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梗 (gang2) — stiff; tight; unsmooth in Cantonese

gangˊ²梗
Mandarin Pinyin: geng3

Meaning of 梗

nounstiff; tight; unsmooth
nounupright; fair-minded; honest
nounstem; stalk; branch; stick
nounobstruct; hinder; block
nounstraighten up; stiffen up
nouncertainly; definitely; unavoidably
noun(Cantonese)/sure; of course/fixed to one position

Example Sentences with 梗

今晚咁多餸；梗係食唔晒啦。
There's so much food tonight; of course I can't finish the lot.
佢咁醜，梗係追唔到女仔啦!
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!
今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
靚女話要同你睇戲，你梗係𦧲飯應啦
A pretty girl is willing to catch a movie with you. Surely that is something you wished for.
佢梗係唔及得你叻啦！
He is definitely not as clever as you.
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Words Containing 梗

梗係gang2 hai6
of course [Var.] 更係 [華]: 當然
梗板gang2 baan2
inflexible, stodgy, cannot be changed
心肌梗塞sam1 gei1 gang2 sak1
myocardial infarction; heart attack
梗頸gang2 geng2
persistence; relentless; insistence; defiant; unable to let something go; unable to stomach something
作梗zok3 gang2
impede; hinder; obstruct
從中作梗cung4 zung1 zok3 gang2
hinder sth. from being executed; impede from the inside
梗房gang2 fong2
a room built or partitioned with brick or concrete walls
梗有gang2 jau5
certainly have

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