駕 (gaa3 | jia4) : ride; drive; harness

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駕

gaa3

jia4

[1] [v] ride; drive; pilot; sail
[2] [v] harness; yoke; control
[3] [n] [honorific] you; emperor
[4] [n] vehicle; carriage

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: (#187)

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

駕 / 驾

This word has been viewed 5877 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd May 2011 15:05

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勞駕 lou4 gaa3 lao2 jia4 = excuse me 國

駕駛 gaa3 sai2 jia4 shi3 = to drive

駕車 gaa3 ce1 jia4 che1 = to drive (a car); [粵] 揸車國

凌駕 ling4 gaa3 = overrunning, overtop

凌駕於 ling4 gaa3 jyu1 = outmatch

座駕 zo6 gaa3 zuo4 jia4 = carriage

不小心駕駛 bat1 siu2 sam1 gaa3 sai2 = careless driving

保駕 bou2 gaa3 bao3 jia4 = escort the Emperor

無人駕駛 mou4 jan4 gaa3 sai2 wu2 ren2 jia4 shi3 = unmanned; unpiloted

右座駕駛 jau6 zo6 gaa3 sai2 you4 zuo4 jia4shi3 = right-hand drive
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 28 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 駕
Unicode code for this character: U+99d5 (off-site link)

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