Can05 Flashcards
1
Q
你聽日去唔去旺角睇戲呀?
A
Are you going to Mong Kok to see a movie tomorrow?
2
Q
啲
A
[1] [pron] some; those
[2] [adv] a few; a little bit
[adv] only a little bit; every little bit
(di)
3
Q
我覺得 (…reason/place) 好悶
A
I don’t wont to go there (refusing) polite for saying NO
ngo gok dak (…) hou mun
4
Q
一陣打嚟
A
call me again
jat zan daa lai
5
Q
等, 我嚟聽
A
wait, I’m answering the phone
dang, ngoh lei teng
6
Q
廚師
A
chef; cook
ceoi si
7
Q
上庭費
A
court fee
soeng ting fai
8
Q
單親家庭
A
a one-parent family
daan can gaa ting
9
Q
法庭
A
court of law (also 法院); a court of justice; a courtroom
faat ting
10
Q
你可唔可以講慢啲?
A
Can you speak slowly?
11
Q
唔好意思, 食飯未？
A
Sorry, When do we eat? (polite)
m hou ji si, sik faan mei?
12
Q
咁熱 熱得滯
A
too hot
gam jit jit dak zai
13
Q
我想係 (place/location/destination station) 度落?
A
I’d like to get off at … ?
14
Q
牛奶糖
A
toffee; caramel
ngau naai tong
15
Q
保釋
A
release on bail, bail
bou sik
16
Q
請
A
[1] request; ask; apply [2] invite; hire; engage [3] [interjection] please cing2 (literary), ceng2 (colloquial) (ceng)
17
Q
鍾意
A
When someone say “I like something”, it is very common to add an appropriate Verb to the thing we like.
我鍾意飲咖啡. - I like (to drink) coffee.
18
Q
你鍾意啲乜嘢呀?
A
What do you like?
neih zung ji di mat jeh aa ?
19
Q
我唔鍾意返學
A
I don’t like to go to school.
ngoh m zung ji faan hok
20
Q
保險
A
insurance
bou him
21
Q
秒鐘
A
a second (1/60th of a minute) (miu zung)
22
Q
粵
A
[1] Guangdong province (formerly known as Canton in the West) [2] Guangdong and Guangxi provinces [3] a initial particle
[4] [adj] Cantonese (language, word, people, culture, food etc.)
(jyut)
23
Q
覆
A
to cover; to reply; to overturn
fuk
24
Q
咁遲覆你真係唔好意思，我頭先係街呀
A
Sorry for replying so late. I was just now on the street.
gam ci fuk neih zik hai m hou ji si, ngoh tau sin hai gai aa
25
我下個禮拜六放假, 唔使返工. 不過, 我晏晝要返學. 夜晚得閒.
I have my day off next saturday and don't need to go to work. But I have to go to school in the afternoon. I have time in the evening.
夜晚 - je maan
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其實
actually; in fact
| kei sat
27
照
[7] [v] notify; proclaim [8] sunshine [9] [n] picture [10] a Chinese family name
(ziu)
28
照
[1] [v] shine; illumine; reflect; light [2] [n] certificate; license [3] in accordance with; according to; [v] pattern on or after [4] [v] compare; collate; survey [5] [v] photograph; take a picture; shoot [6] [v] look after; take care of
(ziu)
29
物業
property; estate; real estate
| mat jip
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物
[1] [n] thing; substance; creature; being; matter [2] content; substance; stuff [3] the physical world; nature [4] other people
(mat)
31
業
[1] [n] profession; business; trade; work; occupation; vocation; calling [2] estate; property [3] already
(jip)
32
鼻
[1] [n] nose [2] before any others; first
| bei
33
朋友
friend
| pang jau
34
友
[1] [n] friend; companion; friendly; friendship [2] fraternity; fraternal love [3] [v] befriend
(jau)
35
眼
```
[1] eye; ocular; look; glance
[2] tiny hole; aperture
[3] salient point; insight
[4] trap (in chess)
[5] unaccented beat (in opera)
[6] [粵] classifier for needle, nail, lamp, etc
[7] [國] classifier for a well/spring
[8] [粵] eyesight
(ngaan)
```
36
7點鐘冇問題
7:00 pm is okay (not a problem)
| cat dim zung mou man tai
37
手袋
handbag; purse
| sau doi
38
腳
```
[1] foot/feet; leg; base
[2] football player
[3] footnote; rhyme
[4] transporting manually
(Classifier(s): 隻, 雙)
(goek)
```
