Cantonese words starting with D

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daai6 zyun3 waan1

大轉彎大转弯

a volte-face; a big turn

daai6 zyut6 mit6

大絕滅大绝灭

mass extinction

carry; a surname; to carry on a shoulder

(verb) to carry

gaze intently; to look up; looking attentively; to stare at; to loiter

to indulge in; to tarry; sorrow); to miss the chance to do something

(Cant.) to raise the head

daam1 bou2 seon3

擔保信担保信

a letter of guarantee

daam1 bou2 syu1

擔保書担保书

a letter of gurantee [written and colloquial]

reliable; responsible

daam1 daai6 kei4

擔大旗担大旗

describes the situation where a person has to be the leader to show the way

to pardon; to take responsibility

to hold responsibility

daam1 faan1 maai5 seoi2

擔幡買水担幡买水

Chinese customs and ceremony led and conducted by the eldest son in the funeral of one's father

to shoulder; to undertake

daam1 fung1 him2

擔風險担风险

to assume responsibility for the risk

stretcher; bier

daam1 gaa2 bing1

擔架兵担架兵

stretcher bearer (military)

daam1 gaa2 cong4

擔架床担架床

daam1 gaa2 toi4

擔架抬担架抬

stretcher (for the injured)

daam1 geng1 sau6 paa3

擔驚受怕担惊受怕

(idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious

variant of 耽擱|耽搁[dan1 ge5]

to tarry; to stop over

shoulder pole; carry pole

to play the leading role

daam1 gou1 tau4

擔高頭担高头

to raise one's head to look up

to shoulder a burden

to hold the position of

variant of 擔憂|担忧[dan1 you1]

Dan county, Hainan

variant of 耽誤|耽误[dan1 wu5]

to delay; to waste time

anxious; uneasy; to be anxious

variant of 擔心|担心[dan1 xin1]

daam1 si2 dou1 m4 tau1 sik6

擔屎都唔偷食担屎都唔偷食

literally: not take the shit; In fact, to describe this man as a very honest person, rigid, not flexible, not to be taken advantage of

daam1 si2 m4 tau1 sik6

擔屎唔偷食担屎唔偷食

literally: not take the shit; In fact, to describe this man as a very honest person, rigid, not flexible, not to be taken advantage of

the lowest grade of "H" in Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE)

daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6

(adjective) absentminded; not paying attention; standing around doing nothing; to glance around

daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6

to be inattentive; to look around with nothing to do; to be distracted

see 儋州市[Dan1 zhou1 Shi4]

Danzhou, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]

verb; holding an umbrella

verb; acting as leading role (director, actor)

gall bladder; guts; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

black colour; tattoo