枷 [－]

Jyutping gaa1
Pinyin jiā

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)/chains
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    cangue scaffold
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. cangue scaffold
  2. Cangjie Input
    DKSR
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    人是生而自由的，但却无往不在枷锁之中。
    人是生而自由的，但卻無往不在枷鎖之中。
    rén shì shēng ér zì yóu de ， dàn què wú wǎng bù zài jiā suǒ zhī zhōng 。
    • Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    放低沉重嘅感情枷锁
    放低沉重嘅感情枷鎖
    fong3 dai1 cam4 cung5 ge3 gam2 cing4 gaa1 so2
    • to throw off the heavy shackles of love relationship
  2. Cantonese
    挣脱鞋带社会枷锁，解放脚指展露自我。
    掙脱鞋帶社會枷鎖，解放腳指展露自我。
    zang1 tyut3 haai4 daai2 se5 wui2 gaa1 so2, gaai2 fong3 geot3 zi2 zin2 lou6 zi6 ngo5
    • x
  3. Cantonese
    虱乸都要担枷。
    蝨乸都要擔枷。
    sat1 naa2 dou1 jiu3 daam1 gaa1
    • Someone will be heavily punished.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    现实就像 一把枷锁 把我捆住 无法挣脱
    現實就像 一把枷鎖 把我捆住 無法掙脱
    xiàn shí jiù xiàng ， yī bǎ jiā suǒ ， bǎ wǒ kǔn zhù ， wú fǎ zhèng tuō
    • Reality is like shackles,
      Binding me down, unable to break free.