Cantonese Dictionary

低落

dai1 lok6

Mandarin: di1 luo4

downcast, low, low-spirited

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低血壓

dai1 hyut3 aat3

Mandarin: di1 xue4 ya1 (PRC), di1 xie3 ya1 (Taiwan)

low blood pressure, hypotention

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低語

dai1 jyu5

Mandarin: di1 yu3

mutter

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低調

dai1 diu6

Mandarin: di1 diao4

[1] low key [2] low profile

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低谷

dai1 guk1

Mandarin: di1 gu3

a low valley; rock bottom

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低買高賣

dai1 maai5 gou1 maai6

Mandarin: di1 mai3 gao1 mai4

"buy low sell high" strategy (stock exchange)

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低費用

dai1 fai3 jung6

Mandarin: di1 fei4 yong4

low cost

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低賤

dai1 zin6

Mandarin: di1 jian4

Simplified: 低贱

describing one who is from lower social class

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低迷

dai1 mai4

Mandarin: di1 mi2

to stagnate

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低階

dai1 gaai1

Mandarin: di1 jie1

low level

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低階語言

dai1 gaai1 jyu5 jin4

Mandarin: di1 jie1 yu3 yan2

low level (computer) language

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低音

dai1 jam1

Mandarin: di1 yin1

bass; low frequency sound

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低音吉他

dai1 jam1 gat1 taa1

Mandarin: di1 yin1 ji2 ta5

Bass guitar

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低音結他

dai1 jam1 git3 taa1

Mandarin: di1 yin1 jie2 ta1

Simplified: 低音结他

Bass guitar

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低頭

dai1 tau4

Mandarin: di1 tou2

to be submissive to (lit., "to bow the head"); crouch, yield, submit

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低頭不語

dai1 tau4 bat1 jyu5

Mandarin: di1 tou2 bu4 yu3

Simplified: 低头不语

head down without a word spoken

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低飛

dai1 fei1

Mandarin: di1 fei1

Simplified: 低飞

to fly low

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低鹽

dai1 jim4

Mandarin: di1 yan2

low-salt

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佮

daap6

Mandarin: ge2

with | combined | # adapted from cc-cedict

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侗族

dung6 zuk6

Mandarin: Dong4 zu2

Dong people, or Kam. One of the ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China

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倒

dou2

Mandarin: dao4

to pour | to throw out | to dump | to topple | to overthrow | to collapse | to fail (business) | malfunction | shift | move around | to fall over | # adapted from cc-cedict

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倒入

dou2 jap6

Mandarin: dao4 ru4

to pour in; to empty into; to fill; to discharge [written and colloquial]

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倒冧

dou2 lam3

Mandarin: dao4 lin1

collapse; cave in; topple

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倒刺

dou3 ci3

agnail, hangnail

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倒及

dou3 kap6

Mandarin: dao4 ji2

prognathism [written and colloquial]

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倒反

dou3 faan2

Mandarin: dao4 fan3

[1] unexpectedly; contrary to what one expects; turning out the opposite of what was expected [2] inversion

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倒吊

dou3 diu3

to suspend upside down

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倒吊冇滴墨水

dou3 diu3 mou5 dik1 mak6 seoi2

Mandarin: dao4 diao4 mao3 di1 mo4 shui3

Cantonese

hanging upside down without dropping one drop of ink, which means a person seems to know a certain thing, but actually is clueless and lack of content

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倒吊沙煲

dou3 diu3 saa1 bou1

Mandarin: dao4 diao4 sha1 bao1

lit. upside-down pot, meaning have no money for food

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倒吊荷包

dou3 diu3 ho4 baau1

Mandarin: dao4 diao4 he2 bao1

having to spend money unnecessarily, yet cannot be avoided; willing to make a profit loss, willing to empty the pocket

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