Cantonese words starting with D

8,100 entries

to bring, to prepare

to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick")

daai3 bing2 gwok3

戴秉國戴秉国

Dai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat

to mislead someone to crash into a trap in car racing [colloquial]

daai3 coek3 ji5 fu1 jan4

戴卓爾夫人戴卓尔夫人

Margaret Thatcher

(slang) (Tw) to bring bad luck

to be electrified; to be charged; to be live

daai3 din6 lap1 zi2

帶電粒子带电粒子

electrically charged particles

to have a tone mark

to put on a condom [colloquial]

to spur; to provide impetus; to drive

daai3 fan1 sou3

帶分數带分数

mixed fraction; see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4]

a tour guide [colloquial]

energetic; exciting; of interest

daai3 gou1 lok6

戴高樂戴高乐

Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959–1969

daai3 gou1 mou2

to say nice things about one insincerely (spoken)

daai3 gou1 mou2 zi2

(coll.) to be the object of flattery

(bird species of China) goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

daai3 guk1 niu5

戴菊鳥戴菊鸟

variant of 戴孝[dai4 xiao4]

to wear mourning garb

to help something or someone to become successful [colloquial]

carbonated (drink); to display annoyance

to take along with one

(verb) to bring opportunity to somebody (usually refers to money or career)

daai3 hung4 sik1

帶紅色带红色

daai3 jan2 jing4 ngaan5 geng2

戴隱形眼鏡戴隐形眼镜

to wear contact lenses [written and colloquial]

to bring in, to bring into

to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)

ribbonfish; beltfish

daai3 jyun4 ze2

帶原者带原者

(disease) carrier

daai3 jyut6 pei1 sing1

see 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]

to give to; to bring to

daai3 kwan2 ze2

帶菌者带菌者

asymptomatic carrier

to get sb involved in one's trouble

to lead the way; to guide; to show the way

daai3 lou6 jan4

帶路人带路人

daai3 luk6 mou2

戴綠帽戴绿帽

(slang) someone's wife or husband has an affair; to make a cuckold of somebody

daai3 luk6 mou2 zi2

戴綠帽子戴绿帽子

to have been cheated on by one's partner (formerly meant "to be a cuckold", i.e. applied to men only)

daai3 luk6 tau4 gan1

戴綠頭巾戴绿头巾

see 戴綠帽子|戴绿帽子[dai4 lu:4 mao4 zi5]

to bring also, as well; to bring along

daai3 ming4 sai3

Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer

to wear a hat; to be branded as