Cantonese Dictionary

刀鞘

doi1 ciu3

Mandarin: dao1 qiao4

sheath or scabbard for a knife

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刀馬旦

dou1 maa5 daan3*2

Daoma Dan, young female warriors in opera

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刁

diu1

Mandarin: diao1

artful | wicked | tricky | # adapted from cc-cedict

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刁僑扭擰

diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6

Mandarin: diao1 qiao2 niu3 ning2

Simplified: 刁侨扭拧

describes the behavior of a spoilt person (normally a young kid or a young person) which is unbearably demanding and unreasonable

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刁司

diu1 si2

Mandarin: diao1 si1

deuce (loanword) [written and colloquial]

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刁司

diu1 si1*2

deuce (loanword, also 刁士,丟士,刁時)

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刁喬扭擰

diu1 kiu4 nau2 ling2 ling6

Mandarin: diao1 qiao2 niu3 ning2

Simplified: 刁乔扭拧

to be fussy; to keep refusing when offered a series of choices

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刁喬扭擰

diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6

to be fussy; to keep refusing when offered a series of choices

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刁士

diu1 si6*2

deuce (loanword, also 刁司,丟士,刁時)

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刁士

diu1 si6

Mandarin: diao1 shi4

deuce [loanword]

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刁時

diu1 si4

Mandarin: diao1 shi2

Simplified: 刁时

deuce (sport)

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刁橋扭擰

diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6

Mandarin: diao1 qiao2 niu3 ning2

Simplified: 刁桥扭拧

to be picky and difficult [colloquial]

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刁蠻

diu1 maan4

Mandarin: diao1man2

Simplified: 刁蛮

(adjective) Bossy and wilful

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刁鑽

diu1 zyun3

Mandarin: diao1 zuan1

artful; cunning; wily

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刁鑽古怪

diu1 zyun3 gu2 gwaai3

Mandarin: diao1 zuan4 gu3 guai4

cunning

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刁難

diu1 naan4

to make something difficult for sb.

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刂

dou1

Mandarin: dao1

"knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18) | see also 立刀旁lìdāopáng [立刀旁] | see also 侧刀旁cèdāopáng [侧刀旁] | # adapted from cc-cedict

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到

dou3

Mandarin: dao4

to (a place) | until (a time) | up to | to go | to arrive | (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action) | been to | a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree | extent | # adapted from cc-cedict

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到位

dou3 wai6*2

to arrive at a destination

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到來

dou3 lei4/lai4/loi4

Mandarin: dao4 lai2

to arrive; to reach; to have arrived; arrival; advent

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到其時

dou3 kei4 si4

Mandarin: dao4 qi2 shi2

Simplified: 到其时

until then; by that time; when it comes to that time; when the time comes for…

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到喉唔到肺

dou3 hau4 m4 dou3 fai3

Mandarin: dao4 hou2 m2 dao4 fei4

Cantonese

(slang) to describe something that is not enough to meet a need; something which is inadequate to satisfy one's desire for something; often used to describe food that is expensive but very small in portion

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到嘔

dou3 au2

Mandarin: dao4 ou3

Simplified: 到呕

extremely [colloquial]

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到埗

dou3 bou6

Mandarin: dao4 bu4

to arrive at; to reach

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到埠

dou3 fau6

Mandarin: dao4 bu4

arriving

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到埠

dou3 bou6

Cantonese

to make harbour; to make port; to arrive

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到場

dou3 coeng4

Mandarin: dao4 chang3

[1] show up; [2] be present (at the scene)

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到家

dou3 gaa1

Mandarin: dao4 jia1

[1] [書] reach home [2] to reach a high level; be perfect | 口: 到位

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到底

dou3 dai2

Mandarin: dao4 di3

after all; in the end

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到時

dou3 si4

Mandarin: dao4shi2

Simplified: 到时

(adverb phrase) When the time comes by

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