「大」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: daai6
Part of Speech: adjective
Explanation:
  • big; large
    (Cant.) 大daai6公gung1司si1
    (Eng.) large company
    (Cant.) 你nei5個go3客haak3廳teng1好hou2大daai6。
    (Eng.) Your sitting room is huge.

  • old in age; older; senior
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5大daai6我ngo5十sap6年nin4。
    (Eng.) He's ten years older than me.
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5婆po4婆po2年nin4紀gei2好hou2大daai6,今gam1年nin4九gau2十sap6六luk6歲seoi3。
    (Eng.) His grandmother is very old. She's ninety-six years old this year.

  • greater in intensity, eg more heavy, high, loud, strong etc.
    (Cant.) 你nei5可ho2唔m4可ho2以ji5開hoi1大daai6啲di1部bou6冷laang5氣hei3啊aa3?
    (Eng.) Could you turn the air-conditioner up a bit?
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5把baa2聲seng1太taai3大daai2喇laa3。
    (Eng.) His voice is too loud.
    (Cant.) 出ceot1面min6咁gam3大daai6雨jyu5,你nei5想soeng2去heoi3邊bin1?
    (Eng.) The rain is heavy. Where are you going?

Antonym(s): Antonym(s): 小 細
See also: 大件 大粒 肥屍大隻 大五碼 鉅 厚 大型 老 長輩 前輩 上司 senior
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「大」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: daai6
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to grow up
    (Cant.) 我ngo5以ji5前cin4同tung4佢keoi5係hai6鄰leon4居geoi1,睇tai2住zyu6佢keoi5大daai6㗎gaa3!
    (Eng.) We were neighbours back then, I was there when he was growing up!
    (Cant.) 以ji5前cin4幾gei1乎fu4每mui5家gaa1每mui5户wu6都dou1買maai5「生sang1命ming6麪min6包baau1」,我ngo5都dou1係hai6食sik6佢keoi5大daai6㗎gaa3。
    (Eng.) Back in the old days, "Life Bread" was a staple in almost every household. I grew up eating it too.

  • to raise the stakes in a poker game
    (Cant.) 跟gan1,再zoi3大daai6你nei5一jat1百baak3萬maan6。
    (Eng.) I call, and raise 1 million.

  • to intimidate; to bluff; to bluff someone off
    (Cant.) 你nei5大daai6我ngo5呀aa4?
    (Eng.) You trying to bluff me off?

See also: 長大 生 成年 成長 恐嚇 恐 壓 天花龍鳳 吹 冇料扮四條 拋浪頭
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「大」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: daai6
Part of Speech: adverb
Explanation:
intensely; greatly; fully; on a large scale
(Cant.) 大daai6笑siu3
(Eng.) to laugh heartily
(Cant.) 大daai6叫giu3
(Eng.) to cry out; to shout loudly
(Cant.) 大daai6塞sak1車ce1
(Eng.) heavy traffic jam
(Cant.) 收sau1入jap6大daai6減gaam2
(Eng.) to have a substantial reduction in one's income
See also: 強烈 深深 洋 大大 十分 足足 清 強弱 犀利 強度 激烈 爆
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「大」

Entry #4
Pronunciation: daai6
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
used euphemistically to refer to going to toilet to defecate; number two
(Cant.) 去heoi3大daai6/開hoi1大daai6/ o1屙大daai6
(Eng.) to do a number two
(Cant.) 我ngo5喺hai2廁ci3所so2去heoi3緊gan2大daai6。
(Eng.) I'm taking a crap in the toilet.
(Cant.) 開hoi1大daai6定ding6開hoi1細sai3?
(Eng.) Are you taking a number one or number two?
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「大」

Entry #5
Pronunciation: daai6
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
university
(Cant.) 八baat3大daai6
(Eng.) the eight UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong
(Cant.) 港大gong2 daai6
(Eng.) HKU, the short form of the University of Hong Kong
(Cant.) 大同daai6 tung4
(Eng.) university mate
See also: 大學 全民 普及 宇宙 乾坤 普世
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