Cantonese words starting with D

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Deuce in tennis, where both players have scored forty points and a margin of two points is required to win.

To have one's skills go rusty from lack of practice; to be out of touch.

丟疏咗丢疏咗

To have one's skills get rusty after years of no practice

Sculpture or carving; a three-dimensional artwork created by shaping solid materials like wood or stone.

To wither and fade, or to decline in vitality; mostly used to describe plants and flowers.

diu1 zeot1 bou2 ce1

丟卒保車丢卒保车

To sacrifice a minor piece to save a major one; to make a small sacrifice to safeguard a greater interest.

Statue; a free-standing, three-dimensional carved work of art.

Tricky, difficult, or demanding high skill.

To fuck, or used as a vulgar curse word; also used to describe someone or something cool or extraordinary.

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屌柒爆你老尾個閪屌柒爆你老尾个閪

An extremely vulgar and emphatic curse directing anger and insult toward someone's mother.

diu2 cat6 nei5 lou5 mou2 go3 hai1

屌柒你老母個閪屌柒你老母个閪

An extremely offensive profanity used to insult someone, literally meaning "fuck your mother's cunt".

diu2 dou3 nei5 hai1 han4

屌到你閪痕

An extreme vulgar insult used to curse someone, meaning "fuck you until your vagina itches".

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屌鳩撚柒你個冚家仱屌鸠撚柒你个冚家仱

An extremely vulgar and offensive curse phrase directed at someone and their entire family.

To fuck; to have sexual intercourse, specifically a man penetrating a woman.

To tell someone to fuck off or go away.

diu2 lan2 nei5 lou5 mou2 cau3 hai1

屌撚你老母臭閪

Fuck your mother's stinking cunt; a highly offensive vulgar insult targeting someone's mother.

屌那媽屌那妈

Fuck your mother; a highly offensive swear word used to express extreme anger, frustration, or contempt.

diu2 nei5 lou5 mei2

屌你鹵味屌你卤味

A vulgar insult targeting someone's mother, used as a milder euphemism for "fuck your mother".

diu2 nei5 lou5 mei5 ham6 gaa1 caan2

屌你老尾冚家剷屌你老尾冚家铲

Extremely offensive curse targeting someone's mother and wishing death upon their entire family.

diu2 nei5 lou5 mou2

Fuck your mother.

diu2 nei5 lou5 mou2 cau3 hai1

屌你老母臭閪

Extremely offensive profanity used to insult someone by cursing their mother.

diu2 nei5 lou5 mou2 go3 puk1 gaai1 ham6 gaa1 caan2

屌你老母個仆街冚家鏟屌你老母个仆街冚家铲

An extremely offensive insult directed at someone and their family, cursing them and their mother.

diu2 nei5 lou5 mou2 go3 puk1 gaai1 zai2

屌你老母個仆街仔屌你老母个仆街仔

An extremely offensive profanity insulting someone's mother and calling them a bastard.

diu2 nei5 lou5 mou2 laan6 faa1 hai1

屌你老母爛花閪屌你老母烂花閪

An extremely offensive insult directed at someone's mother, literally wishing to fuck her rotten, diseased cunt.

diu2 nei5 lou5 mou2 lan2 gau1 hai1 cat6 mei6 lan2 diu2 gwo3 aa3

屌你老母撚鳩閪柒未撚屌過呀屌你老母撚鸠閪柒未撚屌过呀

An extremely vulgar, nonsensical string of Cantonese swear words used to insult someone and curse their mother.

diu2 nei5 noeng4 can1

屌你娘親屌你娘亲

Fuck your mother; a highly offensive, vulgar profanity insulting someone's mother.

To hang or suspend; to lift or let down using a rope.

To mourn, condole, or express condolences for the deceased.

To fish; to use bait to catch fish or other aquatic creatures.

To have no food left to cook; to be unable to make ends meet or feed oneself.

Cable car or ropeway; a cabin suspended from and moved by a steel cable, used to transport people or goods up and down slopes.

diu3 daai6 jyu2

釣大魚钓大鱼

To catch a big fish, or figuratively, to catch a major criminal.

Pendant lamp or chandelier; a lamp hanging from the ceiling, usually supported by a cord, chain, or metal rod.

diu3 diu3 fang4

吊吊揈吊吊轰

Swinging, dangling, or hanging loosely in mid-air.

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Dangling and swinging back and forth, or behaving in a careless, frivolous, and unstable manner.

diu3 gam1 gwai1

釣金龜钓金龟

To look for or marry a rich husband.

To hang oneself.

diu3 geng2 dou1 jiu3 tau3 hei3

吊頸都要透氣吊颈都要透气

To need a break to catch one's breath no matter how busy or desperate the situation is.

diu3 gou1 lei4 maai6

吊高嚟賣吊高嚟卖

To play hard to get; to demand a high price or excessive benefits by exploiting one's popularity or scarcity.

diu3 gou1 lei4 maai6

釣高嚟賣钓高嚟卖

To overprice; to sell goods at a price much higher than their actual value.

Wall cabinet; a cupboard mounted on a wall.

Ankle pants, or a remote and hard-to-reach location.

diu3 hei2 lai4 maai6

吊起來賣吊起来卖

To artificially inflate the price or withhold goods to drive up demand once a buyer shows interest.

diu3 hei2 lei4 maai6

吊起嚟賣吊起嚟卖

To hold out for the highest offer, or to play hard to get in order to increase one's value or appeal.

diu3 hoe1 gwai2

A clingy person who follows someone around closely and openly.

To slightly satisfy a craving to keep the addiction lingering, or to keep someone in suspense.

diu3 ji4 long4 dong1

吊兒郎當吊儿郎当

Sloppy, careless, or having a devil-may-care and flippant attitude.

diu3 jim4 seoi2

吊鹽水吊盐水

To put on an intravenous drip, or figuratively, to barely survive.

To offer condolences to the family of the deceased.