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In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in Cantonese. |
Hi everybody, my name is Olivia. |
Welcome to The 800 Core Cantonese Words and Phrases video series! |
This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in Cantonese. |
Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
1. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
幫 |
(bong1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"help" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
幫 |
(SLOW) |
幫 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
help |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
唔該哂你幫手! |
(m4 goi1 saai3 nei5 bong1 sau2!) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Thank you for your help!" |
(SLOW) |
唔該哂你幫手! |
2. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
學 |
(hok6) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"learn" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
學 |
(SLOW) |
學 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
learn |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
佢去咗印度學瑜伽。 |
(keoi5 heoi3 zo2 jan3 dou6 hok6 jyu4 gaa1.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"He went off to India to learn Yoga." |
(SLOW) |
佢去咗印度學瑜伽。 |
3. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
郁 |
(juk1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"move" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
郁 |
(SLOW) |
郁 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
move |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
你唔好郁。 |
(nei5 m4 hou2 juk1.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Don't move." |
(SLOW) |
你唔好郁。 |
4. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
十七 |
(sap6 cat1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"seventeen" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
十七 |
(SLOW) |
十七 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
seventeen |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
佢十七歲。 |
(keoi5 sap6 cat1 seoi3.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"He is seventeen years old." |
(SLOW) |
佢十七歲。 |
5. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
十八 |
(sap6 baat3) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"eighteen" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
十八 |
(SLOW) |
十八 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
eighteen |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
我朋友十八歲。 |
(ngo5 pang4 jau5 sap6 baat3 seoi3.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"My friend is eighteen years old." |
(SLOW) |
我朋友十八歲。 |
6. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
十九 |
(sap6 gau2) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"nineteen" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
十九 |
(SLOW) |
十九 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
nineteen |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
呢度有十九本書。 |
(ni1 dou6 jau5 sap6 gau2 bun2 syu1.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"There are nineteen books here." |
(SLOW) |
呢度有十九本書。 |
7. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
二十 |
(ji6 sap6) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"twenty" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
二十 |
(SLOW) |
二十 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
twenty |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
我需要二十件呢個型號嘅。 |
(ngo5 seoi1 jiu3 ji6 sap6 gin6 ni1 go3 jing4 hou6 ge3.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"I need twenty units of this model." |
(SLOW) |
我需要二十件呢個型號嘅。 |
8. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
頸 |
(geng2) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"neck" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
頸 |
(SLOW) |
頸 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
neck |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
我頸痛。 |
(ngo5 geng2 tung3.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"I've got a pain in my neck." |
(SLOW) |
我頸痛。 |
9. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
面 |
(min6) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"face" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
面 |
(SLOW) |
面 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
face |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
我塊面好滑。 |
(ngo5 faai3 min6 hou2 waat6.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"My face is very smooth." |
(SLOW) |
我塊面好滑。 |
10. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
耳 |
(ji5) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"ear" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
耳 |
(SLOW) |
耳 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
ear |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
你日日喺我耳邊唱歌令我好壓抑。 |
(nei5 jat6 jat6 hai2 ngo5 ji5 bin1 coeng3 go1 ling6 ngo5 hou2 aat3 jik1.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"It's depressing to have you singing in my ear every day." |
(SLOW) |
你日日喺我耳邊唱歌令我好壓抑。 |
11. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
頭髮 |
(tau4 faat3) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"hair" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
頭髮 |
(SLOW) |
頭髮 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
hair |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
佢啲頭髮真係好短。 |
(keoi5 di1 tau4 faat3 zan1 hai6 hou2 dyun2.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"His hair is really short." |
(SLOW) |
佢啲頭髮真係好短。 |
12. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
山 |
(saan1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"mountain" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
山 |
(SLOW) |
山 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
mountain |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
富士山係一座好出名嘅火山。 |
(fu3 si6 saan1 hai6 jat1 zo6 hou2 ceot1 meng2 ge3 fo2 saan1.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Fuji mountain is a very famous volcano." |
(SLOW) |
富士山係一座好出名嘅火山。 |
13. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
沙灘 |
(saa1 taan1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"beach" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
沙灘 |
(SLOW) |
沙灘 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
beach |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
呢個沙灘有鯊魚網。 |
(ni1 go3 saa1 taan1 jau5 saa1 jyu4 mong5.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"This beach has a shark net." |
(SLOW) |
呢個沙灘有鯊魚網。 |
14. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
熱帶雨林 |
(jit6 daai3 jyu5 lam4) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"rainforest" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
熱帶雨林 |
(SLOW) |
熱帶雨林 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
rainforest |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
現今好多藥物都係由熱帶雨林嘅植物提煉出嚟。 |
(jin6 gam1 hou2 do1 joek6 mat6 dou1 hai6 jau4 jit6 daai3 jyu5 lam4 ge3 zik6 mat6 tai4 lin6 ceot1 lei4.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Many modern medicines come from plants found in the rainforest." |
(SLOW) |
現今好多藥物都係由熱帶雨林嘅植物提煉出嚟。 |
15. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
島 |
(dou2) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"island" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
島 |
(SLOW) |
島 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
island |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
希臘有大概六千個島。 |
(hei1 lip6 jau5 daai6 koi3 luk6 cin1 go3 dou2.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"There are around six thousand islands in Greece." |
(SLOW) |
希臘有大概六千個島。 |
16. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
字典 |
(zi6 din2) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"dictionary" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
字典 |
(SLOW) |
字典 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
dictionary |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
呢本英文字典有好多例句。 |
(ni1 bun2 jing1 man4 zi6 din2 jau5 hou2 do1 lai6 geoi3.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"There are lots of sample sentences in this English dictionary." |
(SLOW) |
呢本英文字典有好多例句。 |
17. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
藍色 |
(laam4 sik1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"blue" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
藍色 |
(SLOW) |
藍色 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
blue |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
我前面架車係藍色嘅。 |
(ngo5 cin4 min6 gaa3 ce1 hai6 laam4 sik1 ge3.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"The car in front is blue." |
(SLOW) |
我前面架車係藍色嘅。 |
18. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
黃色 |
(wong4 sik1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"yellow" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
黃色 |
(SLOW) |
黃色 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
yellow |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
黃色唔好睇。 |
(wong4 sik1 m4 hou2 tai2.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"Yellow doesn't look good." |
(SLOW) |
黃色唔好睇。 |
19. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
橙色 |
(caang2 sik1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"orange" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
橙色 |
(SLOW) |
橙色 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
orange |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
佢最鍾意嘅顏色係橙色。 |
(keoi5 zeoi3 zung1 ji3 ge3 ngaan4 sik1 hai6 caang2 sik1.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"His favorite color is orange. " |
(SLOW) |
佢最鍾意嘅顏色係橙色。 |
20. |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
顏色 |
(ngaan4 sik1) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"color" |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
顏色 |
(SLOW) |
顏色 |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
color |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
我想轉吓頭髮顏色。 |
(ngo5 soeng2 zyun3 haa5 tau4 faat3 ngaan4 sik1.) |
(NORMAL SPEED) |
"I would like to change my hair color." |
(SLOW) |
我想轉吓頭髮顏色。 |
Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
See you next time! |
再見。(zoi3 gin3.) |
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