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kau1 gau1
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[粵] kau1 gau1 [國] gou1 [1] ditch; channel; drain; waterway [2] furrow; trench; groove; rut [3] gully; ravine; valley [粵] kau1 [1] mix together [2] pick/chat up; cruise (for sexual partner) [3] (Malaysia and Singapore usage) dollar or ringgit, depending on context e.g. 两溝錢 (S$2 or RM 2), 溝半 (S$1.50 or RM 1.5), 溝三 (S$1.30 or RM 1.30) Jyutping gau1 is the literary reading; kau1, the colloquial. However, the literary gau1 is mostly confined to TV newsreading nowadays. kau1 is used on almost all the other situations.
Stroke count: 13
Level: 3
Radical: 水 (#85)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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山溝 saan1 kau1 = valley; gulley; ravine 溝通 kau1 tung1 = to connect, to exchange; communication 代溝 doi6 kau1 = generation gap 溝渠 kau1 keoi4 = a narrow waterway, drainage ditch; aqueduct 乳溝 jyu5 kau1 = bust cleavage 溝女 kau1 neoi5*2 = pick up chicks 粵 鴻溝 hung4 kau1 = a river in Henan province; wide gap or chasm 數碼鴻溝 sou3 maa5 hung4 kau1 = the "digital divide" 壕溝 hou4 kau1 = trench 唔好嘅時候水溝油 m4 hou2 ge3 si4 hau6 seoi2 kau1 jau4 = when not in good relation, (the two are like) oil poured into water 粵 See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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現代嘅女裝恤衫,露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍,都係已經成為常態咗。 粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |