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Jyutping daa2 siu1
Pinyin dǎ xiāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc)
  2. to give up on
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    放棄​(​一個​計劃​、​構思​、​諗​法​)​;​喺​香港​粵語​裏​面​,​多數​只會配​「​念頭​」​呢​個​字
    to give up; to dispel (an idea, etc.)
    • 我勸你都係打消追佢嘅念頭啦,佢已經有男朋友㗎喇。
      我劝你都系打消追佢嘅念头啦,佢已经有男朋友㗎喇。
      ngo5 hyun3 nei5 dou1 hai6 daa2 siu1 zeoi1 keoi5 ge3 nim6 tau4 laa1, keoi5 ji5 ging1 jau5 naam4 pang4 jau5 gaa3 laa3.
      You should give up pursuing her. She has already got a boyfriend.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to dismiss; to abandon (an idea, a thought, etc.); to dispell
    • 打消疑慮
      打消疑虑
      dǎ xiāo yí lǜ
      to dispell doubts
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你最好打消这么可笑的念头。
    你最好打消這麼可笑的念頭。
    nǐ zuì hǎo dǎ xiāo zhè me kě xiào de niàn tou 。
    • You'd better leave off such a radical idea.
    • Get rid of such stupid ideas!
  2. Mandarin
    打消这种幼稚的念头吧。
    打消這種幼稚的念頭吧。
    dǎ xiāo zhè zhǒng yòu zhì de niàn tou ba 。
    • Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.
  3. Mandarin
    直到党委书记出面加以解释,才算打消了这种想法。
    直到黨委書記出面加以解釋,才算打消了這種想法。
    zhí dào dǎng wěi shū ji chū miàn jiā yǐ jiě shì , cái suàn dǎ xiāo le zhè zhǒng xiǎng fǎ 。
    • Only when the Party Committee Secretary came in person to resolve it was this point of view dispelled entirely.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我劝你都系打消追佢嘅念头啦,佢已经有男朋友㗎喇。
    我勸你都係打消追佢嘅念頭啦,佢已經有男朋友㗎喇。
    ngo5 hyun3 nei5 dou1 hai6 daa2 siu1 zeoi1 keoi5 ge3 nim6 tau4 laa1, keoi5 ji5 ging1 jau5 naam4 pang4 jau5 gaa3 laa3.
    • You should give up pursuing her. She has already got a boyfriend.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    打消疑虑
    打消疑慮
    dǎ xiāo yí lǜ
    • to dispell doubts