Cantonese words starting with D
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都柏林
dou1 paak3 lam4Dublin, capital of Ireland
刀片
dou1 pin2blade; tool bit
都龐嶺都庞岭
dou1 pong4 ling5Dupang mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong
刀山火海
dou1 saan1 fo2 hoi2lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
都什麼年代了都什么年代了
dou1 sam6 mo1 nin4 doi6 liu5What decade are you living in?
刀身
dou1 san1blade (of a knife or sword)
都市
dou1 si5city; metropolis
都市病
dou1 si5 beng6lifestyle diseases
都市日報都市日报
dou1 si5 jat6 bou3Metro Daily (a newspaper)
都市傳奇都市传奇
dou1 si5 zyun6 kei4urban legend (translation of recent Western term); same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇
都是
dou1 si6all are [written]
都城
dou1 sing4capital city
刀削麵刀削面
dou1 soek3 min6knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
都尉
dou1 wai3military rank
都勻都匀
dou1 wan4see 都勻市|都匀市[Du1 yun2 Shi4]
都勻市都匀市
dou1 wan4 si5Duyun, a county-level city in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou
都會都会
dou1 wui6city
都會傳奇都会传奇
dou1 wui6 zyun6 kei4urban legend (translation of recent Western term); same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇
刀仔
dou1 zai2a small knife
刀仔鋸大樹刀仔锯大树
dou1 zai2 goe3 daai6 syu6achieve great returns with minimal effort (slang)
刀子
dou1 zi2knife
刀子嘴巴，豆腐心
dou1 zi2 zeoi2 baa1 ，dau6 fu6 sam1lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dou1 zi2 zeoi2 ，dau6 fu6 sam1to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
刀字邊刀字边
dou1 zi6 bin1Chinese character component-knife
刀俎
dou1 zo2sacrificial knife and altar
喥
dou2roughly; almost
堵
dou2to stop up; wall
島岛
dou2island
搗捣
dou2to pound; to hull; to disturb
睹
dou2to observe; to look at; to witness; to experience; to understand
禱祷
dou2prayer; supplication; to entreat
賭赌
dou2to bet
倒把
dou2 baa2to play the market; to profiteer
倒敗倒败
dou2 baai6to collapse (of building)
倒班
dou2 baan1to change shifts
倒閉倒闭
dou2 bai3to go bankrupt
倒斃倒毙
dou2 bai6to fall dead
倒扁
dou2 bin2Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations
賭波赌波
dou2 bo1betting on football
賭博赌博
dou2 bok3to gamble
倒背如流
dou2 bui3 jyu4 lau4to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
倒背手
dou2 bui3 sau2with one's hands behind one's back
倒背手兒倒背手儿
dou2 bui3 sau2 ji4erhua variant of 倒背手[dao4 bei4 shou3]
倒茬
dou2 caa4rotation of crops
倒茶
dou2 caa4Pour tea; serve the tea
倒插門倒插门
dou2 caap3 mun4to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
倒抽一口氣倒抽一口气
dou2 cau1 jat1 hau2 hei3to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)
倒車倒车
dou2 ce1to change buses, trains etc
堵車堵车
dou2 ce1traffic jam
倒車擋倒车挡
dou2 ce1 dong3reverse gear
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