Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- dàn
English
- eat, feed
- to eat
- (adjective) (of taste) 1. light; 2. tasteless; (verb) Feed; (noun) unit of bite (of eating food, meals, etc.)
- mouthful, or less
- chew, bite
- to taste
- a classifier for kisses
- entice
- to entice (using bait)
粵語
- 口入面可以盛載嘅份量，未必滿載
- 親吻（錫）嘅量詞
Variants
Words containing 啖
- 咀啖zeoi2 daam6
to give a kiss (when requesting someone to give a kiss) [colloquial]
- 大大啖daai6 daai6 daam6
a big bite
- 得啖笑dak1 daam6 siu3
(phrase) just for a laugh; to describe something which doesn't really have any real impact or is of little significance
- 頭啖湯tau4 daam6 tong1
the early bird gets the worm (spoken)
- 啖啖肉daam6 daam6 juk6
mouthful of meat; without bones
- 啖啖肉daam6 daam6 juk6
mouthful of meat; without bones
- 食啖sik6 daam6
- 下啖氣haa2 daam6 hei3
to swallow anger
- 冇啖好食mou5 daam6 hou2 sik6
to suffer difficult times; to struggle to make a living (literally 'nothing good to eat')
- 透啖氣tau2 daam6 hei3
to take a breather; to take a short break from something
- 咬一啖ngaau5 jat1 daam6
Have a bite
- 出番啖氣ceot1 faan1 daam6 hei3
to get one's own back [colloquial]
- 爭返啖氣zaang1 faan1 daam6 hei3
to stand up for oneself [colloquial]
- 慳番啖氣haan1 faan1 daam6 hei3
saving one's breath (spoken)
- 唞啖氣tau2 daam6 hei3
rest and take a breath
- 大啖一番daai6 daam6 jat1 faan1
to have a square meal
- 出啖氣ceot1 daam6 hei3
- 一啖飯jat1 daam6 faan6
- 爭啖氣zang1 daam6 hei3
- 嘴啖先zeoi2 daam6 sin1
- 飲啖酒jam2 daam6 zau2
- 錫一啖sek3 jat1 daam6
- 出返啖氣ceot1 faan1 daam6 hei3
to get revenge on someone who has insulted or offended
- 飲啖茶jam2 daam6 caa4