打醮
daa2 ziu3dǎ jiào
English
- Tai ping qing jiao, perform a Taoist ritual
- (of folk religion) to da jiu; to hold Tai Ping Ching Chiu; to hold a series of Taoist rituals to pacify the community
粵語 — Cantonese
- 民間宗教活動,指地方社群舉辦連串道教科儀,向神祇謝罪祈福、酬謝神恩,以求潔淨社區
Examples
西貢白沙灣觀音誕會打醮。
Residents da jiu on Kwun Yam's birthday in Pak Sha Wan, Sai Kung.
其實香港有唔少地方社區都會打醮。
In fact many local communities in Hong Kong hold rituals for pacifying themselves.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk