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Jyutping hei2 gwat1
Pinyin qǐ gǔ

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. extracting bones from meat (spoken)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    將某​啲​物件​裏​面​嘅​骨​剔​走​,​通常​係​指​食物​(​例如​魚肉​、​雞肉​等等​)
    to bone; to remove bones from something (fish, meat, etc.)
    • 麻煩你幫啲魚起骨。
      麻烦你帮啲鱼起骨。
      maa4 faan4 nei5 bong1 di1 jyu2 hei2 gwat1.
      Please help remove bones from the fish.
  2. 動詞
    用​摺​疊​或​熨斗​等​方法​令紙​張​或​衣服​整齊​咁​摺​起​,​並現​出​又​深​又​直​嘅​摺痕
    to make the paper or clothes to fold firmly and tidily with shape crease lines and corners by ironing or folding
    • 熨到起骨
      熨到起骨
      tong3 dou3 hei2 gwat2
      iron (the clothes) until a shape crease line is formed
  3. 動詞
    傳統​殮​葬​中​,​喺​先人​土葬​幾年​之​後​,​肉身​已經​完全​腐化​,​剩低​棚​骨​,​將棚​骨​由​泥​入面​揀​返出​嚟​,​就​叫​起骨​,​係​執骨​程序​嘅​一部​份
    part of reinter process, to collect all the bones from the earth; literally "to bone" as the process is done years after the initial burial, and all that remains is the bones
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Cantonese, Hakka, Meixian, Teochew
    to debone; to take bones out
  2. verb, Mandarin, Xuzhou
    to collect the bones of a dead body after it has been buried for some time
    (syn.) 抾金, 抾骨頭, 抾骨头, 抾骨, 捡骨, 捡金, 执骨, 撿骨, 撿金, 執骨
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 剔骨頭 – 剔骨头
  2. 剔去骨頭 – 剔去骨头
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    麻烦你帮啲鱼起骨。
    麻煩你幫啲魚起骨。
    maa4 faan4 nei5 bong1 di1 jyu2 hei2 gwat1.
    • Please help remove bones from the fish.
  2. Cantonese
    熨到起骨
    熨到起骨
    tong3 dou3 hei2 gwat2
    • iron (the clothes) until a shape crease line is formed
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    就以君绰轩嘅古法八宝鸭为例,先要将全只鸭起骨,起骨仲要特别小心,鸭皮一烂,啲馅就会漏,唔得靓仔。
    就以君绰轩嘅古法八宝鸭为例,先要将全只鸭起骨,起骨仲要特别小心,鸭皮一烂,啲馅就会漏,唔得靓仔。
    zau6 ji5 gwan1 coek3 hin1 ge3 gu2 faat3 baat3 bou2 aap3 wai4 lai6, sin1 jiu3 zoeng1 cyun4 zek3 aap3 hei2 gwat1, hei2 gwat1 zung6 jiu3 dak6 bit6 siu2 sam1, aap3 pei4 jat1 laan6, di1 haam5 zau6 wui5 lau6, m4 dak1 leng3 zai2.
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