Transcription of Cantonese words and phrases used in Lesson 4 of RTHK Naked Cantonese (I will mark up the tones later when I have time)
<X> chung man dim gong ah? – How do you say <X> in Chinese?
gong dong wah – Cantonese
Ah Sa – sand
lei ho – how are you
gei ho – quite good (in response to “lei ho?”)
leng loy lei ho – how are you beautiful girl?
suhk loi –pretty (not sure)
hai – is
m’hai – isn’t
Ah Sah ho leng loi ah – Ah Sah is pretty
hai ah – is (ah seems like a softener)
dik si – taxi
tap dik si – take a taxi
chik hoi – go straight
lido chun jo – turn left here
lido chun yau – turn left here
fai di – go faster (fai = fast, di adds ‘er’)
man di – go slower (man = slow, di adds ‘er’)
o m’seong say – I don’t want to die
m’ho keng din wah m’goi – don’t talk on the phone please (please stop talking on the phone)
gei doh chin ah? – how much is it?
din toi – radio
hai a tsam m’goy – next stop please
li do ah – here (to stop the bus here)
yau lok – I want to get off
chin siu siu yau lok – a little bit more please (and then I will get off)
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