Learn Cantonese words about Valentine's Day
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| This is Olivia reporting from Hong Kong! Hi, everyone, welcome to Cantonese Holiday Words. Today we're going to talk about Valentine's Day. |
| Valentine's Day 情人節 (cing4 jan4 zit3) |
| 情人(cing4 jan4) is “lover”, and 節(zit3) is like “festival”. So ”Valentine's Day" is 情人節 (cing4 jan4 zit3). Let’s go over some terms. |
| 1. 情人節 (cing4 jan4 zit3) "Valentine's Day" |
| 情人節喺二月十四號。 (cing4 jan4 zit3 hai2 ji6 jyut6 sap6 sei3 hou6.) "Valentine's Day is on 14th of February." |
| 2. 朱古力 (zyu1 gu1 lik1) "chocolate" |
| 我買咗盒心型嘅朱古力俾佢。 (ngo5 maai5 zo2 hap6 sam1 jing4 ge3 zyu1 gu1 lik1 bei2 keoi5.) "I bought a box of heart-shape chocolates for him.” |
| 3. 拍拖 (paak3 to1) “to date; to see someone; to be in a romantic relationship with someone“ |
| In a sentence, 你有冇拍拖呢？ (nei5 jau5 mou5 paak3 to1 ne1?) "Are you in a relationship? “Are you seeing someone?" |
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| 拍拖 (paak3 to1) |
| 4. 燭光晚餐 (zuk1 gwong1 maan5 caan1) "candlelight dinner" |
| Candlelight dinner on Valentine's Day is a very common thing in Hong Kong, and they are |
| very expensive, especially at the hotels. maybe you can have a 燭光晚餐 (zuk1 gwong1 maan5 caan1) at home, that might be better. You can cook for your lover. |
| 佢煮咗燭光晚餐俾我食，好浪漫呀。 (keoi5 zyu2 zo2 zuk1 gwong1 maan5 caan1 bei2 ngo5 sik6, hou2 long6 maan6 aa3.) "He made me candlelight dinner, that was so romantic." |
| 5. 男朋友 (naam4 pang4 jau5) “boyfriend” |
| 男(naam4) is “male”, 朋友(pang4 jau5) is “friend”, so male-friend is “boyfriend”. |
| 男朋友 (naam4 pang4 jau5) |
| 你有冇男朋友呢？ (nei5 jau5 mou5 naam4 pang4 jau5 ne1?) “Do you have a boyfriend?” |
| So that's it for today. Today we talked about Valentine's Day. We hope you have a great valentine's Day. Please subscribe, leave us a comment, and check out CantoneseClass101.com for more Cantonese videos. See you next time! Bye! |
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