Cantonese Dictionary

打理

daa2 lei5

Mandarin: da3 li3

Cantonese

take care of; prepare; manage; be in charge of [華]: 整理, 管理

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打理羽毛

daa2 lei5 jyu5 mou4

preen

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打甂爐

daa2 bin1 lou4

Mandarin: da3 bian1 lu2

Simplified: 打甂炉

to have hotpot

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打生打死

daa2 saang1 daa2 sei2

Mandarin: da3 sheng1 da3 si3

fight to life or death; fight to the end

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打生纈

daa2 saang1 lit3

Mandarin: da3 sheng1 xie2

Cantonese

make a slip knot

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打白鴿轉

daa2 baak6 gaap3 zyun2

Mandarin: da3 bai2 ge1 zhuan3

Simplified: 打白鸽转

to go out for a quick walk and come back; for car to spin in circles

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打白鴿轉

daa2 baak6 gaap3 zyun3

go for a quick walk around the block (lit., "circle like pigeons")

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打的

daa2 dik1

Mandarin: da3 di1/di2

take a taxi (廣州, not 港: from 普)

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打真軍

daa2 zan1 gwan1

Mandarin: da3 zhen1 jun1

Simplified: 打真军

sexual intercourse without usage of condom (slang)

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打眼色

daa2 ngaan5 sik1

Mandarin: da3 yan3 se4

giving out hints though eyes; to wink at

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打睡

daa2 seoi6

Mandarin: da3 shui4

to go to sleep [written and colloquial]

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打瞌睡

daa2 hap1 seoi6

Mandarin: da3 ke1 shui4

to doze [Var.] 打䁯睡

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打破

daa2 po3

Mandarin: da3 po4

to break sth. | Cant.: 打爛

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打破僵局

daa2 po3 goeng1 guk6

Mandarin: da3 po4 jiang1 ju2

break the deadlock

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打砸搶

daa2 zaap3 coeng2

Mandarin: da3 za2 qiang3

beating, smashing and looting

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打碟

daa2 dip6*2

to play (music, karaoke) discs

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打碟

daa2 dip6

Mandarin: da3 die2

deejaying

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打磨

daa2 mo4

polish

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打秋風

daa2 cau1 fung1

Mandarin: da3 qiu1 feng1

Simplified: 打秋风

poor people using different kind of methods to get money from others; it also means people who make up reasons to ask others for bribery

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打稅

daa2 seoi3

Mandarin: da3 shui4

put tax on; impose a tax on

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打種

daa2 zung2

Mandarin: da3 zhong3

Simplified: 打种

noun; breeding

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打穀機

daa2 guk1 gei1

Mandarin: da3 gu3 ji1

a threshing machine

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打突兀

daa2 dat6 ngat6

Mandarin: da3 tu1 wu4

to be surprised, horrified; to stare blankly

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打窒

daa2 zat6

Mandarin: da3 zhi4

verb; make it stop up; obstruct; suffocate;

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打窿機

daa2 lung4 gei1

Mandarin: da3 long2 ji1

Simplified: 打窿机

hole puncher

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打窿機

daa2 lung1 gei1

Mandarin: da3 long2 ji1

Cantonese

hole punch

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打算

daa2 syun3

Mandarin: da3 suan4

to plan, intend

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打算盤

daa2 syun3 pun4

to make calculations (lit., "to use the abacus")

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打簿

daa2 bou6*2

Mandarin: da3 bu4

update a passbook; get a bank statement

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打簿

daa2 bou2

Mandarin: da3 bu4

verb; update bank passbook

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