Cantonese words starting with D
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調號调号
diu6 hou6tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)
調任调任
diu6 jam6to transfer
調入调入
diu6 jap6to bring in; to transfer (a person, data); to load (a subroutine etc)
調休调休
diu6 jau1to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday
掉以輕心掉以轻心
diu6 ji5 hing1 sam1to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
調研调研
diu6 jin4to investigate and research; investigation
調研人員调研人员
diu6 jin4 jan4 jyun4research workers
調藥刀调药刀
diu6 joek6 dou1spatula
調用调用
diu6 jung6to transfer (for a specific purpose); (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
調閱调阅
diu6 jyut6to access (a document)
掉球
diu6 kau4(sports) to fumble the ball
掉期
diu6 kei4swap (finance)
掉淚掉泪
diu6 leoi6to shed tears
調律调律
diu6 leot6to tune (e.g. piano)
掉鏈子掉链子
diu6 lin2 zi2to have one's bicycle chain come off
掉落
diu6 lok6to fall down
調門调门
diu6 mun4melody; tone; point of view
調門兒调门儿
diu6 mun4 ji4erhua variant of 調門|调门[diao4 men2]
調派调派
diu6 paai3to send on assignment
調配调配
diu6 pui3to allocate
調馴调驯
diu6 seon4to look after and train (animals)
掉色
diu6 sik1to lose color; also pr. [diao4 shai3]
調式调式
diu6 sik1(musical) mode
掉線掉线
diu6 sin3to get disconnected (from the Internet)
調升调升
diu6 sing1to promote
掉書袋掉书袋
diu6 syu1 doi2lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom); a person who does so
掉頭掉头
diu6 tau4to turn one's head; to turn about
調頭调头
diu6 tau4variant of 掉頭|掉头[diao4 tou2]
掉頭就走掉头就走
diu6 tau4 zau6 zau2to turn on one's heels
調位调位
diu6 wai2tone of Chinese characters; to exchange places; positions
掉換掉换
diu6 wun6to swap; to exchange
調換调换
diu6 wun6to exchange; to swap
調集调集
diu6 zaap6to summon; to assemble
調子调子
diu6 zi2tune; tuning; intonation
調職调职
diu6 zik1to be transferred to another post
調值调值
diu6 zik6pitch of tones
掉轉掉转
diu6 zyun3to turn around
調轉调转
diu6 zyun3to reassign sb to a different job; to change direction
掉轉頭掉转头
diu6 zyun3 tau4To turn to the opposite direction; to turn around; to invert
調轉頭调转头
diu6 zyun3 tau4to turn around; upside down
多
do1many; often; numerous; in excess; multi-; much better; exceed
多巴胺
do1 baa1 on1dopamine
多胞形
do1 baau1 jing4polytope
多不勝數多不胜数
do1 bat1 sing1 sou3so many that it is impossible to count
多邊多边
do1 bin1multilateral
多邊形多边形
do1 bin1 jing4polygon
多變多变
do1 bin3fickle
多寶魚多宝鱼
do1 bou2 jyu2turbot; same as 大菱鮃|大菱鲆
多報多报
do1 bou3to overstate
多半
do1 bun3most; most likely
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