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hanaeru · 6 years

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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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