Cantonese words starting with D

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daai6 sin1 jung1

大仙鶲大仙鹟

(bird species of China) large niltava (Niltava grandis)

daai6 sin1 zi1 syu1

大先知書大先知书

the biblical books of the prophets

daai6 sin3 saan1

see 大箐山縣|大箐山县[Da4 qing4 shan1 Xian4]

loud voice; loudly

daai6 sing1 kan4

great masterwort (Astrantia major)

daai6 sing1 sing1

daai6 sing1 zat6 fu1

大聲疾呼大声疾呼

to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention

to defeat decisively; great victory

great sage; king; outstanding personage

see 大城縣|大城县[Da4 cheng2 Xian4]

daai6 sing4 fat6 gaau3

Mahayana Buddhism

daai6 sing4 hoeng1

大城鄉大城乡

Dacheng or Tacheng Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan

daai6 sing4 jyun6

大城縣大城县

Dacheng, a county in Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei

daai6 sing4 si5

major city; metropolis

Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]

daai6 sit3 tau4

大舌頭大舌头

daai6 siu1 tiu4

大蕭條大萧条

the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)

large and small; adults and children; at any rate

daai6 siu2 bin6

using the toilet

daai6 siu2 saam1 dou6

major and minor third (musical interval)

大小寫大小写

capitals and lowercase letters

daai6 siu2 siu2

a little bit bigger

daai6 siu2 tung1 hek3

eating both the big and the small, it means doing business for all kinds of customers; to target across the range, regardless of the size

eldest daughter of an affluent family; bossy or indulged young woman

name for young master called by servants

to laugh heartily

daai6 siu3 gu1 po4

describes a cheerful female (at any age) who likes to laugh a lot

大少爺大少爷

a title to address people's eldest son; it is also used to describe men who do not work nor earn money yet spend money extravagantly

daai6 soek3 wat6

大杓鷸大杓鹬

(bird species of China) Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)

daai6 soeng1 jyun4 hei3

大傷元氣大伤元气

to ruin one's constitution

daai6 soeng3 ging3 ting4

大相徑庭大相径庭

as different as can be (idiom)

noun; to participate in a huge show; to show off

older brother's wife; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)

Tarsus, Mediterranean city in Turkey, the birthplace of St Paul

daai6 sou3 ceoi4

大掃除大扫除

pre-Chinese New Year clean up (noun), cleaning for Chinese New Year (verb)

eldest of father's younger brothers

people who only eat the accompanying dishes but not eat the rice

Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August

daai6 syu6 ang1

大樹鶯大树莺

(bird species of China) chestnut-crowned bush warbler (Cettia major)

daai6 syu6 bo1 lo4

大樹菠蘿大树菠萝

general election

big boats, big ships; cruises; a ferry

the great seal; used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts

Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December

daai6 syut3 fan1 fei1

大雪紛飛大雪纷飞