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  gaai3   jyutping
  jie4   pinyin
[1] [v] lie between; be situated between; interpose
[2] [v] introduce briefly; give a brief introduction
[3] [n] thing or person that lies in between
[4] [v] keep in mind; take seriously
[5] [n] shell; armour; shelled aquatic animal
[6] [classifier] a (soldier); an (intellectual)

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Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: (#9)

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

This word has been viewed 8655 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Feb 2014 14:16

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detail  gaai3 siu6  jie4 shao4 = to introduce; introduction
detail  gaai3 ci4  jie4 ci2 = (lang.) preposition
detail  gaai3 hai6 ci4  jie4 xi4 ci2 = preposition
detail  gaan2 dyun2 gaai3 siu6  jian3 duan3 jie4 shao4 = brief introduction
detail  gaan2 jiu3 gaai3 siu6  jian3 yao4 jie4 shao4 = brief introduction
detail  gaan2 gaai3  jian3 jie4 = brief introduction; summary
detail  gaai3 jap6  jie4 ru4 = to get involved, to intervene
detail  gaai3 ji3  jie4 yi4 = to mind; to take offence
detail  mui4 gaai3  mei2 jie4 = intermediary; vehicle; medium
detail  gaan1 gaai3   = mediation
detail  maa5 gaai3 jau1   = bacalhau
detail  gaai3 fu4  jie4 hu1 = between
detail  teoi1 gaai3   = introduce
detail  zyun2 gaai3   = exchange, referral
detail  zik1 jip6 zyun2 gaai3   = employment exchange
detail  zyun2 gaai3 fuk6 mou6   = referral service
detail  gaai3 siu6 seon3   = a letter of recommendation/introduction/reference
detail  kaa1 gaai3 miu4   = Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)/Calmette's vaccine
detail  kaa1 gaai3 miu4 zam1   = BCG vaccine
detail  zung1 gaai3  zhong1 jie4 = agent (computer); intermediary, medium
detail  gaai3 min6*2  jie4 mian4 = interface
detail  m4 gaai3 ji3  m2 jie4 yi4 = to not mind
detail  cim4 zoi6 mui4 gaai3  qian2 zai4 mei2 jie4 = potential vector
detail  cyun4 bo3 mui4 gaai3  chuan2 bo1 mei2 jie4 = the (mass) media
detail  bat1 gaai3 ji3  bu4 jie4 yi4 = [v] not take offense; not mind
detail  jung6 wu6 gaai3 min6*2   = user interface
detail  zik1 jip6 gaai3 siu6 so2   = employment agency
detail  fan1 jan1 gaai3 siu6 so2  hun1 yin1 jie4 shao4 suo3 = matrimonial agency; introduction agency
detail  hou2 gaai3 siu6  hao2 jie4 shao4 = recommendation
detail  gaai3 jyu1  jie4 yu2 = in between
detail  gang2 gaai3  geng3 jie4 = honest; upright; frank
detail  tou4 zoeng6 jung6 wu6 gaai3 min6*2  tu2 xiang4 yong4 hu4 jie4 mian4 = graphical user interface; GUI
detail  gaai3 zi2  jie4 zi3 = (phys.) meson, mesotron
detail  jing3 jung6 cing4 sik1 gaai3 min6  ying4 yong4 cheng2 shi4 jie4 mian4 = application programming interface (API)
detail  gwong1 cim1 fan1 bou3 sik1 sou3 geoi3 gaai3 min6*2  guang1 xian1 fen1 bu4 shi4 shu4 ju4 jie4 mian4 = Fiber Distributed Data Interface; FDDI
detail  sang1 mat6 mui4 gaai3  sheng1 wu4 mei2 jie4 = biological vector
detail  sou3 geoi3 gaai3 min6*2  shu4 ju4 jie4 mian4 = data interface
detail  mong5 lou6 zit3 dim2 gaai3 min6*2  wang3 lu4 jie2 dian3 jie4 mian4 = network node interface
detail  seon3 sik1 cyun4 dai6 zung1 gaai3  xun4 xi1 chuan2 di4 zhong1 jie4 = message transfer agent; MTA
detail  zi1 liu6*2 gaai3 min6*2  zi1 liao4 jie4 mian4 = data interface
detail  syu1 sung3 mui4 gaai3  shu1 song4 mei2 jie4 = transport medium
detail 使  si2 jung6 ze2 zung1 gaai3  shi3 yong4 zhe3 zhong1 jie4 = user agent
detail  gaai3 jau1  jie4 xiu1 = Jiexiu (city in Shanxi)
detail  zung1 gaai3 zi2  zhong1 jie4 zi3 = [phys.] neutretto
detail  gwong1 gaai3 zi2  guang1 jie4 zi3 = [phys.] photomeson
detail  gaai3 waai4  jie4 huai2 = take offence
detail  zoeng2 gaai3 sek6  jiang3 jie4 shi2 = Chiang Kai-shek (former Kuomintang leader)

Showing all 3 examples containing 介
detail 介紹男朋友畀你
Let me introduce my boyfriend.
[lit. I introduce me boyfriend give you know.]
detail audio 唔介意!?
Don't you mind it!?
detail 唔介意
Chan won't mind waiting a bit longer.
[The Cantonese and English versions match each other almost word by word.]

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