#if people are learning canto and wanna practise i'm down
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My growing list of words on my phone. As I try and relearn/learn Cantonese again and try learning Mandarin.
Cause google translate doesn’t have Cantonese so I have to pester my mom for everything.
Shu yun hmm shu jun: proud of self carry self with confidence
bin tai: psycho
jha dan: bomb
gai dan chai: a egg desert thing
lo souk jei: homless person
jing sun bang: illness of the mind/ crazy person
heung ha louw: red neck
yun yaow ohw yu: people have i want
gong hei: celebration, congrats
ging hei: pleasant surprise
gaong gong dong wah: speak cantonese
gong gok yue: speak mandarin
yuet bang: moon cake
fuet di: wider
dai dee (high pitch): lower
wu si: nurse
tong si: coworker
da gei: play video games/play games (??????)
wan yau hei: play (boardgames?????)
yum tien: cloudy
geuk: feet
colours:
ong sic: red
wong sic: yellow
lok sic: green
blue: lam sic
jhi sic: purple
fuy sic: gray
hak sic: black
fehy sic: brown
faung on sic: pink
bak sic: white
jo wui: bye
yiep: leaf
hoi choi: sea weed
sic joy dong ging: eating in toykyo (tokyo ghoul)
hon gok: korea
giu bing bit bai: too cocky you fail
po tong wa/gok yuie: mandarin
gai muet jhang dauw: wasabi peas
loi pun yau: girl friend
lam pun yau: boyfriend
lauw (harsh): angry
lauw (soft): jacket
lien: year
ting man: tomorrow night
kaum man: last night
hua man: next night after tonight
chi man: night before
guam man: tonight
jhiu jhow: early morning
gauw: morning
fau sum: penuts
schap ji: magazine
wun gut: comes in doesn't order (food)
guan dau fu si: dried bean curd skin
kum le: koi fish
sung bien: top
auh bien: bottom
lok lei: go down
seung ha: up
seung hoi: shangai
deim ching fu: how to call you
hon mauw: massage
la sa laun: new zealand
yeung lam: goat
ngua mei: oxtail
wun dong: exercise
pa bow: running
ahn gai: walking the market/ walk the mall
giet fun: married
chi sien: crazy/ loose screw
chun: stupid
choi: grass
po shu: tree
lau lien: durian
tong chong: male chinese qui pao
cheongsam: female chinese qui pao
geun: ginger
mow long mo si: lion dance
ngau tau hmm dap mah hauw: cow head doesn't respond to horse mouth
jhoy faun: criminal
gei dauw hing dai jhi miu: how many siblings do you have?
goo leung: nurse
fok yien: dialect spoke in fujian
daw sie: toast
dow lei: fuck you
yut buen: japan
yut mun: japanese
dong ging: tokyo
dai ban: osaka
chun jiu lai chai: pearl milk tea
seun dat: dialect spoken in gungzhou
gee tong yeuk: pain medication
dauw jheng: soy milk
fah sum jeung: peanut butter
sung sun faih lok: happy birthday
giet fun: wedding
giet fun hei jhow (running): other people's wedding?????
bat lien ho hap: happily ever after
Mando
ee: 1
Eer: 2
San: 3
Siu: 4
woo: 5
liu: 6
Chi: 7
baih: 8
jhou: 9
shiur:10
dui: yes
bui doi: no/wrong
gong xei: congrats, celebration
mei yau: nothing
tai hau la: awesome
ban: awesome
jen de mah: really
niro jen bau: beef fried bread
zhi ma man tiao: sesame paste noodles
lau ro: spicy pork
wo ai laut: i love spicy
wo ai nee: i love you
cho dauw: extremely big
schen da: delicacy
ni hao: hello
ni hao ma: how are you
Ni hen hao ma: are you ok?
hao: great
ja guan zei: duck liver
ja na da: canada
liazo ze le: delicious
tun mau: so numbing
xia xien (jian jien): see you later
jhao yo: soya sauce
tong: green onions
lau jhao: chilies
ru gan men: hot dry noodles
#words#language ref#chinese#cantonese#its all pretty bad pinying but it works sort of#i just use hearing and tones and try my best#if people are learning canto and wanna practise i'm down#i work in a chinese retirement home too....
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