Cantonese words starting with D

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dyun2 seon3text message
短讯
dyun2 seon3SMS
短时储存
dyun2 si4 cyu5 cyun4short-term storage
短时间
dyun2 si4 gaan3short term
短视
dyun2 si6(usually fig.) shortsighted
短线
dyun2 sin3short term
dyun2 siu2to be short of the full amount
dyun2 siu2 zing1 hon6(of a person) short but plucky (idiom)
短腿猎犬
dyun2 teoi2 lip6 hyun2dachshund
短债
dyun2 zaai3short-term loan
短暂
dyun2 zaam6(adjective) Transient
dyun2 zau6short sleeves
dyun2 zau6 saam1short sleeve clothing
dyun2 zeoi2 dau6 ngaan6(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
短嘴金丝燕
dyun2 zeoi2 gam1 si1 jin3(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
短嘴山椒鸟
dyun2 zeoi2 saan1 ziu1 niu5(bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
短叙
dyun2 zeoi6(noun) have a short meeting; have a short gathering
dyun2 zi2brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)
短趾雕
dyun2 zi2 diu1(bird species of China) short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
dyun2 zi3the winter solstice
短中抽长
dyun2 zung1 cau1 coeng4to make the best of a bad job
短中取长
dyun2 zung1 ceoi2 coeng4see 短中抽長|短中抽长[duan3 zhong1 chou1 chang2]
dyun3coarse stone (used for whetstone)
dyun3to forge; wrought; to refine; to hammer; to exercise
断定
dyun3 ding6to conclude; to come to a judgment
断断
dyun3 dyun3adj; faithful, absolute
断估
dyun3 gu2(v.) to take a wild guess.
断言
dyun3 jin4to assert
断狱
dyun3 juk6to pass judgment on a legal case
断语
dyun3 jyu5conclusion; verdict
锻炼
dyun3 lin6to practice
锻练
dyun3 lin6to train; to engage in physical exercise; to temper
锻炼
dyun3 lin6to train; to refine; to forge; to workout
煅炉
dyun3 lou4forge
断案
dyun3 on3to judge a case
dyun3 sek6 gou1plaster of Paris
煅烧
dyun3 siu1to calcine (purify by heating)
锻铁
dyun3 tit3wrought iron
锻造
dyun3 zou6to forge (metal)
dyun6paragraph; segment; classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc; rank in martial arts or chess games; phase
dyun6satin
缎布
dyun6 bou3satin
断背
dyun6 bui3homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
断背山
dyun6 bui3 saan1Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1]
断层
dyun6 cang4fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]); (tomography) cross-sectional
断层线
dyun6 cang4 sin3geological fault line
段错误
dyun6 co3 ng6segmentation fault
断抢
dyun6 coeng2to complete for; to push, rob to get to someone
断肠
dyun6 coeng4heartbroken
dyun6 cyun4 faat3Duan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer

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