English
- Chinese bellflower
- used in 桔梗[jie2 geng3]
- variant of 橘[ju2]
- tangerine
- well-swept
- used in 桔槔[jie2 gao1]
- the inner fibers of corn-stalks
粵語
- 一種水果，細過橙，買嗰時通常會連住梗，皮比較薄而呈橙色，果肉有一個個裝住果汁嘅囊泡（量詞：隻／個）
Words containing 桔
- 柑桔gam1 gat1
(fruit) Kumquat
- 桔子gat1 zi2
variant of 橘子[ju2 zi5]
- 得個桔dak1 go3 gat1
to end up with nothing; to do something in vain [colloquial]
- 神台桔san4 toi2 gat1
(analogy) someone is getting haggard, and slowly frail
- 蘿底桔lo4 dai2 gat1
used to describe leftover goods (or people) that no one wants that are of inferior quality; it is often used as a derogatory term to refer to women who are the “Leftover Women” and unwanted by men [colloquial]
- 硃砂桔zyu1 saa1 gat1
Dongting tangerine or Citrus erythrosa, a reddish kind of tangerine
- 金桔gam1 gat1
kumquat
- 運桔wan6 gat1
- 桔梗gat1 gang2
Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
- 神檯桔san4 toi2 gat1
spinster; literally: offering table citrus
- 蔓越桔maan6 jyut6 gat1
Cranberry
- 鹹柑桔haam4 gam1 gat1
pickled kumquats
- 四季桔sei3 gwai3 gat1
clementine (fruit)
- 桔槔gat1 gou1
well sweep (device for raising and lowering a bucket in a well, using a pivoted pole)
- 吊門桔diu3 mun4 gat1
skinny; skinny monkeys
- 洋桔梗joeng4 gat1 gang2
(botany) lisianthus; prairie gentian (Eustoma russellianum)
- 跌咗個橙執返個桔dit3 zo2 go3 caang2 zap1 faan1 go3 gat1
having something is better than nothing; literally: losing an orange getting a tangerine