Vocabulary p.100

Question 1

māt jě

Answer 1

what/ what kind

Question 2

māt(1) jě méng

Answer 2

How is it called?

Question 3

s˚ing

Answer 3

surname (family name)

Question 4

What’s your surname (formal way)?

Answer 4

něi(5) gwåi(3) s˚ing(3) åa?

Question 5

to ask a “yes or no?” question

Answer 5

hãi(6) `m hãi(6)

“yes or no”

Question 6

Hong Kong citizen

Answer 6

Hōeng Góng jàn

Question 7

And you?

Answer 7

něi(5) nē(1)?

Question 8

jàu

Answer 8

from

Question 9

gåa

Answer 9

used to ask about something that happened in the past or requires an answer straight away

Question 10

ge̊

Answer 10

used to answer a question that had gåa

Question 11

to know how to do something

Answer 11

sīk(1)

Question 12

“Do you know how to do something…?”

Answer 12

sīk `m sīk…?

Question 13

a little

Answer 13

síu síu

Question 14

zē(1)

Answer 14

a particle used to play down the significance of something.

Question 15

by the way (used to change the subject of a conversation)

Answer 15

hãi(6) nē(1)

Question 16

What time is it?

Answer 16

géi dím zūng(1)?

Question 17

time unit for time (o’clock)

Answer 17

dím (zūng)

ex: 9 o’clock = gáu(2) dím(2)

Question 18

to be occupied/ to have something to do

Answer 18

jǎu(5) sĩ(6)

Question 19

to have to

Answer 19

j˚iu

Question 20

zāa(1) (z=”ds”) cē(1) (c=”ts”)

Answer 20

to drive a car

Question 21

jàu(4) séoi(2)

Answer 21

to swim

Question 22

dáa(2) màa(4) zo̊ek(3)

Answer 22

to play mahjong

Question 23

Cantonese

Answer 23

Gwóng(2) Dūng(1) Wáa(2)

Question 24

to go to school

Answer 24

fāan(1) hõk(6)

Question 25

to go to work

Answer 25

fāan(1) gūng(1)

Question 26

excuse me

Answer 26

`m hóu j˚i sī(1)