — guê3 kêh4: passing visitor, transient guest, sojourner
• 過路 — guê3 lou7: to pass by, to pass through, to go by
• 過敏 — guê3 miang2: to be allergic, to have an allergy
• 過暝 — guê3 mê5: to stay the night
• 過年飯 — guê3 ni5 bung7: New Year's Eve reunion dinner
• 過年暝 — guê3 ni5 mê5: Chinese New Year's Eve
• 過年 — guê3 ni5: to celebrate the Chinese New Year, to spend the New Year
• 過世 — guê3 si3: to die, to pass away
• 過身 — guê3 sing1: to pass away, to die
• 過頭 — guê3 tao5: to overdo, to go too far, to exceed limits
• 過程 — guê3 tian5: process, course
• 過往 — guê3 uang2: the past
• 過十五 — guê3 zab8 ngou2: Lantern Festival
• 掛紙 — guê3 zua2: to pay respects at an ancestor's grave, to tend a grave (tomb-sweeping)
• 卦 — guê3: trigram, hexagram (of the I Ching)
• 過 — guê3: to cross; to pass, to exceed; to surpass
• 髻 — guê3: topknot, hair bun
• 葵扇 — guê5 sin3: palm-leaf fan, hand fan
• 決定 — guêg4 dian7: to decide; to determine
• 決定 — guêg4 dian7: decision
• 孓 — guêg4: short, missing one's left arm
• 聒 — guêg4: noisy, clamorous, uproarious
• 訣 — guêg4: knack; secret, trick of the trade
• 刮 — guêh4: to shave; to scrape off
• 郭 — guêh4: outer city wall, a surname (Guo)
• 月華 — guêh8 hua5: moonlight (literary), moon (literary)
• 橛 — guêh8: classifier for sections/segments of something long
• 關門 — guên1 meng5: to close the door, to close for business; to close down
• 關停 — guên1 têng5: to shut down, to close down (a business, factory, etc.)
• 關 — guên1: to close; to shut, frontier pass; checkpoint, to concern; to relate to
• 果子 — guên2 zi2: fruit
• 果隻 — guên2 zi2: fruit
• 觀顧 — guêng1 gu2: to look after, to take care of, to watch over
• 關係 — guêng1 hi6: relationship; relation; connection
• 關懷 — guêng1 huai5: to show care and concern for, care; concern
• 關爺 — guêng1 ia5: Guan Yu (deified general, worshipped as a god of war and loyalty)
• 觀音娘 — guêng1 im1 niên5: Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy
• 觀音 — guêng1 im1: Guanyin, Bodhisattva/Goddess of Mercy
• 觀念 — guêng1 liêm6: concept; notion; idea, ideology; views
• 關稅 — guêng1 suê3: tariff, customs duty
• 關注 — guêng1 zu3: to pay close attention to; to follow closely
• 冠狀病毒 — guêng1 zuang6 bên7 dag8: coronavirus
• 冠狀 — guêng1 zuang6: crown-shaped, coronal; coronary
• 管教 — guêng2 ga3: to discipline, to raise and educate (a child)
• 莞 — guêng2: Dongguan (short for 東莞)
• 冠軍 — guêng3 gung1: champion, winner
• 摜 — guêng3: to throw; to fling, to throw to the ground
• 眷 — guêng3: relatives; family dependents, to care for; be concerned about
• 罐 — guêng3: can; jar; tin (container)
• 倦 — guêng6: tired, weary
• 家後 — gê1 ao6: wife
• 家暴 — gê1 bao6: domestic violence
• 家務 — gê1 bhu6: housework, household chores
• 家僕 — gê1 bog8: domestic servant, houseboy, manservant
• 家教 — gê1 ga3: family upbringing, home training, tutor