Cantonese words starting with D

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daap6 maa5 zai2

疊碼仔叠码仔

A junket operator or promoter, especially one who recruits gamblers or arranges loans for a casino or loan shark.

Wealthy, rich, or rolling in money.

daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3

踏破鐵鞋無覓處踏破铁鞋无觅处

Nowhere to be found even after painstakingly exhausting all of one's energy and effort searching for it.

daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3 ，dak1 loi4 cyun4 bat1 fai3 gung1 fu1

踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

To find something easily and by chance after having searched for it everywhere in vain.

Down-to-earth; practical, honest, and hardworking.

Rich; wealthy; possessing a lot of money or assets.

Exactly at a specific hour or time.

To hit a mark of time exactly on the dot.

To set foot in, arrive at, or step onto a place.

To strike forcefully with the flat side of something, or to fall flat on the ground.

Classifier for places, scars, stains, or flat areas of land.

To slip, trip, or fall down.

A phonetic character, often associated with the Tartars or nomadic tribes.

To name-drop or declare one's status, identity, or affiliations to intimidate others or gain advantage.

To reach, attain, or amount to a certain level, target, amount, or result.

To meet a target, goal, or standard.

To reach or attain a certain level, standard, or quantity.

daat6 dou3 muk6 dik1

達到目的达到目的

To achieve one's aim, goal, or purpose.

daat6 gun1 gwai3 jan4

達官貴人达官贵人

High officials and noble people; people of high social status both inside and outside of government.

daat6 gun2 ji5 zuk6

達斡爾族达斡尔族

The Daur people, an ethnic group in China.

An expert, master, or highly skilled person in a specific field.

daat6 ji5 man4 zyu2 ji6

達爾文主義达尔文主义

Darwinism; Darwin's theory of evolution.

Dhaka or Dakar.

Salvador Dalí, a Spanish surrealist artist.

daat6 man4 sai1

達文西达文西

Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance polymath.

daat6 ming4 jat1 paai3

達明一派达明一派

Tat Ming Pair, a Hong Kong music group.

To reach, achieve, or attain a goal, agreement, consensus, or wish.

Down; added after a verb to indicate a downward direction or a settled state.

Name of an ancient ethnic group in western China.

A fine-grained, solid grindstone used for polishing and sharpening blades to a smooth finish.

A stone used to make black dye.

Silly, childish, or foolish; intellectually disabled.

Silly, foolish, or intellectually disabled girl or young woman.

An idiot, fool, or silly person, especially a male; also used affectionately as a term of endearment.

Low gear; a transmission setting for lower engine speeds.

Low-pitched or deep, typically of a voice or sound; gloomy, depressed, or low, of mood or atmosphere.

Low tide, or a low ebb; a period of low spirits, activity, or adversity.

Slightly silly, foolish, or mentally slow.

Low-level, primitive, or inferior.

Low-key, understated, or self-effacing; not attracting attention.

Low-end; of a lower level or inferior quality.

To fly low; to fly at a low altitude.

Low price; cheap or inexpensive pricing.

Low-level format; a formatting process that wipes a hard drive to its factory settings.

To underestimate or underrate.

Trough, valley, or low point, especially a difficult period or hard times in one's life.

Low; bottom; of low status or quality.

Low altitude; the airspace relatively close to the ground.

Low-cut; describing clothing with a low neckline that reveals part of the chest.

dai1 hyut3 aat3

低血壓低血压

Low blood pressure; hypotension, a condition where arterial blood pressure is chronically low.