1
Q
得未呀
A
Is it ready yet? Is it OK yet? See also the positive answer “得嘞” and the negative answer “未得”.
(dak mei aa)
2
Q
唔緊要 , 再見
A
It doesn’t matter. See you again ! (Goodbye)
m gan yiu , joi gin
3
Q
解説
A
to explain orally; oral explanation
gaai syut
4
Q
蛋撻
A
egg custard tart
daan taat
5
Q
提早 提前
A
to move or bring forward
tai zou tai cin
6
Q
講開又講
A
by the way; incidentally
gong hoi jau gong
7
Q
捐錢
A
donate money (gyun cin)
8
Q
攣捐
A
bend and winding
lyun gyun
9
Q
寄失咗
A
[1] lost in the post
gei sat zo
10
Q
寄得
A
able to be sent through the mail
gei dak
11
Q
所有
A
[1] to own; to possess [2] possessions [3] all; whatever there is
(so jau)
12
Q
你寄晒所有聖誕咭未呀？
A
Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?
nei gei saai so jau sing daan kaat mei aa?
13
Q
寄信
A
send
gei seon
14
Q
寄件人
A
sender (of mail)
Also: 寄件者 (gei gin ze)
(gei gin jan)
15
Q
捐血
A
donate blood (gyun hyut)
16
Q
直去
A
go straight ahead; forward
zik heoi
17
Q
救命
A
Help! to save sb’s life
gau ming) (gau meng
18
Q
囉囉攣
A
being disturbed, being worried, feeling uneasy
lo lo lyun
19
Q
囉攣
A
nervous, anxious, disappointed
lo lyun
20
Q
慳
A
[v] save; economise [2] [adj] thrifty; frugal [3] [adj] miserly; stingy; parsimonious [4] [v] lack; be short of; be deficient of (haan)
21
Q
你鍾意食乜嘢呀?
A
What do you want to have (to eat) ?
neih jung-yih sihk mat yeh aa ?
22
Q
已經過咗五日
A
It’s already been five days
ji ging gwo zo ng jat
23
Q
唔鍾意,我唔鍾意新界
A
No, I don’t like New Territories.
24
Q
你鍾唔鍾意九龍呀? –>唔鍾意, 我唔鍾意九龍. 我鍾意新界.
A
Do you like Kowloon? No, I don’t like Kowloon, I like New Territories.
(neih zung m zung gau lung aa? –> m zung ji, ngoh m zung ji gau lung. ngoh zung ji san gaai)
25
我都鍾意香港.
I also like Hong Kong very much.
| ngoh dou zung ji hoeng gong.
26
連接
to join; to link
| lin zip
27
演唱會
singing concert | Alt.: 演奏會 (for singing- and non-singing concerts)
(jin coeng wui)
28
演奏會
concert; gig | If the concert involves singing, 演唱會 is often used
(jin zau wui)
29
快遞
[n] express delivery
| faai dai
30
遞
[1] [v] hand over; forward; deliver
[2] [adv] successively; in the proper order
(v) to pass
(dai)
31
你係邊度人呀？
Where do you come from?
| neih heih bin dou jan aa ?
32
我都好好 .
I am also very well
| ngoh dou hou hou
33
我好好 ,你呢 ?
I am very well. And you ?
| ngoh hou hou, neih ne ?
34
我都好好 , 你做乜嘢職業呀?
I am also very well. What is your profession ?
| Ngoh dou hou hou, Neih zou mat yeh jik-yihp (zik-jip) aa ?
35
我係經理 , 你呢 ?
I am a manager. And you ?
| ngoh hai ging lei , neih ne ?
36
我係秘書 , 你係邊度人呀？
I am a secretary. Where do you come from ?
| ngoh hai bei syu , neih hai bin dou yahn aa ?
37
九龍醫院
Kowloon Hospital
| gau lung ji jyun
38
對唔住, 我而家唔得閒.
Sorry, I am not free now.
| deui m zyu, ngoh ji gaa mh dak haan.
39
一齊食日本菜,好唔好嗎?
Could we have Japanese food together?
| jat cai sik jat bun coi, hou m hou aa?
40
我返嚟學校.
I come back / return to school. (As a student, teacher …)
| ngoh faan lei hok haau.
41
今個月
this month
| gam go jyut
42
唔嚟, 佢聽日去日本.
