Gàau-tùng (Getting Around) Flashcards
Dùng
East
Nàahm
South
Sài
West
Bāk
North
Dùng-Bāk
North East
Dùng-Nàahm
South-East
Sài-Nàahm
South-West
Sài-Bāk
North-West
Bā-sí-jaahm
Bus stop
Deih-hah-tit-louh
Underground railway
Deih-tit-jaahm
Underground stop / station
Fèi-gèi
Aircraft (cl: ga)
Fèi-gèi-chèuhng
Airport
Gàai-háu / louh-háu
Road junction
Lohk
To alight from / disembark
Máh-louh
Main road (cl: tìuh)
Séuhng
To board / get onto
Síu-bā
Minibus (cl: ga)
Syùhn
Ship / boat (cl: jek)
Chéng-mahn
Please / may I ask …?
Dou
To arrive / arrive at / reach
Gwo
To go past / go across / go by
Jyun
To turn / to change to
Wah
To say (when combined with tèng means to listen to, when combined with ji means to know)
Daahn-haih
But
Daaih-wuih-tòhng
City Hall
Síh-kèui
Urban area
Sìn
First (adverb or fp)
Yahp-háu
Entrance
Yāt-jihk
Straight / directly
Yàuh
From
Chēut-háu
Exit
Chàam-gwùn
To visit
Deih-fòng
Place / location / spot
Fó-chè
Railway train
Gim-kìuh Daaih-hohk
Cambridge University
Hàhng
To journey / go towards
Hèung-há
Countryside
Jà chē
To drive (a vehicle)
Lèih-dóu
Outlying island
Lèuhn-dēun
London
Sai-gaai
The world
Yùh-góng
Fishing port
-gwo (ve)
ve: to have experienced
Hóu-chíh X mh-chíh Y
To be more like X than live Y
Hó-yíh
Can / may
Jáu-naahn
To flee from disaster / be a refugee
Jùng-yi
To like / be fond of
Sung
To deliver / escort / send
Wáan
To play / enjoy / amuse oneself
-yùhn (ve)
ve: finished
Bouh
Area / part / portion
Chi
Time / occasion
Daih-
(for ordinal numbers) the first / second / etc