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打
小
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Jyutping
daa2 siu2
Pinyin
dǎ xiǎo
Definitions (Wiktionary)
adv, dialectal
since childhood; as a child; from when one was very young
(syn.) 从小, 起小, 自幼, 從細, 由細到大, 由细到大, 自细, 一小, 從小, 从细, 自細, 自小
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
你哋唔好随便讲嘢啊,小心有人打小报告畀老板啊!
你哋唔好隨便講嘢啊,小心有人打小報告畀老闆啊!
nei5 dei6 m4 hou2 ceoi4 bin2 gong2 je5 aa3, siu2 sam1 jau5 jan4 daa2 siu2 bou3 gou3 bei2 lou5 baan2 aa3!
Don't talk carelessly, be careful that someone may rat on you!
Cantonese
打小人
打小人
daa2 siu2 jan2
a form of sympathetic magic, particularly popular at the Spring solstice