Cantonese words starting with D

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daan2 faa1 tong1

蛋花湯蛋花汤

clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable

daan2 gaa1 po4 mo2 hin2

蛋家婆摸蜆蛋家婆摸蚬

totally hopeless; to have no hope for something [colloquial]

daan2 git3 taa1

彈結他弹结他

dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

daan2 gyun2 ji4

蛋卷兒蛋卷儿

erhua variant of 蛋卷[dan4 juan3]

bomb crater; shell crater; mine crater

to spring open; to go away

ammunition case

daan2 joek6 bou2 kap1 zaam6

彈藥補給站弹药补给站

ammunition depot

daan2 joek6 fu3

彈藥庫弹药库

ammunition dump

daan2 jyun2 zi1 dei6

彈丸之地弹丸之地

small and narrow places

daan2 naai5 sou1

daan2 on1 syun1

methionine (Met), an essential amino acid

shrapnel; shell fragment

daan2 wong2 zoeng3

蛋黃醬蛋黄酱

daan2 zeon6 loeng4 zyut6

彈盡糧絕弹尽粮绝

out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits

daan2 zeon6 wun4 zyut6

彈盡援絕弹尽援绝

out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits

an egg sandwich

to turn down the prostitute that one has been given and asking for a replacement to be sent instead [colloquial]

birth; brag; to increase; absurd

tantalum (chemistry)

to give birth to

in a very short time

but; yet; however; still

(verb) 1. spring; 2. bounce;

to brush away; brush

Tanka people; an alternative form (dated) for 蛋, egg

to suppress; repression

to eject; to pop up

daan6 ceot1 lei4

彈出嚟弹出嚟

to jump out; to suddenly appear; to pop up [colloquial]

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲

to soften cotton fiber by fluffing

without exception

(noun) the fishermen who live in fishing boats

Tanka people or boat dweller (an ethnic group in Southern China who traditionally lived on junks, sampan or boat)