Cantonese Dictionary

大考

daai6 haau2

Mandarin: da4 kao3

Final examination

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大耍太極

daai6 saa2 taai3 gik6

Mandarin: da4 shua3 Tai4 ji2

Simplified: 大耍太极

to avoid talking about a certain topic

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大耳牛

daai6 ji5 ngau4

Mandarin: da4 er3 niu2

adj; to describe a person who does not listen to the advice, or forget the beneficial or useful advice from others.

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大聲

daai6 seng1

Mandarin: da4 sheng1

loud

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大聲公

daai6 seng1 gung1

Mandarin: da4 sheng1 gong1

Simplified: 大声公

a bullhorn; someone who is very loud and always shout

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大聲夾惡

daai6 seng1 gaap3 ok3

Mandarin: da4 sheng1 jia1 e4

Simplified: 大声夹恶

loud, rude, with a bad attitude

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大聲疾呼

daai6 seng1 zat6 fu1

Mandarin: da4sheng1ji2hu1

raise a cry of warning; loudly appeal to the public

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大肆

daai6 si3

Mandarin: da4 si4

wanton; reckless; indiscriminate; wantonly; recklessly; indiscriminately; without careful thought

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大肉飯

daai6 juk6 faan6

Mandarin: da4 rou4 fan4

Simplified: 大肉饭

big bowl of rice with meat

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大肚

daai6 tou5

Mandarin: Da4 du4

pregnant

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大肚婆

daai6 tou5 po4*2

Cantonese

an expectant mother; a woman in advanced stages of pregnancy

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大肚婆

daai6 tou5 po4

Mandarin: da4 du4 po2

pregnant woman

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大肚子

daai6 tou5 zi2

be pregnant, big belly

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大肚腩

daai6 tou5 naam5

Mandarin: da4 du4 nan3

a big belly; a pot belly

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大肚鄉

daai6 tou5 hoeng1

Mandarin: da4 du4 xiang1

Tatu (village in Taiwan)

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大股東

daai6 gu2 dung1

Mandarin: da4 gu3 dong1

majority stockholder; large stockholder (as compared to 股東)

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大能

daai6 nang4

Mandarin: da4 neng2

almighty

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大脾

daai6 bei2

Mandarin: da4 pi2

thigh

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大腦

daai6 nou5

Mandarin: da4 nao3

[1] cerebrum [2] the brain (in general)

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大腦性癱瘓

daai6 nou5 sing3 taan1 wun6

cerebral palsy

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大腦損傷

daai6 nou5 syun2 soeng1

brain lesions

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大腦死亡

daai6 nou5 sei2 mong4

Mandarin: da4 nao3 si3 wang2

brain dead

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大腦比喻

daai6 nou5 bei2 jyu6

Mandarin: da4 nao3 bi3 yu4

brain metaphor

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大腦皮層

daai6 nou5 pei4 cang4

Mandarin: da4 nao3 pi2 ceng2

Simplified: 大脑皮层

Cerebral cortex

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大腳

daai6 goek3

Mandarin: da4 jiao3

Bigfoot, Sasquatch, considered similar to yeti (雪人)

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大腳八

daai6 goek3 baat3

Mandarin: da4 jiao3 ba1

1. bigfoot, sasquatch 2. a person with big feet

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大腳友

daai6 goek3 jau5

Mandarin: da4jiao3 you3

Simplified: 大脚友

an obsequious person who often sucks up to others [colloquial]

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大腳毛人

daai6 goek3 mou4 jan4

bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti

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大腳解圍

daai6 goek3 gaai2 wai4

Mandarin: da4jiao3 jie3wei2

Simplified: 大脚解围

to resolve an issue; a big kick of the ball to clear it out of the defence area in football [colloquial]

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大腸桿菌

daai6 coeng4 gon2 kwan2

Mandarin: da4 chang2 gan3 jun4 (Taiwan), da4 chang2 gan3 jun1 (PRC)

coliform bacillius

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