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Jyutping goi3
Pinyin gài

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to beg for alms/beggar

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Jyutping koi3
Pinyin gài

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to beg for alms
  2. beggar
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to beg for alms/beggar
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    同​乞兒​有​關​嘅​嘢
    beggar
    • 丐幫
      丐帮
      koi3 bong1
      beggars' union
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, obsolete
    to beg for alms
  2. character, obsolete
    to give
  3. character
    a surname
  4. character
    beggar
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. beggar
  2. beg
  3. give
  4. Cangjie Input
    MYVS
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #268
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他很富有,但活得像个乞丐。
    他很富有,但活得像個乞丐。
    tā hěn fù yǒu , dàn huó dé xiàng gè qǐ gài 。
    • He is rich yet he lives like a beggar.
    • He is rich, but lives like a beggar.
  2. Mandarin
    我把身上的钱全都给了那个乞丐。
    我把身上的錢全都給了那個乞丐。
    wǒ bǎ shēn shang de qián quán dōu gěi le nà ge qǐ gài 。
    • I gave the beggar what money I had.
    • I gave the beggar all the money I had.
  3. Mandarin
    这名乞丐在收集干面包。
    這名乞丐在收集乾麪包。
    zhè míng qǐ gài zài shōu jí gàn miàn bāo 。
    • The beggar is collecting stale bread.
  4. Mandarin
    我不是乞丐。
    我不是乞丐。
    wǒ bú shi qǐ gài 。
    • I'm not a beggar.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    丐帮
    丐幫
    koi3 bong1
    • beggars' union
    • beggars gang
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    全然无业,即既无土地,又无资金,完全失去生活依据,不得不出外当兵,或出去做工,或打流当乞丐的,都是“赤贫”,占百分之二十。
    全然無業,即既無土地,又無資金,完全失去生活依據,不得不出外當兵,或出去做工,或打流當乞丐的,都是“赤貧”,佔百分之二十。
    quán rán wú yè , jí jì wú tǔ dì , yòu wú zī jīn , wán quán shī qù shēng huó yī jù , bù dé bù chū wài dāng bīng , huò chū qù zuò gōng , huò dǎ liú dāng qǐ gài de , dōu shì “ chì pín ” , zhàn bǎi fēn zhī èr shí .
    • The utterly destitute, comprising 20 per cent, are the completely dispossessed, that is, people who have neither land nor money, are without any means of livelihood, and are forced to leave home and become mercenaries or hired labourers or wandering beggars.