Cantonese words starting with D
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倒春寒
dou2 ceon1 hon4cold snap during the spring
賭錢赌钱
dou2 cin2to gamble
賭場赌场
dou2 coeng4casino
倒彩
dou2 coi2adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
倒采
dou2 coi2variant of 倒彩[dao4 cai3]
倒彩聲倒彩声
dou2 coi2 sing1jeering; catcalls
倒倉倒仓
dou2 cong1to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)
堵床上
dou2 cong4 soeng6(coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act
倒槽
dou2 cou4to die out (of livestock)
倒打一耙
dou2 daa2 jat1 paa4lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
賭大細赌大细
dou2 daai6 sai3Sic bo; Big and Small; a chance game played with three dice
倒蛋
dou2 daan2mischief
搗蛋捣蛋
dou2 daan2to cause trouble
搗蛋鬼捣蛋鬼
dou2 daan2 gwai2troublemaker
賭鬭赌斗
dou2 dau3to fight
倒地
dou2 dei6to fall to the ground
倒吊蠟燭倒吊蜡烛
dou2 diu3 laap6 zuk1Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
賭檔赌档
dou2 dong3gambling den
島鶇岛鸫
dou2 dung1(bird species of China) island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)
賭番攤赌番摊
dou2 faan1 taan1to gamble at fantan (a type of gambling in China similar to roulette)
倒反
dou2 faan2instead; contrary (to expectations)
倒糞倒粪
dou2 fan3to turn over manure
倒放
dou2 fong3to place upside down
倒苦水
dou2 fu2 seoi2to pour out one's grievances
倒伏
dou2 fuk6(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
倒計時倒计时
dou2 gai3 si4to count down
島根岛根
dou2 gan1Shimane, Japan
島根縣岛根县
dou2 gan1 jyun6Shimane Perfecture, Japan
堵擊堵击
dou2 gik1to intercept and attack (military)
島蓋部岛盖部
dou2 goi3 bou6pars perculairs
搗鼓捣鼓
dou2 gu2to fiddle with sth
賭局赌局
dou2 guk6game of chance; gambling joint
賭館赌馆
dou2 gun2a gaming house (gambling);a casino
倒灌
dou2 gun3to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc); to back up (sewage)
搗鬼捣鬼
dou2 gwai2to play tricks; to cause mischief
賭鬼赌鬼
dou2 gwai2gambling addict
賭棍赌棍
dou2 gwan3hardened gambler; professional gambler
倒戈
dou2 gwo1to change sides in a war
倒戈卸甲
dou2 gwo1 se3 gaap3to lay down arms
倒果為因倒果为因
dou2 gwo2 wai4 jan1to reverse cause and effect
倒過兒倒过儿
dou2 gwo3 ji4the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
島國岛国
dou2 gwok3island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
島國動作片岛国动作片
dou2 gwok3 dung6 zok3 pin2euphemism for Japanese porn movie
倒下
dou2 haa6to collapse
賭客赌客
dou2 haak3gambler
賭氣赌气
dou2 hei3(verb) To venting someone's spleen for grudge
倒開倒开
dou2 hoi1to reverse a vehicle
倒海翻江
dou2 hoi2 faan1 gong1see 翻江倒海[fan1 jiang1 dao3 hai3]
倒汗水
dou2 hon6 seoi2drip of an air conditioner, drops of water on the window
倒空
dou2 hung1to empty (a bag); to turn out
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