Cantonese words starting with D

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Tanka, boat-dwelling people of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, and Zhejiang provinces

daan6 gaa1 waa2

蜑家話蛋家话

Tanka dialect, formerly the boat people ethnic subgroup in Southern China

ammunition clip; cartridge clip; magazine

daan6 gou1 kwan4

daan6 gun3 soeng1 hing3

彈冠相慶弹冠相庆

lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment

spring (bed mattress)

daan6 haam2 hung3 beng2

蛋餡烘餅蛋馅烘饼

Egg custard tart

magazine (for ammunition)

(conjunction) but

see 蜑家[Dan4 jia1]

daan6 ji5 lei5 syu1

但以理書但以理书

hail of bullets

if only (sth were possible)

daan6 jyun6 jyu4 ci2

但願如此但愿如此

if only it were so

seek only to; but for [written and colloquial]

to play marbles

daan6 kau4 pun4

彈球盤弹球盘

elasticity; spring; bounce

see 蜑家[Dan4 jia1]

daan6 nei4 sang1

Tennyson (name)

dishonour a cheque; a bounced cheque

an ignoramus, useless person with no skills; Cantonese style fried dough twist, a type of snack

an useless and hopeless person; Cantonese style fried dough twist, a type of snack

to catapult; to eject (from a plane)

daan6 se6 zo6 cong1

彈射座艙弹射座舱

ejection capsule (cabin)

daan6 se6 zo6 ji2

彈射座椅弹射座椅

daan6 sing3 jing4 bin3

彈性形變弹性形变

elastic deformation

daan6 sing3 mou4 loeng6

彈性模量弹性模量

modulus of elasticity

daan6 syut3 mou4 fong4

但說無妨但说无妨

there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)

(food) egg tart

to bounce; to leap

daan6 tiu3 baan2

彈跳板弹跳板

daan6 tou4 jyu2

彈塗魚弹涂鱼

mudskipper (amphibious fish)

daan6 wong4 cing3

彈簧秤弹簧秤

daan6 wong4 dou1

彈簧刀弹簧刀

flick knife; spring-loaded knife

daan6 wong4 mun4

彈簧門弹簧门

daan6 wong4 so2

彈簧鎖弹簧锁

daan6 wong4 sou3

蛋黃素蛋黄素

lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)

daan6 wong4 zin3 hyun1

彈簧墊圈弹簧垫圈

see 蜑家[Dan4 jia1]