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噶
Mandarin · pinyin gá
Meanings
- phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)
- Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha
- (dialect) final particle similar to 了 le (esp. in Yunnan)
Characters in this entry
- 噶
- gá · used in transliterations
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Mandarin tones
2 · ga2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaa1 · gaat3 · got3
Cantonese word readings for 噶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- used in transcriptions
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese, chiefly Mainland China) alternative form of 嘅 (ge3) (grammatical and sentence final particle)
- (Northern Wu, including Suzhounese) alternative form of 個 /个 (possessive particle)
- (Shanghainese) then; in that case
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese, onomatopoeia) zzz (sound of snoring)
- (Cantonese, onomatopoeia) oink (sound of a pig)
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