CantoneseClass101 Culture Class: Essential Cantonese Vocabulary Curriculum
What are the 5 most popular sweets in Hong Kong? What vocabulary do you need to know to have a conversation with Cantonese-speaking locals? You’ll learn all this and more in this Culture Class Series! Vocabulary is essential to mastering Cantonese. In this 25-lesson series, you’ll learn the *most* essential Cantonese vocabulary words related to culture and daily life. These words have been hand picked by our Cantonese native speakers and cover topics like popular dishes in Hong Kong, and its holidays and cities.
| Lesson # | Title (English) |
Topic (English) |
Target sentences (Target Language) |
| 1 | National Holidays | Daily Life | 農曆新年 聖誕節 端午節 中秋節 國慶 |
| 2 | Food | Food & Drink | 點心 燒味 炒飯 雲吞麵 蛋撻 |
| 3 | Drinks | Food & Drink | 港式奶茶 鴛鴦 紅豆冰 維他奶 鹹檸七 |
| 4 | Home-cooked Meals | Food & Drink | 蕃茄炒蛋 蒸水蛋 梅菜蒸肉餅 薑蔥蒸魚 蒜蓉芥蘭 |
| 5 | Sweets and Desserts | Food & Drink | 紅豆沙 杏仁茶 楊枝甘露 西米布甸 豆腐花 |
| 6 | Fruits | Food & Drink | 沙田柚 荔枝 火龍果 龍眼 榴槤 |
| 7 | Vegetables | Food & Drink | 白菜 菜心 芥蘭 黃芽白 矮瓜 |
| 8 | Food Souvenirs | Society & Culture | 蛋卷 山楂餅 蝦子麵 杏仁餅 沙琪瑪 |
| 9 | Pop and Traditional Culture | Culture & Society | 太極 中醫 粵劇 港產片 遊行 |
| 10 | Types of Places to Live | People & Homes | 公屋 劏房 居屋 私人屋苑 豪宅 |
| 11 | Notable Figures | Culture & Society | 孫中山 彭定康 董建華 李小龍 梁朝偉 |
| 12 | Animals | Geography & Nature | 馬騮 狗 貓 熊貓 白海豚 |
| 13 | Plants | Geography & Nature | 洋紫荊 蘭花 荷花 水仙 劍蘭 |
| 14 | Geographical Features | Geography & Nature | 山 海港 河 島 沙灘 |
| 15 | Districts | Geography & Nature | 中西 離島 油尖旺 沙田 灣仔 |
| 16 | Sports | Recreation & Leisure | 跑馬 足球 羽毛球 保齡 乒乓波 |
| 17 | Tourist Attractions and Places | Recreation & Leisure | 山頂 維港 星光大道 海洋公園 天壇大佛 |
| 18 | Inside a Home | People & Homes | 外傭 神枱 麻雀 冷氣機 晾衫架 |
| 19 | Medicines and drugs | Health & Emergencies | 必理痛 川貝枇杷露 白花油 廿四味 西瓜霜 |
| 20 | Natural Disasters | Health & Emergencies | 颱風 山泥傾瀉 水浸 禽流感 山火 |
| 21 | Modes of transportation | Transportation & around town | 地鐵 小巴 巴士 渡輪 電車 |
| 22 | Shops or services in town | Transportation & around town | 便利店 藥房 商場 超市 咖啡室 |
| 23 | Chain Stores | Transportation & around town | 百老匯 萬寧 七十一 周生生 惠康 |
| 24 | Musicians and Artists | Fine Arts | 曾灶財 新馬師曾 王菲 張學友 梅艷芳 |
| 25 | Writers | Fine Arts | 金庸 亦舒 張愛玲 倪匡 劉以鬯 |