Cantonese Extras 2

auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to), will (cause), should (enable), going to e.g. 飛機將會於九時起飛

in, at, to, from, by, than, out of e.g.飛機將會於九時起飛

percent e.g. 百分之九十九 99 percent

manner, patter, way appearance, shape e.g. 八樣東西

Seattle

to move (i.e. relocate oneself, to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately

Tsuen Wan (fragrant plant + bay, gulf)

neck

to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property

occupation / profession / vocation / professional

architect

to construct/building

to build, to construct, to ram, to hit

slovak; this; (name)

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity

terrible / formidable / serious / devastating / tough / capable / sharp / severe / fierce

after all (when all is said and done), actually, outcome, result

• identical, the same
• e.g. 同一班機 same flight

紅酒配肉，白酒配魚

glass

to pour

pay rent

hard, exhausting, with much toil

dirty

wear (e.g. clothing)

bartender

ground floor

Platform Floor (P/F, first floor)

• anger
• e.g. 如果你呃我，你會激嬲我

greedy

• team
• e.g. 中國隊又輸波

play mah jong

• fraud case
• e.g. 網絡上有好多詐騙案。there is a lot of internet fraud

forward, onward

• immediately
• e.g. 飯後唔好即刻運動

great effort, to strive, to try hard

in silence, not speaking

turn around

popular, welcome

like

all over the world, everywhere, in all parts of the world

tea bag

0.5

• to fall to
• e.g.跌至攝氏零下 dit3 zi3 sip3 si6 ling4 haa6 dropped to 0 centigrade

water bottle

asleep, sleeping soundly

cooked (of food), ripe (of fruit), mature (of seeds), familiar, skilled, done

infant

high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking

to sell, to offer for sale, to put on the market

dress, to wear, clothes, attire

felt (fabric)

• to fill up
• e.g.咖啡壺內裝滿咖啡

• pot, classifier for bottled liquid
• e.g. 咖啡壺

extremely

• wait for, to await
• e.g. 這個人正緊張地等待面試

to interview, to audition, interview, audition

soul, spirit

spider

get up

unit of length, inch, thumb

starfish

to plan, to attend, to calculate, plan, intention, calculation

afterwards, following, later, after

• to care about, to take offense, to mind
• e.g. 你介意我聽日請假嗎? do you care if I take off tomorrow?

Saturday

impolite, no manners

• take
• e.g.攞俾我

• traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar
• e.g. 祝你農曆新年快樂 Wishing you a Happy New Year (Lunar Calendar New Year, i.e. Chinese New Year)

to congratulate, congratulations

stair, staircase

here

pilot

eagle, falcon, hawk

sudden, abrupt, unexpected

to assault, to pounce, to rush at smth, to throw oneself on

to come down / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) e.g. 鷹突然撲下來抓魚

to grab, to catch, to arrest, to snatch

catty, weight equal to .5kg

in confusion, disorderly

• corner
• e.g.喺前面街口轉右

• hate, detest
• e.g. 我好憎人講大話。

interesting

member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / first class military rank / specialist worker e.g. 巴士 ba1 si2 bus

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight ancient musical instruments e.g. 老土 lou5 tou2 old fashioned

boat/vessel/ship

boat, ship, craft, to navigate, to sail, to fly

ball, wave, ripple, storm, surge

leather, skin, fur

circumstances/situation/state of affairs

excuse me, may I ask...?

to apply for something, application (form, etc)

ask for time off

• texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up.
• e.g. 整理 zing2 lei5 to arrange, to tidy, to sort out, to straighten out, to list systematically, to collate (data, files), to pack (luggage)

physics/physical

manager

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏｜里

every

sea

activity, to exercise / to move about / to operate / activity / loose / shaky / active / movable / maneuver / to use connections

dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said

to cook, to boil