啖 (daam6) — feed in Cantonese
daamˍ₆啖Mandarin Pinyin: dan4
Meaning of 啖
nounfeed
nounlure with huge profits
nounmouthful (drinks, rice, etc)
noundine; eat
Example Sentences with 啖
你慳返啖氣啦!
Save your breath!
zouˊ²早singˎ₄晨jamˊ²飲daamˍ₆啖seoi2.水。
Drink a mouthful of water in the morning.
jatˉ¹一daamˍ₆啖tongˉ¹湯
A sip of soup.
sikˍ₆食jatˉ¹一daamˍ₆啖
Have a bite/sip.
sikˍ₆食jatˉ¹一daamˍ₆啖
Have a bite.
Words Containing 啖
得啖笑dak1 daam6 siu3
to gain nothing to very little
啖啖肉daam6 daam6 juk6
profitable, a business that makes easy money (lit., "a mouthful of meat")
一啖砂糖一啖屎jat1 daam6 saa1 tong4 jat1 daam6 si2
lit. one mouthful of sugar, follow by a mouthful of shit; meaning good things follow by the bad, switching alternately
飲頭啖湯jam2 tau4 daam6 tong1
the early bird gets the worm (spoken)
出番啖氣ceot1 faan1 daam6 hei3
to get one's own back [colloquial]
爭返啖氣zaang1 faan2 daam6 hei3
to stand up for oneself [colloquial]
冇啖好食mou5 daam6 hou2 sik6
no mouthful (of food) is tasty
大大啖daai6 daai6 daam6
big mouthful [華]: 大口
下啖氣haa6 daam6 hei3
cool down; simmer down; of sb. anger to subside
咬一啖ngaau5 jat1 daam6
Have a bite
透啖氣tau3 daam6 hei3
to take a breather; to take a short break from something
咀啖zeoi2 daam6
to give a kiss (when requesting someone to give a kiss) [colloquial]
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