Cantonese Dictionary

彈盡援絕

daan6 zeon6 wun4 zyut6

Mandarin: dan4 jin4 lyuan2 jue2

to be out of ammunition with no aid in sight

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彈盡糧絕

daan6 zoen6 loeng4 zyut6

Mandarin: dan4 jin4 liang2 jue2

to be out of ammunition and food staples; to be in dire circumstances during a war

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彈票

daan6 piu3

Mandarin: dan4 piao4

Simplified: 弹票

dishonour a cheque; a bounced cheque

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彈簧

daan6 wong4*2

Mandarin: tan2 huang2

a spring | [粵]: also 彈弓

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彈簧秤

daan6 wong4 cing3

Mandarin: tan2 huang2 cheng4

spring balance

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彈結他

daan2 git3 taa1

Mandarin: dan4 jie2 ta1

Simplified: 弹结他

play guitar

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彈葯

daan6*2 joek6

Mandarin: dan4 yao4

ammunition

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彈藥

daan6*2 joek6

Mandarin: dan4 yao4

ammunition

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彈道

daan6*2 dou6

Mandarin: dao4 dao4

trajectory; the path of a bullet

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彈道學

daan2 dou6 hok6

Mandarin: dan4 dao4 xue2

Simplified: 弹道学

noun; ballistics

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彈道學

daan6*2 dou6 hok6

Mandarin: dan4 dao4 xue2

ballistics

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彈鐘

daan2 zung1

Mandarin: dan4 zhong1

Simplified: 弹钟

to turn down the prostitute that one has been given and asking for a replacement to be sent instead [colloquial]

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彈開

daan2 hoi1

Mandarin: dan4 kai1

Simplified: 弹开

to spring open; to go away

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彈開

daan6 hoi1

Mandarin: tan2 kai1

Cantonese

get lost; take a hike

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彈頭

daan6*2 tau4

warhead

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彫刻

diu1 hak1

Mandarin: diao1 ke4

carving; sculpture; engraving

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彫刻品

diu1 hak1 ban2

Mandarin: diao1 ke4 pin3

[n] sculpture

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彫刻家

diu1 hak1 gaa1

Mandarin: diao1 ke4 jia1

sculptor

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待

daai1

Mandarin: dai4

to wait | to treat | to deal with | to need | going to (do sth) | about to | intending to | to hang around | to receive (guests) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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待慢

doi6 maan6

Mandarin: dai4 man4

to keep people waiting; to not provide good services

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待業

doi6 jip6

Mandarin: dai4 ye4

(PRC only) to wait for a job assignment

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待續

doi6 zuk6

Mandarin: dai4 xu4

to be continued; continuation follows

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待薄

doi6 bok6

Mandarin: dai4 bo2

verb; treat ungenerously, Contempt; mistreats

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待遇

doi6 jyu6

Mandarin: dai4 yu4

[1] treatment [2] pay; salary; remuneration; wages

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得

dak1

Mandarin: de5

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc | to obtain | to acquire | to get | to gain | suit | proper | ready | finished | to be satisfied | to permit | to need to | to have gone as far as to | to have even done | can | # adapted from cc-cedict

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得一想二

dak1 jat1 soeng2 ji6

Mandarin: de5 yi1 xiang3 er4

insatiable; give someone an inch and they'll take a mile [written and colloquial]

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得不償失

dak1 bat1 soeng4 sat1

Mandarin: de2 bu4 chang2 shi1

(saying) the gains cannot make up for the losses; the losses outweigh the gains

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得不到

dak1 bat1 dou3*2

Mandarin: de2 bu4 dao4

cannot get; cannot obtain

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得些好意須回首

dak1 se1 hou2 ji3 seoi1 wui4 sau2

Mandarin: de5 xie1 hao3yi4 xu1 hui2shou3

Simplified: 得些好意须回首

to not push one's luck too far [colloquial]

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得人中意

dak1 jan4 zung1 ji3

Cantonese

cute

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