Cantonese words starting with D
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daa2 tau4 zan6
打頭陣打头阵
(slang) to take the lead; to be the first;
daa2 teoi3
打退
to beat back; to repulse
daa2 teoi3 tong4 gu2
打退堂鼓
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); to turn tail
daa2 tik1
打剔
verb; to tick
daa2 tin1 haa6
打天下
verb; seize state power; conquer the country; open up (a career or business)
daa2 ting1
打聽打听
(verb) 1. Nose into; 2. Probe into
daa2 ting5 ji4
打挺兒打挺儿
to arch one's body and fling one's head back
daa2 tit3
打鐵打铁
to forge ironware
daa2 tit3 can3 jit6
打鐵趁熱打铁趁热
lit. to strike while the iron is hot, meaning to get things done without delay
daa2 tit3 lou2
打鐵佬打铁佬
noun; blacksmith
daa2 toi1
打胎
to have an abortion
daa2 tung1
打通
to open access; to remove a block
daa2 tung1 gwaan1
打通關打通关
to play morra with everyone in a feast
daa2 tung1 gwaan1 hai6
打通關係打通关系
to gain connections by bribery [colloquial]
daa2 tung1 saai3
打通晒
to facilitate something by bribery [colloquial]
daa2 tung1 siu1
打通宵
to spend the whole night
daa2 tung4 tung1
打同通
to conspire
daa2 tyun5
打斷打断
to interrupt; to break (a bone)
daa2 waai6
打壞打坏
to break; a term used to describe the feeble or deformed state of the body (literally: used bad
daa2 waang4
打橫打横
horizontal position; describes a person who is unreasonable or irrational
daa2 waang4 hang4
打橫行打横行
verb; literally: walking horizontal (like the crab) extended meaning : domineering; ride roughshod; unreasonable
daa2 waang4 lei4
打橫嚟打横嚟
unreasonable (spoken)
daa2 waang4 paau3
打橫炮打横炮
to butt in; to make things difficult
daa2 wan6
打混
to muddle things up; to hang around
daa2 wan6
打諢打诨
to intersperse comic remarks (in a performance); to banter
daa2 wo6
打和
a tie or draw (results in a match)
daa2 wok6
打鑊打镬
verb; beat up
daa2 wok6 gam1
打鑊金打镬金
to beat someone up; to beat the shit out of someone
daa2 wok6 gin1
打鑊堅打镬坚
to give someone a thorough thrashing [colloquial]
daa2 zaai1
打齋打斋
to beg for (vegetarian) food
daa2 zaai1 hok2
打齋鶴打斋鹤
bad friends who talk others into bad addiction (drug, gambling, prostitution)
daa2 zaang1
打踭
fixing the heels of the shoes
daa2 zaap3
打砸
to smash up; to vandalize
daa2 zaap3
打褶
Pleated; pleating
daa2 zaap6
打雜打杂
to do odd jobs
daa2 zai2
打仔
abusing of one's children (spoken)
daa2 zai2 ming4 sing1
打仔明星
action movie star
daa2 zai3
打掣
verb; turn on the switch
daa2 zai3
打製打制
to make (by hammering, chipping etc)
daa2 zai3 sek6 hei3
打製石器打制石器
(archaeology) chipped stone implement
daa2 zak1 san1
打側身打侧身
verb; to lean on one's side
daa2 zam1
打針打针
to give or get an injection
daa2 zam1 gai1
打針雞打针鸡
chicken with hormone injection
daa2 zam1 zi2
打針紙打针纸
Vaccination Certificate
daa2 zan1 gwan1
打真軍打真军
sexual intercourse without usage of condom (slang)
daa2 zan3
打震
to tremble
daa2 zat6
打窒
verb; make it stop up; obstruct; suffocate;
daa2 zau2
打酒
to buy liquor
daa2 ze6
打謝打谢
to beat up; to kill [colloquial]
daa2 zeoi2
打嘴
to slap sb's face; fig. to fail to live up to a boast