Learn five words about different life events
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| Hi everyone. Welcome to Cantonese weekly words. Today, we are going to talk about Life Events, 人生大事 (jan4 sang1 daai6 si6)! |
| Big things that happen to your life. So, 人生大事 (jan4 sang1 daai6 si6). |
| And now the first is... |
| 1. 出世 (ceot1 sai3) "Birth" or "to be born" |
| 出世(ceot1 sai3) |
| 出 (ceot1) is like "exit." |
| 世 (sai3) is "the world." |
| So it should be entering into world but somehow, the term means "to exit into the world." |
| Exits your mother’s body – exit your mother’s body into the world. So, 出世 (ceot1 sai3) "birth." |
| 你個仔幾時出世㗎？ |
| (nei5 go3 zai2 gei2 si4 ceot1 sai3 gaa3?) |
| "When was your son born?" |
| 你個女幾時出世㗎？ |
| (nei5 go3 neoi5 gei2 si4 ceot1 sai3 gaa3?) |
| "When was your daughter born?" |
| 我係一月出世嘅。 |
| (ngo5 hai6 jat1 jyut6 ceot1 sai3 ge3.) |
| "I was born in January." |
| And the next word is... |
| 2. 畢業 (bat1 jip6) "Graduate" |
| 小學畢業 |
| (siu2 hok6 bat1 jip6) |
| "graduate from elementary school" |
| 中學畢業 |
| (zung1 hok6 bat1 jip6) |
| "graduate from secondary school" |
| 大學畢業 |
| (daai6 hok6 bat1 jip6) |
| "graduate from university" |
| 畢業典禮 |
| (bat1 jip6 din2 lai5) |
| "Graduation ceremony" |
| 3. 搵工 (wan2 gung1) "Job hunting" |
| Next word. After you graduate, you have to go job hunting, right? |
| 搵 (wan2) is "to look for" or "to search for." |
| 工 (gung1) is "job or occupation" |
| So 搵工 (wan2 gung1) |
| 睇報紙搵工 |
| (tai2 bou3 zi2 wan2 gung1) |
| "to job hunt on newspaper" |
| Classified posts, probably. |
| 而家啲人都會上網搵工。 |
| (ji4 gaa1 di1 jan4 dou1 wui5 soeng5 mong5 wan2 gung1.) |
| "People nowadays would job hunt online." |
| 搵工網頁 |
| (wan2 gung1 mong5 jip6) |
| "Job hunting websites." |
| 4. 結婚 (git3 fan1) "To get married" |
| 結婚 (git3 fan1) |
| So after engagement, you get married. |
| John同Mary下年結婚喇！ |
| (JOHN tung4 MARY haa6 nin2 git3 fan1 laa3!) |
| "John and Mary will get married next year!" |
| 5. 退休 (teoi3 jau1) "To retire/retirement" |
| 我爸爸下年就退休喇。 |
| (ngo5 baa4 baa1 haa6 nin2 zau6 teoi3 jau1 laa3.) |
| "My father is going to retire next year." |
| So that’s it for today. Today, we talked about life events, 人生大事 (jan4 sang1 daai6 si6). And I will see you next time. I am Olivia. Ciao! |
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