Can08 Flashcards
鉛
[metal] lead (Pb)
jyun
頂
[1] [n] top; peak; crown (of the head)
[2] classifier for sth that has a top
(deng)
鑽
[1] drill; bore; perforate; pierce; dig through
[2] get into; go through; make one’s way into
[3] study intensively; dig into; bury onself in
[4] secure personal gain; worm one’s way into sth
(zyun)
石頭都鑽出水
make the impossible become possible
sek tau dou zyun ceot seoi
鑽石王老五
a golden bachelor (lit. diamond single man) ng5 may be pronounced as m5
(zyun sek wong lou ng)
黑珍珠
black pearl
hak zan zyu
圓珠筆
ballpoint pen (jyun zyu bat)
珍珠都冇咁真
it’s definitely true (an emphatic reply to a question if something is really true or not)
(lit.) even a genuine pearl isn’t as genuine
(zan zyu dou mou gam zan)
珍珠
pearl; (placename) Chun Chu
zan zyu
珍貴
precious; highly valuable
zan gwai
我好鍾意飲珍珠奶茶
I like to drink bubble tea!
ngo hou zung ji jam zan zyu naai caa
法蘭克福腸
Frankfurt sausage
faat laan hak fuk coeng
克服
(try to) overcome (hardships); to surmount (the difficulties)
(hak fuk)
埋堆
to gather in one place; to congregate into a clique
maai deoi
動力反應堆
power reactor
dung lik faan jing deoi
冷手執個熱煎堆
to have an unexpected stroke of good luck (lit., “a cold hand grasps a hot rice ball”)
(laang sau zap go jit zin deoi)
冷手執個熱煎堆
to have an unexpected stroke of good luck (lit., “a cold hand grasps a hot rice ball”)
(laang sau zap go jit zin deoi)
煎堆
deep-fried rice ball with peanuts inside (Chee Cho)
zin deoi
反應堆
reactor
faan jing deoi
一堆
a pile [Syn.] 一疊
jat deoi
一磅香蕉
a pound of bananas
yat bong hoeng ziu
香蕉
banana
hoeng ziu
苹果
apple
ping gwo
芒果布甸
mango pudding
mong gwo bou din
撿
[v] pick up; collect; gather – alternative char: 揀 (gaan)
gim
首期款
down payment; initial payment | Syn.: 首期; 頭期; 頭期款
sau kei fun
首要
the most important; the top priority
sau jiu
首次
first time
sau ci
首都
capital
sau dou
寶石
precious stone; gem
bou sek
雲石
marble
wan sek
肚痛
stomach-ache
tou tung
痛
[1] painful; aching [2] sorrowful; sad; bitter; poignant; bitterly [3] heartily; to one’s heart’s content
(tung)
問候咭
(n.) greetings card
man hau kaat
信用咭
credit card
seon jung kaat
珍寶
jewellery; treasure
zan bou
盞得
in the end only be left with…; fruitlessly…
zaan dak
盞搞
do something to no avail; do something for nothing
zaan gaau
盞攪
do something to no avail; do something for nothing
zaan gaau
石
[1] stone; rock; mineral [2] [n] calculus (as a kidney calculus; kidney stone) [3] [n] stone tablets [4] medicines [5] barren (as a barren woman) [6] name of an ancient musical instrument [7] a Chinese family name
(sek)
士啤鎖匙
a spare key
si be so si
花朵
flower; blossom
faa do
咖啡色
brown (literally “coffee colour”)
gaa fe sik
咭片
a business card; a name card
kaat pin
自然
nature; natural
zi jin
當然
of course; as it should be; only natural that
dong jin
然
[1] yes; most certainly; permission; right; correct [2] however; but; still; nevertheless; on the other hand [3] really; if so [4] same as 燃 (burn) [5] a Chinese family name
(jin)
然後
afterwards; and then (can also be 然之後)
jin hau
首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.
sau sin heoi tou syu gun, jin hau faan uk kei
首先
first of all; in the first place
sau sin
厚疊疊
very thick (objects) (hau daap daap)
疊水
rich, having a lot of money
daap seoi
約束
to restrict; to limit to
joek cuk
篇幅
(take up or devote) space/ink/time (in a printed page or news story); length (of a piece of writing)
(pin fuk)
盞嘥氣
to waste one’s energy for nothing; do sth. in vain
zaan saai hei
盞鬼
funny
zaan gwai
如果
if
jyu gwo
擺堆
take a dump; defecate; crap
baai deoi
小姐, 早晨 ! 請問你係唔係 金小姐 呀?
Good morning ! Please would you tell me whether or not you are Miss Kim.
(siu ze, jou sahn ! ceng man neih haih mh haih kam siu ze aa ?)
擇
select; choose; pick; determine
zaak
檳
a kind of apple tree
ban
裝
[1] [v] fill in; fill up; pack; load [2] [v] pretend; feign [3] [v] adorn; dress; make up; ornamental dressing; decorate (room, etc.) [4] [v] disguise
(zong)
裝
[5] [v] store up; keep [6] [v] install (machines; equipment, etc.) [7] clothes and personal effects; outfit
(zong)
教會
church
gaau wui
跑馬地
Happy Valley
paau maa dei
其他
other; else
kei taa
常識
general knowledge; common sense
soeng sik
係, 我唔記得…買…報紙…添！
Oh, I have forgotten to buy … the newspaper
hai, ngoh m gei dak … maai … bou zi … tim!
係, 我唔記得…去…郵局…添！
Oh, I have forgotten to go to the post office.
hai, ngoh m gei dak … heoi … jau guk … tim!
佢呢? (佢係唔係經理呀?)
And he / she?
keuih ne? (keuih haih mh haih ging-leih aa?)
金小姐, 你好嗎? 我好好, 唔該! 你而家放工, 係唔係呀? 係呀! 我而家放工. 我哋而家一齊去食晏晝飯, 好嗎? 好呀! 我哋去尖沙咀食晏晝飯呀!
金小姐, 你好嗎? 我好好, 唔該! 你而家放工, 係唔係呀? 係呀! 我而家放工. 我哋而家一齊去食晏晝飯, 好嗎? 好呀! 我哋去尖沙咀食晏晝飯呀!
金小姐, 我係陣經理. 我哋今日晏晝一齊去飲茶, 好唔好呀?
陣經理, 對唔住, 我今日晏晝好忙,晏晝唔得閒,我唔去嘞!
咁,我哋今晚一齊去食飯, 好唔好呀?
多謝嘞! 我今晚都冇時間.
金小姐, 我係陣經理. 我哋今日晏晝一齊去飲茶, 好唔好呀?
陣經理, 對唔住, 我今日晏晝好忙,晏晝唔得閒,我唔去嘞!
咁,我哋今晚一齊去食飯, 好唔好呀?
多謝嘞! 我今晚都冇時間.
你今年返唔返去日本呀? 唔返, 我今年唔返去日本.日本而家好凍. 德國而家凍唔凍呀? 德國唔凍, 好熱. 你有冇車呀? 有, 我有車. 你有乜嘢車呀? 我有一㗎日本車.
你今年返唔返去日本呀? 唔返, 我今年唔返去日本.日本而家好凍. 德國而家凍唔凍呀? 德國唔凍, 好熱. 你有冇車呀? 有, 我有車. 你有乜嘢車呀? 我有一㗎日本車.
你有冇書呀?
有, 我有五本書.
嗰五本書厚唔厚呀?
唔厚, 嗰五本書都唔厚, 幾薄.
你有冇書呀?
有, 我有五本書.
嗰五本書厚唔厚呀?
唔厚, 嗰五本書都唔厚, 幾薄.
對唔住, 林小姐. 我而家要返工, 我走先啦.
I am sorry, Miss Lam. I have to go to work now. I will go first.
唔返, 佢出年唔返嚟香港.
No, He is not coming back next year.
陣經理出年返唔返嚟香港呀?
Is Mr. Chan Manager coming back to Hong Kong next year?
唔返, 我下個月唔返美國.
No, I am not returning to America next year.
你下個月返唔返美國呀?
Are you returning to America next year?
疊
[1] [v] pile/stack/fold up
[2] [classifier] pile; wad
[3] [adj] repetitious; duplicate
(daap)
首
[1] the head [2] [n] king; emperor; leader; chief [3] the first; beginning [4] [n] a numerical classifier for poems, songs, etc.
(sau)
錶
[1] a watch; wristwatch[2] meter; gauge
biu
油畫
oil painting (jau waa)
帽
hat; cap; headgear; cap-like cover for sth
(Classifier(s): 頂)
(mou)
西裝
western style suit (clothing)
sai zong
束
[1] [v] bind [2] [n] classifier/bunch; bundle [3] [v] control; restrain; restrained [4] a Chinese family name
(cuk)
枝
[1] [n] classifier/branches of a tree; branch [2] [v] limbs [3] [v] branch off [4] measure word for pencils, pens, brushes etc
(zi)
朵
classifier/cluster (of flowers and clouds); earlobe
do
瑰
rose
[1] rare; precious; valuable
[2] jade stone
(gwai)
白菜
bok choy (a type of cabbage with white stalks and green leaves)(Brassica rapa chinensis)
pak choy
(baak coi)
戶
[1] [n] door
[2] [n] family; household
[3] a Chinese family name
(wu)
睇吓
that depends on…
tai haa
吓
verb ending, have a little - // sentence final particle asking for confirmation of a statement
used as question tag or simple reminder
variant of 下 when used as a delimitative marker - Cantonese only
(haa)
病人
[n] patient; sick person
beng jan
病人
[n] patient; sick person
beng jan
演員
actor; performer
jin jyun
演
[1] perform; play; act; be cast as [2] deduce; elaborate; expound [3] drill; practise; exercise [4] develop; evolve; resolve into (jin)
影相機
camera. Sometimes shorterned to 相機
ying soeng gei
相機
[v] assess the situation; watch for a chance
soeng gei
繩
rope; cord; string
(Classifier(s): 條, 根)
(sing)
根
[5] [mathematics] root of a number
[6] [chemistry] radical
[7] [classifier] a piece of (stick, rope, cigarette, etc)
(gan)
根
[1] root of a plant [2] foundation; basis [3] origin; source; cause [4] completely; thoroughly (gan)
提子
(1) grape
(2) to capture stones (in the game “Go”)
(Classifier(s):粒: a piece of grape; 抽: a bunch/hand of 提子
(tai zi)
母
[1] [n] mother; female parent [2] [n] female elders (in the clan or among relations) [3] [adj] female (animals or birds) [4] [n] origin; parent; mother (mou)
原
[1] [adj] original; initial; primary
[2] [n] open country; plain; steppe
[3] [v] excuse; pardon; forgive
(jyun)
原
[1] [adj] original; initial; primary
[2] [n] open country; plain; steppe
[3] [v] excuse; pardon; forgive
(jyun)
原子筆
ball-point pen - biro for short {原子=atom 筆=pen}
jyun zi bat
鉛筆
pencil, literally “lead brush”
Classifier: 支
(jyun bat)
櫈
[n] bench; stool
chair (Cantonese oral)
(dang)
嗱
[interjection] there!; look!; here!; there it is! {also written 拿}
(naa)
鏡
[1] mirror
[2] lens; glass
(Classifier(s): [粵] 塊; [國] 面)
(geng)
鋪
[1] spread out; extend; unfold [2] pave; lay; cover; tile (the floor)
(pou)
豬膏
lard; pork fat | Also ‘豬油’
zyu gou
羊
sheep; goat; lamb
joeng
山羊
goat
saan joeng
堡
[1] [n] walled village; town [2] [n] petty military station; fort; fortress; stronghold
(bou)
芝士漢堡包
a cheeseburger
zi si hon bou baau
飽
[1] [v] eat heartily; eat to the full; surfeited [2] satisfied [3] full; plump [4] fully; to the full
(baau)
漢
[1] of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) [2] of the Chinese people or language [3] [n] fellow; man [4] a tributary of the Yangtze river
(hon)
甸
[n] used in transliteration of English nouns - Cantonese only
(din)
芒果
mango
mong gwo
布
[1] (cotton) cloth; textiles [2] [v] declare; announce; proclaim [3] [v] display; distribute; disseminate; spread out [4] a Chinese family name
(bou)
足球
soccer (Australia 2004 and before, US, Canada, NZ); football (UK, Australia from January 2005, everywhere else not mentioned here)
(zuk kau)
球
[1] [n] ball; sphere; globe; round [2] the globe; the earth
kau
治
[1] [v] govern; regulate; administer; control; manage; rule [2] [v] regulate; harness (river) [3] the seat of the local government [4] [v] treat (disease); cure
(zi)
治
[5] [v] study; research [6] [v] punish [7] peaceful and orderly [8] a Chinese family name
(zi)
芝士
cheese
zi si
芝士蛋糕
cheesecake; cheese cake; tiramisu
zi si daan gou
波
[1] waves; breakers [2] [v] undulate; undulation; fluctuate; fluctuation [3] [v] affect; involve; implicate; entangle [4][粵] ball {a transliteration} [5][粵] (motor) gear
(bo)
酒家
restaurant (usually refers to big restaurants)
zau gaa
餐
[1] meal; food; dinner [2] dine; eat; have a meal [3] [noun measure] number (for meals) [4] [粵] [verbal measure] time (for eating, scolding, beating, etc) (caan)
酒吧
a pub; a bar
zau baa
銀行
bank (financial institution)
ngan hong
銀
[1] [n] silver; argentum (Ag)
[2] [n] currency; cash; coin
[3] [adj] silver-coloured; silvery
(ngan)
電單車
motorcycle; motorbike
din daan ce
單車
bicycle
daan ce
刀
[1] knife; (single-edged) sword
[2] knife-shaped thing
(Classifier(s): 把, 張)
(dou)
珍
[1] treasure; valuables [2] precious; valuable; rare [3] value highly; place high value on [4] delicacies; dainty; delicate food (zan)
珠
[1] [n] pearl [2] [n] bead; drop [3] [n] pupil of the eye [4] a Chinese family name
(zyu)
珍珠奶茶
pearl milk tea — a.k.a. bubble tea or pearl bubble tea. “Bubble Tea” is also sometimes confusingly used for a kind of aerated tea
(zan zyu naai caa)
色
[1] [n] colour; tint; tinge; hue; shade [2] facial expression; look; appearance [3] sensuality; desire for beauty; lust; lewdness; carnal pleasure [4] worldly things [5] a kind; sort (sik)
紅
[1] red; vermilion; rosy [2] [v] blush; redden [3] eminent; influential (players); very popular [4] specially favored; [n] favourite
(hung)
鮮紅色
bright red
sin hung sik
新鮮
fresh
san sin
鮮
[1] [adj] fresh; new; not withered [2] [adj] delicious; tasty [3] [adj] bright; bright-coloured [4] [n] fresh/delicious food, fruit etc (sin)
甜
[1] sweet; sweetness; luscious [2] agreeable; pleasant
tihm
同事
colleague; co-worker
tung si
橙汁
orange juice (caang zap)
橙
[1] [n] orange (tree and fruit)
[2] [adj] orange colour
(caang)
孖女
[1] twins (girl)
maa neoi
孖
[1] twin; in pairs [2] [v] take along; join together; associate
(maa)
夫妻
husband and wife
fu cai
妻
[n] wife
cai
合頁
hinge (Scharnier)
hap jip
夫婦
husband and wife | Synon.: 夫妻
Classifier(s): [華] 對
(fu fu)
較剪
scissors
[粵] [standard form] 鉸剪
(gaau zin)
較
[1] [v] compare; contest; haggle; dispute
[2] [adv] comparatively; relatively; quite
[3] [prep] (used for comparison) than
[4] [adj] obvious; clear; conspicuous
[5] [粵] [v] flee; escape
(gaau)
鉸
[1] [n] hinge | [synonym] 合頁
[2] [v] cut with scissors
[3] [v] bore with a reamer
(gaau)
鉸
[1] [n] hinge | [synonym] 合頁
[2] [v] cut with scissors
[3] [v] bore with a reamer
(gaau)
剪
[1] [v] cut off; clip; shear; trim
[2] [n] scissors; shears; clippers
[3] [v] wipe out; exterminate; annihilate
(zin)
鉸剪
scissors [Var.]: 較剪
gaau zin
桶
pail; bucket; barrel; tub; keg; drum; tank; cask
tung
圾
garbage; refuse; rubbish; waste; trash
saap
垃圾桶
Rubbish bin, waste bin, trash can
Keywords: litter, trash, refuse
(laap saap tung)
垃
garbage; refuse; waste
laap
垃圾
rubbish, refuse, trash; garbage | Can be used in a derogatory fashion, just as in English
(laap saap)
堆
[[1] [v] heap up; pile up; stack up
[2] [n, classifier] heap; pile; stack; mass; mould
(deoi)
碗
bowl
wun
包
[1] [v] wrap; pack; bundle
[2] [n] [classifier] package; bundle; sack; packet; parcel
[3] [n] bun (food)
(baau)
克
[1] vanquish; conquer; subdue [2] restrain; control; suppress [3] can; be able to [4] gram; gramme [5] digest (hak)
公斤
kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g) 克
gung gan
斤
[1] catty (unit of weight) [2] [n] axe [3] keen in observation; shrewd
unit of weight = a catty (20 ounces / 560 g) - Ounces Gramm zu machen: Mit 28 multiplizieren
(gan)
磅
[粵] bong6 - Cantonese only[v] pay; hand over (money)
bong
牛肉
beef
ngau juk
磅
[1] [n] pound (lb) - a measure of weight
[2] [v] weigh (with a scale)
(bong)
狗
1] [n] dog (Canis familiaris) [2] [n] lackey; footman; servile person; follower [3] damned; cursed (Classifier(s): 隻) (gau)
路
[1] road; path; way; distance [2] means; course; direction [3] sequence; line; logic [4] type; kind; class; grade (Classifier(s): 條) (lou)
蛋
[1] [n] egg [2] [n] fellow
daan
裙
skirt; apron; petticoat
(Classifier(s): 條)
(kwan)
餐牌
a menu (a la carte, in a restaurant) (caan paai)
酒店
hotel (lit. Wine Shop. This is one example of a ludicrously inaccurate term used in Chinese).
(zau dim)
頁
[1] [n] page (in books, etc.); sheet [2] - classifier: 片
jip
篇
[1] [n] piece of writing; volume[2] [n, classifier] sheet; leaf; page
(pin)
機票
air/plane ticket (short for 飛機票) - classifier 張
gei più
畫畫
to draw a picture
waak waa
眼鏡
eyeglasses; spectacles; reading glasses
ngaan geng
燈
[1] light; lamp; lantern; burner [2] tube; valve
dang
鑽石
diamond
zyun sek
盞
[1] small cup; cup-shaped utensil
[2] classifier for lamps / 燈 (dang)
[3] [粵] would merely bring about (sth undesirable); waste efforts
(zaan)
排
[1] [n] row; rank; line [2] arrange; put in order; fall in line [3] [n] platoon (military) [4] [v] clear out; drain away; discharge [5] [v] reject; expel; exclude [6] [v] rehearse [7] [n] raft [8] [v] push
(paai)
香水
perfume
hoeng seoi
海鮮
seafood
hoi sin
文章
article; essay
man zoeng
種
1) [1] [n] seed of grain [2] race (of human beings) [3] descendants; offspring; posterity [4] [n] species; genus; kind; sort [5] guts; grit(2) [1] [v] plant; sow; cultivate [2] vaccinate
(zung)
幅
1] [n] width; breadth; range; margin [2] [measure] classifier for paintings, photos, cloth, etc
(fuk)
果
[1] fruit of a plant [2] [n] effect (in cause and effect); result; fruit; consequence [3] surely; really; truly; exactly [4] [v] stuff; fill [5] succeed [6] a Chinese family name
(gwo)
一雙鞋
a pair of shoes
jat soeng haaih
沓
[classifier] block (of bricks, buildings)[v] pile/stack up; layer on; (clock needle) point to
[classifier] pile/pad (of books, papers); wad (of bank notes)
(daap)
套
Classifier(s): for 戲 / movie/film
tou
戲
[1] [v] play; toy; sport [2] [v] jest; have fun; make fun [3] theatrical play; show; drama; [4] movie, film (Classifier(s): 套 / tou )
(hei)
你就係…?
You are …. (for person)?
neih zau hai …?
杯
measure words/classifiers //
- a glass of,
- a cup of
(bui)
我食飽啦！
I’m full!
ngoh sik baau laa !
就係
[1] [adv] exactly; precisely; just like |
[2] [conj] even if; even
(zau hai)
