Cantonese II
Lesson 3 – transportation
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Tone check
-Diu   鵰diu1    𨳒diu2    吊diu3     diu4         diu5       調diu6
-Si      師si1       屎si2     試si3     匙si4       試si5    是si6
-Man 炆man1  抆man2  𠍁man3  民man4  敏man5  問man6
-Siu   燒siu1     小siu2    笑siu3      韶siu4      siu5      兆siu6
-Hai  閪hai1     喺hai2    hai3         兮hai4      匸hai5   係hai6
-Saam 衫saam1 saam2 三 saam3 saam4    saam5     saam6
-Jyu    於jyu1    瘀jyu2   酗jyu3      魚jyu4    羽jyu5     遇jyu6
-Faan 返faan1  反faan2 泛faan3   煩faan4  販faan5  飯faan6
-Caau 鈔caau1 炒caau2 摷caau3  皺caau4  caau5     caau6
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食咗飯啦!
sik6 zo2 faan6 laa3!
Already ate rice la!

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白菜點煮呀?
Baak6 coi3 dim2 zyu2 aa3?
Bak choy how cook aa?

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菜心可唔可以炒呀?
Choy sum can or cannot stir-fry aa?
coi3 sam1 ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 caau2 aa3?

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你知唔知道? Nei5 zi1 m4 zi1 dou3?
我想去中環,搭幾多號小巴呀? (I want to go to Central, get on what number minibus aa?)
搭八號或者二十八號啦 (get on number 8 or number 28 la)
唔該司機, 置地廣場, 有落.

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唔該司機˒置地廣場˒有落◦
唔該司機˒XX LOCATION˒有落◦
1.巴士站     baa1 si2 zaam6
2.地鐵站     dei6 tit3 zaam6
3.街口          daai1 hau2
4.燈位          dang1 wai2
5.橋底          kiu4 dai2
6.過咗禁區  gwo3 zo2  gam3 keoi1
7.呢度           ni dou6
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我搭_____________嚟呢度嘅  (I take _______ to come here “ge”)


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Conversation Practice
•Tourist: Excuse me. Do you speak English?
•Local: 唔好意思◦我唔識講英文◦ (Excuse me. I don’t speak English.)
•m4 hou2 ji3 si1/3. ngo5 m4 sik1 gong2 jing1 man4*2/4.
•Tourist: 我想問點樣去中環? (I want to ask, how go to Central?)
• ngo5 soeng2 man6 dim2 joeng2 heoi3 zung1 waan4?
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•Local: 呢度係旺角◦你可以坐 紅色 (荃灣)線 往中環方向 坐五個站◦咁就去到中環啦◦
•(here is Mong Kok. You can take red (Tsuen Wan) line to Central direction, sit for 5 stations. so,
you already arrive Central laa.)
•ni1 dou6 hai6. nei5 ho2 ji5 co5 hung4 sik1 cyun4 waan1 cin3 wong5 zung1 waan4 fong1 hoeng3 co5 ng5
go3 zaam6. Gam3 zau6 heoi3 dou3 zung1 waan4 laa3.
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•Tourist: 好◦ 唔該晒◦ (good. Thank you completely.)
•Hou2. M4 goi1 saai3.
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咁 gam3 – “so”, -”ly”.

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gei1 coeng4 faai3 sin3
Dik6 si6 nei4 sin3
Dung1 tit3 sin3
Dung1 tit3 sin3
Gun1 tong4 sin3
naam4 gong2 dou2 sin3
Zoeng1 gwan1 ou3 sin3
Cyun4 waan 1 sin3
Tyun3 maa5 sin3
Dung1 cung1 sin3
Hing1 tit3
海綠色 hoi2 luk6 sik1
green
粉紅色 fan2 hung4 sik1
pink
淺藍色 cin2 laam4 sik1
Light blue
深藍色 sam1 laam4 sik1
Dark blue
綠色 luk6 sik1
green
青綠色 ceng1 luk6 sik1 cyan, lime green
紫色 zi2 sik1
purple
紅色 hung4 sik1
red
啡色 fe1 sik1
brown
橙色 caang2 sik1
orange
泥黃色 nai4 wong4 sik1
Mud yellow

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•黐線 ci1 sin3 crazy (literally: lines are jammed)
•黐X線    …. Ci1 gau1 sin3, ci1 lan2 sin3, ci1 hai1 sin3
•黐咗線 (already crazy, past tense)
•佢黐撚咗線啦!
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