Cantonese words starting with D
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daan1 mak6 baau1
丹麥包丹麦包
Danish pastry
daan1 mei6 joek6
單味藥单味药
medicine made from a single herb
daan1 mou4
單模单模
single mode
daan1 mou4 gwong1 cim1
單模光纖单模光纤
single-mode optical fiber
daan1 mun6
殫悶殚闷
to faint; to lose consciousness
daan1 nei4
丹尼
Danny (name)
daan1 nei4 ji5
丹尼爾丹尼尔
Daniel (name)
daan1 nei4 si1
丹尼斯
Dennis (name)
daan1 nei4 si6 geoi6 lung4
丹尼士巨龍丹尼士巨龙
Dennis Dragon (bus type)
daan1 ngaan5
單眼单眼
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye)
daan1 ngaan5 jam4
單眼簷单眼檐
Single eyelid
daan1 ngaan5 pei4
單眼皮单眼皮
single eyelid
daan1 ngaan5 soeng2 gei1
單眼相機单眼相机
single-lens reflex camera (Tw)
daan1 ngaan5 zai2
單眼仔单眼仔
single-eyed boy, which often refers to a cartoon character Mike from Monster, Inc.
daan1 ning4
丹寧丹宁
(loanword) denim
daan1 ning4 syun1
單寧酸单宁酸
tannic acid (loanword)
daan1 paak3
丹魄
amber
daan1 pei4
丹皮
the root bark of the peony tree
daan1 pin3 gei1
單片機单片机
microcontroller
daan1 pui5 tai2
單倍體单倍体
haploid (single chromosome)
daan1 saa1
丹沙
cinnabar (used in TCM)
daan1 saa1
丹砂
cinnabar
daan1 sai3 baau1
單細胞单细胞
(of an organism) single-celled; unicellular
daan1 sai3 baau1 sang1 mat6
單細胞生物单细胞生物
single-celled organism
daan1 sam1
丹參丹参
(botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
daan1 sam1
丹心
loyal heart
daan1 sam1
殫心殚心
to devote one's entire mind
daan1 san1
單身单身
unmarried; single
daan1 san1 gwaa2 lou2
單身寡佬单身寡佬
(noun) a single man; a bachelor
daan1 san1 gwaa2 zai2
單身寡仔单身寡仔
single male (slang)
daan1 san1 gwai3 zuk6
單身貴族单身贵族
fig. unmarried person
daan1 san1 hon3
單身漢单身汉
bachelor; single man
daan1 sau2
單手单手
one hand
daan1 sau2 duk6 kyun4
單手獨拳单手独拳
single hand and lonely fist, it means someone is alone and does not have a helping hand
daan1 se6
單射单射
(math.) one-to-one function; injective map
daan1 seng1
單聲单声
give me a signal or notification
daan1 seoi6
丹瑞
General Than Shwe (1933–), Myanmar army officer and politician, leader of the military junta 1992–2011
daan1 seon4
單純单纯
simple; unsophisticated; purely
daan1 seon4 ci4
單純詞单纯词
(linguistics) single-morpheme word
daan1 seon4 paau3 can2
單純皰疹单纯疱疹
herpes simplex (med.)
daan1 seon4 paau3 can2 beng6 duk6
單純皰疹病毒单纯疱疹病毒
herpes simplex virus (HSV, med.)
daan1 si1
單思单思
lovesick [colloquial]
daan1 sik1
單色单色
monochrome; black and white
daan1 sik1 waa2
單色畫单色画
monochrome picture
daan1 sik1 ziu3 pin2
單色照片单色照片
monochrome photo
daan1 sik6 piu4 jam2
簞食瓢飲箪食瓢饮
Live in poverty
daan1 sik6 wu4 zoeng1
簞食壺漿箪食壶浆
to receive troops with food and drink (idiom); also pr. [dan1 si4 hu2 jiang1]
daan1 sing4
鄲城郸城
see 鄲城縣|郸城县[Dan1 cheng2 Xian4]
daan1 sing4 jyun6
鄲城縣郸城县
Dancheng, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan
daan1 soeng1
單相单相
single phase (elec.)