Cantonese Dictionary

得人怕

dak1 jan4 paa3

Mandarin: de2 ren2 pa4

scary

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得人恩果千年記

dak1 jan4 jan1 gwo2 cin1 nin4 gei3

Mandarin: de2 ren2 en1 guo3 qian1 nian2 ji4

to remember someone's favour to oneself for a 1000 years; to be grateful for what others have done for oneself

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得人驚

dak1 jan4 geng1

Mandarin: de2 ren2 jing1

Simplified: 得人惊

(adjective) frightening; scary; shocking; terrifying

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得以

dak1 ji5

Mandarin: de2 yi3

[conj] so that one can...

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得個吉

dak1 go3 gat1

Mandarin: de2 ge4 ji2

Simplified: 得个吉

(phrase) in vain; fruitless.

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得個桔

dak1 go3 gat1

Mandarin: de5 ge4 ju2

Simplified: 得个桔

to end up with nothing; to do something in vain [colloquial]

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得個樣

dak1 go3 joeng2

Mandarin: de5 ge4 yang4

Simplified: 得个样

all looks with no substance; all show and no substance [colloquial]

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得個睇字

dak1 go3 tai2 zi6

Mandarin: de5 ge4 di4 zi4

Simplified: 得个睇字

Cantonese

only good for looking at but of no practical use in reality; something that one can only look at or admire but not to touch or own [colloquial]

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得個講字

dak1 go3 gong2 zi6

Mandarin: de2 ge4 jiang3 zi4

Simplified: 得个讲字

'all bark and no bite'; all talk and no action; 'all mouth and no trousers'

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得償所願

dak1 soeng4 so2 jyun6

Mandarin: de2 chang2 suo3 yuan4

Simplified: 得偿所愿

to get what one desired for

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得出

dak1 ceot1

Mandarin: de2 chu1

[1] obtain (results); [2] arrive at (a conclusion)

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得分

dak1 fan1

Mandarin: de2 fen1

to score

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得切

dak1 cit3

Mandarin: de5 qie4

on time; in time

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得到

dak1 dou3*2

Mandarin: de2 dao4

to achieve; to get; to attain

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得力

dak1 lik6

Mandarin: de2 li4

able; competent

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得勝

dak1 sing3

Mandarin: de2 sheng4

win a victory; triumph; succeed | Also 取勝，獲勝

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得咗

dak1 zo2

Mandarin: de5 zuo5

Cantonese

got it (spoken)

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得唔得

dak1 m4 dak1

Mandarin: de5 n2 de5

Cantonese

okay or not okay; is that possible?; is it ok?

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得啖笑

dak1 daam6 siu3

Mandarin: de5 dan4 xiao4

(phrase) just for a laugh; to describe something which doesn't really have any real impact or is of little significance

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得喇

dak1 laa1

Mandarin: de5 la3

Cantonese

got it; okay

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得嘞

dak1 laak3

Mandarin: de5 lei5

Cantonese

okay, got it

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得埋

dak1 maai4

Mandarin: de5 mai2

for two things to be together; for two things to combine

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得士

dak1 si2

Mandarin: de2 shi4

taxi

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得士

dak1 si6*2

Cantonese

taxi (This term is used in Malaysia.)

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得多

dak1 do1

much more

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得天獨厚

dak1 tin1 duk6 hau5

Mandarin: de2 tian2 du2 hou4

to be endowed with an exceptional advantage

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得失

dak1 sat1

Mandarin: de2shi1

(verb) Offend (people)

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得失人

dak1 sat1 jan4

Mandarin: de2 shi1 ren2

Cantonese

offend someone

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得宜

dak1 ji4

Mandarin: de2 yi2

proper; appropriate; suitable

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得寵

dak1 cung2

Mandarin: de2 chong3

receive favour; be spoiled

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