Cantonese Dictionary

大腸炎

daai6 coeng4 jim4

Mandarin: da4 chang2 yan2

colitis

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大腸菌

daai6 coeng4 kwan2

Mandarin: da4 chang2 jun4 (Taiwan); da4 chang2 jun1 (PRC)

coliform (bacteria)

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大腸鏡檢查

daai6 coeng4 geng3 gim2 caa4

Mandarin: da4 chang2 jing4 jian3 cha2

colonoscopy

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大腹便便

daai6 fuk1 pin4 pin4

Mandarin: da4 fu4 pian2 pian2

potbellied; big-bellied

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大腿

daai6 teoi2

Mandarin: da4 tui3

thigh | [粵]: 髀, 大髀

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大膽

daai6 daam2

Mandarin: da4 dan3

Simplified: 大胆

courageous

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大臣

daai6 san4

Mandarin: da4 chen2

chancellor; minister

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大自然

daai6 zi6 jin4

Mandarin: da4 zi4 ran2

nature; Mother Nature

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大自然的秘密

daai6 zi6 jin4 dik1 bei3 mat6

Mandarin: da4 zi4 ran2 de5 mi4 mi4

secrets of nature

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大致

daai6 zi3

Mandarin: da4 zhi4

roughly; more or less; approximately

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大致上

daai6 zi3 soeng5

Mandarin: da4 zhi4 shang5

to a great extent; imprecise but close to correct; generally

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大致上

daai6 zi3 soeng6

more or less

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大舅

daai6 kau5

Mandarin: da4 jiu4

uncle, mother's eldest brother

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大舅子

daai6 kau5 zi2

senior brother of wife

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大興

daai6 hing1

Mandarin: da4 xing1

Daxing (place in Beijing), Tai Hing

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大興土木

daai6 hing1 tou2 muk6

Mandarin: da4 xing1 tu3 mu4

undertake a large construction project

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大舉

daai6 geoi2

Mandarin: da4 ju3

carry out a large-scale (military) operation

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大舉進攻

daai6 geoi2 zeon3 gung1

Mandarin: da4 ju3 jin4 gong1

Simplified: 大举进攻

to attack massively; to enter massively; to advance on a large scale

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大舊佬

daai6 gau6 lou2

Mandarin: da4 jiu4 lao3

Simplified: 大旧佬

a big, well built guy [colloquial]

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大舊衰

daai6 gau6 seoi1

Mandarin: da4 jiu4 shuai1

Simplified: 大旧衰

someone who is big and tall, and go around bullying others

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大船

daai6 syun4

Mandarin: da4 chuan2

big boats, big ships; cruises; a ferry

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大艙

daai6 cong1

Mandarin: da4 cang1

Simplified: 大舱

the lowest class cabin in a ship | cruise

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大良

daai6 loeng4

Mandarin: da4 liang2

Da Liang, place in China

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大芥菜

daai6 gaai3 coi3

Mandarin: da4 jie4 cai4

Brassica juncea (big mustard greens), a type of vegetable

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大花灑

daai6 faa1 saa2

Mandarin: da4 hua1 sa3

Simplified: 大花洒

adj; to describe a person who spend one's wealth recklessly, to squander

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大花筒

daai6 faa1 tung4

Mandarin: da4 hua1 tong3

a spendthrift; an extravagant spender

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大花面

daai6 faa1 min6*2

Painted Face "Dai Fa Min" Kam of Wing Chun

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大花面

daai6 faa1 min6

Mandarin: da4 hua1 mian4

those who act as traitors in Cantonese opera; dirt on the face; to describe someone who is very evil and cunning

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大芻草

daai6 co1 cou2

Mandarin: da4 chu2 cao3

teosinte (precursor to maize and modern day corn)

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大英博物館

daai6 jing1 bok3 mat6 gun2

Mandarin: da4 ying1 bo2 wu4 guan3

The British Museum

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