Cantonese words starting with D

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noun; half slip, to be worn beneath a dress or skirt

to refuse to admit (what one has done); to renege

to bear the cold when one did not put on enough clothes

dai2 laang5 taam1 siu1 soeng1

抵冷貪瀟湘抵冷贪潇湘

to put up with the cold weather and wear less clothes than needed for the reason of showing off

encouragement; a sharpening stone

worth considering (spoken)

base ingredient; primer (paint)

good value for money

to pay with one's life

bottom; bottom surface

dai2 nei5 mou5 zai2 saang1

抵你冇仔生

an expression used to curse someone to be childless and that they deserved it if the curse ever comes true [colloquial]

dai2 nei5 saang1 zai2 mou5 si2 fat1

抵你生仔冇屎忽

an expression used to curse someone's children to be born without a bottom and that they deserved it if the curse ever comes true [colloquial]

to conflict with; contradiction

variant of 抵牾[di3 wu3]

cards in one's hand; hidden trump

(n.) an undershirt, generally it refers to any sweat shirt or sleeveless shirt that is worn underneath dress shirts.

底衫褲底衫裤

noun; underwear

one's hidden background or motive

basic salary; salary floor

capable; durable

(adjective) deserved (death or punishment); damnable; to have brought it upon oneself; serves one right; to have it coming; deserving of the consequences; used for describing something (typically comments or remarks) that are either sharp ; cleverly thought up ; patronisingly vitriolic; hilarious; (expression) "serves you right"; "you ; she asked for it"; (interjection) too bad! (gloatingly);

adj; food or meal is of great value

bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sewing) under thread

to counteract; to offset

variant of 抵消[di3 xiao1]

to arrive in China

noun; briefs, underpants

to vilify; vilification

to slander; to defame [written and colloquial]

inside information

to repay a debt in kind or by labor

to resist; to refuse (to cooperate); resistance

stock (cooking)

to be punished for a crime

base; foundation

to repay a debt in kind or by labor

variant of 抵觸|抵触[di3 chu4]

dai2 zuk1 ji4 min4

lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship

dai2 zuk1 ji4 ngo6

抵足而臥抵足而卧

lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship

to resist; to brace

emperor; imperial; supreme ruler

to drop, as liquids; to weep