Common Phrases IV
- how(state)
在生
- How's your business?
生理在生?
- like this
照生
- Works done like this is good.
照生做就好。
- how(action)
做呢
- How do I buy stocks.
股票做呢買?
- why
做呢
- Why're you doing like this?
做呢照生做?
- this
只
- I'm busy at this moment.
只排幺唔閒。
- that
許
- Where's that place?
許塊是底塊?
- that
個 │
- for
個
- I bought that stuff for him.
個物是我個伊買個。
- and then
就
- He eats enough and then goes to bed.
伊食飽就夗。
- would, should
正
- I should go to play after works.
落班正去耍。
Slang
- pleasantries
嘴舌甜
- miss (sentimental)
數念
- big mouth
嘴鼻㩼
- die fast
半討死
- no harm
無崩敗
- precisely
無出入
- unsophisticated
無腸肚
- useless
無中用
- never mind
無底個
Idiom
- angry
變面變緒
- at the mercy of others
[足甫]來踢去
- tasteless
白䭕老嘔
Vocabulary IV:Daily Live
- home
內
- house
厝
- live,stay
徛起
- living room
客廳
- dining room
吃飯廳
- table
床
- chair
椅
- sofa
沙發
- telephone
電話
- air-conditioning
冷氣
- electric fan
風扇
- refrigerator
冰箱│
雪櫃
- bed
眠床
- kitchen
灶下
- toilet, restroom
廁所│
東司
- bathroom
浴房
- bath, shower
洗浴
- wash the face
洗面
- sleep
夗
- rest, sleep
休息
- wake up, get up
夗醒
- get up
走起
- morning
眠起
- morning, good morning
早
- late, belate
晏
- noontime
日晝
- afternoon
下旰
- midnight
暝暗
- nighttime
暝昏│
一夜
- daytime
一日
- today
今日
- yesterday
昨日
- tomorrow
明日
- eating rice
食飯
- eating congee
食糜
- snacks / dim sum
點心
Conversation Topic I:Simple Interaction
- simple interaction
簡單應對
- hello
你好
- please
請
- please be seated, please stay
請坐
- goodbye
寬行
- thank you
㩼謝
- thank you
累你
- don't mention it
免客氣
- congratulation
歡喜歡喜
- Your daughter-in-law is pretty.
你個新抱好雅
- look nice, pretty
好生好
- Your son-in-law looks nice.
你個仔婿好生好
- cool
好架勢
- Your grandson is lovely.
你個孫好趣味
- Really, it's not nonsense.
真實個無散呾
- Don't bother us, get your work done first.
你做你去唔閑
- You don't need to take care of me.
免招呼我
- Let us be your guest when we have a baby next year.
明年邀孥仔再來乞你請
- Would you please bringing me a menu to have a look?
累你挈塊菜牌我睇
- Would you please to give me some soy sauce?
累你挈滴仔豉油
- fish sauce
臊湯
- soybean sauce
豆醬
- give me
乞我
- I need a bowl of rice.
我欲一碗飯
- a bottle of beer
一支啤酒
- a can of soft-drink
一罐汔水
- please serve tea first
先來壺茶
- Shuixian
水仙
- Oolong
烏龍
- Tieguanyin
鐵觀音
- What're your signature dishes?
有乜個好食
- please recommend a few dishes
請介紹幾個菜