Cantonese words starting with D
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吊墜吊坠
diu3 zeoi2a pendant (jewelry)
吊墜縛吊坠缚
diu3 zeoi6 bok3strappado bondage
吊裝吊装
diu3 zong1to construct by hoisting ready-built components into place
吊鐘吊钟
diu3 zung1enkianthus (floral)
吊鐘花吊钟花
diu3 zung1 faa1Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
吊住條尾吊住条尾
diu3 zyu6 tiu4 mei5to tag along to someone all the time [colloquial]
掉
diu6to fall; to lag behind; to go missing; fall (in prices); to wag; to turn; to exchange; to show off; (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc); to decrease; to throw away
窕
diu6quiet and secluded; slender
調调
diu6to transfer; to investigate; accent; argument; mode (music); tone
掉包
diu6 baau1variant of 調包|调包[diao4 bao1]
調包调包
diu6 baau1to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item; to sell a fake for the genuine article; to palm off
掉臂
diu6 bei3to swing one's arm widely and walk off, meaning not caring at all
調變调变
diu6 bin3modulation
調兵遣將调兵遣将
diu6 bing1 hin2 zoeng3to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
調兵山调兵山
diu6 bing1 saan1see 調兵山市|调兵山市[Diao4 bing1 shan1 Shi4]
調兵山市调兵山市
diu6 bing1 saan1 si5Diaobingshan, a county-level city in Tieling City 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 Shi4], Liaoning
掉膘
diu6 biu1to lose weight (of cattle)
調撥调拨
diu6 but6to send (products); to commit (funds)
調查调查
diu6 caa4investigation; to investigate; survey; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
調查表调查表
diu6 caa4 biu2questionnaire; CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]
調查報告调查报告
diu6 caa4 bou3 gou3Investigation report; survey report
調查結果调查结果
diu6 caa4 git3 gwo2results (of an investigation, poll)
調查核實调查核实
diu6 caa4 hat6 sat6to investigate
調查人員调查人员
diu6 caa4 jan4 jyun4investigator
調查員调查员
diu6 caa4 jyun4investigator
調查團调查团
diu6 caa4 tyun4investigating team
調查者调查者
diu6 caa4 ze2investigator
掉漆
diu6 cat1to peel off (paint); to lose face (Tw)
調取调取
diu6 ceoi2to obtain (information from an archive etc)
調遷调迁
diu6 cin1to transfer; to shift
掉秤
diu6 cing3to lose weight (of cattle)
調倉调仓
diu6 cong1to transfer cells in prison [colloquial]
丟低丢低
diu6 dai1to leave behind
掉隊掉队
diu6 deoi2to fall behind
掉點兒掉点儿
diu6 dim2 ji4drip of rain
調擋调挡
diu6 dong3gear shift
調度调度
diu6 dou6to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to manage; scheduler
調動调动
diu6 dung6to transfer; movement of personnel; to bring into play
調防调防
diu6 fong4to relieve a garrison
調虎離山调虎离山
diu6 fu2 lei4 saan1to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom)
調赴调赴
diu6 fu6to dispatch (troops to the front)
掉價掉价
diu6 gaa3drop in price; to have one's status lowered
掉價兒掉价儿
diu6 gaa3 ji4erhua variant of 掉價|掉价[diao4 jia4]
調景嶺调景岭
diu6 ging2 leng5Tiu Keng Leng, a town situated in south-eastern New Territories in Hong Kong
調幹调干
diu6 gon3to reassign a cadre
掉過掉过
diu6 gwo3to swap places
掉過兒掉过儿
diu6 gwo3 ji4erhua variant of 掉過|掉过[diao4 guo4]
掉下
diu6 haa6to drop down
調遣调遣
diu6 hin2to dispatch; a dispatch
掉向
diu6 hoeng3to turn; to lose one's bearings
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