How to speak authentic Hong Kong

First of all, you must dare to chat more with people who speak Cantonese. If you don’t understand, you can boldly ask them to watch more Cantonese movies and TV series (a very important point is: you must follow what they say and Speak more) There are many Cantonese channels in Guangdong. Listen to Cantonese songs. As long as you do the above points, you will soon learn to speak Cantonese

The following is some vocabulary about Cantonese. I hope it will be helpful to you. :

Study Guide] Cantonese Vocabulary

I(me) you(you) him(him) we(us) you(you) them(them) people( People) this (here) that (there) side (where) what (this) that (that) so (such, that) explanation (why) day (another day) time (next time) what (what) what (what) how many (how many) side (which) so good (so good) father (father) mother (mother) brother (brother) sister-in-law (sister-in-law) grandfather (grandfather) grandma ( Grandma) Grandpa (Grandpa) Grandma (Grandma, old lady) Uncle (Uncle) Dadou (Dad) Lao Mazi (Mom) Sister (Sister) Big Brother (Brother) Young Brother (Brother) Xin Bao (Daughter-in-law) Uncle (Uncle) Sun (grandson) Zai Zai (son) Daughter (daughter) Qi Ye (godfather) Qi Zai (godson) Wei Lao (bachelor) Zai (son) Daughter (daughter) Hou Diyi (stepmother) Prince Edward (young boss) Qi Brother (bastard) Old man (old man) Old man (old thing, old guy) Old aunt (old maid) Gay old man (homosexual) Boss (boss) Coward (liar) Young boy (young man) Young girl (Young girl) Pretty boy (beautiful young man) Pretty girl (beautiful girl) Xilu (child) Ximosiaozi (child) Xiangxiao (baby) Mazai (thug) Shitoupo (boss lady)

Work, communication

Return to work (go to work), call it a day (get off work), make a living (make a living), labor (wage), pay out (pay wages), do it well (do it well), make a bend (make it badly), get it done (smoothly) Stay up all night (stay up late) Stewardess (air hostess) Part-time worker (hourly worker) Find a job (find a job) Do something (work) Work on the side (what kind of industry do you do) Kick (one person does it) Shift (shift) Watch more (janitor) build a house (build a house) catch a car (driving a car) skilled (expert) skilled (experienced) car shirt (sew clothes) pinch hands and feet (do it together) hold the head and tail (pack up the odds and ends) beat Fate (desperate), 琐gui6 (tired), mistake (mistake), hit a wall (hit a nail), let go (slip away), leave (slip away), fire (fire), open OT (overtime), Mi Lao (part-time job), souvenir (small gift) Renke (guest) Shengbu (strange, strange) Old friends (old friends) Enemy (enemies) Tuo Dajiao (flattering) Wei ngei1 (begging) Give face (give face) Make (willing) Dexian (available) How many times ( Not often) Not relevant (It doesn't matter) Not aware of it (not paying attention) Nothing to say (unsaid) Qing (talk) Qinggai2 (chat) Morning (good morning) Morning (good night) Find someone (find someone) Date (talk) Fall in love, hang on to (miss), separate from (next door), break up (lover breaks up), get along well (get along well)

Tan (visit), joke (joke), shame (lose face)

Life, necessities

Get up (get up) put on (wear) remove (take off) rinse (gargle) hair (haircut) haircut (perm) wash (face wash) pee (defecate) urinate (pee) bolt the door (close the door) turn off the lights (turn off the lights) water pipe (faucet) sleep (sleep) eat (eat) eat (eat lunch) eat cigarette (smoking) boil water (boiling water) pot (boil) bake (stew) drink victory (cheers) neck thirst (thirst) 餸 (dish with rice) nem4 (soft) 霄夜 (late night snack) drink (thirst) table (table) sofa (sofa) refrigerator (refrigerator) furniture (furniture) Leather suitcase gib1 (leather suitcase) folder (safe box) knife (pocket knife

) Flower bottle (vase), cedar (soap), wok (pot), microphone (microphone), socket (socket), fire water (kerosene), shade (umbrella), floor mop (mop), battery (battery), candle (candle), shower head (1 shower head, used for bathing 2 watering can, used for watering flowers) shell (spoon) soap (soap) broom (broom) spoon (small spoon) jacket (coat) coat (coat) shirt (clothes) T-shirt ( Knitted or cotton top) Pants (pants) Shoes (shoes) Bottoms (underwear) Bottoms (underpants) High heels (high heels) Collar (tie) Purse (wallet) Lipstick (lipstick)

