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Terms in this set (321)
早晨
Good Morning
你好嗎
How are you?
食咗飯未呀
Have you eaten?
食咗嘞
I have eaten
有心
kind of you to ask
先生
Mr, Sir, Gentleman, Husband
小姐
Miss, young lady
太太
Wife, Married Woman
佢
she, her, he, him
你
you
我
I, me
都
also
好
good, well, fine, OK, nice; very
碼
Turns a statement into a question.
呢
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?
我好好.
I'm fine.
你太太呢?
And your wife?
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.
對唔住
I'm sorry, excuse me; Pardon me
貴姓呀
What is your name?
再見
Goodbye
姓
A surname; to be surnamed
美國
America, USA
美國人
American Person
人
Person
日本
Japan
日本人
Japanese Person
英國
Britain
英國人
British person
係
to be
貴
to be expensive, distinguished
靚
to be pretty, good-looking, handsome, of good quality
賣
to sell
要
to want
車
car, cars
唔
not
澳
oh!
靚女
Beautiful (for women)
靚仔
Handsome (for men)
巴西
brazil
法國
France
中國
China
澳洲
Australia
德國
Germany
加拿大
Canada
南非
South Africa
新西蘭
New Zealand
北京
Beijing
上海
Shanghai
廣州
Guangzhou
澳門
Macau
台灣
Taiwan
你係唔係
Are you...?
邊個
Who? Which person? Which one?
乜嘢
What? What kind of?
有乜嘢事呀
For what purpose? _____?
唔該
Thank _____
唔該你
Thank you
帶
To lead, bring, go with
去
To go to, go
買
To buy
想
To want to, intend to, would like to
搵
To look for
有
To have
嘅
's (shows possession)
朋友
Friend
寫字樓
Office
事
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.
一
one
二
two
三
three
四
four
五
five
六
six
七
seven
八
eight
九
nine
十
ten
嗰
That, those
呢
This, these
個
(cl) for people and for many objects
枝
(cl) for stick like things
估
to guess, reckon
喺
to be at / in / on; at / in on
問
to ask a question
唔緊要
Never mind, it doesn't matter
筆
Pen; any writing tool.
遲啲
Later on
㗎
fp: ge + a
手錶
Wristwatch
同埋
and, with
而家
now
一個手錶
One watch
一枝筆
One pen
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?
我要呢種.
I want this kind
種
(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?
阿妹
Younger Sister
爸爸
Dad
大佬
Older Brother
家姐
Older sister
家人
Family Members
兄弟
Brothers
姊妹
Sisters
媽媽
Mother
細佬
Younger Bro
屋企
Family / Home
返
To return, return to
走
To run, to run away, to exit
做
To do
住
To dwell, live
要
Must; need to
邊度
Where / which place
做乜嘢
Why / for what reason
吖
Final Particle: That's right, isn't it?
大
Big; to be big
都幾 (幾)
Quite, rather, fairly
噉 (噉樣)
In that case; so
嘞, 罅
Final Particle; that's how the case stands now
睇醫生
To SEE the doctor
同
With, and (a shorter form of Tuhng Maaih)
屋
House (cl: gaàn 間)
一齊
Together
一定
Certainly
你去邊度呀
Where are you going?
我返屋企
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
都幾大
Quite big.
我要走嘞
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.
請
Please
好耐冇見
Long time no see
巴士
Bus
的士
Taxi
地下
Ground floor; the ground; the floor
花園道
Garden Road
號
Number...
樓
A flat, a storey (Cl: Chanhng 層); A high building
上海街
Shanghai Street
坐
To sit
搭
To travel by/ catch/ take
嚟
To come; come to
冇
Have not (negative of 有 to have)
探
To see, to visit
車房
Garage (間)
多
Many, much
嘅
Makes a statement more emphatic
唧
Only; and that's all
重
Still, yet
拉
A final particle urging someone to agree with you
唔係幾/ 好
Not very (adjective)
耐
A long time
時間
Time
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.
請
to invite
隨便
As you please, feel free
客氣
polite
唔駛
no need to, not necessary to
太...喇
Too...
便飯
'Any old food'
廚房
Kitchen
酒樓
Chinese Restaurant
煮
To Cook
餸
food; a dish other than rice or soup
幫...手
To help.... Give someone a hand
等
To wait, wait for.
信
To believe
預備
To prepare, get ready
用
To use, spend
緊
ve: shows continuing action. -ing
咗
ve: shows completed action. -ed
半
half
餐
cl: For faahn: a meal
啲
cl: for plurals and uncountable things
都
all, both
附近
nearby
咁
so
好似....一樣
just like...
真 (係)
truly, really; true, real
只 (係)
only
鐘頭
hour (cl: go個)
哦
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!
係真㗎!
It's true!
啲餸都係佢去附近嘅酒樓買嘅
She went to buy all the dishes from a nearby restaurant.
龍蝦
Lobster
牛肉
Beef
生果
Fruit
沙律
Salad
甜品
Dessert
湯
Soup
點解。。。 因為
Why?..... Because
因為。。。所以
Because.... Therefore
如果。。。 就
If.... Then..
今日
Today
朝早
Morning; in the morning
早
Early
琴日
Yesterday
當
To regard as
介紹
to recommend, to introduce
整
to make, prepare
做生意
to do business, to run a business
識
To know how to
送...俾...
To give X as a present to Y
好味
Tasty
再
In addition; again
住菜
Main dish
垃圾
Rubbish
垃圾桶
Rubbish Bin
唔好
Don't!
嬲
Angry
新鮮
Fresh
少
Few, little
話
Words; language; speech; saying
豬肉
pork
麵
noodle
蕃茄
Tomato
雞
chicken
粥
congee
薑
ginger
(飲) 牛奶
Milk
(飲) 水
Water
汽水
soda
橙汁
orange juice
咖啡
coffee
啤酒
beer
酒
alcohol
大減價
Sale
平
Cheap
舗頭
Shop
次貨
Seconds, discards
款式
Style
件
Measure word for clothes
紅色嘅
Red
質地
Quality
顔色
colour
衫裙
Dress
等
to let, allow
吓
(ve) to have a little
睇
To look at
入
to enter
吖嗎
(fp) you should realise, don't you know
噃!
(fp) Let me remind you, I'll have you know
其他
other
爛
broken, damaged
禮拜日
Sunday
禮拜一
Monday
咩
(fp) Do you mean to say that...?
呢度
Here
新
new, up to date
少少
A little bit, somewhat
嘩
Wow!
又....又....
Both.... And....
咦
(Surprise) Hello, what's this?
錢
Chín Money
斤
gàn Catty (approx 20 ounces)
幾多
géi-dō How much? How Many?
蚊
mān dollar
免費
míhn-fai Free of charge
死
séi to die; dead
會
wúih to be able to, know how to
游水
yàuh-séui to swim
得
dāk OK, acceptable, 'can do'
點樣
dím-yéung how? In what way?
多謝
dò-jeh thank you
檔口
dong-háu street stall
嘅喇
fp: Giving Strong Emphasis
蝦
hā prawn
隻
jek cl: For animals
即係
jīk-haih that is precisely, that is to say
嗱
nàh there, here you are, here it is, look
細
sai small
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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