Ekaterina
Counting (Cantonese) jui3 gan6=recently yat1= 1 yi6 = 2 leung5 = 2 (counting) saam1 = 3 sei3 = 4 m5 = 5 luk6 = 6 chat1 = 7 baat3 = 8 gau5 = 9 sap6 = 10 sap6 yat1 = 11 sap6 yi6 = 12 yi6 sap6 = 20 saam1 sap6 = 30 sei3 sap6 = 30 m5 sap6 = 50 yat1 baak3 = 100 leung5 baak3 = 200 yi6 sap6 yat1 = yaa6 aa6 yat1 = 21 saam1 sap6 yat1 = saa1 aa1 yat1 = 31 sei3 sap6 yi6 = sei3 aa6 yi6 = 42 m5 sap6 yi6 = m5 aa6 yi6 = 52 nei5 gei5 sui3 aa1 = nei5 gei5 daa6 aa1 = How old are you? daa6 = big sui3 = years old man1 = Cantonese currency man1 gai1 = Cantonese currency (used for small amounts) yat1 man1 gai1 = 1 yi6 sap1 man1 = yi6 aa6 man1 = 20 (cantonese currency) nei1 go3 gei5 chin5 aa1 = How much is it? nei1go3 = this gei5 & gei5 do3 = How much money chin5 = money nei1 go3 dim2 maai6 aa1 = How much is it? maai6 = sell maai5 = buy yat1 go3 = one, a yat1 go3 ping4 go5 = an apple leung5 go3 ping4 go5 = two apples leung5 ji1 = two bottles of... seui5 = water leung5 ji1 seui5 = two bottles of water number + ji1 = measure of bottles saam1 bui1 gaa1 fe1 = three cups of cofee saam1 bui1= three cups of ... gaa1 fe1= coffee bui1 = cup m4 goi1, yiu3 yat1 bui1 gaa1 fe1 aa1 = a cup of coffee please
May 19, 2015 5:01 AM
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Hello, I am a native cantonese girl in Guangzhou China, I wonder if you learn Mandarin before?
January 11, 2016
Hello! Native Cantonese users in Macau and Hong Kong seldom learn phonetic, so we have to hypothesize what did they mean. Luckily, I can understand, but you have to learn more about writing. :)
June 14, 2015
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