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• 董事長 — dong2 se7 ziang2: chairman (of the board), president, CEO
• 懂 — dong2: to understand, to comprehend
• 凍瘡 — dong3 ceng1: chilblain, frostbite sore
• 中毒 — dong3 dag8: to be poisoned, to be intoxicated, to be brainwashed
• 凍結 — dong3 gag4: to freeze, to freeze (assets, accounts, etc.)
• 中風 — dong3 hong1: stroke; apoplexy
• 中暑 — dong3 su2: to suffer heatstroke, heatstroke, sunstroke
• 疼痛 — dong3 tong3: painful, sore, pain, ache
• 中招 — dong3 zio1: to fall into a trap, to be taken in, to be infected
• 中 — dong3: to hit the mark; to win (a prize, a lottery)
• 棟 — dong3: classifier for buildings, ridgepole; main beam of a house
• 疼 — dong3: to love; to cherish, painful; sore
• 動漫 — dong6 bhuang6: anime and manga, cartoons and comics
• 動車 — dong6 cia1: multiple-unit train; bullet train, power car
• 動手 — dong6 ciu2: to get started; to set about a task, to touch with the hand, to hit; to strike; to fight
• 動輒 — dong6 diag4: easily; at the slightest provocation, frequently (literary)
• 重點 — dong6 diam2: emphasis; key point; focus
• 動角 — dong6 gag4: cane; walking stick
• 洞葛 — dong6 gag4: cane, walking stick
• 仲夏 — dong6 hê7: midsummer, middle of summer
• 動容 — dong6 iong5: to be visibly moved, to be emotionally touched
• 重要 — dong6 iou3: important, significant, major
• 動跤動手 — dong6 ka1 dong6 ciu2: to come to blows, to engage in physical fighting
• 動物園 — dong6 muêh8 hng5: zoo, menagerie
• 動物 — dong6 muêh8: animal
• 重男輕女 — dong6 nam5 king1 neng2: favoring boys over girls; valuing men over women
• 動議 — dong6 ngi2: motion (in a meeting or parliament)
• 重任 — dong6 rim6: heavy responsibility, important task
• 重視 — dong6 si6: to value; to attach importance to; to take seriously
• 動心 — dong6 sim1: to be moved (emotionally), to be tempted, to be swayed
• 動態 — dong6 tai3: dynamic state, developments; trends, (social media) update; post
• 動聽 — dong6 tian1: pleasant to listen to, easy on the ear
• 動員 — dong6 uang5: to mobilize, to arouse, to stimulate
• 仲 — dong6: second (in sibling seniority), middle
• 都市 — dou1 ci6: city, metropolis
• 都城 — dou1 sian5: national capital, city wall (literary)
• 都 — dou1: all; both, even (emphatic)
• 肚絞 — dou2 ga2: gripes, stomach cramps
• 肚囝 — dou2 gian2: customer
• 肚枵 — dou2 iou1: hungry
• 肚困 — dou2 kung3: hungry
• 肚帕 — dou2 pê3: dudou; traditional Chinese bodice/undergarment
• 肚臍帶 — dou2 zai5 dua3: umbilical cord
• 肚臍 — dou2 zai5: navel, belly button
• 肚 — dou2: tripe; animal stomach (as food)
• 肚 — dou2: central part (of something)
• 斗 — dou3: dou (traditional dry-measure unit, ~peck), dipper; ladle-shaped vessel
• 逗 — dou3: to amuse; to tease, to stay; to remain
• 廚房 — dou5 bang5: kitchen
• 圖表 — dou5 biao2: chart, diagram, table
• 塗改 — dou5 goi2: to correct, to alter, to change
• 圖片 — dou5 piang3: picture, photo, image
• 廚師 — dou5 se1: chef, cook
• 圖像 — dou5 siang6: image, picture
• 屠殺 — dou5 suah4: to massacre, to slaughter
• 圖案 — dou5 uan3: design, pattern, motif
• 圖書館學 — dou5 ze1 guang2 hag8: library science
• 圖書館 — dou5 ze1 guang2: library
• 圖書 — dou5 ze1: books, book collection
• 廚子 — dou5 zi2: cook, chef
• 屠 — dou5: to slaughter, to butcher
• 廚 — dou5: kitchen, cook; chef
• 杜排 — dou6 bai5: squirrel (Singapore Teochew)
• 杜糞桶 — dou6 bung3 tang2: garbage can, trash bin
• 杜糞 — dou6 bung3: rubbish, garbage
• 杜猴 — dou6 gao5: mole cricket
