Cantonese Dictionary

搭嗲

daap3 de2

Mandarin: da1 dia3

hit on someone , strike up conversations with strangers

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搭嘴

daap3 zeoi2

Cantonese

to interrupt a conversation (also 答嘴)

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搭夠

daap3 gau3

Mandarin: da1 gou4

Simplified: 搭够

to gather enough to make up for the amount it is short by

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搭客

daap3 haak3

Mandarin: da1 ke4

passenger

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搭建

daap3 gin3

Mandarin: da1 jian4

erect; put up; build

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搭扣

daap3 kau3

Mandarin: da1 kou4

buckle or fastener for clothing, accessories, or devices that does not use a button and buttonhole (e.g., the buckle on metal wristwatches, hasp for locks)

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搭救

daap3 gau3

Mandarin: da1 jiu4

to rescue

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搭枱

daap3 toi2

Mandarin: da1 si4

to share a table with random strangers

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搭棚

daap3 paang4

Mandarin: da1 peng2

(verb + noun) (Cantonese) to set up scaffolding (Mandarin) put up a temporary shelter

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搭棚工人

daap3 paang4 gung1 jan4

scaffold erector/builder

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搭橋

daap3 kiu2

Mandarin: da1 qiao2

Simplified: 搭桥

bridging, bypass surgery | to connect two unknown business partners for a deal

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搭橋舖路

daap3 kiu4 pou1 lou6

Mandarin: da1qiao2 pu4 lu4

Simplified: 搭桥铺路

to pave the way for [colloquial]

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搭機

daap3 gei1

Mandarin: da1 ji1

Simplified: 搭机

to take a plane

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搭檔

daap3 dong3

Mandarin: da1 dang4

to cooperate; a partner | [粵]: 拍檔

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搭檯

daap3 toi4*2

to share a table (in a restaurant) with someone you don't know

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搭檯

daap3 toi4

Mandarin: da1 tai2

Simplified: 搭台

sharing a table (spoken)

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搭沉船

daap3 cam4 syun4

Mandarin: da1 chen2 chuan2

to go on a sinking ship; to ride on a wrong vehicle; it is also used to describe someone who is very unlucky that he | she brings bad luck to others

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搭爹

daap3 de1

Mandarin: da1 die1

to butt in on a conversation [colloquial]

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搭的

daap3 dik1

Mandarin: da1 di1

to take a taxi [colloquial]

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搭的士

daap3 dik1 si2

Mandarin: da1 di1 shi4

to take a taxi

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搭綫

daap3 sin3

to call somebody on the phone

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搭線

daap3 sin3

Mandarin: da1 xian4

Simplified: 搭线

to connect (a phone line)

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搭腔

daap3 hong1

Mandarin: da1 qiang1

to answer; to respond; to converse

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搭膊

daap3 bok3

waistband outside the jacket used for carrying things

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搭路

daap3 lou6

Mandarin: da1 lu4

using connections (guanxi) to bend the rules; getting something by networking

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搭配

daap3 pui3

Mandarin: da1 pei4

to arrange in pairs or groups; to group into pairs; to pair up; to assort; to go together; to group together

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搭錯綫

daap3 co3 sin3

Mandarin: da1 cuo4 xian4

wrong number (on a telephone); to misinterpret

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搭錯線

daap3 co3 sin3

Mandarin: da1 cuo4 xian4

Simplified: 搭错线

(v.) dialed a wrong number; (adj.) 'not on the same page'(in a conversation)

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搭錯賊船

daap3 co3 caak6 syun4

Mandarin: da1 cuo4 zei2 chuan2

Simplified: 搭错贼船

followed the wrong trend; made a loss as a result of being mislead

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搭錯車

daap3 co3 ce1

Mandarin: da1 cuo4 che1

Simplified: 搭错车

board the wrong train or bus | follow the wrong group or example

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