How to Say "Grams" in Cantonese

克

hak1

克 (hak1) is the Cantonese word for grams.

克 is used to refer to the metric unit of mass used to measure weight.

How do you pronounce it?

hak1

The word 克 is a phonetic loan used across many Chinese languages to mimic the sound of 'gram' from Western languages.
While 克 is used for scientific precision, in traditional Cantonese wet markets, most people still use the 'tael' or 兩 to weight meat or produce.
The character 克 also means 'to overcome' or 'to conquer' in a completely different context, such as in the word 克服 (to overcome).

一碗飯大約一百八十克咁重。
A bowl of rice is about 180 grams.
This sentence is useful for describing the approximate weight of a bowl of rice using 克.
Tatoeba #12099554 by thesilhouette, translation #277432 by CK
呢項調查發表喺《新英格蘭醫學期刊》，發現喺懷孕最後三個月服用咗2.4克長鏈歐米茄3補充品嘅女性，可以將佢哋啲小朋友患哮喘嘅風險降低31 % 。
The investigation, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that women who received 2.4 grams of long-chain omega-3 supplements in the last three months of pregnancy reduced their child's risk of asthma by 31 percent.
This sentence is useful for noting the specific weight of omega-3 supplements in a medical context using 克.
Tatoeba #12908340 by Matthewyau1367, translation #12258735 by Cangarejo

Zhiqiang and Yating are baking a cake together.

志強 Chi Keung

雅婷，個食譜話要用一百克糖。
aa5 ting4, go3 sik6 pou2 waa4 jiu3 jung6 jat1 baak3 gaa2 tong2.
Yating, the recipe says to use one hundred grams of sugar.
雅婷 Nga Ting

好，我而家就稱畀你。
hou2, ngo5 ji4 gaa1 zau6 caang1 bei2 nei5.
Okay, I will weigh it for you now.
志強 Chi Keung

你稱啱咗一百克未？
nei5 caang1 am6 zo2 jat1 baak3 gaa2 mei6?
Did you weigh exactly one hundred grams?
雅婷 Nga Ting

啱喇，啱啱好一百克。
am1 laa3, am1 am1 hou2 jat1 baak3 gaa2.
Yes, it is exactly one hundred grams.

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