Can13 Flashcards
鍾意, 我鍾意新界.
Yes, I like New Territories.
中文易唔易呀? (難)
易 - ji vs 難 - naan
唔易, 中文唔易, 好難.
你由邊度嚟架?
Where do you come from?
néih yàuh bīn douh lai gaa ?
你決定地方喇!
You are looking/deciding (for) the place?
拖曳
pull, drag, haul
to jai
拖肥
toffee, toffy [loanword] [Syn.] 太妃糖
to fei
人字拖
flip-flops; y-shaped sandals [Syn.] 人字拖鞋
jan zi to
月頭
start of the month; first few days of the month [Antonym]: 月尾
(jyut tau)
快手快腳
to do things quickly
faai sau faai goek
快人快語
to be sb who doesn’t waste time or words (lit., “fast man, fast words”)
(faai jan faai waa)
有咁快,得咁快
as fast as possible
jau gam faai, dak gam faai
有啲…苹果…係好…新鮮。
some apples are newly fresh
jau di ping gwo hai hou san sin
行人隧道
pedestrian subway; underpass
hang jan seoi dou
海底隧道
a harbor crossing tunnel, a chunnel
hoi dai seoi dou
東隧
Eastern Harbour Crossing
dung seoi
隧
tunnel; subway; underground passage
seoi
飛牆
escape from prision
fei coeng
入牆櫃
built-in closet; wall unit
jap coeng gwai
牆紙
wallpaper
coeng zi
圍牆
enclosure; fence (concrete, metal sheet, wooden board - making a solid wall)
(wai coeng)
飛出去
fly out
fei ceot heoi
有乜嘢事
looking for / anything /
jau mat yeh si
識 vs. 可以
識 vs. 可以 –> both means “can able to”–> 識: really means “to have learned how to “ and implies that you are able to do something because you have acquired the skill to do it. - 可以: operates in the realm of permission (may) and absence of obstacles to doing something.
(sik - ho ji)
唔該
Thank you / (is used when a service has been done, with the exception being when tea / cigarettes are offered.
Excuse me - to get past
(mh goi)
牆角
corner (of house; room, etc.)
coeng gok
爭 / Cantonese only
[1] owe; be behind with (money, debt)
[2] lack; be short of (resources)
[3] be partial to; side with
(zaang)
爭
[1] compete for; contend for; strive for
[2] dispute; argue; struggle; fight
Jyutping zang1 is literary reading; zaang1 is colloquial.
(zaang)
唔出聲
to remain silent, not say anything
m ceot seng
容
[1] [n] looks; appearance; figure; form; face; expression; countenance [2] [v] contain; hold [3] [v] allow; permit [4] [v] forgive; pardon [5] [v] forbear; [n] forbearance
(jung)
容易
easy; easily; easier
jung ji
之內
inside; within
zi noi
館
(gun) [1] public building for accommodation: guesthouse, hostel, inn, etc
[2] public building for cultural activities: indoor stadium, museum, libaries, etc
[3] public building for certain servies: teahouse, photoshop, publishing house, theatre, etc
[4] private mansion; official residence
[5] embassy; consulate; legation
[6] [archaic] private school
(gun)
幾遠?
how far?
gei jyun
泳池
swimming pool
wing ci
佢都鍾意食中國菜嗎?
Does he like (to eat) Chinese food too?
Keoi dou jung ji sik zung gwok coi maa ?
唔鍾意, 佢唔鍾意食中國菜?
No, he doesn’t like (to eat) Chinese food.
m zung ji, keoi m zung ji sik zung gwok coi.
唔鍾意, 佢唔鍾意飲茶, 你呢?
No, he doesn’t like (to eat) chin. breakfast. And you?
mh zung ji, keuih mh zung ji jam caa, neih ne?
對唔住, 我__唔係幾鍾意___食中國菜
I am sorry, I don’t like Chinese food much.
deui m zyu, ngoh m hai gei zung ji sik zung gwok coi.
唔緊要, 你鍾意食乜嘢呀?
It doesn’t matter. What do you like to have?
m gan yiu, neih zung ji sik mat yeh aa?
