膠 (gaau1) — glue; gum; adhesive in Cantonese
gaauˉ¹膠简 胶
Mandarin Pinyin: jiao1
Meaning of 膠
nounglue; gum; adhesive
nounsticky; gluey; gummy
nounrubber; plastic
nounstick with glue; adhere
nounplastic/dumb; stupid
Example Sentences with 膠
siˍ₆示waiˉ¹威zeˊ²者hoeng˗₃向gingˊ²警caat˗₃察deng˗₃掟sek6,石﹐jiˎ₄而gingˊ²警caat˗₃察jungˍ₆用zoengˍ₆橡gaauˉ¹膠ziˊ²子daanˊ²彈wuiˎ₄回ging˗₃敬。
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
cai3!啋！faanˎ₄煩gaau1.膠。
Ptooey! Annoying.
niˉ¹呢faai˗₃塊hoengˉ¹香hauˊ²口gaauˉ¹膠geiˊ²幾hoeng1.香。
This piece of gum smells quite nice.
niˉ¹呢zungˊ²種gaauˉ¹膠haiˍ₆係gouˉ¹高fanˉ¹分zi2.子。
This kind of plastic is a polymer.
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個gaauˉ¹膠zeonˊ²樽zongˉ¹裝seoi2.水。
This plastic bottle contains water.
Words Containing 膠
發泡膠faat3 pou5 gaau1
foam plastic
膠水gaau1 seoi2
glue
超能膠ciu1 nang4 gaau1
super glue
塑膠花sou3 gaau1 faa1
plastic flowers
縮微膠卷suk1 mei4 gaau1 gyun2
microfilm (film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material)
擦紙膠caat3 zi2 gaau1
rubber eraser (often abbreviated to 擦膠)
皮膠pei4 gaau1
glue
矽膠zik6 gaau1
silicon gel
氣溶膠hei3 jung4 gaau1
aerosol
魚膠jyu4 gaau1
isinglass, fish glue, gelatin, gelatine
膠擦gaau1 caat2
rubber (as in that for erasers)
合成橡膠hap6 sing4 zoeng6 gaau1
synthal (lit., "synthetic rubber")
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