Cantonese Dictionary

大單

daai6 daan1

Mandarin: da4 dan1

Simplified: 大单

big case (spoken)

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大嗌

daai6 aai3

Mandarin: da4 ai4

to shout at the top of one's lungs; to yell loudly [colloquial]

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大嘆特嘆

daai6 taan3 dak6 taan3

Mandarin: da4 tan4 te4 tan4

Simplified: 大叹特叹

to enjoy and be at leisure [colloquial]

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大嘢

daai6 je5

Mandarin: da4 ye3

Cantonese

boss | arrogant | the big one

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大嘥

daai6 saai1

Mandarin: da4 sai1

Cantonese

wasteful

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大器

daai6 hei3

Mandarin: da4 qi4

someone important, influential, successful; great talent; treasure

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大器晚成

daai6 hei3 maan5 sing4

Mandarin: da4 qi4 wan3 cheng2

late bloomer; great talents take time to mature; gain success late in life

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大嚿衰

daai6 gau6 seoi1

Mandarin: da4 huo4 shuai1

Cantonese

noun; a large-build bully or stupid person

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大四喜

daai6 sei3 hei2

Mandarin: da4 si4 xi3

noun; Grand four happiness in mahjong game, to win the game

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大圈

daai6 hyun1

Mandarin: da4 quan1

Guangzhou; gangsters from southern China who goes to Hong Kong or Macau to commit crimes [colloquial]

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大圈仔

daai6 hyun1 zai2

Mandarin: da4 quan1 zi3

gangsters from southern China who goes to Hong Kong or Macau to commit crimes [colloquial]

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大國

daai6 gwok3

Mandarin: da4 guo2

a power (i.e. a dominant country)

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大圍

daai6 wai4

Mandarin: da4 wei2

Simplified: 大围

the name of a place in Hong Kong: Tai Wai

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大園鄉

daai6 jyun4 hoeng1

Mandarin: da4 yuan2 xiang1

Tayuan (village in Taiwan)

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大地

daai6 dei6

Mandarin: da4 di4

(noun) The World

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大地圖

daai6 dei6 tou4

Mandarin: da4 di4tu2

Simplified: 大地图

an atlas [written and colloquial]

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大地洞

daai6 dei6 dung6

Mandarin: da4 di4 dong4

cavern

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大地震

daai6 dei6 zan3

Mandarin: da4 di4zhen4

a big earthquake; a big shake-up [written and colloquial]

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大地魚

daai6 dei6 jyu4

Mandarin: da4 di4 yu2

Simplified: 大地鱼

flatfish

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大地魚

daai6 dei6 jyu4*2

Cantonese

sole (fish) | also 龍脷, 撻沙

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大坑

daai6 haang1

Tai Hang (area southeast of Causeway Bay)

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大型

daai6 jing4

Mandarin: da4 xing2

large scale; wide scale; broad scale

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大型企業

daai6 jing4 kei5 jip6

Mandarin: da4 xing2 qi3 ye4

large scale industry; major industry

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大型商場

daai6 jing4 soeng1 coeng4

Mandarin: da4 xing2 shang1 chang3

hypermarket; hypermart; superstore (with or without a grocery element); supercentre; supercenter | See also: 霸級市場; 大型超市; 大超市; 超級商場 | Google Hits (Sep 2005): 344,000

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大型超市

daai6 jing4 ciu1 si5

Mandarin: da4 xing2 chao1 shi4

hypermarket; hypermart; superstore (with a grocery element); supercentre; supercenter | See also: 霸級市場; 大超市; 大型商場; 超級商場 | Google Hits (Sep 2005): 423,000

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大型超級市場

daai6 jing4 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4

hypermarche

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大城市

daai6 sing4 si5

Mandarin: da4 cheng2 shi4

major city; big city; metropolis; metropolis; large city

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大城縣

daai6 sing4 jyun6

Mandarin: da4 cheng2 xian4

Dacheng county (county in Tianjin)

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大城鄉

daai6 sing4 hoeng1

Mandarin: da4 cheng2 xiang1

Tacheng (village in Taiwan)

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大埔

daai6 bou3

Tai Po

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