粵

打daa2波bo1

daa2 bo1dǎ bō

English

  1. (verb) (ball game) to play
  2. to play a ball game; to play sports (which involves hitting a ball); usually implies a common understanding between the speaker and listener as to which specific ball game is being referred to

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 進行用手或者球拍去玩嘅球類運動,例如籃球、排球、羽毛球、網球等等;用呢個詞時多數假設咗對話雙方都知道講緊邊一種球類運動,唔需要再刻意提及運動名稱

Examples

  • 星期日得唔得閒打波?

    Free to play basketball on Sunday?

  • 打波可以訓練手眼協調。

    Playing ball game can train your hand-eye coordination.

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

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