假 (gaa2 gaa3 | jia3 jia4) : false; fake; suppose; if; borrow; holiday

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假

gaa2 gaa3

jia3 jia4

[粵] gaa2 [國] jia3
[1] [adj] false; fake; sham; phony
[2] [v] suppose; assume; presume
[3] [conj] if; in case
[4] [v] borrow; avail oneself of

[粵] gaa3 [國] jia4
[n] holiday; vacation; leave of absence

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

假

This word has been viewed 15833 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Dec 2014 00:09

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造假 zou6 gaa2 zao4 jia3 = to counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine

假期 gaa3 kei4 jia4 qi1 (PRC), jia4 qi2 (Taiwan) = holiday

請假 ceng2 gaa3 qing3 jia4 = to apply for leave; to ask for time off

假日 gaa3 jat6 jia4 ri4 = holiday

產假 caan2 gaa3 chan3 jia4 = maternity leave

病假 beng6 gaa3 bing4 jia4 = sick leave

暑假 syu2 gaa3 shu3 jia4 = summer holiday / vacation

寒假 hon4 gaa3 han2 jia4 = winter holiday / vacation

半真半假 bun3 zan1 bun3 gaa2 ban4 zhen1 ban4 jia3 = half true and half false; half-truths

虛假 heoi1 gaa2 xu1 jia3 = false; untrue
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Showing all 6 examples containing 假

星期日係公眾假期。粵
Sunday is a public holiday.

我哋樖聖誕樹係真定係假㗎? 粵
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

假期有乜搞作啊？粵
What are your plans for the holidays?

逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠粵
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.

你不用貓哭耗子假慈悲啦國
There's no need for you to shed crocodile tears!

亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
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