嫁 (gaa3 | jia4) : to marry a man; marry off a daughter

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嫁

gaa3

jia4

[1] [v] marry a man; get married (said of a woman); give a daughter in marriage; marry off a daughter [2] [v] impute to another (blame, a crime, etc.)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

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

嫁

This word has been viewed 6396 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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嫁人 gaa3 jan4 = (of a girl) marry a man

嫁唔出 gaa3 m4 ceot1 = cannot marry 粵

新嫁娘 san1 gaa3 noeng4*2 = a newlywed bride

盲婚啞嫁 maang4 fan1 aa2 gaa3 = marriage is arranged by go-between

下嫁 haa6 gaa3 xia4 jia4 = (of women) to marry down

婚嫁 fan1 gaa3 hun1 jia4 = marriage

嫁妝 gaa3 zong1 jia4 zhuang1 = dowry

再嫁 zoi3 gaa3 zai4 jia4 = remarry

返頭嫁 faan1 tau4 gaa3 = to remarry (insulting)

為人作嫁 wai6 jan4 zok3 gaa3 wei4 ren2 zuo4 jia4 = doing work for others with no benefit to oneself
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Showing 1 example containing 嫁

佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯，唔通要個女將來攝灶罅咩？粵
You disallow her despite her wanting to marry Ah Tong's son; don't tell me you want her to end up a spinster?

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Decimal representation of this word: 嫁
Unicode code for this character: U+5AC1 (off-site link)

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