Animals, plants

Elephant (elephant) Piglet (piglet) Dog (male dog) Dog (female dog) Door dog (guard dog) Chicken (rooster) Chicken (female) Chicken) wet chicken (1 drowned chicken 2 describes a person getting wet in the rain) sparrow (bird) sparrow (little bird) starling (starling) flying squirrel (bat) salt snake (gecko) rice shovel head (cobra) centipede ) Ant (ant) Frog (frog) Mosquito (mosquito) Cockroach (cockroach) Fly (fly) Shrimp hair (shrimp) Grass carp (grass carp) Mosquito (small mosquito) Shrunken turtle (1 turtle with shrunken head 2 A metaphor for a person with a drooped head or a person who is afraid of things) Orange (orange) Bamboo (bamboo) Fruit (fruit) Plantain (plantain) Water chestnut (water chestnut) Longevity fruit (papaya) Cabbage (cabbage) Cane (sugar cane) Sweet potato ( Sweet potato) Pumpkin (pumpkin) Gourd (luffa) Dwarf melon (eggplant) Tomato (tomato) Garlic (garlic) Grass (rice) Chestnut (corn) Star fruit (walnut) Mandarin orange (orange)

Human body, diseases

Skull (head) Scalp (dandruff) Dimples (cheeks) Dimples (dimples) Dimples (chin) Eyes (eyes) Eyebrows (eyebrows) Eye nuclei (eyeballs) ) Erzi (ear) Earwax (earwax) Big Teeth (molar) Nose (nose) Nose (nostril) Body (body) Heart (chest) Shoulder (shoulder) Hair tube (pore) Luo You (butt) Shouban ( Palms) Hand melons (arms) Feet (feet, legs) Back (back) Coccyx (tailbone) Belly (lower belly) See a doctor (see a doctor) Bone grafting (joining bones) Lianzhen (suture needles) Buried mouth (mouth opening) Hold the medicine (take the medicine), dry the fire (get angry), feel good (get better), feel depressed (uncomfortable), freeze (catch a cold), have a red head (headache), have cold shock (shiver), choke (hiccups), vomit blood (vomit blood), turbid kiss (choking on water) palpitations (chest tightness) bean skin (pockmarked face) high blood pressure (hypertension) sunburned form (gaunt) sick cat (sick ghost) raw radish (chilblains) heat rash (prickly heat) scar (itching) Nervous line (nervous disorder), hairy sheep hanging (horny madness), blind man (blind man), skin peeling (peeling), damage (breaking), athlete's foot (athlete's foot), deafness (hard of hearing), nausea (nausea), diarrhea (diarrhea), stagnation (Indigestion) Shenqing (body fever) Cough (cough) Heatstroke (heatstroke) Dizzy (dizzy)

Action, behavior

Yue Gaotou (raise head) ) twist the head (shake the head) and geb6 (stare) squint méi1 bury the eyes (close the eyes) doze heb3 (close) sip (slurp, kiss) slurp (chew) gasp (breathe) squint the mouth (turn the mouth) open the mouth wide (open the mouth wide)喐手(hands-on) du(poke) 笠(cover) fu fit1(whip) 抰yêng2(shake) 揞(cover, cover) 搣mit1(break) 摱man1(climb, pull) 掹meng1(pull) bean(touch, touch) 掟déng3 (throw) dig (mix) dig out (confuse) copy cao3 (search, turn) squeeze (put) pick (take) beat (knead) slap (beat with palm) province (rubbing) Ji (tie) , thorn) batch (cut) laise (sprinkle) citrus zed1 put in (stuff in) walk (run) walk jiaomumu (walk with all your strength) mark (rush) bump one's head against the wall (bump one's head against the wall, to describe a person's self) Ask for trouble) Qi (stand) scream (scream, shout) make love (quarrel) tease (tease) fight alone (sarcastic remarks, insinuations, sarcastic attacks) deceive ga1 meaningyi1 (pretend)

To coquettishly (act like a baby), to twist (to twist), to look down on (to look down on, to look down on), to take advantage of (to take advantage of), to take advantage of (to take advantage of), to be in trouble (to ask for trouble), to bury (to save up), to have sex (fight) fight horizontally (horizontally) beat (vertically) beat (bottom) beat barefoot (barefoot) beat barefoot (naked upper body) break off (do evil, encounter misery) frighten1 (fear) fajiao hao4 (referring to women's coquettishness and lewdness) tin (love) 孭 (back) startling (frightening) auspicious (all in vain)

thoughts, feelings

favorable ( Like) Aixi (love) Happy (happy) Deqi (smug) Nao1 (angry) Faqi (angry) Xiaoqiqi (laugh haha) Xiaokou swallow (open mouth to laugh) Xiaokou Yinyin (smile) Full face) lotus seed paste face mouth (metaphor for smiling face) snickering (smiling secretly) yi shu dog head (describing a person opening his mouth to smile, like a cooked dog head) huoqi (getting angry) huoguan (annoyed) a handful of fire (full of belly) Fire) Angry (angry) Eyes widened (eyes wide open, expressing dissatisfaction or anger) Boom (glaring) Bloated (1 angry, 2 helpless) Flesh red (distressed) Worry (worry) Xintan (disheartened) cold-hearted) not angry (unconvinced) shut up (worried) shout (cry) cry bitterly (cry) bitter gourd with such a big face (long face like a bitter gourd, metaphor for a frown) Guqi (suffocate) joy (like) ) beggar hates (disgusting) thoughts (always thinking about) xinxuan (caring about) heart water (mind) willing (willing) willing (preferring) xinduoduo (double-minded) 心喐喐 (finger moves) Want to do something, but haven't taken action yet) Te Deng (deliberate) Love (want) Ji Qi (feeling angry) Zhu Deng (deliberately) Lost Soul (panic, in a trance) Lost Soul Fish (describes a person who is panicked as if frightened) fish) Xinxi (dead heart) Thinking (planning) Thinking about (planning, anticipating) Xinyi ngeb1 (sad and uncomfortable in the heart) Xinyi (willingly)

Color, character

Flower Lihualu (spotted) Huangqiqin (yellow) Baishaisai4shay (pale) Baixuexue (snow-white) Heigulet (black but not in autumn) Wuzuzu (black) Hongdangdang (red) Hongpinfeifei ( rosy complexion) 青贝比(green) 黑马ma1马(black) 黑灯黑火(black) solving(dense) 光强(二堂堂) bright(clean) 穿(bright) 光cancan4光光Take off tüd1 take off (naked) soft cooked (soft) crispy (crunchy) short (short) fat (fat) skinny (skinny) thin (skinny) long lala lai4 (long) wide wide倹然stink (smells to heaven) 瀹子 (describes a place that is small and untidy) 德style (small, dainty and exquisite) 四正 (neat and dignified) 气理 (neat and tidy) 小 (thin) 小丝 (slender) frequency Pu (busy) Ziyou (slow and leisurely) Hetiao (calm, leisurely) Kuaiqu (quickly, quickly) panic (hurriedly) Shuangshou (refreshing) Xi (slow) Chiteng (lingering) Jieshi (ostentation) , magnificent) intercourse (awesome) crowded (crowded) cigarette (dangerous) heavy (overlapping) solitary (lonely) many hands (many hands and feet) uneven (potholes) uniform patrol (even) 咩me2 (Crooked) Xinjing (new)

Adverbs, function words

山啱 (just, just right) 啱啱 (just now) 正言 (just now) 山啱( Exactly) not slip leo1 (always) first come (just) come (will) already (already) dead (finally) eventually (after all) must (after all) good (very) still (still) ghost so (then) ) Ten (ten) Extreme (extreme) Quite (quite) Very (extremely) Slightly (slightly) Pure (light, only) Pure (just, light) Almost (almost) Lianqi (one continuous) as well as

(also) try again (again) whenever (everything) encounter (everything) imi mei2 (different) mi live (different first) don't use (not use) not good (not good) don't make sense (could it) actually (certainly) by decree (definitely) verify (actually) must (certainly) geng (certainly) once (just, means determined to do something) qianqi (tens of millions) specialize (specially, deliberately) specialize (specially) fortunately ( Fortunately) zhitou (direct) zhiqing (simple, fundamental) tomb (and, with) in (either) matter (because) of course (of course) of course (of course) of course (but of course) even though (although) ) not only (more than) not only (more than) determined (still) or (or) so (therefore) then after (then) with (and) for (for) 啕 (that's all) it's (that's all) Jie (bar)

You must understand Cantonese proverbs!

