Cantonese Dictionary

篤眼篤鼻

duk1 ngaan5 duk1 bei6

Mandarin: du3 yan3 du3 bi2

Simplified: 笃眼笃鼻

annoying; dislike (spoken)

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篤穿

duk1 cyun1

Mandarin: du3 chuan1

Simplified: 笃穿

disclose; to expose

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篤背脊

duk1 bui3 zek3

Mandarin: du3 bei4 ji3

Simplified: 笃背脊

backstabbing

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篤誠

duk1 sing4

Mandarin: du3 cheng2

Simplified: 笃诚

sincere and earnest

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篤鼻哥

duk1 bei6 go1

Mandarin: du3 bi2 ge1

Simplified: 笃鼻哥

to use one's name or connections to gain admission into something without a ticket or paying [colloquial]

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篼

dau1

Mandarin: dou1

bamboo, rattan or wicker basket | sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese) | a simple container without a cover | a feeding trough | # adapted from cc-cedict

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簞

daan1

Mandarin: dan1

Simplified: 箪

round bamboo basket for cooked rice | # adapted from cc-cedict

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簞食瓢飲

daan1 sik6 piu4 jam2

Mandarin: dan1 si4 piao2 yin3

Simplified: 箪食瓢饮

Live in poverty

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糴

dek6

Mandarin: di2

Simplified: 籴

buy up (grain) | to purchase grains | to store grain | to rush | to run away | # adapted from cc-cedict

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糴佬

dek6 lou2

Mandarin: di2 lao3

Simplified: 籴佬

to flee; to run away; to sneak away [colloquial]

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糴米

dek6 mai5

Mandarin: di2 mi3

Simplified: 籴米

to buy rice

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締結

dai3 git3

Mandarin: di4 jie2

conclude; establish; forge; enter into; strike (treaty, agreement, etc)

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耷

dap1

Mandarin: da1

ears hanging down | drooping | to lower one's head | to hang down | # adapted from cc-cedict

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耷低頭

dap1 dai1 tau4

Cantonese

to look downwards

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耷低頭

daap3 dai1 tau4

Mandarin: da1 di1 tou2

Simplified: 耷低头

lowered head (spoken)

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耷尾

daap3 mei5

Mandarin: da1 wei3

fizzle out (spoken)

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耷尾狗

dap1 mei5 gau2

Mandarin: da1 wei3 gou3

loser

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耷柒

dap1 cat6

Cantonese

to beat the shit out of (something/someone)

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耷濕

dap1 sap1

Cantonese

shabby; simple and crude

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耷濕

daap3 sap1

Mandarin: da1 chi4

miser; too simple (spoken)

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耷頭佬

daap3 tau4 lou2

Mandarin: da1 tou2 lao3

Simplified: 耷头佬

crafty person (spoken)

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耷頭耷腦

dap1 tau4 dap1 nou5

Mandarin: da1 tou2 da1 nao3

Simplified: 耷头耷脑

dejected and depressed; droopy

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耽

daam1

Mandarin: dan1

to indulge in | to delay | to tarry | to bear (burden | sorrow) | to be negligent | to miss the chance to do something | to abandon oneself to | # adapted from cc-cedict

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耽緬

daam1 min5

Mandarin: dan1 mian3

be addicted to

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耽花戀酒

daam1 faa1 lyun2 zau2

Mandarin: dan1 hua1 lian4 jiu3

indulge in sex and alcohol

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耽誤

daam1 ng6

Mandarin: dan1 wu5

to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere

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腯

dat1 tan4

Mandarin: tu2

obese; fat

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膽

daam2

Mandarin: dan3

Simplified: 胆

gall bladder | courage | guts | gall | inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | bulb | # adapted from cc-cedict

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膽囊

daam2 nong4

Mandarin: dan3 nang2

gall bladder

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膽固醇

daam2 gu3 seon4

Mandarin: dan3 gu4 chun2

cholesterol

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