Cantonese words starting with D

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to share a table with random strangers

sharing a table (spoken)

to talk; to send word

Agreed; promised

to express one's thanks

to partner up together; to join others' eating groups

daap3 zip3 pin3

buckle; overlapping joint

(of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload)

indicating the long hand in a clock or watch points at any number (every five minutes) (Cantonese)

to fold; to furl; to pile up; to duplicate; to stack up; wad; rattle drum

to tread; to step on; to investigate on the spot; to walk; free from anxiety

to step on; to stumble

to encase the end with metal; lid; sheath

pedal (in a car, on a piano etc); footstool; footboard

daap6 baan2 ce1

踏板車踏板车

wealthy [colloquial]

but; however; nevertheless [colloquial, used in Malaysia and Singapore only]

stride; to mark time

daap6 bou6 bat1 cin4

to be at a standstill

to investigate on the spot

lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green)

to go for a hike in spring

daap6 cing1 soeng2 ceon1

踏青賞春踏青赏春

to enjoy a beautiful spring walk (idiom)

daap6 cing1 soeng2 faa1

踏青賞花踏青赏花

to enjoy the flowers on a spring outing (idiom)

daap6 daan1 ce1

踏單車踏单车

daap6 daap6 sat6 sat6

踏踏實實踏踏实实

to visit (a place)

to sing and dance

daap6 goek3 sek6

踏腳石踏脚石

a stepping stone (a metaphor for someone who is being used as a stepping stone by others to reach their goals)

to go and inspect (a site)

to investigate on the spot

to recruit a lot of members to a triad gang [colloquial]

to go for a walk in the moonlight

daap6 loeng5 tau4 syun4

踏兩頭船踏两头船

literally: 'stepping on two ships with one foot', to date two people at the same time; two-timing

chips used in casinos [colloquial]

loansharks who operate in the casino

daap6 maa5 zai2

叠碼仔叠码仔

casino chips seller [colloquial]

daap6 maa5 zai2

疊碼仔叠码仔

casino chips seller [colloquial]

wealthy [colloquial]

daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3

踏破鐵鞋無覓處踏破铁鞋无觅处

to describe something that is nowhere to be found even after painstakingly exhausting all of one's energy and effort to look for it

daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3 ，dak1 loi4 cyun4 bat1 fai3 gung1 fu1

踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily