Cantonese words starting with D
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打
daa1a dozen
打令
daa1 ling2darling
打啞語打哑语
daa2 aa2 jyu5to use sign language
打啞謎打哑谜
daa2 aa2 mai4to talk in riddles
打壓打压
daa2 aat3to suppress
打呃
daa2 ak1to hiccup
打靶
daa2 baa2(coarse language) 1. sucker; 2. useless slacker
打靶鬼
daa2 baa2 gwai2(scolding) "useless person"; "bastard"
打把勢打把势
daa2 baa2 sai3drill (in sword play); to demonstrate gymnastic skills; to show off
打把式
daa2 baa2 sik1variant of 打把勢|打把势[da3 ba3 shi5]
打靶仔
daa2 baa2 zai2noun; commonly used by parents to scold their son as useless
打敗打败
daa2 baai6to defeat; to beat
打敗仗打败仗
daa2 baai6 zoeng3to fall sick or ill; to be defeated
打白鴿轉打白鸽转
daa2 baak6 gaap3 zyun2to go out for a quick walk and come back; for car to spin in circles
打白條打白条
daa2 baak6 tiu4to write an IOU or promissory note
打扮
daa2 baan6to decorate; to make up; manner of dressing
打包
daa2 baau1to wrap; to pack; (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
打包單打包单
daa2 baau1 daan1to make a promise; to guarantee
打包票
daa2 baau1 piu3to vouch for
打包踭
daa2 baau1 zaang1verb; use elbow to hit
打爆
daa2 baau3to blow out; (computer games) to zap; to be jammed
打爆機打爆机
daa2 baau3 gei1finish all stages of a game (spoken)
打爆油缸
daa2 baau3 jau4 gong1lit. hit the fuel tank until it explodes, meaning to refuel complete to the g...
打崩頭打崩头
daa2 bang1 tau4noun; serious competition with others
打不過打不过
daa2 bat1 gwo3to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb)
打不通
daa2 bat1 tung1cannot get through (on phone)
打比
daa2 bei2Derby; Hong Kong Derby
打比郡
daa2 bei2 gwan6Derbyshire County, United Kingdom
打鼻鼾
daa2 bei6 hon4snoring
打壁球
daa2 bik1 kau4to play squash [written and colloquial]
打邊鼓打边鼓
daa2 bin1 gu2to echo what sb said
打甂爐打甂炉
daa2 bin1 lou4to have hotpot
打邊爐打边炉
daa2 bin1 lou4(Cantonese) to eat hot pot
打邊爐同打屎窟打边炉同打屎窟
daa2 bin1 lou4 tung4 daa2 si2 fat1cannot be compared
打錶打表
daa2 biu1to run the meter (in a taxi)
打啵
daa2 bo1(dialect) to kiss
打波
daa2 bo1(verb) (ball game) to play
打卜成
daa2 bok1 sing2boxing
打薄剪刀
daa2 bok6 zin2 dou1thinning scissors
打簿
daa2 bou2verb; update bank passbook
打保票
daa2 bou2 piu3to vouch for
打鑔打镲
daa2 caa2(dialect) to joke
打岔
daa2 caa3interruption; to change the subject
打杈
daa2 caa3to prune (branches)
打柴
daa2 caai4to chop firewood
打巢
daa2 caau4to defeat [colloquial]
打沉
daa2 cam4verb; to discourage; decline; reject; dishearten
打層次打层次
daa2 cang4 ci3to get one's hair layered
打秋風打秋风
daa2 cau1 fung1poor people using different kind of methods to get money from others; it also...
打車打车
daa2 ce1to take a taxi (in town)
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