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Jyutping jat1 gok3
Pinyin yī jiǎo

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    one corner; a nook
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    Olivier饰演了哈姆雷特一角。
    Olivier飾演了哈姆雷特一角。
    oliu:ier shì yǎn le hā mǔ léi tè yī jiǎo 。
    • Olivier acted the part of Hamlet.
  2. Mandarin
    出生是一分钱,永远不会变成一角钱。
    出生是一分錢,永遠不會變成一角錢。
    chū shēng shì yī fēn qián , yǒng yuǎn bù huì biàn chéng yī jiǎo qián 。
    • He who is born for a dime, will never be worth a quarter.
  3. Mandarin
    你不能指望他们认不出你的伪装。那个歪半边的一角店胡子是致命漏洞!
    你不能指望他們認不出你的偽裝。那個歪半邊的一角店鬍子是致命漏洞!
    nǐ bù néng zhǐ wàng tā men rèn bù chū nǐ de wěi zhuāng 。 nà ge wāi bàn biān de yī jiǎo diàn hú zi shì zhì mìng lòu dòng !
    • You can't seriously expect that they won't recognize you in that disguise. That lopsided, dime store moustache is a dead giveaway!
  4. Mandarin
    冰山一角指的是虽然只显露出一小部份的问题,但其后还隐藏著更大的问题有待解决。
    冰山一角指的是雖然只顯露出一小部份的問題,但其後還隱藏著更大的問題有待解決。
    bīng shān yī jiǎo zhǐ de shì suī rán zhǐ xiǎn lù chū yī xiǎo bù fèn de wèn tí , dàn qí hòu hái yǐn cáng zhù gèng dà de wèn tí yǒu dài jiě jué 。
    • 'The tip of the iceberg' expresses the idea that a small part of a problem has surfaced, but lying beneath is a much larger problem waiting to be solved.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    呢个只系问题嘅冰山一角。
    呢個只係問題嘅冰山一角。
    nei4 go3 zek3 hai6 man6 tai4 ge3 bing1 saan1 jat1 gok3 。
    • This is just a symptom of a much bigger problem.