Cantonese Dictionary

大提琴家

daai6 tai4 kam4 gaa1

cellist

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大搞

daai6 gaau2

Mandarin: da4 gao3

doing something big; to make a big celebration

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大摩

daai6 mo1

Mandarin: da4 mo2

Morgan Stanley Investment House [colloquial]

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大撈家

daai6 lou1 gaa1

Mandarin: da4 lao1 jia1

Simplified: 大捞家

a professional crook [colloquial]

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大撚鑊

daai6 lan2 wok6

Mandarin: da4 nian3 huo4

Simplified: 大撚镬

a fucking mess-up; to be in deep shit [colloquial]

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大改變

daai6 goi2 bin3

Mandarin: da4 gai3bian4

Simplified: 大改变

a big change; a significant change; a total turnaround [written and colloquial]

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大敗

daai6 baai6

Mandarin: da4 bai4

a great defeat

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大教堂

daai6 gaau3 tong4

Mandarin: da4 jiao4 tang2

cathedral

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大整蠱

daai6 zing2 gu2

a/one heck of a prank

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大新

daai6 san1

Mandarin: da4 xin1

Daxin (place in Guangxi), Tai Sun

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大新銀行

daai6 san1 ngan4 hong4

Mandarin: da4 xin1 yin2 hang2

Simplified: 大新银行

Dah Sing Bank, based in Hong Kong

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大新銀行有限公司

daai6 san1 ngan4 hong4 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1

Dah Sing Bank Limited

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大方

daai6 fong1

Mandarin: da4 fang5

generous; liberal

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大方得體

daai6 fong1 dak1 tai2

Mandarin: da4 fang5 de2 ti3

to be gracious and proper in one's manner

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大於

daai6 jyu1

Mandarin: da4 yu2

(mostly Maths.) greater than

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大日子

daai6 jat6 zi2

Mandarin: da4 ri4 zi5

big day; major event

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大日本帝國

daai6 jat6 bun2 dai3 gwok3

Mandarin: da4 Ri4 ben3 di4 guo2

Simplified: 大日本帝国

Great Japanese Empire

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大早

daai6 zou2

Mandarin: da4 zao3

early morning

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大昭寺

daai6 ziu1 zi6*2

Mandarin: da4 zhao1 si4

Jokhang (main temple in Lhasa, Tibet)

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大時代

daai6 si4 doi6

Mandarin: da4 shi2 dai4

Simplified: 大时代

Big Time; the great era; "The Greed of Man", a famous television series in Hong Kong

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大晒

daai6 saai3

Mandarin: da4 shai4

total superiority or on top | above anyone else

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大晒馬

daai6 saai3 maa5

Mandarin: da4 shai4 ma3

Simplified: 大晒马

a big show of force by triad gangs to show one's strength in numbers for fighting [colloquial]

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大暑

daai6 syu2

Mandarin: da4 shu3

Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 23rd July-6th August

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大會

daai6 wui6*2

Mandarin: da4 hui4

general assembly; general meeting

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大會堂

daai6 wui2 tong4

Mandarin: da4 hui4 tang2

Simplified: 大会堂

city hall

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大會堂

daai6 wui6 tong4

auditorium; City Hall of Hong Kong

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大月

daai6 jyut6

Mandarin: da4 yue4

solar month of 31 days; a month of 30 days in the lunar calendar

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大有人在

daai6 jau5 jan4 zoi6

Mandarin: da4 you3 ren2 zai4

such persons are by no means rare

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大有可為

daai6 jau5 ho2 wai4

Mandarin: da4 you3 ke3 wei2

(saying) sth. well worth doing; have a brilliant future; have bright prospects; can accomplish great things

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大有斬獲

daai6 jau5 zaam2 wok6

Mandarin: da4 you3 zhan3 huo4

Simplified: 大有斩获

Great gains | profits | returns

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