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Greetings

 
你好!
néi hóu!
Hello!
早晨!
zóu sěn!
Good morning! (sg/pl)
你好!
néi hóu!
Hello! (sg/pl)
夜晚黑好!
yé mán hāg hóu!
Good evening! (sg/pl)
早抖!
zóu téo!
Good night! (sg/pl)
拜拜!
bāi bái!
Bye! (infml)
再見!
zōi gīn!
Good bye! (fml.)
 

Important vocabulary

 

hěi
yes
唔系
m hěi
no
大概
dǎi gói
maybe
得!
deg!
OK
多謝!
dō zé!
Thank you!
唔客氣!
m hāg héi!
You're welcome! (m/f)
對唔住 ,...
dêu m jǔ ,...
Excuse me, … (sg/pl)
請原諒。
céng yǔn lêng.
I'm sorry. (m/f)
我有.../ 我冇...
ngó yéo .../ ngó móu ...
I have … / I don't have ...
我哋有.../ 我哋冇...
ngó dé yéo .../ ngó dé móu ...
We have … / We don't have ...
裏豆有.../ 裏豆冇...
lī dǒu yéo .../ lī dǒu móu ...
There is (no) ...
 

Introducing yourself

 
我叫 ...
ngó giu ...
My name is ...
我由 ...
ngó yěo ...
I'm from ...
我有 ... 歲。
ngó yéo ... sêu.
I'm ... years old.
我結咗婚。/ 我冇結婚。
ngó jī zó fēng./ ngó móu jī fēng.
I am married. / I am not married.
我系一個人旅遊。不系一個人旅遊。
hǎi yēd go yěn lêu yěo./ ngó m hǎi yēd go yěn lêu yěo.
I am traveling alone. / I am not traveling alone. (m/f)
我同 ... 一齊旅遊。
ngó tǒng ... yēd cǎid lêu yěo.
I'm traveling with ...
 

Comprehension

 
我唔識講廣東話。
ngó m xīg góng guáng dong wá.
I don't speak any Cantonese.
我聽唔懂。
ngó têng m dóm.
I don't understand that. (m/f)
你講 ... 麼?
néi góng ... med?
Do you speak …? (m/f)
呢邊有人講 ... 麼?
nī bīn yéo yěm góng ... med?
Does anyone here speak ...?
英文
yīng měn
English
法文
fad měn
French
唔該你寫落來。
m gōi néi sé lǒg lei.
Could you write that down please. (m/f)
唔該你講多一次。
m gōi néi góng dō yēd qi.
Could you please repeat that. (m/f)
唔該你等陣先。
m gōi néi déng zěn xīn.
Just a moment please.
 

Numbers

 

lǐng
zero

yēd
one

two

sām
three

séi
four

ng
five

lug
six

ced
seven

bad
eight

géo
nine

seb
ten
十一
seb yēd
eleven
十二
seb yǐ
twelve
十三
seb sām
thirteen
十四
seb séi
fourteen
十五
seb ng
fifteen
十六
seb lug
sixteen
十七
seb ced
seventeen
十八
seb bad
eighteen
十九
seb géo
nineteen
二十
yǐ seb
twenty
二十一
yǐ seb yēd
twenty-one
三十
sām seb
thirty
四十
séi seb
forty
五十
ng seb
fifty
六十
lug seb
sixty
七十
ced seb
seventy
八十
bad seb
eighty
九十
géo seb
ninety
一百
yēd bag
one hundred
一千
yēd qīn
one thousand
一百萬
yēd bag mǎn
one million
一對
yēd dêu
some / a couple
 

 

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