Cantonese words starting with D

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Wife of a younger brother.

Younger brother.

To do one's duty as a younger brother; to show filial piety towards one's elder brothers.

Kerria japonica; a shrub with yellow flowers, or a dignified, elegant, and leisurely appearance.

Prefix placed before a number to form an ordinal number.

To catch, seize, or arrest.

To hand; to pass; to give something to someone with one's hand.

To belong to a higher authority, to be subordinate to.

Eighth; the ordinal number eight.

To arrest; for police to take a suspect into custody, temporarily restricting their freedom.

Next time; another time.

dai6 / dai3 / dit6

High and steep; towering mountains.

Younger brother; the written Chinese term and its pronunciation.

Other; another; different ones.

Another place; elsewhere.

One's younger brother's wife; a younger sister-in-law.

To gradually reduce or decrease; to diminish step by step.

To hand in or submit something, usually documents, to an organization.

Ninth, or colloquially used to describe someone as useless or poor in ability.

Another person or thing.

First; positioned at the very beginning, or the most important.

dai6 jat1 baa2 sau2

First in command; the top leader of an organization.

dai6 jat1 fu1 jan4

First Lady; the wife of a head of state.

第一個第一个

dai6 jat1 ming4

First place, champion, or top position in a competition or ranking.

First-hand; obtained directly from the source.

dai6 jat1 si4 gaan3

第一時間第一时间

Immediately; at the very first moment; right away.

第一線第一线

Front line, first line, or forefront.

dai6 jat1 sing4

City One Shatin, a large residential estate in Hong Kong, or its namesake mall and MTR station.

dai6 jat1 syu1 gei3

第一書記第一书记

First secretary; the leader of certain political parties or organizations.

dai6 jat1 tung2 gam1

One's first pot of gold; the first time someone makes a large sum of money.

The first week.

dai6 jat1 zoeng2

第一獎第一奖

Another day; some other day; later in the future.

Another; other; different from the one referred to.

第二處第二处

Another place; somewhere else.

Another; something else; a different choice or thing.

Elsewhere; another place.

第二個第二个

Another, a different one, or the second one.

The second day, the next day, or another day in the future.

dai6 ji6 joeng6

第二樣第二样

Another kind; a different thing.

Another thing, a different item, or something else.

Sixth sense; intuition, or the ability to foresee the development and outcome of events.

The very last; bottom of the list.

Third; the third item or place in a sequence.

dai6 saam1 gaan2

第三繭第三茧

A third conviction or prison sentence.

dai6 saam1 sai3 gaai3

Third World; developing countries or regions with relatively lower levels of development.