Cantonese

Terms in this set (321)

食咗飯未呀

Have you eaten?

kind of you to ask

Mr, Sir, Gentleman, Husband

Miss, young lady

Wife, Married Woman

she, her, he, him

good, well, fine, OK, nice; very

Turns a statement into a question.

Repeats a question about a different matter

早晨王先生

Good morning, Mr Wang.

早晨,張小姐,你好嗎?

Good morning, Miss Cheung, how are you?

我好好,你呢?

I'm very well, and you?

佢都好,有心.

She's well too, thank you.

王先生好,王太太都好

Mr.Wong is good, Miss.Wong is also good.

張小姐,王小姐,佢哋都好

Miss.Cheung, Miss.Wong, they're also both good.

I'm sorry, excuse me; Pardon me

What is your name?

A surname; to be surnamed

American Person

Japanese Person

to be expensive, distinguished

to be pretty, good-looking, handsome, of good quality

Beautiful (for women)

Handsome (for men)

Who? Which person? Which one?

What? What kind of?

有乜嘢事呀

For what purpose? _____?

To lead, bring, go with

To want to, intend to, would like to

's (shows possession)

Matter, business, affair

你搵邊個呀?

Who are you looking for?

佢係中國人

He is a Chinese person

係我嘅朋友

(he) is my friend

你搵王先生有乜嘢事呀

To what end are you looking for Mr.Wong?

我要賣我嘅美國車

I want to sell my American car

我帶你去王先生嘅寫字樓

I'll take you to Mr.Wong's office.

(cl) for people and for many objects

(cl) for stick like things

to guess, reckon

to be at / in / on; at / in on

to ask a question

Never mind, it doesn't matter

Pen; any writing tool.

呢個手錶同埋嗰枝筆係唔係你㗎

Are this watch and that pen yours?

呢個手錶唔係我嘅

That watch isn't mine.

你估係邊個㗎

Can you guess whose it is?

我估係王先生嘅

I'd guess it's Mr.Wong's

我哋去問佢

We'll go and ask him

王先生而家唔喺佢嘅寫字樓

Mr.Wong isn't in his office right now.

唔緊要, 我遲啲問佢

No problem, I'll ask him later.

你要邊種筆呀

Which kind of pen do you want?

I want this kind

(cl) Kind of, sort of, type of.

我嘅都係英國車

My car is also British

王先生, 你有乜嘢車呀?

Mr.Wong, what type of car do you have?

To return, return to

To run, to run away, to exit

Where / which place

Why / for what reason

Final Particle: That's right, isn't it?

Quite, rather, fairly

In that case; so

Final Particle; that's how the case stands now

To SEE the doctor

With, and (a shorter form of Tuhng Maaih)

House (cl: gaàn 間)

你去邊度呀

Where are you going?

I'm going back home

你返屋企做乜嘢呀

What are you gonna do at home?

我帶我媽媽去睇醫生我

I'm taking my mum to see the doctor

你同媽媽一齊住吖

You live with your mum?

七個人一齊住...噉樣

Seven people living together, so it's like that

I must be going now. (I didn't see the need just before)

佢唔想賣車嘞

He doesn't want to sell the car anymore.

Long time no see

Ground floor; the ground; the floor

A flat, a storey (Cl: Chanhng 層); A high building

Shanghai Street

To travel by/ catch/ take

To come; come to

Have not (negative of 有 to have)

To see, to visit

Makes a statement more emphatic

Only; and that's all

A final particle urging someone to agree with you

Not very (adjective)

你而家喺邊度住呀

Where are you living now?

花園道有好多巴士同的士搭

Garden road has lots of buses and taxis.

我重住九龍上海街七十三號地下

I'm still on the ground floor at 73 dragon street, Kowloon side.

你有時間請嚟坐啦.

When you have time you're welcome to come and visit.

你間屋有冇車房呀?

Does your house have a garage?

呢層樓唔係幾大

The flat isn't very big.

好,有時間我嚟探你

Okay, when I have time I will come and visit you.

As you please, feel free

no need to, not necessary to

Chinese Restaurant

food; a dish other than rice or soup

To help.... Give someone a hand

To wait, wait for.

To prepare, get ready

ve: shows continuing action. -ing

ve: shows completed action. -ed

cl: For faahn: a meal

cl: for plurals and uncountable things

好似....一樣

truly, really; true, real

hour (cl: go個)

oh, now I understand!

煮咁多餸請我食飯

Cook so many dishes for me to eat

便飯煮, 隨便食拉

It's just random food, pick what you like.

佢係廚房煮緊飯

She's in the kitchen preparing rice.

唔駛等佢喇

No need to wait for her.

ho太太煮嘅餸真好食喇

Her food is really delicious.

好似酒樓嘅一樣

Just like restaurant food.

ho先生你有冇幫佢手呀

Did you help her, Mr.Ho?

我估ho太太一定用咗好多時間預備呢餐飯喇

I'm sure she spent lots of time preparing this food.

佢用咗半個鐘頭煮。

She used half an hour to cook.

只係半個鐘頭吖？我唔信

Only half an hour? I don't believe it!

啲餸都係佢去附近嘅酒樓買嘅

She went to buy all the dishes from a nearby restaurant.

點解。。。因為

Why?..... Because

因為。。。所以

Because.... Therefore

如果。。。就

Morning; in the morning

to recommend, to introduce

to make, prepare

to do business, to run a business

To give X as a present to Y

In addition; again

Words; language; speech; saying

Seconds, discards

Measure word for clothes

(ve) to have a little

(fp) you should realise, don't you know

(fp) Let me remind you, I'll have you know

broken, damaged

(fp) Do you mean to say that...?

new, up to date

A little bit, somewhat

Both.... And....

(Surprise) Hello, what's this?

gàn Catty (approx 20 ounces)

géi-dō How much? How Many?

míhn-fai Free of charge

séi to die; dead

wúih to be able to, know how to

yàuh-séui to swim

dāk OK, acceptable, 'can do'

dím-yéung how? In what way?

dò-jeh thank you

dong-háu street stall

fp: Giving Strong Emphasis

jek cl: For animals

jīk-haih that is precisely, that is to say

nàh there, here you are, here it is, look

你哋蝦幾多一斤呀

How much are your prawns per catty

你哋嘅蝦咁細

Your prawns are so small

七十蚊一斤得唔得呀？

Is seventy dollars for one catty okay?

你睇，隻隻蝦都好新鮮會游水

Look, all of our shrimp are so fresh they know how to swim

嗰度嘅檔口只係要七十二蚊一斤啫

That market stall over there sells one catty for $72

點解你哋要八十五蚊

Why do you guys ask for $80

點樣買一送一呀

What do you mean by buy one get one free?

即係買一斤蝦，免費送一斤蝦啦

That is to say, if you buy one catty, one catty is free

嗱，呢度八十5蚊

Here you go, here's $85

點解咁多死蝦㗎

Why are so many prawns dead?!

買一斤游水蝦，送一斤死蝦丫嗎

If you buy one live prawn catty, you get one catty full of dead ones didn't you know?

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