No, she is going to Japan tomorrow.
| m lai, keoi teng jat heoi jat bun.
43
巴士
bus
| baa si
44
嗰便
there; that side
| go bin
45
喺嗰度
at that place
| go hai duo
46
嗰排
(adv) in those days; some time ago
| go paai
47
個
classifier - measure word
for persons, for nations, for round-shape objects such as fruits and buns, etc.
(go)
48
條
[1] long narrow piece; slip; strip
[2] classifier for long, narrow objects (fish, rope, road, etc)
(tiu)
49
不過
but
| bat gwo
50
你想食乜嘢？
(lit.: you want eat what?) What do you want to eat?
| neih soeng sik mat yeh?
51
你鍾唔鍾意食 ... 㗎？
Do you like to eat … ?
| neih zung m zung ji sik … gaa ?
52
我九點半先放工
I finish working. (left the office) at 9:30 pm
| nogh gau dim bun sin fong fung
53
應承
agree; promise; consent; pledge [also] 答應
| jing sing
54
報警
report to the police; make a police report
| bou ging
55
過頭
too much; to excess | Used in Cant. speech as an alternative to 太 (too; excessively), so instead of "太(adjective)", "(adjective)過頭" is used instead. | eg.: 大過頭 too big
(gwo tau)
56
阻
[1] [v] prevent; stop; prohibit; proscribe [2] [v] separate; separated [3] [v] impede; hinder; obstruct; oppose; blockade; detain [4] difficulty; [v] suffer [5] [v] rely on [6] [n] strategic pass
(zo)
57
我冇講..大話
I did not lie / I haven't told a lie
| ngoh mou gong daai waa
58
打交
fight; exchange blows; scuffle; have a brawl
| daa gaau
59
做咗
[1] to become; became [2] have done; have performed
| zou zo
60
我要12月27號番到香港...
I have to be back in Hong Kong on the 27th Dec.
| ngoh yiu sap ji jyut ji sap cat hou faan dou hoeng kong
61
佢頭先搵你嚟
He has just been looking for you.
| keoi tau sin wan neih lai
62
佢啱啱走咗
He just left.
| keoi ngaam ngaam zau zo
63
警署
police station
| ging cyu
64
部
[5] classifier for machines
| bou
65
署
```
[1] public office; government department
[2] arrange; make arrangements for
[3] sign; put one's signature to
[4] act as deputy; handle by proxy
(cyu)
```
66
部署
to dispose; to deploy
| bou cyu
67
玩過火
get too carried away; take things too far
| waan gwo fo
68
冇你咁好氣
to not bother with you anymore (literally: to not have as much breath as you) -- often used when one gives up in an argument where one cannot convince another person
(mou nei gam hou hei)
69
咁啱
what a coincidence; by chance; it just so happens (can also be: 咁啱線)
(gam ngaam)
70
得嘞
[1] It's finally okay - connoting a sense of finality, that sth is completed after making some efforts
[2] It'd surely be okay - connoting a sense of impatience, often used by second speaker after listening to repeated exhortation from first speaker
Compare to synonym 得喇 for subtle diffeences in meaning.
(dak laak)
71
未得
Not ready yet. Not OK yet.[華]: 還不行
[see also] the question "得未呀" and the positive answer "得嘞”.
