Lesson 3 Hello and Goodbye

Transcript of Cantonese words and phrases used in lesson 3 of RTHK Naked Cantonese (I will add tonal accents later, as time permits):

leng loy lei ho – beautiful girl how are you

jo san – good morning

chung man dim gong ah – how do you say this in Chinese?

le ho – how are you?

wai,  dim ah? – hey, how’s it going?

wai – hey

wei – hey (another pronunciation of wai)

jo tao – good night (intimate, something like the Japanese oyasumi nasai)

ting yat geen – see you tomorrow

ting yat – tomorrow

geen – see

gei ho – [I’m] fine (a response to “lei ho?”)

<Chinese word> dim gai ah? - <Chinese word> how do you explain <Chinese word>

lei lah? – and you? (a response to “lei ho?”), literally “you, how about”

bai bai – good-bye

mo man tai – no problem

jau a lei – go away