Canto01 Flashcards

Question

知識

Answer 1

knowledge; intellectual; intellect | zi sik

Answer 2

I know what you want | ngoh zi neih soeng dim

Answer 3

[1] extremely (lit. don't know how) (e.g.: 唔知幾高興 it's extremely joyful) (m zi gei)

Answer 4

don't know how (to) | m zi dim

Answer 5

Please let me know, when (you/he/…) are arriving/going | neih gong ngoh zi (neih/keoi/…) gei si … dou / heoi

Answer 6

Please let me know, ... | neih gong ngoh zi …

Answer 7

``` 1] [v] know; understand; be aware of [2] [n] knowledge; learning [3] [v] inform; notify; tell [4] [n] bosom/intimate friend [5] [v] [literary] administer; be in charge of (zi) ```

Answer 8

I don't know what to eat. | ngoh m zi sik mat.

Answer 9

to know about something; to know a fact; to understand | [粵]: also 知 (zi dou)

Answer 10

I know | ngoh zi aa

Answer 11

do you know? | zi m zi aa?

Answer 12

[1] [n] administrative district in ancient China [2] [n] region with 2,500 families [3] [n] county [4] [n] place surrounded by water; islet; sand bar [5] [n] state (in the U.S.A.) [6] a Chinese family name (zau)

Answer 13

advise; counsel; admonish | gou

Answer 14

``` [1] inform; notify; report to [2] proclaim; declare; announce [3] prosecute; sue; accuse [4] complain about; tell on [5] ask for; request; solicit (gou) ```

Answer 15

news report | san man bou gou

Answer 16

to report; a report | bou gou

Answer 17

[1] [v] repay; recompense [2] [n] reward; retribution [3] [v] report; announce; [n] report [4] [n] newspaper; periodical; journal (bou)

Answer 18

Excuse me, do you sell “newspaper"? | m goi, ceng man jau mou “bou zi" maai aa?

Answer 19

``` excuse me, may I ask…? please, may I ask … ? please could you tell me … excuse me, may I ask …? Polite form to ask a question This is a very polite and formal way for asking questions, mostly of a stranger. (ceng man) ```

Answer 20

please could you tell me …. | ceng man

Answer 21

Polite Form to ask a Question This is a very polite and formal way for asking questions, mostly of a stranger. eg. 請問先生貴姓呀? (Please could you tell me your surname?)

Answer 22

Excuse me - to get attention | m goi ceng man

Answer 23

What tea would you like to drink? | ceng man jam mat yeh caa

Answer 24

can you show me (…sheung shui) where to go? | ceng man (soeng seoi) dim heoi aa ?

Answer 25

Excuse me, do you sell “newspaper"? | m goi, ceng man jau mou “bou zi" maai aa?

Answer 26

Then, would you please tell me your surname? | gam , ceng man neih gwai sing aa ?

Answer 27

Sir, how many people? | sin saang, ceng man gei wai ?

Answer 28

[1] position; rank; status (兩位 - two person to seat) [2] location; seat [3] numerical adjunct [4] [n] seat of authority [5] [n] person [6] [v] take its place (wai)

Answer 29

[1] (polite) which one; who | bin wai

Answer 30

corner [華]: 角落 | gok wai

Answer 31

two people, three people … | ji wai, sam wai, ...

Answer 32

how many people | gei wai ?

Answer 33

that one; that person | go wai

Answer 34

Mister, how many people? | sin saang, gei dou wai?

Answer 35

``` [1] tent; canopy [2] curtain; screen [3] office of a commanding general [4] act of a play; scene (mok) ```

Answer 36

[1] to raise the curtains at a theatre or a cinema -> to start the show [2] to start or open a meeting [3] (of a shop or store) to open the doors for business (hoi mok)

Answer 37

grand opening | daai hoi mok

Answer 38

by the way, incidentally, while we're on this subject... [Syn.] [粵]: 話時話 (gong hoi jau gong)

Answer 39

by the way; incidentally; while we're on this subject... [Syn.] [粵]: 講開又講 [2] let's get back to the subject [粵] 話番轉頭; [3] frankly speaking; jokes aside; seriously | [粵] 講真; (waa si waa)

Answer 40

happy --> enjoy; like much | hoi sam

Answer 41

to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting; to have a meeting | hoi wui

Answer 42

[1] [v] open (door, bottle, etc) [2] [v] turn on; switch on [3] [v] drive; operate [4] [v] depart; leave; start [5] [v] set up; run [6] [v] hold (開會 meeting, exhibition, etc) [7] [v] write out; make a list of [8] [adv] aside; apart; away (hoi)

Answer 43

farther away or apart | hoi di

Answer 44

grand opening | daai hoi mok

Answer 45

``` what tea (drink) do you want? (hoi mat je caa?) ```

Answer 46

Pleased to meet you | hóu hòi sàm gin dóu néih

Answer 47

Are you happy? - I'm not happy. | neih hoi m hoi sam? ngo m hoi sam.

Answer 48

to come back towards the speaker but away from the object | faan hoi lai

Answer 49

to divide; to separate | fan hoi

Answer 50

to start work; to start a project; to go into operation; to go on stream; to begin construction (hoi gung)

Answer 51

go away; step away; "Get Lost” | haang hoi

Answer 52

to go to a meeting | heoi hoi wui

Canto01 Flashcards

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