(mei dak)
72
承
[1] continue; carry on; succeed
[2] undertake; contract (to do a job)
[3] bear; hold; support; carry
[4] indebted/obliged to; be granted a favour
[5] take an order; receive an instruction
(sing)
73
話事偈
indicates that what sb has said is worth noting (also 話齋)
| waa si gai
74
話咁快
In no time
| waa gam faai
75
講得快
to speak quickly
| gong dak faai
76
梗係
of course [Var.] 更係
| gang hai
77
梗
```
[1] [粵] [adj] stiff; tight; unsmooth
[2] [粵] [adv] certainly; definitely; unavoidably
[3] [n] stem; stalk; branch; stick
[4] [v] straighten up; stiffen up
[5] [adj] upright; fair-minded; honest
[6] [v] obstruct; hinder; block
(gang)
```
78
更
[粵] ang3 - Cantonese only
[adv] [colloquial] no matter what/how
(ang)
79
讀緊書
[1] (in the midst of) reading a book [2] (at this very moment) studying at school or college
(duk gan syu)
80
我 ... 飲杯咖啡 ... 打俾你
As soon as I … finish drinking my coffee … I will call you
| ngoh … jam jyun bui gaa fe … daa bei neih
81
我 ... 到機場 ... 打俾你
As soon as I … arrive at the airport … I will call you
Syn: 我 ... 嚟到機場 ... 打俾你 / 我 ... 到咗機場 ... 打俾你
(ngoh … dou gei coeng … daa bei neih)
82
我 ... 到咗機場 ... 打俾你
As soon as I … arrive at the airport … I will call you
Syn: 我 ... 嚟到機場 ... 打俾你 / 我 ... 到機場 ... 打俾你
(ngoh … lai dou zo gei coeng … daa bei neih)
83
我 ... 睇完電視 ... 打俾你
As soon as I … finish watching TV … I will call you
| ngoh … tai jyun din sin … daa bei neih
84
我 ... 嚟到機場 ... 打俾你
As soon as I … arrive at the airport … I will call you
Syn: 我 ... 到機場 ... 打俾你 / 我 ... 到咗機場 ... 打俾你
(ngoh … lai dou gei coeng … daa bei neih)
85
我 ... 食咗飯 ... 打俾你
As soon as I … finish eating … I will call you
Syn: 我 ... 食完飯 ... 打俾你
(ngoh … sik jyun faan … daa bei neih)
86
我 ... 食完飯 ... 打俾你
As soon as I … finish eating … I will call you
Syn: 我 ... 食咗飯 ... 打俾你
(ngoh … sik jyun faan … daa bei neih)
87
普通
ordinary; general; average; standard; common
| pou tung
88
普通人
the average person, the everyman
| pou tung jan
89
地方政府
local government
| dei fong zing fu
90
普通知識
[n] common knowledge
| pou tung zi sik
91
知識
knowledge; intellectual; intellect
| zi sik
92
收大封信
to receive a pink slip; to get fired
| sau daai fung seon
93
㗎喇
This Cantonese final particle phrase may be somewhat generalized to correspond to the idioms "as a matter of fact" or "as a matter of course" in English.It is often used for giving a reminder. Together with 就, they form the structure "就...㗎喇" which means “or else”.
On rarer occasions, it works as a simple reminder without 就.
(gaa laa)
94
唔係就
otherwise; or else
| m hai zau
95
香腸
sausage - Western sausage
| hoeng coeng
96
慳啲啦!
Shut up! | Cut it out! | Save your breath!; knock it off
| haan di laa!
97
慳錢
to save money (by limiting spending)
| haan cin
98
響度
loudness; volume
| hoeng dou
99
連衣裙
a one piece dress
| lin ji kwan
100
借歪
excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) [Syn.] 借借 , 借過 , 借開
(ze me)
101
借過
excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) [Syn.] 借借 , 借歪 , 借開
(ze gwo)
102
借開
excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) [Syn.] 借過 , 借借
| ze hoi
103
借借
excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) [Syn.] 借過 , 借開
| ze ze
104
借啲意
take the opportunity
| ze di ji
105
搶嘢
to take something by force; to snatch; to rob sb (of sth)
| coeng je
106
搶
[1] bump against; knock; strike
[2] go in opposite direction; go against
(coeng)
107
搶
```
[1] snatch; grab; rob; loot; plunder
[2] vie for; compete for; scramble for
[3] rush; make haste; lose no time
[4] scrape; scratch; sharpen
(coeng)
```
108
罰金
penalty; fine
| fat gam
109
建
[1] build; establish; erect; found; construct [2] [v] bring up; propose; suggest
(gin)
110
彈鋼琴
to play the piano
| taan gong kam
111
打鋼琴
to play the piano (彈鋼琴 is far more commonly used)
| daa gong kam
112
問清問楚
ask until the reason is revealed
| man cing man co
113
有乜指教呀
what can I do for you?
| jau mat zi gaau aa
114
連氣
successively, continuously
| lin hei
115
連
[1] [v] link; join; connect; involve
[2] [adv] continuously; in succession; one after another
[3] [prep] including; together with; besides
[4] [prep] even; to the extent of
[5] [military] company (of soldiers)
[6] [noun] a Chinese family name
(lin)
116
唔知道
do not know (location/place)
| m zi dou
117
唔知
[1] do not know [2] not sure []Syn.: 唔知道
| m zi
118
我唔知!
