Learn the top 25 Cantonese adjectives
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| Hi guys! Hi everybody! Welcome to Cantonese Top Words! Today we’re going to talk about Top 25 Cantonese Adjectives. Let’s go! |
| 1. 好 (hou2) "good; well" |
| 我係個好人。 (ngo5 hai6 go3 hou2 jan4.) "I am a good person." |
| Yes I am! |
| 2. 大 (daai6) "big" |
| 你間屋好大呀！ (nei5 gaan1 uk1 hou2 daai6 aa3!) "Your house is so big!" |
| 3. 細 (sai3) "little; small; tiny“ |
| 我對眼好細。 (ngo5 deoi3 ngaan5 hou2 sai3.) "My eyes are very small." |
| 4. 長 (coeng4) "long" |
| 長頭髮 (coeng4 tau4 faat3) "long hair" |
| 長 (coeng4) |
| 5. 短 (dyun2) "short" |
| 我啲手指甲好短呀。 (ngo5 di1 sau2 zi2 gaap3 hou2 dyun2 aa3.) "My fingernails are short." |
| Let’s talk about me, all about me! |
| 6. 熱 (jit6) "hot" |
| 今日天氣好熱。 (gam1 jat6 tin1 hei3 hou2 jit6.) "Today the weather is very hot." |
| 今日天氣好熱。 (gam1 jat6 tin1 hei3 hou2 jit6.) |
| 7. 凍 (dung3) "cold" |
| 我唔鍾意開冷氣，會好凍。 (ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 hoi1 laang5 hei3, wui5 hou2 dung3.) |
| "I don't like to turn on the air-conditioner because it gets too cold." |
| And it’s bad for the environment. |
| 8. 平 (peng4) "cheap" |
| When you go to a market, people will tell you to come over here, check it out, things are really here! 好平呀！(hou2 peng4 aa3!) |
| 好平呀！過嚟睇下！ (hou2 peng4 aa3! gwo3 lei4 tai2 haa5!) "Things are really cheap here! Come take a look!" |
| 9. 貴 (gwai3) "expensive" |
| 香港啲樓好貴。 (hoeng1 gong2 di1 lau2 hou2 gwai3.) "Apartments in Hong Kong are very expensive." |
| It’s sad. |
| 10. 難 (naan4) "difficult" |
| 法文好難。 (faat3 man2 hou2 naan4.) "French is difficult." |
| Je ne sais quoi, je ne sais pas, je ne sais pas. |
| 法文好難。 (faat3 man2 hou2 naan4.) |
| 11. 易 (ji6) "easy" |
| 跟我學廣東話好易。 (gan1 ngo5 hok6 gwong2 dung1 waa2 hou2 ji6.) "Learn Cantonese with me is very easy." |
| 12. 快 (faai3) "fast" |
| 我跑得好快。 (ngo5 paau2 dak1 hou2 faai3.) "I run really fast." |
| 快 (faai3) |
| 13. 慢 (maan6) "slow" |
| "I like the concept of Slow-living." |
| 我鍾意慢活嘅概念。 (ngo5 zung1 ji3 maan6 wut6 ge3 koi3 nim6.) |
| 14. 新 (san1) "new" |
| 新年快樂！ (san1 nin4 faai3 lok6!) "Happy new year!" |
| 15. 舊 (gau6) "old" |
| 我間屋好舊。 (ngo5 gaan1 uk1 hou2 gau6.) "My house is really old" |
| 揼晒啲舊衫！ (dam2 saai3 di1 gau6 saam1!) "Throw away all your old clothings!" |
| Clear up space for new clothes! |
| 16. 靚 (leng3) "beautiful" |
| 林嘉欣好靚。 (lam4 gaa1 jan1 hou2 leng3.) "Karena Lam is very beautiful." |
| Karena Lam is a Hong Kong actress, you can check out her movies. |
| 17. 核突 (wat6 dat6) "ugly" |
| There’s also another Hong Kong actor who is famous for being ugly, his name is Bobby Yip. He just has an iconic face of being an ugly guy in the movies. |
| 18. 有用 (jau5 jung6) "useful" |
| 學外語好有用。 (hok6 ngoi6 jyu5 hou2 jau5 jung6.) "Learning a new learning is very useful." |
| 19. 冇用 (mou5 jung6) “useless” |
| 一定唔可以做個冇用嘅人。 (jat1 ding6 m4 ho2 ji3 zou6 go3 mou5 jung6 ge3 jan4.) "We must not become an useless person. / We must not become an incompetent person." |
| 20. 飽 (baau2) "full (stomach)" |
| So after every meal, we say 好飽呀！ (hou2 baau2 aa3!) ”I’m so full!" |
| We only use 飽 (baau2) for the stomach. |
| 21. 肚餓 (tou5 ngo6) "hungry" |
| Before every meal, I say 好肚餓呀！ (hou2 tou5 ngo6 aa3!) "I'm so hungry!" |
| 22. 開心 (hoi1 sam1) "happy" |
| "I'm so happy!" 我好開心呀！ (ngo5 hou2 hoi1 sam1 aa3!) |
| So happy! 開心 (hoi1 sam1). |
| 23. 得意 (dak1 ji3) "cute" |
| When you see a cute puppy, we’ll scream, like, 好得意呀！ (hou2 dak1 ji3 aa3!) "So cute!" |
| 24. 悶 (mun6) "boring" |
| My teenage cousin always say 好悶呀！ (hou2 mun6 aa3!) "So boring!" |
| 25. 攰 (gui6) "tired" |
| 我錄咗成段片，好攰呀。 (ngo5 luk6 zo2 seng4 dyun6 pin2, hou2 gui6 aa3.) "I'm tired after recording this video." No, just kidding, I love it. |
| So these are the top 25 Cantonese adjectives that we use all the time, try to make a sentence with it and put it in the comments. Please subscribe, and check out the word list from our website, CantoneseClass101.com. See you next time, bye! |
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