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gap3 gaap3
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dove; pigeon In Cantonese, this character is literarily pronounced as gap3 and colloquially as gaap3. Quite often, there is a tone change for both to become gap3*2 and gaap3*2.
Stroke count: 17
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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鴿 / 鸽 | ||
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白鴿 baak6 gap3 = pigeon; dove 粵 鴿子 gap3 zi2 = pigeon; dove 國 乳鴿 jyu5 gap3 = a squab 燒乳鴿 siu1 jyu5 gap3 = roast squab 白鴿籠 baak6 gap3/gaap3 lung4 = dove-cote 白鴿眼 baak6 gap3 ngaan5 = look of disdain 粵 放白鴿 fong3 baak6 gap3*2 = a confidence trick where woman snares a man then runs away with money/jewels 傳信鴿 cyun4 seon3 gap3*2 = a homing pigeon, a carrier pigeon 打白鴿轉 daa2 baak6 gaap3 zyun3 = go for a quick walk around the block (lit., "circle like pigeons") 放鴿子 fong3 gap3 zi2 = to break an appointment, not turn up for an appointment 國 See all 11 compounds |
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Showing 1 example containing 鴿
唔好摸啲白鴿啦,佢哋非常之揦鮓 粵
Don't touch the pigeons, they're very dirty. [Lit. don't touch [plural counter] pigeons [particle], they extremely dirty Other synonyms for 揦鮓: 污糟 and 污糟邋遢 ] 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. |