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  gaai2 gaai3 haai6   jyutping
  jie3 jie4 xie4   pinyin
[] gaai2 | [] jie3
[1] [v] untie; separate; cut apart
[2] [v] relieve; dispel; solve
[3] [v] explain; interpret; elucidate

[] gaai3 | [] jie4
[v] send under guard; escort

[] haai6 | [] xie4
[1] [] [v] understand; see the point
[2] [n] acrobatic skills on horseback
[3] [n] used as place or family name

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 13
Level: 1
Radical: (#148)

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

This word has been viewed 20808 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Oct 2013 05:58

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detail  dim2 gaai2  dian3 jie3 = why
detail  liu5 gaai2  liao3 jie3 = to understand
detail  liu5 gaai2  liao3 jie3 = to understand
detail  gaai2 sik1  jie3 shi4 = explain
detail  gaai2 kyut3  jie3 jue2 = to solve; to kill (informal)
detail  gaai2 daap3  jie3 da2 = answer; explain
detail  bat1 gaai2  bu4 jie3 = to not understand; indissoluble
detail  bin6 gaai2  bian4 jie3 = explain away
detail  jung4 gaai2  rong2 jie3 = to dissolve; solution
detail  zyu3 gaai2   = comment
See all 132 compounds (CantoDict reports 148 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 21 examples containing 解
detail audio 點解打電話畀佢第二日
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?
detail 點解
Why does it have to be like this?
[Lit. why would thus? [Very common phrase on TV dramas and anime!]]
detail audio 唔知點呢排成日頭痛
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.
detail audio 真係唔明白點解噉樣
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131924,131924#msg-131924]
detail 點解等於」?
why does one plus one equal '王'?
[This is a well known riddle, the character 王 being composed of two 一 characters at the top and bottom with a + in the middle!]
detail 點解中國咁多方言
Why are there so many "dialects" in China?
detail 點解今日見到
Why didn't I see you today?
[Lit. why I today not-have see-arrive you [particle]? [maybe on the telephone]]
detail 點解噉樣合作  ?! 
Why would you co-operate like this?
detail 頭髮平時撈攪點解今晚梳頭  ?! 
Your hair's normally so messy, why've you combed it this evening?
detail 點解佢哋畀人
Why would they be arrested?
[Lit. why they would by-person arrest [particle]]
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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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