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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 20854 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)

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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]]
detail 點解背叛
Why do you need to betray me?
[Lit. why need betray me]
detail audio 點解女朋友靚仔!
Why doesn't he have a girlfriend? Because he's not handsome, of course!
detail 雖然只係上台分享自己經歷唔知點自然覺得怯場
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.
detail audio 點解次次波餅
I didn't do anything to piss you off. Why are you throwing/kicking/[whatever action is appropriate] the ball at my body every time?
[Alternative translation: There's no grudge between us, why are you hitting me with the balls that you return?]
detail audio 使出渾身解數
Forced him to pit all his skills
detail 淨係鍾意紅色,冇得解
She only loves to wear red dresses, which can't be explained why.
detail 唔可以解釋一下點解無端端被人
Can you explain why you were arrested for no reason?
[Lit. Can-cannot explain a-little-bit why you would-be for-no-reason by people arrest [particle]?]
detail 唔知點算賬
I don't know why he has a bone to pick with you.
[[literal] Don't know why he has to with you settle accounts. ]
detail ,點解噉樣?
Tut-tut, what on earth did you do that for?
[吓 is an exclamation used here to express disapproval. ]
detail 萬大事有得解決
No matter how formidable this problem seems, it can be solved.
detail 點解打爛
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something?
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

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