Opening film (fighting in groups, using knives and force.

) Shoeshine (flattering)

An ant (trouble) A wok of soaks (a metaphor for a mess)

A wok of ripeness (a metaphor for all suffering) A load (half a catty, each other) )

Pounding a plague chicken (a metaphor for a person who rushes around), having a hard hand (a metaphor for having great power)

To kill a chicken (picking a bargain), shocking (miscalculating, and leaving) Eyes)

Hemorrhage (big price cut, loss of money) Touch the doornail (rejected)

Kick the feet (very busy) Eat the dead cat (black hole)

Tossing the wave (bragging oneself or scaring others to show one's prestige and being in the limelight)

Pulling the cat's tail (playing a double act, colluding with one's own) 黐喖jin (nervous)

Ghost fighting ( One's own people beat one's own people, derogatory meaning) Firefighter's neck (hot temper)

Tuck one's back (speak ill of others behind their back, report others) Flying plane (deliberately breaking an appointment)

One servant and one slave ( Stumbling) Three people and six faces (in front of others)

Three aunts and six women (women who like to do other things) The Seven Kingdoms are in chaos (a mess)

A good person and a good sister (a well-behaved person) Huantou Xingwei (very perceptive, can understand as soon as he speaks)

With lines and paths (in an orderly manner) Sheng'an Baizao (fabrication, making something out of nothing)

Dead snake and eel (motionless, Metaphor for laziness) Uncertainty (Undecided)

Settled (very calm) Wandering (doing nothing, wandering around)

The water is still and the river is flying (quietly) , quiet) so weak that it touches the ground (very unlucky, very bad)

鬼五马六 (cunning and weird) wet and sweaty (covered in sweat)

古灵Ghost (bizarre) Stealing (cheating)

Gratuitous (for no reason) Flying thallium without tail (metaphor of never coming back)

Barely exposed all day long (Yunkai The fog has cleared, which is very satisfying)

You will feel old with a comprehensive book (look at new things with an old perspective)

Nine out of ten questions are answered (no answers are given after repeated questions)

People are afraid of danger, and fans are afraid of sifting (people are afraid of being begged by others)

Sail the boat in old age with caution (carefulness can ensure long-term safety)

Can't get out with your fingers To squeeze in (a metaphor for helping outsiders instead of helping one's own)

Count for number, road for road (a favor must be a favor, the number must be clear)

Not a single stroke in ten strokes (Metaphor that things are still too early to be successful)

Don’t be brave when you are new to people (have no courage, timid and fearful of things)

Every flower comes into his own eyes (radish and green vegetables, everyone has his own love, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder)

The workmanship can be seen with one's own eyes (a metaphor for the small scope of the work, which can be seen at a glance)

The wind will make the best progress (a metaphor for using one's power to dominate others and showing no mercy when one has the advantage) Face)

It has a head but no tail (anticlimax)

If you fall to the ground, you will turn over and shake the sand (a metaphor for not admitting defeat and holding on)

Caught in a hurry (caught off guard)

If there is a bowl, talk to the bowl, and if there is a dish, talk to the dish (speak bluntly, say what you have)

The person who has eaten is only a car. (Do you want someone’s old life?)

Eating a bowl of noodles turns the bottom of the bowl (metaphor of ungratefulness)

Good intentions are struck by lightning (unappreciative, good intentions are regarded as malicious)

Piglets have to eat Xuxixin (the villain gets carried away when he succeeds)

People with a broken mouth are taboo on bowls with a broken mouth (people with defects are taboo on similar things)

Chickens (eggs) are so dense that they will breed babies (if people don’t know, unless you don’t do anything, things will always be exposed)

Stealing chickens will not result in loss of rice (metaphor not only can’t take advantage but will eat the rice) (Loss)

A bachelor encounters a poor guy (who wants to extort money but encounters a pauper)

Input the pinyin of Cantonese characters that are difficult to detect

The following text input system Use Quanpin as the input method:

Zipin

Sound page "in" Example: Where are you?

Bi bi 4 7 Example: Give you money

榦bing 3 8 Example: What a bunch of strings, what a debt?!

Bobo 4 2 particle, The same as "bar" Example: Xiebo

cao cao 1 6 Example: Haoguicao

哓che 2 5 Example: 哓, is there any mistake?