• 杜 — dou6: prefix in certain Teochew animal/insect names (e.g. 杜猴 mole cricket), to prevent; block (literary)
• 竇 — dou6: nest; den, home (colloquial), hideout
• 肚 — dou6: belly; abdomen, heart; mind (figurative)
• 脰 — dou6: neck
• 渡輪 — dou7 lung5: ferry, ferryboat
• 渡頭 — dou7 tao5: ferry landing, ferry crossing
• 渡船 — dou7 zung5: ferry, ferryboat
• 度 — dou7: degree; extent; measure, standard; rule
• 渡 — dou7: to cross (water), to ferry across
• 鍍 — dou7: to plate (metal), to electroplate
• 蛛絲馬跡 — du1 si1 bhê2 ziah4: clue, trace, tiny hint
• 㧣 — du1: to push
• 嘟 — du1: to honk; to beep
• 姝 — du1: beautiful; pretty (literary, of a woman)
• 株 — du1: classifier for plants/trees
• 蛛 — du1: spider (bound form)
• 堵堵 — du2 du2: by chance, coincidentally, as it happens
• 拄拄 — du2 du2: just now, a moment ago
• 賭氣 — du2 ki3: to act rashly out of spite; to sulk
• 堵唔綴 — du2 m7 duê3: to be unable to bear, to be unable to endure/keep up
• 賭博 — du2 pag4: to gamble; to bet money
• 堵塞 — du2 sag4: to block, to block up, to jam
• 賭徒 — du2 tu5: gambler
• 堵 — du2: to encounter, to meet, to run into
• 睹 — du2: to see; to look at, to observe; to witness
• 賭 — du2: to gamble; to bet money
• 著名 — du3 mian5: famous, well-known, renowned
• 著作權 — du3 zag4 kuang5: copyright
• 著作 — du3 zag4: work, writings
• 著書 — du3 ze1: to write a book
• 注 — du3: to pour into; to fill, to concentrate; to pay attention
• 櫥 — du5: cabinet, wardrobe, cupboard
• 帶動 — dua3 dong6: to drive, to spur on, to provide impetus
• 帶來 — dua3 lai5: to bring, to bring about, to result in
• 帶領 — dua3 nian2: to lead, to guide (a group)
• 帶頭 — dua3 tao5: to take the lead, to set an example
• 帶 — dua3: to bring; to carry along, belt; zone
• 蹛 — dua3: to live; to reside (at a place), to stay (overnight, at a location)
• 舵 — dua6: rudder, helm
• 大頷胿 — dua7 am6 gui1: goiter
• 大後日 — dua7 ao6 rig8: three days from now, day after the day after tomorrow
• 大巴 — dua7 ba1: large bus, coach
• 大壩 — dua7 ba3: dam
• 大排檔 — dua7 bai5 dang3: dai pai dong, open-air food stalls, street food stall area
• 大房 — dua7 bang5: principal rooms of a house, main chamber (in a quadrangle)
• 大米 — dua7 bhi2: uncooked rice, husked rice
• 大埔 — dua7 bou1: Tai Po (Hong Kong), Dabu County (Guangdong)
• 大白菜 — dua7 bêh4 cai3: Chinese cabbage, napa cabbage
• 大伯 — dua7 bêh4: father's elder brother; uncle, husband's elder brother; brother-in-law
• 大白鯊 — dua7 bêh8 sua1: great white shark
• 大菜 — dua7 cai3: Chinese mustard greens, mustard plant
• 大蔥 — dua7 cang1: onion
• 大厝 — dua7 cu3: large house, coffin (euphemism)
• 大冬 — dua7 dang1: late-season rice (harvested after Shuangjiang)
• 大堂 — dua7 deng5: hall, lobby
• 大鼎飯 — dua7 dian2 bung7: food from a large communal pot, mess-hall food
• 大肚婆 — dua7 dou2 pua5: pregnant woman
• 大肚 — dua7 dou2: to be pregnant, to be paunchy; potbellied
• 大個 — dua7 gai5: eldest child
• 大狗 — dua7 gao2: police officer, inspector (colloquial)
• 大驚小怪 — dua7 gian1 siou2 guai3: to make a fuss over nothing, much ado about nothing, to overreact to a trivial matter
• 大囝 — dua7 gian2: eldest son
• 大橋 — dua7 gio5: large bridge
• 大街小巷 — dua7 goi1 sio2 hang7: every street and alley, throughout the city
• 大姑 — dua7 gou1: father's elder sister, paternal aunt
• 大舅 — dua7 gu6: wife's elder brother, mother's elder brother, brother-in-law
• 大家官 — dua7 gê1 guan1: parents-in-law (husband's parents), in-laws
