Cantonese words starting with D
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打頭陣打头阵
daa2 tau4 zan6(slang) to take the lead; to be the first;
打退
daa2 teoi3to beat back; to repulse
打退堂鼓
daa2 teoi3 tong4 gu2lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); to turn tail
打剔
daa2 tik1verb; to tick
打天下
daa2 tin1 haa6verb; seize state power; conquer the country; open up (a career or business)
打聽打听
daa2 ting1(verb) 1. Nose into; 2. Probe into
打挺兒打挺儿
daa2 ting5 ji4to arch one's body and fling one's head back
打鐵打铁
daa2 tit3to forge ironware
打鐵趁熱打铁趁热
daa2 tit3 can3 jit6lit. to strike while the iron is hot, meaning to get things done without delay
打鐵佬打铁佬
daa2 tit3 lou2noun; blacksmith
打胎
daa2 toi1to have an abortion
打通
daa2 tung1to open access; to remove a block
打通關打通关
daa2 tung1 gwaan1to play morra with everyone in a feast
打通關係打通关系
daa2 tung1 gwaan1 hai6to gain connections by bribery [colloquial]
打通晒
daa2 tung1 saai3to facilitate something by bribery [colloquial]
打通宵
daa2 tung1 siu1to spend the whole night
打同通
daa2 tung4 tung1to conspire
打斷打断
daa2 tyun5to interrupt; to break (a bone)
打壞打坏
daa2 waai6to break; a term used to describe the feeble or deformed state of the body (l...
打橫打横
daa2 waang4horizontal position; describes a person who is unreasonable or irrational
打橫行打横行
daa2 waang4 hang4verb; literally: walking horizontal (like the crab) extended meaning : domine...
打橫嚟打横嚟
daa2 waang4 lei4unreasonable (spoken)
打橫炮打横炮
daa2 waang4 paau3to butt in; to make things difficult
打混
daa2 wan6to muddle things up; to hang around
打諢打诨
daa2 wan6to intersperse comic remarks (in a performance); to banter
打和
daa2 wo6a tie or draw (results in a match)
打鑊打镬
daa2 wok6verb; beat up
打鑊金打镬金
daa2 wok6 gam1to beat someone up; to beat the shit out of someone
打鑊堅打镬坚
daa2 wok6 gin1to give someone a thorough thrashing [colloquial]
打齋打斋
daa2 zaai1to beg for (vegetarian) food
打齋鶴打斋鹤
daa2 zaai1 hok2bad friends who talk others into bad addiction (drug, gambling, prostitution)
打踭
daa2 zaang1fixing the heels of the shoes
打砸
daa2 zaap3to smash up; to vandalize
打褶
daa2 zaap3Pleated; pleating
打雜打杂
daa2 zaap6to do odd jobs
打仔
daa2 zai2abusing of one's children (spoken)
打仔明星
daa2 zai2 ming4 sing1action movie star
打掣
daa2 zai3verb; turn on the switch
打製打制
daa2 zai3to make (by hammering, chipping etc)
打製石器打制石器
daa2 zai3 sek6 hei3(archaeology) chipped stone implement
打側身打侧身
daa2 zak1 san1verb; to lean on one's side
打針打针
daa2 zam1to give or get an injection
打針雞打针鸡
daa2 zam1 gai1chicken with hormone injection
打針紙打针纸
daa2 zam1 zi2Vaccination Certificate
打真軍打真军
daa2 zan1 gwan1sexual intercourse without usage of condom (slang)
打震
daa2 zan3to tremble
打窒
daa2 zat6verb; make it stop up; obstruct; suffocate;
打酒
daa2 zau2to buy liquor
打謝打谢
daa2 ze6to beat up; to kill [colloquial]
打嘴
daa2 zeoi2to slap sb's face; fig. to fail to live up to a boast
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