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Jyutping daai6 saai1
Pinyin dà sāi

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. wasteful
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    浪費​;​令到​資源​或者​好好​嘅​機​會​唔​可以​有效​噉​運用
    wasteful
    • 大嘥鬼
      大嘥鬼
      daai6 saai1 gwai2
      a derogative term for those that are wasteful; literally: big waste ghost
    • 乜你掉晒啲嘢食咁大嘥呀!
      乜你掉晒啲嘢食咁大嘥呀!
      mat1 nei5 deu6 saai3 di1 je5 sik6 gam3 daai6 saai1 aa3!
      It's wasteful as you throw food away!
    • 呢啲餐巾好貴㗎,你用嚟抹地咁大嘥㗎!
      呢啲餐巾好贵㗎,你用嚟抹地咁大嘥㗎!
      ni1 di1 caan1 gan1 hou2 gwai3 gaa3, nei5 jung6 lei4 maat3 dei6 gam3 daai6 saai1 gaa3!
      These napkins are really expensive; it's so wasteful you use them to wipe the floor!
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, Cantonese
    wasteful
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 浪費 – 浪费
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔好再大嘥啲?
    你唔好再大嘥啲?
    nei5 m4 hou3 zoi3 daai6 saai1 di1 ?
    • Gosh, can you be more wasteful?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢每次食雪糕都唔食埋个雪糕筒,好大嘥。
    佢每次食雪糕都唔食埋個雪糕筒,好大嘥。
    keoi5 mui5 ci3 sik6 syut3 gou1 dou1 m4 sik6 maai4 go3 syut3 gou1 tung2, hou2 daai6 saai1.
    • He doesn't eat the cone every time he eats ice cream. What a waste!
  2. Cantonese
    大嘥鬼
    大嘥鬼
    daai6 saai1 gwai2
    • a derogative term for those that are wasteful; literally: big waste ghost
    • big waster; wasteful guy
  3. Cantonese
    你只大嘥鬼,食嘢又食剩,用嘢又乱揈!
    你隻大嘥鬼,食嘢又食剩,用嘢又亂揈!
    • You big waster are always being wasteful to the food, and treating all the tools and material like trash!
  4. Cantonese
    乜你掉晒啲嘢食咁大嘥呀!
    乜你掉晒啲嘢食咁大嘥呀!
    mat1 nei5 deu6 saai3 di1 je5 sik6 gam3 daai6 saai1 aa3!
    • It's wasteful as you throw food away!
  5. Cantonese
    呢啲餐巾好贵㗎,你用嚟抹地咁大嘥㗎!
    呢啲餐巾好貴㗎,你用嚟抹地咁大嘥㗎!
    ni1 di1 caan1 gan1 hou2 gwai3 gaa3, nei5 jung6 lei4 maat3 dei6 gam3 daai6 saai1 gaa3!
    • These napkins are really expensive; it's so wasteful you use them to wipe the floor!