39
氣溫
air temperature
| hei wan
40
溫
[1] lukewarm; warm; mild; [v] warm [2] [v] review; revise [3] temperature [4] a Chinese family name
(wan)
41
鞋
shoe(s); footwear in general
(Classifier(s): [華] 隻 (singular); [粵] 對 (pair); [國] 雙 (pair))
(haai)
42
機場
airport (common abbreviation for 飛機場); Airport stop on Airport Express MTR line
(gei coeng)
43
飛機場
[1] airport [2] (slang) a flat-chested woman [3] (slang) a flat chest (of a woman) [4] (slang) a massage parlour or sauna which offers sex services | Note: Better to use just '機場' for 'airport' because '飛機場' carries some risqué connotations
(gei gei coeng)
44
跑車
sports car
| paau ce
45
跑
[1] [v] run [2] [v] run away; flee; leave in hurry
| paau
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親
```
[1] [n] parent; relative; kin
[2] [adj] of blood relation; biological
[3] [adj] intimate; in favour of; pro-
[4] [adv] personally; in person
[5] [n] marriage; match
(can)
```
47
戚
```
[1] [n] relative (by marriage)
[2] [literary] sorrowful; woeful
[3] axe-like ancient weapon
[4] a Chinese family name
(cik)
```
48
等
| -- NB. In Cantonese, when the pronunciation used is [ting3], 聽 will be the more frequently used character, as many speakers do not associate 等with a colloquial pronunciation of [ting3].
[1] [v] wait for; wait until; await
[2] [v] [粵] let; allow
(dang)
49
歌
[1] [v] sing; chant [2] [v] praise [3] [n] song [4] poems with rhythms and rhymes suitable for use as lyrics in songs
(go)
50
中學
secondary school; middle school
| zung hok
51
中
```
[1] [n, adj] centre; middle; inside
[2] [adv] during; among; in the process of
[3] [n] medium; average; halfway
[4] [n] shortened form of China
(zung)
```
52
鋼琴
piano (pianoforte)
| gong kam
53
鋼
(1) steel, (2) sharpen; whet; strop
| gong
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辦公室
office | Less formal alternative: 寫字樓
| baan gung sat
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辦
[1] [v] manage; handle; deal with; attend to; transact [2] [v] try and punish [3] [v] purchase
(baan)
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辦
[1] [v] manage; handle; deal with; attend to; transact [2] [v] try and punish [3] [v] purchase
(baan)
57
室
[1] [n] room; home; house; chamber; apartment [2] [n] wife
| sat
58
寫字樓
[1] office block; office tower [2] office | Std.: 辦公室
| se zi lau
59
字
[1] [n] word; letter; character; word; logograph; glyph [2] [v] betroth a girl [3] name or style taken at the age of 20, by which one was sometimes called [4] Chinese character with more than one component, cf. 文
(zi)
60
靜
[1] quiet(ly); still; motionless; gentle; calm; tranquility; silent [2] peaceful; harmonious; serene [3] virtuous; chaste
(zing)
61
親戚
relatives; relations
| can cik
62
咩?
[2] [Cantonese] [Hakka] [final particle] transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise
What?
(me)
63
重有咩呀?
What else?
| zung jau me aa?
64
差唔多
Similar, almost alike.
Understood to mean that there are tiny differences between the two objects compared, but they are similar for the most part.
差 and 唔 are often slurred together.
(caa m do)
65
仲
[1] in the middle; between two entities [2] second (in order of birth) [3] brothers [4] a Chinese family name
仲 is sometimes used as a phonetic substitute for 重 (meaning "still; more") when there is unawareness that the literary pronunciation [zung6] of 重 can equally be used in everyday speech.
(zung)
66
返學
to go to school
| faan hok
67
得唔得呀?
