Lecture 2 Flashcards
Yàhn
People
Bē jáu
Beer
Taai táai (Chàhn Taai táai)
Mrs. (Mrs. Chan)
Tùhng
And
Pàhng yáuh
Friend
English - Cantonese
Good morning
jóu sàhn
Dàih daí / Sai lóu
Younger Brother
English - Cantonese
Younger Brother
Dàih daí / Sai lóu
English - Cantonese
Called
giu
Dō jeh (saai) Mh sái haak hei
Thank you (very much) You’re welcome ( used to thank someone for a gift or a treat)
Mùih múi / Sai múi
Younger Sister
English - Cantonese
What
Māt yéh / Mē
English - Cantonese
Maternal Grandfather
Gùhng gūng / A Gūng
English - Cantonese
Husband
Sīn Sāang / Lóuh gūng
English - Cantonese
Old friend (good friend)
Lóuh yáuh
English - Cantonese
Have
Yáuh
English - Cantonese
Speak
Góng
lóuh
Old
English - Cantonese
Elder Sister
Jèh jē / Gā jē
English - Cantonese
Which?
Bīn go?
Yèh yé / A yèh
Paternal Grandfather
English - Cantonese
Hello!/Nice to meet you
Néih hóu
mh hóu yi sī
Excuse me. / Sorry (e.g. if you push someone in the street)
Pòh pó / A pòh
Maternal Grand mother
English - Cantonese
Honorable name
Gwai sing
Méng
Name
English - Cantonese
Beer
Bē jáu
Gwóng dūng gwá
Cantonese
giu
Called
English - Cantonese
See you
Joi gin
English - Cantonese
Child/children
Síu pàhng yáuh
English - Cantonese
Mrs. (Mrs. Chan)
Taai táai (Chàhn Taai táai)
Sīn Sāang / Lóuh gūng
Husband
English - Cantonese
Excuse me. / Sorry (e.g. if you push someone in the street)
mh hóu yi sī
Joi gin
See you
English - Cantonese
Thank you (very much) You’re welcome ( used to thank someone for a gift or a treat)
Dō jeh (saai) Mh sái haak hei
néih hóu ma? ngóh hóu hóu, néih nē?
How are you? I am fine, how about you
English - Cantonese
Thank you (very much) You’re welcome (used to thank someone for a service)
Mh gōi (saai) Mh sái mh gōi
English - Cantonese
Friend
Pàhng yáuh
English - Cantonese
Cantonese
Gwóng dūng gwá
Hīng daih jí muih
Sibblings
bàh bā / A bàh
Father
Jái
Son
Néui
Daughter
English - Cantonese
Paternal Grandfather
Yèh yé / A yèh
English - Cantonese
How are you? I am fine, how about you
néih hóu ma? ngóh hóu hóu, néih nē?
Yáuh
Have
jóu sàhn
Good morning
Mh gōi (saai) Mh sái mh gōi
Thank you (very much) You’re welcome (used to thank someone for a service)
Gwai sing
Honorable name
Lóuh yáuh
Old friend (good friend)
English - Cantonese
Mr. (Mr. Chan)
Sīn Sāang (Chàhn Sīn Sāang)
Gùhng gūng / A Gūng
Maternal Grandfather
English - Cantonese
Paternal Grandmother
màh màh / A màh
English - Cantonese
Name
Méng
English - Cantonese
Younger Sister
Mùih múi / Sai múi
English - Cantonese
Son
Jái
Sīn Sāang (Chàhn Sīn Sāang)
Mr. (Mr. Chan)
English - Cantonese
People
Yàhn
Bīn go?
Which?
Góng
Speak
Móuh mahn tàih
No problem
Māt yéh / Mē
What
Néih hóu
Hello!/Nice to meet you
Taai táai / Lóuh pòh
Wife
gòh gō / A gō
Elder Brother
English - Cantonese
Elder Brother
gòh gō / A gō
English - Cantonese
Know
Sīk
Deui mh jyuh
Very sorry
English - Cantonese
Miss. (Miss. Chan)
síu jé (Chaàhn síu jé)
English - Cantonese
Father
bàh bā / A bàh
Móuh
Don’t have
English - Cantonese
Very sorry
Deui mh jyuh
English - Cantonese
No problem
Móuh mahn tàih
English - Cantonese
Old
lóuh
English - Cantonese
Maternal Grand mother
Pòh pó / A pòh
English - Cantonese
Wife
Taai táai / Lóuh pòh
English - Cantonese
Daughter
Néui
Màh mā / A mā
Mother
Jèh jē / Gā jē
Elder Sister
English - Cantonese
Sibblings
Hīng daih jí muih
Síu pàhng yáuh
Child/children
English - Cantonese
Mother
Màh mā / A mā
màh màh / A màh
Paternal Grandmother
Sīk
Know
English - Cantonese
And
Tùhng
síu jé (Chaàhn síu jé)
Miss. (Miss. Chan)
English - Cantonese
Don’t have
Móuh