Cantonese Dictionary

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打針
Mandarin: da3 zhen1
[1] to give an injection with a syringe; to inject [2] to receive an injection
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打針紙
Mandarin: da3 zhen1 zhi3
Simplified: 打针纸
Vaccination Certificate
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打針雞
Mandarin: da3 zhen1 ji1
Simplified: 打针鸡
chicken with hormone injection
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打鋼琴
to play the piano (彈鋼琴 is far more commonly used)
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打錯
"wrong number" (on telephone)
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打錯了
Mandarin: da3 cuo4 le5
"you have dialed the wrong number"
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打錯種
Cantonese
born from poor quality parents
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打鐘
Mandarin: da3 zhong1
Simplified: 打钟
verb; ring the bell, chiming
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打鐵
Mandarin: da3 tie3
to work as a blacksmith (lit., "hit iron")
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打鐵佬
Mandarin: da3 tie3 lao3
Simplified: 打铁佬
noun; blacksmith
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打鐵趁熱
Mandarin: da3 tie3 chen4 re4
Simplified: 打铁趁热
lit. to strike while the iron is hot, meaning to get things done without delay
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打鑊
Mandarin: da3 huo4
Simplified: 打镬
verb; beat up
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打鑊堅
Mandarin: da3 huo4 jian1
Simplified: 打镬坚
to give someone a thorough thrashing [colloquial]
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打鑊甘
Mandarin: da3 huo4 gan1
Cantonese
give a sound beating to
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打鑊金
Mandarin: da3 huo4 jin1
Simplified: 打镬金
to beat someone up; to beat the shit out of someone
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打鑼
Mandarin: da3 luo2
Simplified: 打锣
verb; to bang on the gong; to hurry frantically
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打鑼
Mandarin: da3 luo2
to look for sb (lit., "to beat a gong")
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打鑼咁早
Mandarin: da3 luo2 han2 zao3
Cantonese
very early in the morning; bright and early
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打鑼搵
Cantonese
to search frantically; to look high and low for
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打鑼都搵唔倒
Mandarin: da3 luo2 dou1 wen3 wu2 dao4
Simplified: 打锣都揾唔倒
Cantonese
to be unable to find someone even after expending a large amount of effort and resources [colloquial]
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打鑼都搵唔到
Cantonese
to be unable to find sb after making a big production of it
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打鑼都搵唔到
Mandarin: da3 luo2 dou1 wen3 n2 dao4
Simplified: 打锣都揾唔到
Cantonese
to be unable to find something even beat the gong; search everywhere but find nothing
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打開
Mandarin: da3 kai1
to open; to break open
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打開本書
Mandarin: da3 kai1ben3 shu1
Simplified: 打开本书
to open the book [written and colloquial]
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打關斗
Mandarin: da3 guan1 dou4
Simplified: 打关斗
front rollover (slang)
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打防疫針
to innoculate/receive innoculation
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打雀
Mandarin: da3 que4
to smoke; to play mahjong [colloquial]
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打雀咁眼
Mandarin: da3 que4 gan1 yan3
Cantonese
to look intently and fixatedly; looking with concentration; gawking [colloquial]
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打雀噉眼
Mandarin: da3 que4 dan4 yan3
Simplified: 打雀啖眼
Cantonese
to look down on someone; to look attentively; to stare openly and stupidly; to gaze
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打雀噉眼
Cantonese
looking with concentration; look intently and fixedly; gawking
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