"Is that OK?; Will that do? Is this all right?”, Are you happy with that?
The reply will invariably be "得" or "唔得".
(dak m dak aa?)
68
我哋一齊係中環見面
I see you at central. (We are going to meet at central)
| Ngoh deih jat cai hai zung waan gin min
69
耐唔耐
now and then; occasionally
| noi m noi
70
怕
[1] [v] fear; dread; afraid; scared or frightened; apprehensive [2] maybe; perhaps; I am afraid ...; I suppose
(paa)
71
慌怕
to be afraid of, to fear
| fong paa
72
慌
[1] panicky; flustered; flurried; confused[2] [國] (used after 得 as a complement) unbearable
(fong)
73
天文台
[1] observatory[2] [粵]: slang for a lookout or a scout for an illegal operation
(tin man toi)
74
香港天文台
Hong Kong Observatory
| hoeng gong tin man toi
75
已經
already | [粵]: also 經已
| ji ging
76
已
[1] already [2] [v] come to an end; finish; complete; finished [3] [v] stop; cease [4] used to indicate the past [5] excessive; very; much [6] a final particle to add emphasis
(ji)
77
經已
already (also 已經)
| ging ji
78
已經進行
already underway; already in progress
| ji ging zeon haang
79
進行
[1] to advance; to progress; to go forward [2] to do; to execute; to carry out; to undertake; to embark on; to carry on; to conduct; to implement [3] underway; in progress; on-going
(zeon haang)
80
冷靜啲
```
calm down (usually refer to temperament)
(laang zing di)
```
81
嘥時間
to waste time
| saai si gaan
82
我一秒都唔可以嘥
I can't waste even a second.
Lit. I one second also cannot waste
(nogh jat miu dou m ho ji saai)
83
係唔係
[1] is it or is it not?; to be or not to be |
2](rhetorical - pronounced /isn't it?; is it? |
[3] often contracted to 係咪
(hai m hai)
84
等我睇睇先
Let me see (let me have a look).
| dang nogh tai tai sin
85
睇睇
have a look
| tai tai
86
論盡
[1] clumsy; ungainly; careless [2] cumbersome; burdensome; bulky
(leon zeon )
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矛盾
contradictory, contradiction
| maau teon
88
未
[1] not yet [2] not [3] the eight of the twelve Terrestrial branches [4] 1:00-3:00 p.m. [5] a Chinese family name
(mei)
89
妹
```
[1] younger sister
[2] address to a woman who is younger to the speaker and of the same generation
[粵] mui6*1 [國] mei4
address to a young woman or girl
(mui)
```
90
台
[1] terrace; tower; lookout [2] platform; stage; rostrum
[3] stand; support; base [4] station; channel; network
[5] you; your (a title of respect) [6] short for Taiwan
[7] [classifier] whole set (of certain machinery)
Though generally regarded as simplified or variant form, 台 is gradually replacing its traditional form 臺 in both Taiwan and HK.
(toi)
91
宵
night; evening; dark
| siu
92
盒
Classifier - [n] small box; case; casket - 糖 (tong sugar/candy)
(hap)
93
澳門
Macao (sometimes spelled Macau, which is its Portuguese spelling) -- a Cantonese speaking city in southeast China that used to be a Portuguese colony
(ou mun)
94
後門
```
back door
(hau mun)
```
95
夜
[1] night; dark; darkness; in night [2] [n] night trip; night travelling; by night
(je)
96
燒
[1] burn; heat; boil; bake
[2] cook; stew; roast; braise
[3] run a fever; have a temperature
(siu)
97
故事
story, narrative, tale | [粵]: 古仔
| gu si
98
場
[1] an open space; field; area of level ground [2] an act of a play; act of an opera [3] the stage [4] an area for drill; a playground [5] a farm [6] a site or place for a special purpose (as an examination, meeting, etc.)
