戞〔戛〕 {jiá}

1. lance
2. to tap
3. to scrape
4. to chirp
5. custom

戛戛 gaat³ gaat³ {jiá jiá}

1. difficult
2. challenging
3. original

戛然 gaat³ jin⁴ {jiá rán}

1. (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound)
2. to be loud and clear

戛納〔-纳〕 gaat³ naap⁶ {Jiá nà}

Cannes (France)

戛戛獨造〔--独-〕 gaat³ gaat³ duk⁶ zou⁶ {jiá jiá dú zào}

1. creative
2. original

戛然而止 gaat³ jin⁴ ji⁴ zi² {jiá rán ér zhǐ}

with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)