Learn five words related to clothing and accessories
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| Hi everyone, welcome to Cantonese weekly words. I am Olivia. Today, we are going to talk about Clothing Accessories. |
| 1. "Bag" 手袋 (sau2 doi2) |
| 手袋 (sau2 doi2) is "handbag" or a "bag." |
| "Pouch" or a "handbag." |
| 我整緊一個皮嘅手袋。 |
| (ngo5 zing2 gan2 jat1 go3 pei2 ge3 sau2 doi2) |
| "I'm making a leather handbag." |
| 2. "Scarf" 頸巾 (geng2 gan1) |
| 頸巾 (geng2 gan1) is "scarf." |
| 頸巾 (geng2 gan1) |
| "I’m putting on a scarf." |
| 我帶咗條頸巾。 |
| (ngo5 daai3 zo2 tiu4 geng2 gan1.) |
| 3. "Sunglasses" |
| 太陽眼鏡 |
| (taai3 joeng4 ngaan5 geng2) |
| 太陽(taai3 joeng4) is "sun" and 眼鏡(ngaan5 geng2) is "glasses". So "sunglasses," easy! |
| In a sentence... |
| 喺室內唔好戴太陽眼鏡。 |
| (hai2 sat1 noi6 m4 hou2 daai3 taai3 joeng4 ngaan5 geng2.) |
| "Don't wear sunglasses indoors." |
| Of course, it’s bad for your eyes and its pretentious. |
| Um, next. |
| 4. "Earrings" 耳環 (ji5 waan2) |
| 耳環 (ji5 waan2) is "earrings." |
| In a sentence... |
| 你對耳環喺邊度買㗎？好靚呀！ |
| (nei5 deoi3 ji5 waan2 hai2 bin1 dou6 maai5 gaa3? hou2 leng3 aa3!) |
| "Where did you buy your pair of earrings? They are pretty." |
| 5. "Watch" 手錶 (sau2 biu1) |
| 手錶 (sau2 biu1) is "watch." |
| I don’t have a watch today, sorry. |
| A watch. |
| 我唔鍾意戴手錶。 |
| (ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 daai3 sau2 biu1.) |
| "I don't like wearing watches." |
| It’s limiting. We just use our cell phone nowadays, right? |
| That’s it for today. Today, we talked about clothing accessories and I will see you next time at Cantonese weekly words. Bye! |
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