Cantonese Dictionary

迪士尼樂園

dik6 si6 nei4 lok6 jyun4

Mandarin: di2 shi4 ni2 le4 yuan2

Disneyland [Var.] 狄斯尼樂園

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迪斯科

dik6 si1 fo1

Mandarin: di2 si1 ke1

disco; discotheque [粵]: 的士夠格 , 的士高

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迭

dit6

Mandarin: die2

alternately | repeatedly | frequently | to be in time for | # adapted from cc-cedict

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迭部

dit6 bou6

Mandarin: die2 bu4

Diebu (place in Gansu)

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逗

dau6

Mandarin: dou4

to stay | to stop | to tease (play with) | amusing | short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 读dòu [读]) | to tempt | to allure | to arouse | to stir | to linger | to pause | to make fun of | to provoke | to probe for information | to inspect someone | check their identity | to lift up something heavy slightly | to receive (red packets | lucky money) | to receive salary, usually used in a derogatory sense to imply that one is undeserving of the 'easy money' they received | # adapted from cc-cedict

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逗留

dau6 lau4

Mandarin: dou4 liu2

stay at, stopover at

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逗號

dau6 hou6

Mandarin: dou4 hao4

comma (used between clauses: ，) -- Chinese has two types of commas, one used between clauses (逗號), and one used in lists (頓號)

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逮

doi6

Mandarin: dai3

(coll.) to catch | to seize | to arrive | to reach | to arrest | # adapted from cc-cedict

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逮捕

dai6 bou6

Mandarin: dai4 bu3

to arrest; to take into custody | [粵]: 捉, 拉咗

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遁

deon6

Mandarin: dun4

to evade | to flee | to escape | to hide | to conceal oneself | # adapted from cc-cedict

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道

dou6

Mandarin: dao4

direction | way | road | path M: 条tiáo [条] | 股gǔ [股] | principle | truth | morality | reason | skill | method | Dao (of Daoism) | to say | to speak | to talk | classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process | province (of Korea or Japan) | channel | doctrine | teachings | # adapted from cc-cedict

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道具

dou6 geoi6

Mandarin: dao4 ju4

prop; stage property

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道別

dou6 bit6

Mandarin: dao4 bie2

to say goodbye

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道友

dou6 jau5

Mandarin: dao4 you3

(n.) a junkie, a drug addict.

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道地

dou6 dei6

Mandarin: dao4 di4

[1] from the place well-known for the product [2] original; authentic; genuine [3] good quality

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道姑

dou6 gu1

Mandarin: dao4 gu1

1. a taoist nun 2. [Can.] a female drug addict

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道孚

dou6 fu1

Mandarin: dao4 fu2

Daofu (place in Sichuan)

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道學

dou6 hok6

The Learning of the Way

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道家

dou6 gaa1

Mandarin: dao4 jia1

philosophical Daoism / Taoism [also see] 道教

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道家思想

dou6 gaa1 si1 soeng2

Mandarin: Dao4 jia1 si1 xiang3

Taoism;Taoist philosophy

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道師

dou6 si1

Mandarin: dao4 shi1

a taoist priest, Master (a courteous address for a taoist priest) [Syn.] 道士

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道廟

dou6 miu6*2

Mandarin: dao4 miao4

Daoist / Taoist temple; Daoist / Taoist monastery [Syn.] 道觀 , 觀院 , 宮觀

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道德

dou6 dak1

Mandarin: dao4 de2

moral; virtue; morality; ethics

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道德品質

dou6 dak1 ban2 zat1

Mandarin: dao4 de2 pin3 zhi4

Simplified: 道德品质

moral character;moral qualities

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道德敗壞

dou6 dak1 baai6 waai6

depravity

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道德經

dou6 dak1 ging1

Mandarin: dao4 de2 jing1

Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way and its Virtue) by Lao Tzu

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道德腐化

dou6 dak1 fu6 faa3

moral depravity

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道指

dou2 zi2

Mandarin: dao4 zhi3

Dow Jones index (abbreviated form)

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道故

dou6 gu3

Mandarin: dao4 gu4

reminisce about the past

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道教

dou6 gaau3

Mandarin: dao4 jiao4

religious Daoism / Taoism [also see] 道家

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