櫃 (gwai6 | gui4) : cupboard; wardrobe

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櫃

gwai6

gui4

[1] [n] cupboard; wardrobe; cabinet [2] [n] shop counter

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

櫃 / 柜

This word has been viewed 11959 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:51

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衫櫃 saam1 gwai6 = wardrobe 粵

冰櫃 bing1 gwai6 = freezer, ice box

雪櫃 syut3 gwai6 xue3 gui4 = refrigerator, fridge 粵

衣櫃 ji1 gwai6 yi1 gui4 = wardrobe

書櫃 syu1 gwai6 shu1 gui4 = bookcase; bookshelf

貨櫃車 fo3 gwai6 ce1 = container truck 粵

床頭櫃 cong4 tau4 gwai6 chuang2 tou2 gui4 = bedside cabinet

摷櫃桶 cauu3 gwai6 tung2 = search the drawers 粵

櫃桶 gwai6 tung2 = desk drawer 粵

櫃檯 gwai6 toi4*2 gui4 tai2 = counter
See all 43 compounds (CantoDict reports 44 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 櫃

閂返道雪櫃門! 粵
Close the fridge door!
[Faan1 is used idiomatically here - we don't back 'close back the door' in English.]

我擺咗你杯奶喺雪櫃畀你聽日飲。粵
I put your glass of milk in the refrigerator for you to drink tomorrow.

如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?

擸埋啲碎銀塞入櫃桶粵
Grab the coins and shove them into the drawer.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

呢度啱啱線放得雪櫃粵
This place is just nice for a fridge

唔好HEA亂個櫃桶! 粵
Don't make a mess of the drawer!

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Unicode code for this character: U+6AC3 (off-site link)

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