Cantonese Dictionary

打孔器

daa2 hung2 hei3

Mandarin: da2 kong3 qi4

a hole puncher

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打孔機

daa2 hung2 gei1

Mandarin: da3 kong3 ji1

Simplified: 打孔机

hole punching machine; a hole puncher

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打孖

daa2 maa1

Mandarin: da3 ma1

to double; to come in a pair; together; place | use two things in a set

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打孖上

daa2 maa1 soeng5

Mandarin: da3 ma1 shang4

verb; to double up as partner for better prospects

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打字

daa2 zi6

Mandarin: da3 zi4

to type

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打字機

daa2 zi6 gei1

Mandarin: da3 zi4 ji1

typewriter

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打完

daa2 jyun4

Mandarin: da3 wan2

to finish playing | hitting | calling [written and colloquial]

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打完心口打背脊

daa2 jyun4 sam1 hau2 daa2 bui3 zek3

Mandarin: da3 wan2 xin1 kou3 da3 bei4 ji3

thoroughly beat up

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打完齋唔要和尚

daa2 jyun4 zaai1 m4 jiu3 wo4 soeng2

Mandarin: da3 wan2 zhai1 n2 yao4 he2 shang5

Simplified: 打完斋唔要和尚

Cantonese

(slang) to describe someone who discards the gratitude to those who helped her | him; danger past, God is forgotten; once on shore we pray no more

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打完齋唔要和尚

daa2 jyun4 zaai1 m4 jiu3 wo4 soeng6*2

Cantonese

to show a lack of gratitude; to drop sth when no longer needed

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打官司

daa2 gun1 si1

Mandarin: da3 guan1 si5

to go to court; to bring a case to court; to fight a legal battle; to bring a lawsuit

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打官腔

daa2 gun1 hong1

Mandarin: da3 guan1 qiang1

stall with official jargon; speak in a bureaucratic tone; speak like an official

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打定輸數

daa2 ding6 syu1 sou3

Mandarin: da3 ding4 shu1 shu4

Simplified: 打定输数

prepared for losing

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打家劫舍

daa2 gaa1 gip3 se3

Mandarin: da3 jia1 jie2 she4

loot; plunder

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打實

daa2 sat6

Mandarin: da3 shi2

Cantonese

to make solid

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打對台

daa2 deoi3 toi4

Cantonese

put on/stage a rival show; compete against sb; enter into rivalry (with sb)

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打小人

daa2 siu2 jan4*2

Mandarin: da2 xiao3 ren2

Villain Hitting. A Chinese Guangdong/Hong Kong folk sorcery. Demon exorcising. Symbolic objects such as a shoe is used as the villain hitter to strike paper doll villains.

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打小人

daa2 siu2 jan2

Mandarin: da3 xiao3 ren2

a Chinese custom akin to a Voodoo doll, where a person can hire someone to use a wooden block or shoe to hit a man-shaped piece of paper with another person's name and birth date (or other details) on it, believing that it can curse one's enemy with bad luck

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打小報告

daa2 siu2 bou3 gou3

Mandarin: da3 xiao3 bao4 gao4

to snitch; to rat on others; to tell on others | 粵: 篤背脊

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打尖

daa2 zim1

Mandarin: da3jian1

(verb) Cut in line | queue

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打岔

daa2 caa3

Mandarin: da3 cha4

interrupt, interruption; cut in

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打崩頭

daa2 bang1 tau4

Mandarin: da3 beng1 tou2

Simplified: 打崩头

noun; serious competition with others

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打巢

daa2 caau4

Mandarin: da3 chao2

to defeat [colloquial]

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打工

daa2 gung1

Mandarin: da3 gong1

(verb) to work for the employer

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打工仔

daa2 gung1 zai2

Cantonese

working-class people; a junior employee

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打工妹

daa2 gung1 mui6*1

Cantonese

working class girl

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打工皇帝

daa2 gung1 wong4 dai3

Mandarin: da3 gong1 huang2 di4

noun;Working Class | King Worker or self-made entrepreneur

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打底

daa2 dai2

[1] to eat before eating the main meal; [2] a base or foundation (as with makeup); [3] to draft, to lay a foundation; [4] wearing a pair of shorts under a miniskirt; [5] [textiles] bottoming

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打底子

daa2 dai2 zi2

Mandarin: da3 di3 zi5

sketch (a plan, picture, etc.); lay a foundation

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打底衫

daa2 dai2 saam1

Mandarin: da3 di3 shan1

bottoming shirt (worn with an intent similar to a camisole)

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