gjeffery

Name of Furniture

Sofa梳 化saw faa
cupboard櫃 gwui

drawers櫃 筒gwui  tong
lamp燈dung

fan風 扇Fung sinn
Fire place火爐Fau lo

radio收 音 机sau yum gei
telephone電 話Deen wa

Living room客 廳 hak teng
bed room 睡 房 sui fong

sleep睡覺 sui gau
Bed床 chong

Clock鐘jung
 
Dressing table
化裝枱 Faa jong toi

TV電視 deen see/
VCR錄影机 luk ying gei
Alarm clock閙鐘Lau jung
 

Computer電腦 Deen lo
Chair 凳, 椅dung,  yee



























































































 

Household names

Pillow枕頭 Jum tuw
Mosquito net 被鋪蚊帳pai po man cheung

Wash hand洗手sai sau
soap梘gan (洗手梘)
window窗cheung
curtain窗簾 cheung leem

showre花洒fa sa
take a shower冲花洒chung fa sa
 
 

bathroom冲凉房
Chung leung fong
Take a bath冲凉 take a bath
 


detergent梘 粉gan fun
washing machine洗衣機 sai yee gei
washing clothes洗衫 sai saam
Wash basin洗手盤 Sai sau poon
 


Body wash 冲涼液 chung leung yik
Shampoo 洗頭水sai tuw sui
Conditioner護髮素woo fat sow
 
Dish washing machine洗碗機 sai woon gei
 

Kitchen sink洗碗盤 sai woon poon
 
kitchen廚房tsui fong
 

Washing liquor 洗潔精 Sai git jing
 
Kitchen pot煲 bow
 

wok鍋wok,  pan平底鍋 ping dai wok
 
 

Ordering in the Restaurant

At a Chinese Restaurant
 

A: 布朗先生你飲過中式茶未呀?
Bou long sin san nei yum gwo chung sik cha mei ah?
 
A: Mr. Brown have you had tea in a Chinese restaurant before?

B: 未呀, 好想去試下.
mei ah, Hou seung hau si ha.
 
B: No, but I would like to try.

A: 嚟, 我請你去龍宮茶樓試下.
Lai, ngau tsin nei hau lung kung cha lau si ha.
 
A: Well, I will treat you to something nice at the Dragon Palace Restaurant.

C: 先生,你哋幾多位?
Sin san, nei dei gei do wai?
 
C: How many are you, sir?

A: 兩位.
   Laan wei.
 
A: Two only.

C: 窗口嗰度有張細枱
Chang hau gwo toa jau cheung sai toorn
 
C: There is a small table by the window

A: 好就要嗰張喇.
Hou, dzau jiu gwo cheung la
 
A: That’s good. Let’s have that table我

C: 先生. 你哋飲乜嘢茶呀?
Sin san, Nei dai yum mut ye cha ah?
 
C: What kind of tea would you like, Sir?

A: 我要壼龍井.
Ngau jiu jat wu lung jeng.
 
布朗先生,我同你叫壼香片好唔好呀?
Bou Long sin san, ngau tung nei giu wu heung pin hou ng hou ah?
 
A: I prefer Lung Jeng.
 
 
Mr Brown, shall I order Heung Pin for you?

B: 事但喇.
Si dan la.
 
B: Anything will do.

A: 伙記,冲一壼龍井, 一壼香片.
Foa gei, chung jat wu lung jeng, jat wu heung pin.
 
你想食啲乜嘢,布朗先生?
Nei sheung sik D mut ye, bou long sin san?
 
A: Waiter, a pot of Lung Jeng and a pot of Heung Pin.
 
 
What do you want to eat, Mr Brown?

B: 我唔識架! 你揸主意喇.
Ngau ng sik ga, nei dza dzy ye la
 
B: I don’t know what’s best. You can decide.

A: 試吓排骨,燒賣,蝦餃同叉燒包喇.
Si ha pai gwat, siu mai, ha gau tung cha siu bau la.
 
A: Won’t you try some port ribs, port dumpling, shrimp balls and pork bun.

B: 蝦餃同燒賣好啱我口味.
Ha gau tung siu mai hou ngaam ngau hau mei
 
B: I think hakau and siu mai sound nice.

A: 人哋話呢度嘅燒烤食品好好
Yan dei wa ne dou ge siu hau sik baan hou hou
 
A: They said they have the best barbecued food in town here.

