Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- gān
English
- bamboo pole
- (bound form) pole; rod
- penis
- pole; stem of bamboo
粵語
- 細長嘅棍,亦可以指竹嘅幹部
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 竿
- 竹竿zuk1 gon1
bamboo pole
- 魚竿jyu4 gon1
fishing rod
- 擔竿daam1 gon1
shoulder pole; carry pole
- 竿子gon1 zi2
bamboo pole
- 馬竿maa5 gon1
lasso pole
- 球竿kau4 gon1
cue (billiards)
- 標竿biu1 gon1
benchmark
- 旗竿kei4 gon1
a flagpole; a flagstaff
- 滑竿waat6 gon1
a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
- 竿頭gon1 tau4
bamboo pole's uppermost tip
- 南竿naam4 gon1
Nankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
- 北竿bak1 gon1
Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
- 爬竿paa4 gon1
pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act)
- 釣竿diu3 gon1
fishing rod
- 日上三竿jat6 soeng5 saam1 gon1
the sun is already high in the sky, sarcastically hinting it is not early any more
- 立竿見影laap6 gon1 gin3 jing2
(lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom)
- 桅竿wai4 gon1
- 釣魚竿diu3 jyu4 gon1
fishing rod
- 幡竿燈籠faan1 gon1 dang1 lung4
former half of a sandwich pun to imply "to only reach those which are distant but ignore the close ones"; literally "the lantern on the flagpole"
- 撐竿跳caang1 gon1 tiu3
pole vault
- 百尺竿頭baak3 cek3 gon1 tau4
to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
- 撐竿跳高caang1 gon1 tiu3 gou1
pole vault
- 八竿子打不著baat3 gon1 zi2 daa2 bat1 zyu3
(coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection
- 擔竿也曾做過筍daam3 gon1 jaa5 cang4 zou6 gwo3 seon2