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Here you can find the translation of the 50 most important words and expressions into Cantonese.
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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

	系 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 (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.

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