B: 有乜嘢燒烤食品呀?
Yau mut ye siu hau sik baan ah?
 
B: What kind of barbecued food?

A: 哦, 叉燒,乳猪,燒雞喇, 你鐘意乜嘢?
All, cha siu, yu chu, siu gai la, nei chung yi mut ye?
 
 
A: Oh, they have roast pork, roast suckling pig and roast chickens, which would you like?

B: 我想試吓啲乳猪同燒雞.
Ngau sheung si ha D yu chu tung siu gai.
 
B: I would like to try the roast suckling pig and the roast chicken.

A: 請隨便, 唔好客氣呀.
Tsin tsui bin, ng hou hak hei ah.
 
 
A: Please help yourself. Make yourself at home.

 

Eating

Eating
 
The food in this restaurant is very tasty.
呢 間 酒 樓 啲 嘢 好 好 食 / 好 正
Ni gaan jau lauh di yeh hou hou sihk/hou jeng
 
 

I am very hungry
我 好 肚 餓
Ngoh hou touh ngoh
 
I am full
我 好 飽
Ngoh hou baau
 

 

Take away
唔 該 拎 走 / 攞 走
Mh goi ning jau /lo jau
 
 
Eat here
喺 度 食
Hai douh sihk
 
Doggy bag
打包
Da baau

 
Please give me a bag/box
唔 該 俾 個 袋 我 / 盒 我
Mh goi bei go doi ngoh / hap ngoh
 
Let’s order 4 dishes and a soup, it is enough?
我 哋 叫 四(個) 餸, 一 (個) 湯, 夠唔夠?
Ngoh deih giu 4 (go) sung, 1 (go) tong, Gau mh gau?
 
Too much, we cannot eat them up.
太 多, 食 唔 哂
Taai do, sihk mh saai
 
This is what I ordered
Ngoh mouh giu ni yeuhng yeh
我 冇 叫 呢 樣 嘢.
 
The bill please.
唔 該 埋 單
Mh goi maaih daan
 
Please give me the bill/receipt
唔 該 俾 張 單 / 收 條 我
Mh goi bei jeung daan/sau tiuh ngoh
 
Let’s go Dutch
我 哋 [ＡＡ] 制, 好嗎?
Ngoh deih “AA” jai, hou mah?




 
It’s my treat.
我 請 [你].
Ngoh cheng (neih).
 
Keep the change
唔 使 找
Mh sai jaau
 
One hamburger, one coffee, that’s all
一 個 漢 堡 包, 一 杯 咖 啡, 係 咁 多.
Yat go hon bou baau, yat booi ga fe, haih gam do.




 
Take your time (to eat)
慢 慢 食
Maahn maahn sihk.
 
I prefer vegetable to meat
我 鐘 意 食 菜 多 過 食 肉.
Mgoh jung yi sihk choi do gwo sihk yuhk.
 
I am vegetarian.
我 係 食 齋 嘅
Ngoh (haih) sihk jaai ge.
 
My maid is very good at making Chinese group
我 個 工 人 煲 湯 好 叻.
Ngoh go gung yahn bou tong hou lek
 
She does not use MSG
佢 唔 用 味 精
Kuih mh yuhung meih jing
 
Not yet finished eating
未食完.
Meih sihk yuehn
 
 

We don’t want it!
唔 要 喇
Mh yiu la!
 
Please clear the table
唔 該 執 枱
Mh goi jap toi
 

 
 
 
 

Food & Feeling

Food & Feeling
食 物 同 感 覺 sik muut  tung kum kwok
 
 

Thirsty 口渴 hau hoot
 
Full stomach 食飽 Sik bou
 

Empty head  無腦 Mo Lo
 
 
Beverage 飲料/飲品Yuum Lui/ yuum buun
 

Food 食物 sik muut
Noodle 麵 mein
 

Western meal  西餐 sai chaan
Hungry 肚餓 Toa ngau
 

Snack 零食 Ling sik
 
Rice 米/飯 Mie/faan
 

Vegetable 蔬菜 saw choi
 
Dim sum 點心
 

 



 
 






  

