架 (gaa3) — unit of vehicles, plane, piano, etc in Cantonese
gaa˗₃架
Mandarin Pinyin: jia4
Meaning of 架
noununit of vehicles, plane, piano, etc
nounerect; put/set up; support
nounfight; quarrel | [粵] 交
nounshelf
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Example Sentences with 架
呢架係二手車嚟㗎
This car is second-hand.
畀架車瀄到成身泥
We're splashed with mud from head to toe by the passing car.
佢個孻仔係佢嘅金叵羅嚟架。
His youngest son is his most precious.
提子係斷斤賣架
The grapes are sold according to their weight.
家下都𨂾光黑，我睇係嚟唔切去架喇！
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.
Words Containing 架
托架tok3 gaa2
(mech.) cradle; bracket
框架kwaang1 gaa2
frame; framework
書架syu1 gaa2
cf. 書櫃
畫架waak6 gaa3
easel; drawing stand
鏡架geng3 gaa2
mirror frame
下架haa6 gaa3
undercarriage; to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)
井架zeng2 gaa2
derrick; headframe; wellhead
天綫架tin1 sin3 gaa3
tv antenna
橋架kiu4 gaa3
truss
綁架bong2 gaa3
to kidnap; kidnapping (lit., "tie to a rack")
拖架to1 gaa2
bracket
腳架goek3 gaa2
(speaker, camera, ...) stand
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