Cantonese words starting with D
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daai6 dai2
大抵
generally speaking; for the most part
daai6 dai3
大帝
heavenly emperor
daai6 dang1
大燈大灯
headlight
daai6 dau2
大荳大豆
soybean, soya bean
daai6 dau2
大豆
soybean
daai6 dau2 ngaa4
大豆芽
soy bean sprouts
daai6 dau2 ngaa4 coi3
大豆芽菜
bean sprouts
daai6 dei6
大地
(noun) The World
daai6 dei6 caak1 loeng4 hok6
大地測量學大地测量学
geodesy
daai6 dei6 dung6
大地洞
cavern
daai6 dei6 jyu4
大地魚大地鱼
flatfish
daai6 dei6 seoi2 zeon2 min6
大地水準面大地水准面
geoid
daai6 dei6 sin3
大地線大地线
a geodesic (curve)
daai6 dei6 tou4
大地圖大地图
an atlas [written and colloquial]
daai6 dei6 zan3
大地震
a big earthquake; a big shake-up [written and colloquial]
daai6 dei6 zi1 go1
大地之歌
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
daai6 dei6 zyu2
大地主
a large landowner
daai6 deoi1 tau4
大堆頭大堆头
grouping popular celebrities together for a big celebratory movie; a gathering of all the bigshots; a large group of people
daai6 deoi6
大憝
archenemy
daai6 deoi6
大隊大队
group; production brigade
daai6 dik6 dong1 cin4
大敵當前大敌当前
(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy
daai6 din1 daai6 fai3
大癲大廢大癫大废
extreme characteristics of overjoy and playful, seems never serious (spoken)
daai6 din1 daai6 fai3
大癲大癈大癫大废
to act in a crazy and uninhibited manner [written and colloquial]
daai6 din1 daai6 fai3
大癲大肺大癫大肺
strong personality, very straight forward in expressing one's feelings and emotions
daai6 din2
大典
ceremony
daai6 din6
大殿
main hall of a Buddhist temple
daai6 dip6
大碟
noun; long play music album of over 36 minutes
daai6 dip6 jyu2
大鰈魚大鲽鱼
turbot fish
daai6 dit3
大跌
large fall
daai6 dit3 si5
大跌市
(HK) stock market crash; major market downturn
daai6 diu6
大調大调
(music) major key
daai6 do1
大多
for the most part; most; mostly
daai6 do1 sou3
大多數大多数
(great) majority
daai6 doi6
大袋
a big bag of; to have money and power [colloquial]
daai6 dong3
大檔大档
underground gambling parlor
daai6 dou1
大刀
broadsword; machete
daai6 dou1
大都
Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
daai6 dou1 fut3 fu2
大刀闊斧大刀阔斧
bold and decisive
daai6 dou1 si5
大都市
metropolis; megacity
daai6 dou1 wui2
大刀會大刀会
Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
daai6 dou1 wui6
大都會大都会
major city; metropolitan
daai6 dou6
大度
magnanimous
daai6 dou6
大道
main street
daai6 dou6 baau1 jung4
大度包容
generous and forgiving
daai6 dou6 dung1
大道東大道东
noun; Short term for Queen's Road East, as Queen's Road is too long, it divided into three parts, Queen's Road East, Queen's Road West and Queen's Road Central
daai6 dou6 gyun1
大杜鵑大杜鹃
(bird species of China) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
daai6 dou6 hau2
大渡口
see 大渡口區|大渡口区[Da4 du4 kou3 Qu1]
daai6 dou6 hau2 keoi1
大渡口區大渡口区
Dadukou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
daai6 dou6 ho4
大渡河
Dadu River in Sichuan
daai6 dou6 lei5
大道理
major principle; sermon (reproof)