daan2旦
Jyutpingdaan2
Yaledáan
Definition
Dawn or daybreak; also used to refer to a specific day.
- dawn; daybreak; the time when the sky turns bright
- day; a specific day
writtentime
How it's used
This character is primarily a morpheme found in literary or formal compound words rather than a standalone noun in daily speech. It represents the sun rising above the horizon, which is why it appears in terms related to specific days or time spans. You will most frequently encounter it in set phrases like 通宵達旦 or holiday names.
Examples
He worked from dusk till dawn, it was so tiring.
Where do you plan to go for New Year's Day?
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