"I don't know”
| ngoh m zi
119
信用卡號碼
credit card number
| seon jung kaat hou maa
120
簽章
signature
| cim zoeng
121
章
[1] [n] piece of writing; chapter; main division of a book; section [2] [n] system; statute; organised body [3] [n] emblem; seal; stamp [4] [v] make clear; make known [5] [n] pattern; example [6] a Chinese family name
(zoeng)
122
簽入
to log in (esp. to an online computer account)
| cim jap
123
指
```
1] [n] finger
[2] [v] point; direct
[3] [v] indicate; refer to; mean
[4] [n] number of people
[5] intentions
[6] [n] main theme
[7] [v] hope
[8] [v] depend on
(zi)
```
124
戒
[1] [v] guard against; caution; avoid [2] [v] abstain from; give up; quit [3] [n] religious discipline; commandment [4] [n] (finger) ring
(gaai)
125
年年歲歲
year by year
| nin nin seoi seoi
126
有錢人
a rich man; the rich [粵]: 有錢佬
| jau cin jan
127
有錢佬
a rich man; the rich [Syn.]: 有錢人
| jau cin lou
128
留番
to leave sth behind
| lau faan
129
五日
5th day of the month
| ng jat
130
㩒
[1] [v] to press [2] [v] to draw (money)
[2][粵] variant of 撳
(gam)
131
撳
[v] press with the hand; push with the hand |[粵] variant of 㩒
(gam)
132
撳機
automatic teller machine (ATM)
| gam gei
133
款
```
[1] [n] sum/amount of money; fund
[2] [n] pattern; style; design; fashion
[3] [v] entertain; treat cordially
[4] [n] section; sub-clause; article; item
[5] [classifier] type; kind; suit
[6] [n] signature; inscription (on letter, painting, etc)
[7] [adj] sincere; wholehearted; hearty
[8] [adj] leisurely; slow; deliberate
[9] [v] knock (at a door)
(fun)
```
134
提款咭
[1] bank ATM card [2] [華]: 提款卡
| tai fun kaat
135
還要
even/still more; still want to
| waan yiu
136
斤兩
weight
| gan loeng
137
郵寄
to send by post; to mail
| jau gei
138
郵
[1] postal; mail; post [2] [n] post office [3] [v] deliver mails, letters, etc. [4] a wayside station where couriers on government service change horses [5] [n] hut; lodge in the field
(jau)
139
吐司
[loanword] toast
[粵]: 多士
(tou si)
140
多士
toast [loanword] [Syn.] 吐司
| do si
141
士啤
[n] a spare (loanword)
| si be
142
歐
paeon of praise, same as 謳; expel, assault, same as 敺; (used in transliteration, usu. of "Europe"); (surname)
(au)
143
歐羅
Euro (the currency) , € [Syn.] 歐元
| au lo
144
元
[1] [n] beginning; first; original [2] [n] dollar [3] [n] head [4] [n] eldest; chief; big [5] 60 years (Chinese astrology) [6] the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1367) [7] a Chinese family name
(jyun)
145
萬
[1] ten thousand [2] all; omni- [3] a very great number; innumerable; myriad [4] very; extremely; absolutely [5] name of an ancient dance [6] a Chinese family name
(maan)
146
百萬
a million, 1,000,000
| baak maan
147
一百
one hundred
| jat baak
148
唔俾
do not allow [Var.] 唔畀
| m bei
149
唔畀
do not allow [Var.] 唔俾
| m bei
150
鮮蝦腸
rice roll with shrimp filling
| sin haa coeng
151
彈
[1] [v] [粵: taan4, 普: tan2] strum a stringed instrument
[2] [v] [粵: taan4, 普: tan2] impeach; accuse; press down
[3] [n] [粵: daan6*2, 普: dan4] pellet; bullet; bomb
[4] [v] [粵: daan6, 普: dan4] rebound
(taan)
152
彈奏
```
to play (musical instrument, esp. string)
(taan zau)
```
153
罰
punish; penalize; punishment; penance; penalties; a fine
| fat
154
文件
document
| man gin
155
戒指
(finger) ring
| gaai zi
156
捐
[1] donate; contribute; subscribe
[2] relinquish; abandon; forsake
[3] taxes; levies; dues
(gyun)
157
歐洲
Europe
西歐 - western Europe
東歐 - Eastern Europe
(au zau)
158
郵遞
```
postal delivery
(jau dai)
```
159
匙
spoon (auch als (Classifier(s): 匙 (for sugar 糖);
| si
160
番
```
[1] [n] foreign country/state
[2] [adj] foreign; barbarian; alien
[3] [measure] times; -fold; kind/sort of
[4] [v] take turns; do in turns
[5] [粵] [adv] back; again; afresh
(faan)
```
161
蝦腸
prawn rice noodle roll
| haa coeng
162
更
[1] [v] change; replace; alter
[2] [v] [literary] experience
(gang)
163
通順
smooth; clear and coherent
| tung seon
164
順
[1] [v] follow; obey; submit to; go along with; cause to surrender; fall in with [2] in the same direction as; with; along [3] agreeable; favorable; comfortable; happy [4] [v] arrange; put in order [5] convenient; smooth [6] [v] take the opportunity
(seon)
165
頂唔順
"I can't stand it!"
