Cantonese
廣東話
Hello
你好
nei HO
The Chinese Characters (Cantonese)
Cantonese uses traditional Chinese characters with Cantonese-specific characters not used in Mandarin. Romanization uses Jyutping. Cantonese has 9 tones (6 level + 3 entering tones) and is spoken mainly in Hong Kong and Guangdong.
- bbB
- ppP
- mmM
- ffF
- ddD
- ttT
- nnN
- llL
- ggG
- kkK
- ngngNG
- hhH
- gwgwGW
- kwkwKW
- wwW
- zzZ
- ccC
- ssS
- jjJ
- aaaaAA
- aaA
- eeE
- iiI
- ooO
- uuU
- oeoeOE
- eoeoEO
- yuyuYU
- 155Tone 1 (High level)
- 235Tone 2 (High rising)
- 333Tone 3 (Mid level)
- 421Tone 4 (Low falling)
- 523Tone 5 (Low rising)
- 622Tone 6 (Low level)
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Cantonese phrases
Greetings
20- Hello
- 你好nei HO
- Good morning
- 早晨jo SAN
- Good afternoon
- 午安ng ON
- Good evening
- 晚安maan ON
- Good night
- 晚安maan ON
- Goodbye
- 拜拜baai BAAI
- See you later
- 遲啲見chi DEE gin
- Please
- 唔該mm GOI
- Thank you
- 唔該 / 多謝mm GOI / do ZEH
- Thank you very much
- 非常多謝fei SOENG do ZEH
- You're welcome
- 唔使客氣mm SAI haak HEI
- Yes
- 係hai
- No
- 唔係mm HAI
- Excuse me
- 唔該借步mm GOI ze BOU
- Sorry
- 對唔住dui mm JYU
- How are you?
- 你好嗎?nei HO ma
- I'm fine
- 我好好ngo HO ho
- What is your name?
- 你叫咩名?nei giu MEH meng
- My name is...
- 我叫...ngo GIU
- Nice to meet you
- 好高興認識你ho GO hing jing SIK nei
Travel
20- Where is...?
- ...喺邊度?hai BIN do
- Airport
- 機場gei CHEUNG
- Hotel
- 酒店jau DIM
- Hospital
- 醫院yi YUN
- Pharmacy
- 藥房yeuk FONG
- Police station
- 警察局ging CHAAT guk
- MTR station
- 地鐵站dei TIT jaam
- Bus station
- 巴士站ba SI jaam
- Taxi
- 的士dik SI
- How much does it cost?
- 幾多錢?gei DO chin
- Ticket
- 車票che PIU
- Passport
- 護照wu JIU
- I am lost
- 我迷路咗ngo mai LOU jo
- Help me please
- 唔該幫我mm GOI bong NGO
- Left
- 左邊jo BIN
- Right
- 右邊yau BIN
- Straight ahead
- 一直行yat JIK haang
- Open
- 開門hoi MUN
- Closed
- 關門gwaan MUN
- Exit
- 出口cheut HAU
Food
20- Restaurant
- 餐廳chaan TENG
- I'm hungry
- 我肚餓ngo tou NGO
- I'm thirsty
- 我口渴ngo hau HOT
- Water
- 水sui
- Food
- 食物sik MAT
- Rice
- 飯faan
- Noodles
- 麵min
- Dim sum
- 點心dim SAM
- Roast pork
- 叉燒cha SIU
- Fish
- 魚yu
- Vegetables
- 蔬菜so CHOI
- Tea
- 茶cha
- Beer
- 啤酒be JIU
- The check please
- 唔該埋單mm GOI maai DAAN
- Delicious
- 好食ho SIK
- Spicy
- 辣laat
- Sweet
- 甜tim
- Menu
- 餐牌chaan PAAI
- Vegetarian
- 齋jai
- One more please
- 唔該再嚟一個mm GOI joi lai yat GO
Emergency
15- Help!
- 救命!gau MENG
- Call the police!
- 報警!bou GING
- Call a doctor!
- 叫醫生!giu yi SANG
- Call an ambulance!
- 叫救護車!giu gau WU che
- Fire!
- 火!fo
- Thief!
- 有賊!yau CHAAK
- I am sick
- 我唔舒服ngo mm syu FUK
- I am injured
- 我受傷咗ngo sau SEUNG jo
- I need a doctor
- 我需要睇醫生ngo seui YIU tai yi SANG
- Hospital
- 醫院yi YUN
- Emergency
- 緊急gan GAP
- I am allergic to...
- 我對...過敏ngo dui... gwo MAN
- Pain
- 痛tung
- I need help
- 我需要幫助ngo seui YIU bong JO
- Lost passport
- 護照唔見咗wu JIU mm gin JO
Business
14- Meeting
- 會議wui YI
- Office
- 辦公室baan gung SAT
- Contract
- 合約hap YEK
- Company
- 公司gung SI
- Manager
- 經理ging LEI
- Invoice
- 發票faat PIU
- Price
- 價格ga GAAK
- Payment
- 付款fu FUN
- Bank
- 銀行ngan HONG
- Money
- 錢chin
- Business
- 生意sang YI
- Partner
- 合夥人hap WO yan
- Project
- 項目hong MUK
- 電郵din YAU
Numbers
20- Zero
- 零ling
- One
- 一yat
- Two
- 二yi
- Three
- 三saam
- Four
- 四sei
- Five
- 五ng
- Six
- 六luk
- Seven
- 七chat
- Eight
- 八baat
- Nine
- 九gau
- Ten
- 十sap
- Twenty
- 二十yi SAP
- Hundred
- 一百yat BAAK
- Thousand
- 一千yat CHIN
- What time is it?
- 而家幾點?yi GA gei DIM
- Today
- 今日gam YAT
- Tomorrow
- 聽日ting YAT
- Yesterday
- 尋日cham YAT
- Monday
- 星期一sing KEI yat
- Friday
- 星期五sing KEI ng
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