GG

See also: gg, Gg, .gg, and Gg.

Translingual

Symbol

GG

1. The symbol for the gigagauss, a unit of magnetic field strength in the cgs system of units.
2. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Guernsey since 2006.

   Synonym: GGY (alpha-3)

3. (UK, clothing) Bra cup size.

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English

Alternative forms

• G.G., G. G., G.-G., G-G (depending on the sense)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒiː dʒiː/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

GG (plural GGs)

1. (politics, informal) Initialism of governor general or initialism of governor-general.
2. (LGBT slang) Initialism of genetic girl.
3. (LGBT slang) Initialism of genuine girl.
4. (linguistics) Initialism of generative grammar.

Interjection

GG

1. (online gaming, slang) Good game; commonly used at the end of a gaming match; also sometimes used to end an argument.
2. (slang) Good going; may be used genuinely or sarcastically.

Derived terms

• GGEZ
• GGWP

Adjective

GG (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, informal, colloquial) Likely to have an undesirable outcome, which one cannot change or escape from.
   • 2007 March 7, Thomas Kwok, Camping Grounds 2.0, What a week, accessed on 2015-10-22:

     Physics test today was out of the world…Honestly I think I’m going to fail big time…I didn’t know I had to study statics! What’s the point in testing LAST year’s work? Like wtf lawl…So i think I flung that section…GG liao lor…

   • 2010 November 18, QQfufa, Hardware Zone Singapore, Liverpool GG liao la, accessed on 2015-10-22:

     Liverpool GG liao la. Steven Jialat hamstring problem. Dirk Kuyt ankle problem. take west ham win this saturday.

   • 2013 December 23, BBdotcom Enterprise, Facebook, [1], accessed on 2015-10-22:

     GG liao.. I can't get in to my account liao ... Keep say someone inside...

   • 2015 October 20, Kitaro9202, Hardware Zone Singapore, GG liao moi go Malaysia forgot off my data roaming, accessed on 2015-10-22:

     Gg liao moi go Malaysia forgot to off my data roaming Den i check singtel app saying 1mb data roaming = $25.

Usage notes

Most commonly used with other Singlish particles, particularly liao.

Synonyms

• (done for): doomed; finished; dead meat.

Proper noun

GG

1. (Internet) Gamergate

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Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēge

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ˙ㄍㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēge
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ˙ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gege̊
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-ko⁵
    • Yale: gē-ge
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge.ge
    • Palladius: гэгэ (gɛgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 咯咯 哥哥

Noun

(deprecated template usage) GG

1. (Internet slang) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 哥哥 (gēge).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English GG (“good game”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìjì, jījī, jūjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ, ㄐㄩ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìjì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: jì-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihjih
    • Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chi¹
    • Yale: jī-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiji
    • Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 唧唧 雞雞／鸡鸡 GG

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyujyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-chü¹
    • Yale: jyū-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiujiu
    • Palladius: цзюйцзюй (czjujczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ zi¹
    • Yale: jī jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Verb

GG

1. (Internet slang) to be done for; to be doomed (especially in a game)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūgou, gǔgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ˙ㄍㄡ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūgou
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ˙ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gugo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-kou⁵
    • Yale: gū-gou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu.gou
    • Palladius: гугоу (gugou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ g̊oʊ̯²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔgē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔge
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-ko¹
    • Yale: gǔ-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuge
    • Palladius: гугэ (gugɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

GG

1. (Internet slang) Short for Google.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chi¹
    • Yale: jī-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiji
    • Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 唧唧 雞雞／鸡鸡 GG

Noun

(deprecated template usage) GG

1. (Internet slang) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 雞雞／鸡鸡 (jījī).

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French

Alternative forms

• G.G., G. G., G.-G., G-G

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒe.ʒe/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

GG m (plural GG)

1. (politics) Abbreviation of gouverneur-générale (“governor-general”).

Noun

GG f (plural GG)

1. (politics) Abbreviation of gouverneure-générale (“female governor-general”).

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German

Noun

GG

1. (German VDP wine classification) Initialism of Großes Gewächs.