• 大海 — dua7 hai2: ocean, sea
• 大寒 — dua7 hang5: Greater Cold (24th solar term), Dahan
• 大戲 — dua7 hi3: opera, traditional Chinese opera, stage drama
• 大熊貓 — dua7 him5 ngiao1: giant panda
• 大雨 — dua7 hou6: heavy rain, downpour
• 大副 — dua7 hu3: chief mate, first mate
• 大風大湧 — dua7 huang1 dua7 êng2: wind and waves; great storms, (fig.) turmoil, hardship
• 大風 — dua7 huang1: windstorm, gale, storm
• 大火 — dua7 huê2: large fire, conflagration, high heat (cooking)
• 大會 — dua7 huê6: mass meeting, general assembly, convention
• 大姨 — dua7 i5: mother's eldest sister, wife's elder sister
• 大圓 — dua7 in5: roundabout, traffic circle
• 大溪 — dua7 koi1: Daxi (district in Taoyuan, Taiwan), Daxi (township in Chongqing, China)
• 大𡳞脬 — dua7 lang6 pa1: hernia (vulgar), scrotal hernia
• 大褸 — dua7 lao1: overcoat, coat
• 大理石 — dua7 li2 ziêh8: marble
• 大粒人 — dua7 liab8 nang5: important person, big shot
• 大鑼鼓 — dua7 lo5 gou2: a traditional Teochew gong-and-drum music genre
• 大門 — dua7 mung5: main gate, front door, entrance
• 大人 — dua7 nang5: adult; grown-up
• 大人 — dua7 nang5: Your Excellency (honorific address), person of high rank
• 大儂 — dua7 nang5: adult, grown-up
• 大腦 — dua7 nao2: brain, cerebrum, mind
• 大聲 — dua7 sian1: loud, loudly
• 大城 — dua7 sian5: Ayutthaya, Thailand (place name), Dacheng (place name)
• 大數據 — dua7 siao3 ge6: big data
• 大修 — dua7 siu1: to overhaul, major repair/service
• 大小姆 — dua7 siê2 m2: wives of brothers; sisters-in-law
• 大雪 — dua7 soh4: heavy snow, Major Snow (solar term)
• 大細目 — dua7 soi3 mag8: prejudiced, biased
• 大暑 — dua7 su2: Greater Heat (12th solar term), Dashu
• 大頭蛙 — dua7 tao5 guai1: tadpole
• 大頭鱅 — dua7 tao5 song5: bighead carp
• 大腿 — dua7 tui2: thigh
• 大灣區 — dua7 uang1 ku1: Greater Bay Area
• 大隻 — dua7 ziah4: big, large-bodied
• 大食 — dua7 ziah8: big eater, having a large appetite, gluttonous
• 大舌 — dua7 zih8: to lisp, to speak indistinctly, to stutter
• 大前日 — dua7 zoin5 rig8: three days ago
• 大主教 — dua7 zu2 ga3: archbishop
• 大水 — dua7 zui2: flood, high water
• 大 — dua7: big, large
• 單車 — duan1 cia1: bicycle
• 單丁囝 — duan1 ding1 gian2: only son
• 單單 — duan1 duan1: only, merely, just
• 單丁 — duan1 dêng1: only son
• 單反 — duan1 huang2: SLR camera
• 單徛人 — duan1 kia6 nang5: the character radical 亻 ('single-standing person'/person radical), person radical (亻)
• 單目皮 — duan1 mag8 puê5: single eyelid, monolid
• 單人 — duan1 nang5: single person, solo, one-person
• 單眼皮 — duan1 ngang2 puê5: single eyelid, monolid
• 單身漢 — duan1 sing1 hang3: bachelor
• 單身 — duan1 sing1: single; unmarried, alone; unaccompanied
• 單位 — duan1 ui7: unit, work unit, workplace
• 單 — duan1: single; individual; solitary, list; register; bill
• 壇 — duan5: altar, platform, forum
• 惰囝 — duan6 gian2: lazybones, lazy person, idler
• 惰人 — duan6 nang5: lazybones, lazy person, sluggard
• 惰 — duan6: lazy, indolent
• 彈 — duan7: to play (a stringed instrument), to shoot (a projectile); to flick, to spring; to bounce
• 斷 — duang3: to judge; to decide; to determine, absolutely; definitely (in the negative)
• 篆 — duang6: seal script (calligraphy style), official seal; stamp
• 突出 — dug8 cug4: prominent; outstanding, protruding; sticking out
• 突發性 — dug8 huag4 sên3: suddenness; sudden onset
• 突發 — dug8 huag4: to occur suddenly; to break out
• 突破 — dug8 pua3: to break through, to make a breakthrough
• 凸 — dug8: protruding, convex, sticking out