16 May 2009

RTHK Lesson 2 – Yao Mo

Transcript of Cantonese words from Lesson 2 of RTHK Naked Cantonese.  Will update the tonal accents later.

jing tong lik – gin and tonic

be tsao – beer

<X> chung man dim gong ah? – how do you say <X> in Chinese?

tsong – spring onion

din si – television (electric sight)

ah sah – sand

ah la – slender and beautiful maiden ( Don’t know if Cecilie was joking here?)

chin - money

lei – you

lei yao mo chin ah? – do you have (any) money?

yao – have

mo – not have

lei yao mo be tsau? – do you have any beer?

tsao la! – be off!

lei yao mo jing tong lik – do you have any gin tonic?

lei yao mo hei lik ah? – do you have any Heineken?

lei yao mo tsing do ah?  - do you have any Tsing Tao?  (a brand of beer)

tsing do gei chin ah – how much is Tsing Tao?

yat pui tsing do gei chin ah?

lei ho – how are you

say sap m man – 45 dollars

pang yao – friend

lei yao mo pang yao – do you have any friends?

lei yao mo din si gei – do you have a television set?

hei soy – lemonade

ho lok – Coca Cola

Two of something is leung, not yee.

leung pui tsing do m’goy – two glasses of Tsing Tao please.

leng tsay – handsome boy

leng loy – pretty girl

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