割 (got3) — give up; abandon; part with in Cantonese
got˗₃割Mandarin Pinyin: ge1
Meaning of 割
noungive up; abandon; part with
nouncut; slice; mow; excise
nounseparate; divide; sever
nounto be operated on/to slay
Example Sentences with 割
jiˉ¹醫sangˉ¹生waaˍ₆話got˗₃割laanˎ₄闌mei5.尾。
The doctor said to remove the appendix.
keoiˏ₅佢got˗₃割zoˊ²咗laanˎ₄闌mei5.尾。
He had his appendix removed.
keoiˏ₅佢jungˍ₆用limˎ₄鐮douˉ¹刀got˗₃割cou2.草。
He uses a sickle to cut grass.
got˗₃割zoˊ²咗go˗₃個sikˉ¹息jukˍ₆肉
Had a polyp removed.
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日got˗₃割woˎ₄禾cingˉ¹青
Today is the day to harvest the young rice.
Words Containing 割
任人宰割jam6 jan4 zoi2 got3
allow others to manipulate and humiliate oneself
宰割zoi2 got3
slaughter and cut (into pieces, etc)
聯合收割機lyun4 hap6 sau1 got3 gei1
a combine-harvester (piece of farm machinery)
割價got3 gaa3
depreciation, sale (lit., "slash cost")
閹割jim1 got3
castrate, desex
割頸got3 geng2
suicide by sawing or slashing the neck (鋸頸)
分割fan1 got3
to cut apart; to break up; to carve up; to decollate
割捨got3 se2
to let go; to part with; to give up
切割cit3 got3
incise; incision
黃金分割wong4 gam1 fan1 got3
golden ratio; golden section
割手腕got3 sau2 wun2
to slit one's wrists (as a form of suicide)
割禾青got3 wo4 cing1
reaping the Poaceae when it is not ripe, meaning when one gambles, he/ she should leave right away after winning some money, rather than staying and risking to lose
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