Note: If you don't see the characters correctly and you're using Windows box, go to Start Menu, then Settings, Control Panel, Regional and Language Settings, Languages tab and tick "Install files for East Asian languages" option and click OK. That should do. If you're using other operating system try Google... Sorry.
Hello everybody! I'm
Ms. 李 [lee],
your tutor introducing you to Cantonese. As you probably already know the number of people living in China is absolutely huge. Because of that there are different languages in use there. Cantonese is a Chinese language spoken in Hong Kong, Macao and other southern regions of China. Knowing Cantonese gives you the possibility to communicate with around 80 mln people.
Let's have a look at following Cantonese useful words and phrases. Bear in mind the way I introduce them. There is Cantonese word or phrase first, then its simplified pronunciation in square brackets, then its English translation. The link associated with Cantonese word leads you to the sound with correct pronunciation.
Here they are:
溝仔[kau tzai] a girl chats up a boy
溝女 [kau loi] a boy chats up a girl
好 [hou]good, fine, OK
好好 [hou, hou] very, very
白痴 [patsy] crazy, funny, stupid
白痴仔[patsy tzai] crazy, funny, stupid boy
好靚 [holena] beautiful, it's beautiful
好多好多 [houdo-houdo] many, many
好,得 [hou] OK, fine
唔好 [m'hou] not good, not OK
好唔好 [hou m'hou] good or not good
好得意 [hou da eya] so cute! so funny!
你 [nei] you
我 [o] me
鬼佬 [guai lou] male foreigner
鬼仔 [guai tzai] boy foreigner
鬼婆 [guai po] woman foreigner
鬼妹 [guai mi] girl foreigner
我係波蘭人 [o hai bolanyan] I am Polish
我要食野 [o you sei ye] I want to eat
我要飲野 [o you yam ye] I want to drink
我好肚餓 [o hou bou o] I am hungry
我要瞓覺 [o you fan gau] I want to sleep
我好眼訓 [o hou nan fam] I am so sleepy
你好嗎 [nei ho ma] Hi! How are you?
你好靚呀 [nei holena] You are beautiful.
醒目 [seingmo] smart
低能 [dailang] low intelligent
性感 [seing gam] sexy
幾多錢 [goy do tzin] how much?
To type Cantonese characters on non-Asian Windows platform you need to download NJStar Chinese Word Processor 5.20. Once you have it running choose CTLau Canton as input method (go to main menu: Input -> Other methods -> CTLau Canton). And then try to type simplified pronunciation that's given in square brackets, the software will try to help you find the correct Cantonese character.
Any questions? No? Not yet? Should you have any at any time please leave them here and I'll be more than happy to answer any single one of them.
Homework: Please compose a dialogue with above words and phrases. Be smart, funny and creative! Don't copy from each other! And don't be too patsy! Looking forward to seeing your fantastic dialogues. I'm off.
Hello everybody! I'm
Ms. 李 [lee],
your tutor introducing you to Cantonese. As you probably already know the number of people living in China is absolutely huge. Because of that there are different languages in use there. Cantonese is a Chinese language spoken in Hong Kong, Macao and other southern regions of China. Knowing Cantonese gives you the possibility to communicate with around 80 mln people.
Let's have a look at following Cantonese useful words and phrases. Bear in mind the way I introduce them. There is Cantonese word or phrase first, then its simplified pronunciation in square brackets, then its English translation. The link associated with Cantonese word leads you to the sound with correct pronunciation.
Here they are:
溝仔[kau tzai] a girl chats up a boy
溝女 [kau loi] a boy chats up a girl
好 [hou]good, fine, OK
好好 [hou, hou] very, very
白痴 [patsy] crazy, funny, stupid
白痴仔[patsy tzai] crazy, funny, stupid boy
好靚 [holena] beautiful, it's beautiful
好多好多 [houdo-houdo] many, many
好,得 [hou] OK, fine
唔好 [m'hou] not good, not OK
好唔好 [hou m'hou] good or not good
好得意 [hou da eya] so cute! so funny!
你 [nei] you
我 [o] me
鬼佬 [guai lou] male foreigner
鬼仔 [guai tzai] boy foreigner
鬼婆 [guai po] woman foreigner
鬼妹 [guai mi] girl foreigner
我係波蘭人 [o hai bolanyan] I am Polish
我要食野 [o you sei ye] I want to eat
我要飲野 [o you yam ye] I want to drink
我好肚餓 [o hou bou o] I am hungry
我要瞓覺 [o you fan gau] I want to sleep
我好眼訓 [o hou nan fam] I am so sleepy
你好嗎 [nei ho ma] Hi! How are you?
你好靚呀 [nei holena] You are beautiful.
醒目 [seingmo] smart
低能 [dailang] low intelligent
性感 [seing gam] sexy
幾多錢 [goy do tzin] how much?
To type Cantonese characters on non-Asian Windows platform you need to download NJStar Chinese Word Processor 5.20. Once you have it running choose CTLau Canton as input method (go to main menu: Input -> Other methods -> CTLau Canton). And then try to type simplified pronunciation that's given in square brackets, the software will try to help you find the correct Cantonese character.
Any questions? No? Not yet? Should you have any at any time please leave them here and I'll be more than happy to answer any single one of them.
Homework: Please compose a dialogue with above words and phrases. Be smart, funny and creative! Don't copy from each other! And don't be too patsy! Looking forward to seeing your fantastic dialogues. I'm off.
Labels: Languages
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