(coeng)
99
毛衣
woolen jumper; sweater [粵]: 冷衫
| mou ji
100
街市
[1] street market, wet market [2] downtown shopping area; high street shopping area
(gaai si)
101
列
[1] [v] arrange; put in order; enumerate
[2] [n, classifier] (horizontal) row; line; queue | [related term] 行 (vertical) column
[3] [pron] all; each and everyone
[4] [n] category; sort; kind
(lit)
102
火車
railway train
Usually refers to trains that run above ground. Subway trains underground are often called 列車
(fo che)
103
買
[1] [v] buy; purchase [2] [v] win over (usually with a promise or favors in return); bribe
(maai)
104
企
```
1] [v] stand on tiptoe
[2] [v] look forward to; anxiously expect
[粵] kei5 - Cantonese only
[v] stand | [variant] 徛
[粵] kei5*2 - Cantonese only
[n] home (often in compound form 屋企)
(kei)
```
105
父
[1] father [2] male relative of a senior generation
| fu
106
又
[1] and; also; again; in addition to [2] moreover; furthermore [3] and (used in a mixed fraction such as one and three fourths)
(jau/yau)
107
份
[1] portion; part; share [2] [classifier] portion of food, gift, etc; copy of document, newspapers, etc
(fan/fahn)
108
事
[1] [n] affair; matter; business [2] fact; event; happening
[3] [n] job; occupation; task [4] duties; functions [5] trouble; accident; undesirable event
[6] matter in general; matters [7] often part of a title [8] [n] service [9] [n] subject [10] [v] attend; do [11] [v] serve [12] [v] manage a business
(si)
109
先生
[1] mister, Mr. (粵) abbreviation: 生 [2] husband[3] (粵) [colloquial] (male or female) teacher
(sin saang)
110
老梨
old (Mr.) Lei
| lou lei
111
一個盒
a box
| jat go hap
112
梯
[1] [n] ladder; steps; stairs; [2] something to lean or depend on [3] terraced [4] private; intimate [5] [n] phase (in the induction of military draftees)
(tai)
113
市
[1] [n] market; marketplace; place for battering goods; fair [2] [n] city; town [3] [v] buy; sell; trade [4] a Chinese family name
(si)
114
少
few; little; young
| siu
115
今晚
This Evening
| gam-maahn / gam maan
116
小蔥
shallot; spring onion
| ciu cung
117
朋
1] [n] friend; pal; acquaintance [2] [n] group; clique
| pang
118
蔥
[1] [粵] green onion; spring onion
[2] [國] scallion; onion; chives; leek
[3] yellowish green; pale green
(cung)
119
夠
to be enough
| gau
120
飲啤酒
to drink beer
| jam be zau
121
我學校
my school
| ngoh hok haau
122
去, 我聽日去新界.
Yes, I am going to New Territories tomorrow.
| heoi, ngoh teng jat heoi saan gaai.
123
接送
to pick up
| zip sung
124
下個禮拜
next week
| haa go lai baai
125
你係唔係英國人呀?
Are you Chinese?
| Neih hai m hai zung gwok jan aa?
126
好, 聽日見
Good, see you tomorrow.
| hou, teng jat gin.
127
好嗎?
What do you think about it?
| hou maa ?
128
去 / 嚟 / 返 --> Aspect of Direction + Time --> Positive Answer
PA: Verb (1) + Subject + Time + Verb(1) + Adv (Place) + Verb(2) + Object.
去, 我 + 今日 + 去 + 尖沙咀+睇 + 戲. (Yes, I am going to TSSto see a movie today.) 嚟, 我 + 今日 + 嚟 + 尖沙咀+睇 + 戲. (Yes, I am coming to TSS to see a movie today.)返, 我 + 今日 + 返 + 尖沙咀 +睇 + 戲. (Yes, I am returning to TSS to see a movie today.)
PA: Verb (1) + Subject + Time + Verb(1) + Adv (Place) + Verb(2) + Object.
去, 我 + 今日 + 去 + 尖沙咀+睇 + 戲. (Yes, I am going to TSSto see a movie today.) 嚟, 我 + 今日 + 嚟 + 尖沙咀+睇 + 戲. (Yes, I am coming to TSS to see a movie today.)返, 我 + 今日 + 返 + 尖沙咀 +睇 + 戲. (Yes, I am returning to TSS to see a movie today.)
