偈 (gai2 gai6 git6 | ji4 jie2 ) : talk, chat

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偈

gai2 gai6 git6

ji4 jie2

[粵] gai2/6
[n] talk; chat

[粵] gai2/6 [國] ji4
libretto in Buddhist scripture

[粵] git6 [國] jie2
brave; valiant

Jyutping gai2 is the commonly-used colloquial reading; gai6 is occasionally used in literary context.

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

偈

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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傾偈 king1 gai6*2 = to chat; to talk; to discuss 粵

偈油 gai2 jau4*2 = lubricating oil 粵

話事偈 waa6 si6 gai6*2 = indicates that what sb has said is worth noting (also 話齋) 粵

傾吓偈 king1 haa5 gai6*2 = to chat 粵

傾閒偈 king1 haan4 gai6*2 = to have an idle chat 粵

大偈 daai6 gai2 = first mate; captain's first assistant 粵

Showing all 2 examples containing 偈

我同媽咪傾緊偈。粵
I am chatting with my mummy.

我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.

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Decimal representation of this word: 偈
Unicode code for this character: U+5048 (off-site link)

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