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Jyutping dak1 zung3
Pinyin dé zhòng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (as in an imperial examination) to be a successful candidate
  2. to draw a winning ticket (in a lottery)

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Jyutping dak1 zung3
Pinyin dé zhōng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. moderate; appropriate; suitable
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    净系得中国先有大熊猫。
    淨係得中國先有大熊貓。
    zing6 hai6 dak1 zung1 gwok3 sin1 jau5 daai6 hung4 maau1 。
    • Giant pandas live only in China.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    好多外国人都觉得中文好难,因为中文据讲同其他语言系完全唔同嘅体系。
    好多外國人都覺得中文好難,因為中文據講同其他語言係完全唔同嘅體系。
    hou2 do1 ngoi6 gwok3 jan4 dou1 gok3 dak1 zung1 man2 hou2 naan4, jan1 wai6 zung1 man2 geoi3 gong2 tung4 kei4 taa1 jyu5 jin4 hai6 jyun4 cyun4 m4 tung4 ge3 tai2 hai6.
    • Many foreigners think Chinese is difficult because the system is said to be different from those of other languages.
  2. Cantonese
    有人觉得中英夹杂会窒碍小朋友嘅语言发展。
    有人覺得中英夾雜會窒礙小朋友嘅語言發展。
    jau5 jan4 gok3 dak1 zung1 jing1 gaap3 zaap6 wui5 zat6 ngoi6 siu2 pang4 jau5 ge3 jyu5 jin4 faat3 zin2.
    • Some suggested that code-mixing between Chinese and English would hinder a child's language development.
  3. Cantonese
    你咁好眼界嘅,咁远都一枪射得中。
    你咁好眼界嘅,咁遠都一槍射得中。
    nei5 gam3 hou2 ngaan5 gaai3 ge2, gam3 jyun5 dou1 jat1 coeng1 se6 dak1 zung3.
    • Your aim is so good! Being able to hit the target with one shot, even with it being so far away.
  4. Cantonese
    我觉得中文堂应该用粤语嚟教,而唔系用普通话。
    我覺得中文堂應該用粵語嚟教,而唔係用普通話。
    ngo5 gok3 dak1 zung1 man2 tong4 jing1 goi1 jung6 jyut6 jyu5 lai4 gaau3, ji4 m4 hai6 jung6 pou2 tung1 waa2.
    • We should teach Chinese through Cantonese in the class, rather than Mandarin.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    在这种态度下,就是割断历史,只懂得希腊,不懂得中国,对于中国昨天和前天的面目漆黑一团。
    在這種態度下,就是割斷歷史,只懂得希臘,不懂得中國,對於中國昨天和前天的面目漆黑一團。
    zài zhè zhǒng tài dù xià , jiù shì gē duàn lì shǐ , zhǐ dǒng de xī là , bù dǒng de zhōng guó , duì yú zhōng guó zuó tiān hé qián tiān de miàn mù qī hēi yī tuán .
    • With this attitude, he chops up history, knows only ancient Greece but not China and is in a fog about the China of yesterday and the day before yesterday.