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牙醫
Dentist
| ngaa yi
130
醫生
Doctor
| yi saang
131
髮型
hair style
| faat jing
132
理髮
to cut one's hair; haircut; hairdressing
| leih faat
133
韓國人
a South Korean person
| Hohn gwok yahn
134
小姐貴姓呀?
What is your surname, Miss ?
| Siu je gwai sing aah ?
135
李太太 李太
Lee / a surname
| leih taai-taai leih taai
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貨
[1] [n] goods; commodities; products; freight; cargo [2] money; currency; property [3] [v] bribe; bribery [4] [v] sell [5] used as a term of reviling with an abusive suffix
(fo)
137
對唔住, 我有事, 走先啦,再見 !
I am sorry. I have some things to do, I will go first. See you !
138
唔係幾
```
"唔係幾"
--> it means "not very"
--> normally "係" can be omitted before an Adjective.
e.g.
日本車唔平 - Japanese food is not cheap.
香港唔凍 - Hong Kong is not cold
```
139
多唔多 --> "are there many"
For Questions "Are there many …" , we don't use "有" or "冇" (have not).
e.g.
學校多唔多書呀？ - Are there many books in the school?
140
香港多唔多美國人呀?
多, 香港多美國人.
香港凍唔凍呀?
唔凍, 香港好熱.
香港多唔多美國人呀?
多, 香港多美國人.
香港凍唔凍呀?
唔凍, 香港好熱.
141
```
陣小姐啲衫靚唔靚呀?
有啲(衫)靚, 有啲(衫)難睇.
呢啲屋大唔大呀?
有啲(屋) 大. 有啲(屋)細.
嗰啲橙甜唔甜呀?
有啲(橙)甜, 有啲(橙)酸.
```
```
陣小姐啲衫靚唔靚呀?
有啲(衫)靚, 有啲(衫)難睇.
呢啲屋大唔大呀?
有啲(屋) 大. 有啲(屋)細.
嗰啲橙甜唔甜呀?
有啲(橙)甜, 有啲(橙)酸.
```
142
香港有美國人
There are Americans in Hong Kong. - Lit.: Hong Kong has Americans
143
香港多唔多天星小輪呀?
Are there many Star Ferry in Hong Kong?
144
日本好多德國人.--> Opposite
日本好少德國人.
145
衫
n] shirt; gown; jacket; garment
| saam
146
多唔多呀?
Are there many?
147
嚟, 我下個月嚟探你哋.
Yes, I am coming to visit you next month.
148
你下個月嚟唔嚟探我哋呀?
Are you coming to visit me (us) next month?
149
去, 我今個禮拜去尖沙咀食日本菜呀.
Yes, I am going to Tsim Sha Tsui to eat Japanese food.
150
你今個禮拜去唔去尖沙咀食日本菜呀?
Are you going to Tsim Sha Tsui to eat Japanese food this week.
151
去, 我聽日去旺角睇戲.
Yes, I am going to Mong Kok to see a movie tomorrow.
152
對唔住, 陣(先)生! 我而家要返寫字樓開會. 我走先! 下個禮拜見!
I am sorry, Mr. Chan! I have to go back to the office for a meeting now. I will go first! See you next week.
153
鎖頭
a lock
| so tau
154
題
[1] [n] forehead [2] [n] signal; sign [3] [n] subject; title of a composition or speech; headline; theme [4] commentaries; notes [5] [v] sign; write; inscribe [6] [n] end; top [7] the ornamental woodwork under the eaves of public buildings [8] a Chinese family name
(tai)
155
冇問題
sure, no problem (Thank you - Response) / (Lit.: No Questions)
[Syn.] 無問題
(mou man tai)
156
問題
question; problem
| man tai
157
姐
[1] one's elder sister or sisters [2] a general term for young women; young lady
(ze)
158
姑
[1] father's sister; aunt [2] husband's sister; sister-in-law [3] [archaic] husband's mother; mother-in-law
[4] (country) girl; a general term for unmarried women [5] nun; priestess
[6] tentatively; for the time being; meanwhile
(gu)
159
姑姐
aunt (father's younger sister)
| gu ze
160
公
[1] unselfish; unbiased; fair [2] [v] make public; open to all [3] public [5] the father of one's husband; one's father-in-law [6] grandfather [7] a respectful salutation [8] the male (animals) [9] office; official duties [10] a surname
(gung)
161
老公
husband
| lou gung
162
匙
spoon
| si
163
鎖
```
[1] [n] lock; padlock
[2] [v] lock up; fasten
[3] chains; fetters; shackles
(Classifier(s): 把)
(so)
```
164
鎖匙
key
| so si
165
貓
cat
| mau
166
使
```
1] send; despatch; summon
[2] enable; cause; make
[3] use; employ; apply
[4] if; supposing; provided
(sai)
```
167
冇緊要
1] unimportant; not critical [2] it doesn't matter; never mind [Syn.] 唔緊要, 唔使客氣
(mou gan jiu)
168
緊要
[1] important; essential [2] critical; urgent.
