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粵語辭叢

gaan2included in 4 dictionaries
gaam2included in 1 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter
Jyutping:
gaan2

化學特性,#pH值(#酸鹼度)高於 7 ,可以將#石蕊試紙 變藍,同#酸 性物質中和;泛指一切具鹼性嘅物質 (alkali; base)

名詞

Examples

酸同鹼撈埋會中和對方。

syun1 tung4 gaan2 lou1 maai4 wui5 zung1 wo4 deoi3 fong1.

When an acid and a base are placed together, they react to neutralise one another.

維基辭典YueCharacter
Jyutping:
gaan2Original phonetic: /kaːn³⁵/
01

sodium carbonate

02

(soluble) alkali

03

base (soluble or not)

04

soap

粵語辭源: 453_3CantonCharacter
Jyutping:
gaan2Original phonetic: gan2

俗作“梘(碱)”。肥皂。(麥耘、譚步雲:1997:106)

References:
  • 廣人以山蕉豆枝或黃花莓燒而沃之,而熬其灰以爲~,熬深則成沙,曰~沙。熬淺則成水,曰~水。以~沙爲角黍,光瑩而香。以~水澣衣,去油膩,色轉鮮好。(屈大均《廣東新語》卷十四葉二十六)
台山話英文字典Toi SaanCharacter
Jyutping:
gaan2Original phonetic: gān

alkali; soda.⁵ (variants: 鹻, 鹸, 礆 gān jiǎn ). (See 鹻 gān; 鹸 gān; 礆 gān.)