啖dan 3 7 Examples: 徾啖新1 6 Example: Get it done

嘚de 1 7

哋dei 1 2 Equivalent to "we" in Mandarin Example: We, you, they

啲di 4 0 is equivalent to "some" in Mandarin

ding 2 9

掟ding 3 5 Example: I'll take you out to feed the dog!

Duo 2 7 cases: one beetle urinates

duo 2 9

喥duo 4 2

ere 2 0 cases ：Uh ghost eats tofu

Press en 1 2 Examples: Press the mouth

Uh en 1 9 Examples: It’s none of my business

Gaga 1 4 Examples: Laugh till you make a rattling sound

Ga 1 5 Examples: How cute are these girls?

Ga 2 3 Examples: Vinegar

Gad 1 1 ( zha/7/1)

偁gan 3 4 Example: 偁卡你

戆gang 2 3 Example: 戆juju "戆gangju" is not "Hanhan"

Hiccup 4 3

吤ge 4 4 ??Example: Crack open some oranges

Hiccup 5 1

Choke geng 2 1

喼gib 1 1 Example: 喖喼去

嗰go 1 1

婩gua 2 9 Equivalent to "bar" in Mandarin Example: Aren’t you leaving tonight?

斖han 3 2 Example: bury your head in the wall

嗟jue 2 7

徖kai 2 0 Equivalent to "的" in Mandarin Example: I am Home page

疴ke 4 2 Examples: 疴巷

婻le 1 7 Examples: 珻

嘞le 1 9 Equivalent to "喽" in Mandarin Example: If it doesn’t rain, let’s go!

Len 1 1 Example: It’s so romantic, it’s terrible

Lili 8 6 Example: Curry

La 11 1 Case: 咩来Ga

Beautiful liang 2 4 Example: There is a handsome boy and there is a beautiful girl

Tickling liao 1 3 Example: Picking up nose

Carrying lin 1 9

寕lo 1 1 (ge/2/1)

囖lo 1 2

枞luo 2 5

啰luo 4 5 Example: Department Hello!

Luo luo 4 5 Traditional Chinese "啰"

枞luo 4 0 Example: Ah, "ye", these things are not so good.

No mao 3 9 Example: Is there any mistake? !

p>Mi mi 2 7 Example: Mi is blocking it!

咩mie 1 3 "咩" in Cantonese also expresses a questioning tone, sometimes with a tone of surprise or questioning, which is close to the Mandarin "咩" Example: 咩事

乜mie 1 6 Example: Guangzhou Niyou

搣mie 2 3

乸na 2 3 Example: Chicken 丸

山na 2 8

嫐nao 2 8 (it’s still unknown what the character is for 咩)

山ngam 1 1 Comparative example: That’s right

嬲niao 1 6 Example: It’s not easy to get angry !

嘫nie 1 0

淠pei 4 8 ??Example: A piece of shit

嘁qi 6 9 Example: 嘁起 strips

尰qi 10 7

憇qi 12 0 Example: Send flowers to make him happy

絵qi 18 0 Example: Go to the shower room to take a shower

艉qi 25 1 Example: The place is too slippery, because the house is low

Ququ 4 8 Example: He doesn’t know how to come to coffee

嗮sai 1 8 Case: So pretty, what a mess La

嘥sai 1 9

Think shen 3 3 Example: Thinking about the bad things all day long

氽tun 1 6 Example: A bottle of water

findwen 3 0 Example: I am here to find someone.

Oh wo 2 5

It is xi 7 8 Example: Is it the same?

咥xi 8 0 Example: Everyone is crying, what can I say?

噏xi 9 4 Examples: Going crazy

潝xi 17 1 Example: Sweating is not good for the body

Save xian 10 9 Example: Don’t launder money randomly, save some money by taking a ride

Shh xu 1 5 Example: Hush, don’t make a sound

吆yao 3 7 Example: Huh, so bad Ga

嘢ye 4 3 something

咦yi 8 7 Example: Huh?

噫 yi 8 9

吐 yug 1 1 Action Example: It’s not so messy!

四zad 1 1

啧ze 2 1

啫ze 3 2 Example: 啕啫鸡

嗻zhe 2 7

嗗zuo 3 1 Example: It’s finished

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Falling in love with you,

It only took me one second

To forget you,

But it took my whole life...

I don’t cry,

Because I want to forget you

I cry,

Because I can't forget you