| gan jiu
169
最
most; extremely; exceedingly; extreme; superlative
| zeoi
170
庭
[1] [n] court of justice [2] [n] yard [3] [n] hall [4] [n] imperial court
(ting)
171
家庭
family
| gaa ting
172
家
[1] home; family; household
[2] specialist in a certain field
[3] person of certain trade or characteristics
[4] school of thought
[5] party; side; contender
[6] classifier for firms or other enterprises
(gaa)
173
保
[1] [v] protect; guard; safeguard; shelter; defend [2] [v] be responsible; guarantee; insure [3] [n] waiter; tender [4] [v] care for [5] [v] keep; maintain [6] [v] stand guarantor or surety for someone [7] an official post in ancient China
(bou)
174
健康保險
health insurance
| gin hong bou him
175
康
[1] peaceful [2] healthy [3] abundant [4] level; even and smooth (road, etc.)
(hong)
176
健
[1] strong; healthy [2] vigorous; capable [3] fond of; inclined to; liable to [4] [v] strengthen; toughen
(gin)
177
健康
health, healthy, in good health
| gin hong
178
東
[1] [n] east; eastern [2] [v] travel eastward [3] [n] host; master; owner [4] a Chinese family name
(dung)
179
廣東話
Cantonese language, originating in the 廣東 (Guang Dong) region of China.
(gwong dung waa)
180
邊個嘅
whose
| bin go ge
181
自己嘅
one’s own
| zi gei ge
182
我嘅
my; mine
| ngoh ge
183
你嘅
your; yours (singular)
| neih ge
184
佢嘅
his, her, hers, its.
| keoi ge
185
址
location; site
| zi
186
地址
address
| dei zi
187
險
[1] dangerous; danger [2] obstructed; difficult [3] [n] strategic pass; strategic point [4] cunning; mean; crafy; sinister [5] nearly; almost; within an ace of
(him)
188
遮
```
[1] [v] cover; screen; hide from view
[2] [v] block; obstruct; impede
[3] [粵] umbrella; parasol | Used in Cantonese for 'umbrella' because the standard word '傘' sounds exactly as '散' (to disperse, as in "wealth has dispersed")
(Classifier(s): [粵] 把)
(ze)
```
189
嗌交
quarrel; bicker; squabble; tiff; argue; argument
| aai gaau
190
壞
bad; spoil; spoiled; ruin; destroy
| waai
191
緊
[1] [adj] tight; firm; secure; fast; close
[2] [adj] strict; rigorous
[3] [adj] tense; urgent; pressing
[4] [adj] short of money
[5] [粵]: (used after a verb) aspect marker for ongoing action, in the process of
(gan)
192
把
Classifier: 把 -> 較剪 (gaau zin) / 鉸剪 (gaau zin) (scissors)
| baa
193
雙
[1] two; pair; dual; both [2] double; two-fold
| soeng
194
貓仔
a kitten
| maau zai
195
手錶
wristwatch
| sau biu
196
美國史
American history
| mei gwok si
197
送上去
send something up
| sung soeng heoi
198
齒
[1] teeth [2] age [3] [v] speak of; mention [4] a tooth-like part of anything
(ci)
199
半
[1] half [2] very little [3] in the middle [4] partly; about half
(bun)
200
秒
[1] [n] beard of grain or corn [2] [n] second (said of time or degree)
(miu)