Vodcast

Hello, Good Morning – 早 晨 joe sunn
I am going to teach you a few Cantonese words
About body parts – Let’s start with:
Head – 頭 tau
Hair – 頭 髮 tau fat
Eye browse – 眼 眉 ngain mai
Eye – 眼ngain
Nose – 鼻bay
Mouth – 口 hau Lips – 口唇hau shun
Teeth – 牙gnah
Chin – 下巴 har baa
Face – 面 mein
Neck – 頸geng
Hand – 手sau
Finger – 手指sau sze
Let’s repeat
頭 tau    
頭 髮 tau fat
眼 眉 ngain mai  
眼ngain
鼻bay
口 hau
口唇hau shun 牙gnah
下巴 har baa
面 mein
頸geng
手sau
手指sau sze
OK Thank you
Bye now   

Body Part - tummy, waist, stomach, foot

肚 Tummy  

我老婆大肚 Ngoh louh poh daaih touh
My wife is pregnant

多數大肚婆要食好多嘢 Do so daaih touh poh yiu sihk hou do yeh
Most pregnant women eat a lot

我老公大肚腩 Ngoh louh gung daaih touh laahm
My husband has a big tummy

佢有啤酒胖肚 Kuih yauh be jau touh
He has a beer tummy

腰 Waist

佢腰圍廿二吋Kuih yiu waih yah yih chuen  
Her waist measures 22 inches

我鐘意食腰果 Ngoh jung yi sihk yiu gwo  
I like to eat cashew nut

胃 Stomach

我今日冇胃口 Ngoh gam yaht mouh waih hou
I have no appetite today

佢好好胃口/佢好開胃 Kuih hou hou waih hau/Kuih hou hoi waih
He has very good appetite

好反胃 Hou faan waih
It’s very disguesting

腳 Foot

我喺山腳等你 Ngoh hai saan geuk dang neih
I wait for you at the foot of the mountain

我個仔好難買鞋, 因為佢對腳太大 Ngoh go jai hou nan maaih haaih, yah waih kuih dui geuk taai daaih
My son has difficulties in buying shoes because his feet are too big

我唔鐘意食雞腳 Ngoh mh jung yi sihk gai geuk
I do not like to eat chicken feet.

Body Part - ear, brain, nose, tooth

耳Ear

你可以用耳筒聽 Neih ho yih yuhng yih tung teng
You can hear with the headphone

呢對耳環好靚 Ni dui yih waan hou leng
This pair of earings is very pretty

腦 Brian

而家個個人都用電腦 Yih ga go go yahn dou yuhng dihn nouh
Nowadays, everybody is using computer

佢人頭豬腦/ 佢冇腦 Kuih yahn tauh jue nouh/ Kuih mouh nouh
He is as stupid as a pig

鼻Nose

佢好大鼻 Kuih hou daaih beih
He is very arrogant

我流鼻水 Ngoh lauh beih sui
I have a runny nose

牙 Tooth

我牙痛. 我要去睇牙醫 Ngoh ngah tung. Ngoh yiu hui tai ngah yi
I have a toothache. I have to go to the dentist

我有一隻假牙同二隻爛牙 Ngoh yauh yat jek ga ngah tuhng leuhng jek laahn ngah
I have one false tooth and two rotten teeth

我每日刷牙兩次 Ngoh mooi yaht chaat ngah leuhng chi
I brush my teeth twice a day

我要買一枝牙刷同一枝牙膏 Ngoh yiu maaih yat ji ngah chaat tuhng yat ji ngah gou
I have to buy a toothbrush and a toothpaste

Body Part - Neck

頸 Neck

我好頸喝 Ngoh hou geng hot
I’m very thirsty

佢戴住一條頸鍊同一條頸巾 Kuih daai jueh yat tiuh geng lin tuhng yat tiuh geng gan
She is wearing a necklace and a scarf

佢好硬頸 Kuih hou ngaahng geng
He is very stubborn

一隻長頸鹿有幾高 Yat jek cheuhng geng luhk yauh gei gou?
How tall is a giraffe?

Body Part - Face

面 Face

佢怕醜. 佢塊面紅咗 Kuih pah chau. Kuih faai mihn huhng jo
She was shy and her face turned red

麥當勞喺 7-11 對面 Magk dong louh hai chat sahp yat dui mihn
McDonald’s is opposite to Seven-eleven

我想面對面同你講 Ngoh seung mihn dui mihn tuhng neih gong
I want to talk to you face to face

我覺得好冇面 Ngoh gok dak hou mouh min
I feel that I have lost face

多謝賞面 Do jeh eih seung min
Thank you for coming