daan1 daa2單打单打
Jyutpingdaan1 daa2
Yaledāan dá
Definition
Singles; a ball game played between two players.
colloquialsports
How it's used
Primarily used in the context of racket sports like badminton, tennis, or table tennis. It contrasts directly with 雙打, which refers to doubles matches. You will often hear it used as a noun to describe the event itself or as a verb phrase when discussing participation.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
There is a badminton singles match tonight.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
