江 (gong1) — the Yangtze river in Cantonese
gongˉ¹江Mandarin Pinyin: jiang1
Meaning of 江
nounthe Yangtze river
nouna Chinese family name
nounlarge river
Example Sentences with 江
keoiˏ₅佢ceotˉ¹出zoˊ²咗gongˉ¹江wuˎ₄湖laa˗₃喇。
He's entered the world (of business/underworld).
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度houˊ²好gongˉ¹江wuˎ₄湖。
This place is very shady/rough.
gongˉ¹江wuˎ₄湖cyunˎ₄傳manˎ₄聞zeˉ¹啫。
It's just hearsay from the grapevine.
gongˉ¹江wuˎ₄湖gau˗₃救gapˉ¹急！
Help! Emergency!
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好sukˍ₆熟gongˉ¹江wuˎ₄湖。
He knows the ropes very well.
Words Containing 江
鴨綠江aap3 luk6 gong1
Yalu River (located on the border with North Korea)
江湖術士gong1 wu4 seot6 si6
charlatan; swindler; imposter
江魚仔gong1 jyu4 zai2
anchovy. (So far I have only seen this term quoted in Malaysia and Singapore sources - written and spoken, but it IS very common a term in these countries. I do not know the equivalent term outside SE Asia but AltaVista's Babel Fish gives "Anchovy" as 魚)
江畔gong1 bun6
a riverbank
珠江zyu1 gong1
Pearl River - the third longest river in China that flows out through the Guangdong (廣東) province at the Pearl River Delta (珠江三角洲) into the South China Sea (南中國海／南海).
濠江hou4 gong1
another name for Macau
江湖佬gong1 wu4 lou2
a member of the underworld; a triad
長江後浪推前浪coeng4 gong1 hau6 long6 teoi1 cin4 long6
in the Yangtze River the wave behind pushes on the wave ahead
江豬gong1 zyu1
river dolphin
望江南mong6 gong1 naam4
coffee senna
過江gwo3 gong1
(lit.) to cross a river; (fig.) to cross to another territory
猛龍過江maang5 lung4 gwo3 gong1
somebody who is not just successful and powerful in their own country but one who also travels to another place, becomes famous and shows their power
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