粵

單daan1打daa2

simp单打
daan1 daa2dān dǎ

English

  1. singles (in sports)
  2. to express contempt or disdain on someone by making roundabout and mean comments, in presence of that person
  3. (of sports matches) singles

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 俾説話人聽;喺對方在場嗰陣,用言語迂迴而刻薄噉表達對佢嘅不滿、鄙視
  2. 兩個人互相對打嘅球類比賽(量詞:場)

Examples

  • 男子單打

    men's singles

  • 佢成日俾老細單打話佢做嘢唔勤力。

    He is always ridiculed by his boss that he is not diligent enough.

  • 佢唔鐘意我啫,都唔使成日單打我𠿪!

    (I know) she doesn't like me, but she doesn't need to scorn on me!

  • 溫布爾頓嘅男女單打決賽係今年最精彩同最受歡迎嘅體育盛事之一。

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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