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| In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in Cantonese. |
| Hi everybody, my name is Olivia. |
| Welcome to The 800 Core Cantonese Words and Phrases video series! |
| This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in Cantonese. |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
| 1. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 幫 |
| (bong1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "help" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 幫 |
| (SLOW) |
| 幫 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| help |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 唔該哂你幫手！ |
| (m4 goi1 saai3 nei5 bong1 sau2!) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Thank you for your help!" |
| (SLOW) |
| 唔該哂你幫手！ |
| 2. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 學 |
| (hok6) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "learn" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 學 |
| (SLOW) |
| 學 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| learn |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 佢去咗印度學瑜伽。 |
| (keoi5 heoi3 zo2 jan3 dou6 hok6 jyu4 gaa1.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "He went off to India to learn Yoga." |
| (SLOW) |
| 佢去咗印度學瑜伽。 |
| 3. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 郁 |
| (juk1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "move" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 郁 |
| (SLOW) |
| 郁 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| move |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 你唔好郁。 |
| (nei5 m4 hou2 juk1.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Don't move." |
| (SLOW) |
| 你唔好郁。 |
| 4. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十七 |
| (sap6 cat1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "seventeen" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十七 |
| (SLOW) |
| 十七 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| seventeen |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 佢十七歲。 |
| (keoi5 sap6 cat1 seoi3.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "He is seventeen years old." |
| (SLOW) |
| 佢十七歲。 |
| 5. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十八 |
| (sap6 baat3) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "eighteen" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十八 |
| (SLOW) |
| 十八 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| eighteen |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我朋友十八歲。 |
| (ngo5 pang4 jau5 sap6 baat3 seoi3.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "My friend is eighteen years old." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我朋友十八歲。 |
| 6. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十九 |
| (sap6 gau2) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "nineteen" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十九 |
| (SLOW) |
| 十九 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| nineteen |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 呢度有十九本書。 |
| (ni1 dou6 jau5 sap6 gau2 bun2 syu1.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "There are nineteen books here." |
| (SLOW) |
| 呢度有十九本書。 |
| 7. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 二十 |
| (ji6 sap6) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "twenty" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 二十 |
| (SLOW) |
| 二十 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| twenty |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我需要二十件呢個型號嘅。 |
| (ngo5 seoi1 jiu3 ji6 sap6 gin6 ni1 go3 jing4 hou6 ge3.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I need twenty units of this model." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我需要二十件呢個型號嘅。 |
| 8. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 頸 |
| (geng2) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "neck" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 頸 |
| (SLOW) |
| 頸 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| neck |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我頸痛。 |
| (ngo5 geng2 tung3.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I've got a pain in my neck." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我頸痛。 |
| 9. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 面 |
| (min6) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "face" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 面 |
| (SLOW) |
| 面 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| face |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我塊面好滑。 |
| (ngo5 faai3 min6 hou2 waat6.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "My face is very smooth." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我塊面好滑。 |
| 10. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 耳 |
| (ji5) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "ear" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 耳 |
| (SLOW) |
| 耳 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ear |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌令我好壓抑。 |
| (nei5 jat6 jat6 hai2 ngo5 ji5 bin1 coeng3 go1 ling6 ngo5 hou2 aat3 jik1.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "It's depressing to have you singing in my ear every day." |
| (SLOW) |
| 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌令我好壓抑。 |
| 11. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 頭髮 |
| (tau4 faat3) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "hair" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 頭髮 |
| (SLOW) |
| 頭髮 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| hair |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 佢啲頭髮真係好短。 |
| (keoi5 di1 tau4 faat3 zan1 hai6 hou2 dyun2.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "His hair is really short." |
| (SLOW) |
| 佢啲頭髮真係好短。 |
| 12. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 山 |
| (saan1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "mountain" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 山 |
| (SLOW) |
| 山 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| mountain |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 富士山係一座好出名嘅火山。 |
| (fu3 si6 saan1 hai6 jat1 zo6 hou2 ceot1 meng2 ge3 fo2 saan1.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Fuji mountain is a very famous volcano." |
| (SLOW) |
| 富士山係一座好出名嘅火山。 |
| 13. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 沙灘 |
| (saa1 taan1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "beach" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 沙灘 |
| (SLOW) |
| 沙灘 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| beach |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 呢個沙灘有鯊魚網。 |
| (ni1 go3 saa1 taan1 jau5 saa1 jyu4 mong5.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "This beach has a shark net." |
| (SLOW) |
| 呢個沙灘有鯊魚網。 |
| 14. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 熱帶雨林 |
| (jit6 daai3 jyu5 lam4) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "rainforest" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 熱帶雨林 |
| (SLOW) |
| 熱帶雨林 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| rainforest |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 現今好多藥物都係由熱帶雨林嘅植物提煉出嚟。 |
| (jin6 gam1 hou2 do1 joek6 mat6 dou1 hai6 jau4 jit6 daai3 jyu5 lam4 ge3 zik6 mat6 tai4 lin6 ceot1 lei4.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Many modern medicines come from plants found in the rainforest." |
| (SLOW) |
| 現今好多藥物都係由熱帶雨林嘅植物提煉出嚟。 |
| 15. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 島 |
| (dou2) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "island" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 島 |
| (SLOW) |
| 島 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| island |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 希臘有大概六千個島。 |
| (hei1 lip6 jau5 daai6 koi3 luk6 cin1 go3 dou2.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "There are around six thousand islands in Greece." |
| (SLOW) |
| 希臘有大概六千個島。 |
| 16. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 字典 |
| (zi6 din2) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "dictionary" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 字典 |
| (SLOW) |
| 字典 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| dictionary |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 呢本英文字典有好多例句。 |
| (ni1 bun2 jing1 man4 zi6 din2 jau5 hou2 do1 lai6 geoi3.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "There are lots of sample sentences in this English dictionary." |
| (SLOW) |
| 呢本英文字典有好多例句。 |
| 17. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 藍色 |
| (laam4 sik1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "blue" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 藍色 |
| (SLOW) |
| 藍色 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| blue |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我前面架車係藍色嘅。 |
| (ngo5 cin4 min6 gaa3 ce1 hai6 laam4 sik1 ge3.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The car in front is blue." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我前面架車係藍色嘅。 |
| 18. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 黃色 |
| (wong4 sik1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "yellow" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 黃色 |
| (SLOW) |
| 黃色 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| yellow |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 黃色唔好睇。 |
| (wong4 sik1 m4 hou2 tai2.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Yellow doesn't look good." |
| (SLOW) |
| 黃色唔好睇。 |
| 19. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 橙色 |
| (caang2 sik1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "orange" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 橙色 |
| (SLOW) |
| 橙色 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| orange |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 佢最鍾意嘅顏色係橙色。 |
| (keoi5 zeoi3 zung1 ji3 ge3 ngaan4 sik1 hai6 caang2 sik1.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "His favorite color is orange. " |
| (SLOW) |
| 佢最鍾意嘅顏色係橙色。 |
| 20. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 顏色 |
| (ngaan4 sik1) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "color" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 顏色 |
| (SLOW) |
| 顏色 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| color |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我想轉吓頭髮顏色。 |
| (ngo5 soeng2 zyun3 haa5 tau4 faat3 ngaan4 sik1.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I would like to change my hair color." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我想轉吓頭髮顏色。 |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
| See you next time! |
| 再見。(zoi3 gin3.) |
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