Cantonese words starting with D

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dou2 jap6to pour in; to empty into; to fill; to discharge [written and colloquial]

dou2 je4(coll.) a profiteer

dou2 je6 hoeng1night soil, is the euphemism for human feces collected at night from cesspools or privies

dou2 ji1to launder clothes by pounding

dou2 jin1to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)

dou2 jing2inverted image

dou2 jing2to reflect (producing an inverted image)

dou2 joeng4(med.) to be impotent

dou2 kau4(ball) sports betting

dou2 laan6to mash

dou2 laap6a handstand; to stand on one's head

dou2 laap6 zoeng6inverted image

dou2 lam3collapse; cave in; topple

dou2 lau4to flow backwards

dou2 lung6to move (things around)

dou2 lung6to move back and forward

dou2 lyun6to disturb; to stir up a row

dou2 maa5betting on horse races

倒買倒賣倒买倒卖

dou2 maai5 dou2 maai6to buy and sell at a profit

dou2 maai6to resell at a profit

dou2 maai6to resell at a profit

dou2 mai5(verb) to wreck; to destroy or to ruin a business

倒米壽星倒米寿星

dou2 mai5 sau6 sing1describes one who tries to help and ends up doing more harm than good

dou2 man4islander

dou2 mat6 si1 jan4(idiom) to fondly remember a person on seeing sth one associates with them

dou2 mei4variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]

dou2 mou4to mold or moulding

dou2 mui4to have bad luck

dou2 mui4 daan2(coll.) poor devil

倒霉蛋兒倒霉蛋儿

dou2 mui4 daan2 ji4erhua variant of 倒霉蛋[dao3 mei2 dan4]

dou2 ngaa4sensitive tooth

dou2 ngo6to lie down

dou2 nong4melons become rotten or empty from the inside from being over ripe

dou2 nong4 dung1 gwaa1one who has the looks or pretend to be knowledgable, but actually without substance

dou2 pui4to sustain loss in trade

dou2 sak1to clog up

堵塞費堵塞费

dou2 sak1 fai3traffic congestion fee

dou2 san4God of gamblers; a gambler gifted with superhuman intuition and skill in gambling

dou2 sat6to ram (earth)

dou2 sau2to shift from one hand to the other

dou2 se2mirror writing

倒瀉籮蟹倒泻箩蟹

dou2 se2 lo4 haai5(slang) anarchic; chaotic; extremely messy

dou2 sei2to block (a road); to stop up

搗石屎捣石屎

dou2 sek6 si2to mix cement

dou2 seoi2pour water

dou2 seoi3to pound into pieces

dou2 si2emptying a latrine

dou2 si2 gam3 zou2lit. as early as emptying a latrine, meaning extremely early in the morning

dou2 sing4a place that is well known in gambling

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