Cannot stomach it; cannot stand it anymore. Syn.: 頂唔住
(ding m seon)
166
頂唔住
cannot stomach it; cannot stand it anymore. Syn.: 頂唔順
| ding m zyu
167
冇得頂
beyond compare; the best
| mou dak ding
168
解決問題
problem solving
| gaai kyut man tai
169
坐定定
to sit calmly and steadily
| co ding ding
170
好嘢
[1] good thing [2] an expression of delight, similar to "Great!" or "Cool!" in English; usually used by little kids as the English equivalent of "Yay!”
(hou jeh)
171
洗手間喺邊度呀？
Where's the toilet? (outside/restaurant)
| sái sáu gāan hái bīn douh aa ?
172
實話
truth
| sat waa
173
奏
[1] play (music); perform (on a musical instrument)
[2] achieve; produce; yield; score
[3] present a memorial to an emperor
(zau)
174
嚟真
be serious; be for real; take sth seriously
| lai zan
175
食滯咗
[1] have eaten too much , have eaten too full , can't eat any more
(sik zai zo)
176
食滯
loss of appetite
| sik zai
177
腸
the intestines; the bowels
| coeng
178
天氣唔錯，我同朋友去行山
Day was fine. I went with a friend hiking.
| tin hei m cou, ngoh tung pang jau heoi haang saan
179
未曾
never; not yet | [粵]: 未
| mei cang
180
曾經
previously; once in the past
| cang ging
181
曾
[adv] once; formerly; ever
| cang
182
你做左決定未？
have you decided?
| neig zou zo kyut ding mei?
183
救
[1] rescue; save; salvage
[2] relieve; help; aid
(gau)
184
命
```
[1] [n] life; lifespan
[2] [n] destiny; fate; lot
[3] [v,n] order; command; decree
[4] [v] assign (a name, title, etc)
(ming/meng)
```
185
幾多?
How many?
| gei dou
186
幾錢?
How much?
| gei cin
187
無端端鬧我
why are you scolding me
| mou dyun dyun naau ngoh
188
阿媽今晚唔煮飯，要食自己
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own.
(aa maa gam maan m zyu faan, jiu sik zi gei)
189
幾大都
in any event; anyhow
| gei daai dou
190
我/你/先生 + 聽日 + 去 + 日本
I/you/Mr. + tomorrow + to go + Japan (I/you/Mr. is/are going to Japan tomorrow)
191
香港樓貴唔貴呀？
Are Flats in Hong Kong expensive or cheap?
192
美國車貴. (好)
美國車好貴.
193
尋日朝早 / 琴日朝早
yesterday morning
194
今朝
today morning
195
尋日晏晝 / 琴日晏晝
yesterday afternoon
196
邊度係 …?
Where is … ?
197
部
[1] [n] genus; division; section; department; class; sort [2] [n] cabinet ministry [3] [n] volume; complete work; novel; writing [4] [v] lead; head [5] classifier for machines [6] district
(bou)
198
血
[1] [n] blood; blood relationship [2] the menses
| hyut
199
寄
```
[1] mail; send; post; remit
[2] entrust; deposit; place; leave with
[3] depend on; attach oneself to
[4] adopted
(gei)
```
