Cantonese words starting with D

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(adjective) (of taste) 1. light; 2. tasteless; (verb) Feed; (noun) unit of bite (of eating food, meals, etc.)

to eat; to entice (using bait); mouthful (a classifier)

to eat; to entice (using bait); mouthful (a classifier)

nitrogen (chemistry)

insipid; weak; light in color; fresh; nitrogen

(old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement; Taiwan pr. [tan4]

tobacco (loanword) (old)

living a simple life

variant of 淡泊[dan4 bo2]

daam6 bok6 ming4 lei6

not caring about fame and fortune (idiom)

daam6 bok6 ming4 zi3

living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)

faint; dull; unenthusiastic

daam6 daam6 juk6

mouthful of meat; without bones

calm and collected

to water down; to trivialize; to become dull with time; desalination

daam6 fui1 mei4 ngaam4 mou4

淡灰眉岩鵐淡灰眉岩鹀

(bird species of China) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)

daam6 gaai3 hei3

氮芥氣氮芥气

nitrogen mustard

daam6 goek3 syu6 ang1

淡腳樹鶯淡脚树莺

(bird species of China) pale-footed bush warbler (Hemitesia pallidipes)

off season; see also 旺季[wang4 ji4]

blands the mouth (taste)

daam6 hau4 liu4 mei4

淡喉鷯鶥淡喉鹩鹛

(bird species of China) pale-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis kinneari)

daam6 hoi4 sin1 jung1

淡頦仙鶲淡颏仙鹟

(bird species of China) pale-chinned flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)

tranquil and calm

variant of 淡然[dan4 ran2]

daam6 joeng5 faa3 mat6

(noun) quiet and slow month in business

daam6 laam4 sik1

淡藍色淡蓝色

daam6 mau6 mau6

taste bland (spoken)

daam6 mei4 lau5 ang1

淡眉柳鶯淡眉柳莺

(bird species of China) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

daam6 mei5 jung1 ang1

淡尾鶲鶯淡尾鹟莺

(bird species of China) Alström's warbler (Phylloscopus soror)

apathetic; indifferent; unsympathetic

to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory

simple and elegant

(noun) slow business; business is not thriving

daam6 sik1 ngaai4 saa1 jin3

淡色崖沙燕

(bird species of China) pale martin (Riparia diluta)

daam6 wong4 jiu1 lau5 ang1

淡黃腰柳鶯淡黄腰柳莺

(bird species of China) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)

淡紫鳾淡紫䴓

(bird species of China) yellow-billed nuthatch (Sitta solangiae)

daam6 zong1 nung4 mut3

淡妝濃抹淡妆浓抹

in light or heavy makeup (idiom)

an instrument to hold the ancestral tablet in temples

bill; form; only; odd number M: 个gè [个]; thin; lone

round bamboo basket for cooked rice

used in place names 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1] (historically, a county in Hebei, now a city) and 鄲城|郸城[Dan1 cheng2] (a county in Henan)