嫁 (gaa3 | jia4) : to marry a man; marry off a daughter

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嫁

gaa3

jia4

[1] [v] marry a man; get married (said of a woman); give a daughter in marriage; marry off a daughter [2] [v] impute to another (blame, a crime, etc.)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

嫁

This word has been viewed 6418 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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嫁人 gaa3 jan4 = (of a girl) marry a man

嫁唔出 gaa3 m4 ceot1 = cannot marry 粵

新嫁娘 san1 gaa3 noeng4*2 = a newlywed bride

盲婚啞嫁 maang4 fan1 aa2 gaa3 = marriage is arranged by go-between

下嫁 haa6 gaa3 xia4 jia4 = (of women) to marry down

婚嫁 fan1 gaa3 hun1 jia4 = marriage

嫁妝 gaa3 zong1 jia4 zhuang1 = dowry

再嫁 zoi3 gaa3 zai4 jia4 = remarry

返頭嫁 faan1 tau4 gaa3 = to remarry (insulting)

為人作嫁 wai6 jan4 zok3 gaa3 wei4 ren2 zuo4 jia4 = doing work for others with no benefit to oneself

陪嫁 pui4 gaa3 pei2 jia4 = dowry

妝嫁 zong1 gaa3 = dowry 粵

陪嫁妹 pui4 gaa3 mui6*1 = the personal maid accompanying the bride to her new home 粵

翻頭嫁 faan1 tau4 gaa3 = (derog.) to remarry (said of women) 粵

恨嫁 han6 gaa3 hen4 jia4 = long to get married (of a women) 粵

恨不相逢未嫁時 han6 bat1 soeng1 fung4 mei6 gaa3 si4 hen4 bu4 xiang1 feng2 wei4 jia4 shi2 = (of already married people) to regret that one hadn't met someone else before getting married

嫁給 gaa3 kap1 jia4 gei3 = to get married to (of women); to wed (of women)

出嫁 ceot1 gaa3 chu1 jia4 = to get married (of woman)

八十歲返頭嫁 baat3 sap6 seoi3 faan1 tau4 gaa3 ba1 shi2 sui4 fan3 tou2 jia4 = to bring trouble oneself 粵

阿蘭嫁阿瑞 aa3 laan4 gaa3 aa3 seoi6 = drag sb into trouble along with oneself 粵

嫁雞隨雞 gaa3 gai1 ceoi4 gai1 jia4 ji1 siu2 ji1 = if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken

Showing 1 example containing 嫁

佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯，唔通要個女將來攝灶罅咩？粵
You disallow her despite her wanting to marry Ah Tong's son; don't tell me you want her to end up a spinster?

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