架 (gaa3 gaa2 | jia4) : erect; put up; fight; quarrel; frame; rack

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架

gaa3 gaa2

jia4

[粵] gaa3 | [國] jia4
[1] [v] erect; put/set up; support
[2] [n] fight; quarrel | [粵] 交
[3] [classifier] unit of vehicles, plane, piano, etc

[粵] gaa2 | [國] jia4
[n] frame; rack; shelf; stand

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

架

This word has been viewed 19049 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Oct 2013 14:54

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台架 toi4 gaa2 tai2 jia4 = building scaffold; platform

書架 syu1 gaa3*2 shu1 jia4 = bookshelf; bookcase

架子 gaa3 zi2 jia4 zi5 = frame, an arrogant person

貨架 fo3 gaa3*2 huo4 jiia4 = shelf for goods; shop shelf

鏡架 geng3 gaa2 jing4 jia4 = mirror frame 粵

十字架 sap6 zi6 gaa3 shi2 zi4 jia4 = Jesus' cross

打架 daa2 gaa3 da3 jia4 = to fight 國

吵架 caau2 gaa3 chao3 jia4 = to argue; to quarrel 國

綁架 bong2 gaa3 bang3 jia4 = to kidnap; kidnapping

高架 gou1 gaa3 gao1 jia4 = overhead
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呢架係二手車嚟㗎粵
This car is second-hand.

乜你咁鮓架, 行快啲得嘛? 粵
How come you're so puny! Can't you walk slightly faster?

我架車壞咗，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's broken down, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. I [counter] car broken-already, you faster send-out [counter] drag-car come [particle]!]

我架車死咗火，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's packed up, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. My [counter] car die-already fire, you faster send [counter] drag-car come [particle]! 死咗火 is more commonly used than 壞咗.]

馬鞍山站係一個架空車站粵
Ma On Shan MTR Station is an elevated rail station.
[架空 means elevated rail (as opposed to underground).]

畀架車瀄到成身泥粵
We're splashed with mud from head to toe by the passing car.
[lit. "the entire body"]

佢個孻仔係佢嘅金叵羅嚟架。粵
His youngest son is his most precious.

提子係斷斤賣架粵
The grapes are sold according to their weight.

家下都𨂾光黑，我睇係嚟唔切去架喇！粵
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.

燒焊返個線圈就可以撻着架車粵
The car should be able to start once we weld the solenoid.

佢份人好善忘架。粵
(S)He is very forgetful.
[Although 份人 may be omitted, it can emphasize the sentence is talking about "personality". ]

坦克車係一架有履帶嘅戰鬥車粵
A tank is a war machine with caterpillar tracks.

架車打過蠟，呤咗好多。粵
The car looks shinier after waxing.

再係噉落去, 會輸晒啲錢架粵
If you keep going on like this, you would lose all your money.

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