選
[1] [v] choose; select; choice [2] [v] elect; election
[2] [n] selection; anthology
(syun)
搭咁耐車
“time how long” –> time expression which show “how long” somthing “goes on for” (as opposed to the “time when” something happens) come after the main verb - travelling in a car for so long
(daap gam noi ce)
未解決
unsolved (problem, etc)
mei gaai kyut
解決
to solve; to kill (informal)
gaai kyut
大圍
Tai Wai (largest part of the Sha Tin district) (daai wai)
圍
[1] [v] surround; enclose; encircle; besiege
[2] [n] circumference; perimeter; periphery
(wai)
資料
data; material; information
zi liu
請不用急, 我遲十五分鐘才到…
lit.: ask no need urgent, I later 15 min just arrive - (no need to hurry (no rush), I will be 15 min late)
(ceng bat jung gap, ngoh ci sap ng fan sung coi dou)
由
[1] [n] cause; reason; source; derivation [2] from [3] up to [4] by; through [5] a Chinese family name
(jau)
院
[1] courtyard; yard; compound
[2] designation for certain government offices and public places
[3] college; institution; hospital
(jyun)
衣櫃
wardrobe (Cantonese also uses 衫櫃)
ji gwai
曼谷
Bangkok (capital of Thailand)
maan guk
書櫃
bookcase; bookshelf | See also ‘書架’ | Note: Sometimes, a distinction is made between “bookcase 書櫃” (the enclosure) and “bookshelf 書架” (the shelf on which the books sit). Other times, there is no distinction
(syu gwai)
相簿
a photo album
soeng bou
始
[1] [n] beginning; start; first [2] [v] begin; start; be the first [3] only then; [4] a Chinese family name
(ci)
理
[1] reason; logic; cause; truth; right; righteousness [2] law; principles; doctrine; theory; science [3] [v] arrange [4] [v] administer; govern; manage; operate; regulate; run [5] [v] reply; answer; respond [6] texture; grain (in wood, skin, etc.) [7] name of a religious sect [8] a Chinese family name
(lei)
感
[1] [v] feel; find; perceive; sense; respond to [2] emotion; sensation
(gam)
情感
feeling; emotion
cing gam
感情
[1] feeling; emotion; sentiment [2] affection; attachment; love [3] sensation
(gam cing)
匿埋
hide; go into hiding
nei maai
警察 差人 差佬
a policeman
ging caat caai yahn caai lou
離
1] leave; depart from; be separate from
[2] be away from; be at a distance from
[3] be without; be independent of
(leih)
唔到你唔
cannot help if you do not | Std. Chin.: 不由得你不 | eg.: 唔到你唔要去. Can’t help it if you don’t want to go. | Note: “你” may be replaced by some other pronoun or noun as appropriate. | Syn.: 唔由得你唔
(m dou neih m)
銀包
wallet; purse
ngan bau
情
[1] feeling; sentiment; emotion [2] fact; detail; situation; condition [3] love; affection; passion [4] nature; reason
(cing)
圖書館
library
tou syu gun
灣
[1] [n] bay; cove; inlet; gulf [2] the bend of stream [3] [v] anchor; moor
(waan)
易
[1] easy; simple; liable to
[2] amiable; lenient
(ji)
嗰便
[1] there || Syn.: 嗰邊; 嗰度; 嗰處
[2] that side | Syn.: 嗰邊
(go bin)
嗰邊
[1] there |that side | Syn.: 嗰處; 嗰度; 嗰便
go bin
前便
in front | Std. Chin.: 前面
cin bin
中間
[1] middle; centre [2] among; between [3] (placename) Chung Kan
(zung gaan)
下便
below |Cant. only: 下低
haa bin
下低
below; at the bottom
haa dai
後便
in back; behind
hau bin
側邊
side; at the side
zak bin
側
[1] [n, adj] side; sideways; sidelong
[2] [v] incline to one side; lean
(zak)
側便
side; at the side
zak bin
警察
the police
ging caat
警
[1] [v] guard; watch; keep watch [2] [v] alert; warn [3] [n] alarm [4] quick; alert; agile [5] the police
(ging)
察
[v] examine; investigate; notice; observe; survey; study; scrutinise
(caat)