Cantonese Vocabulary May 2016 Some new words using during my last lesson: chūng fahn - full, ample, abundant, to the max, fully gān geui - no the basis of, according to, basis, grounds, foundation gwān sih - military affairs, military gáu jing - correct, put right, redress tùhng yih chìh - synonym yuh faat git kau - grammar structure gói jing - correct, amend, put right waih yúh - predicate kéui lèih - distance; be apart from, at a distance from maht léih (hohk) - physics maht léih ge kéuih lèih physical distance béi ngóh hóu hóu dō - much better than me yáuh yi (yih) - have significance (yi yih) síng muhk (jái) - clever boy/kid, smart boy gang gā - more, still more, even more wahn hyut yìh - a person with mixed blood gún léih - manage; run, administer gún léih geih seuht - administer technology gún léih yùhn gūng - manage people/staff saht yuhng - practical, pragmatic, functional saht yuhng méih seuht - applied fine arts saht yuhng jyú yih - pragmatism gin jūk - build, construct gin jūk gūng sī - construction company gang gā kèuhng - increase power fu chìh - adverb leih yuhng - use, utilize, make use of, exploit kéuih leih yuhng ngóh - he took advantage of me kèih doih - expect, await, look forward to heung wóhng - yearn for, look forward to heung wóhng nī go gūng jok - really looking forward to this job dáng doih - wait, await yàhn bán - moral standing, moral quality, character bán jāt - character, intrinsic quality yān sou - factor, element jāt leuhng - quality (physics) mass jāt leuhng gún léih - quality management jāt leuhng bóu jeung - quality assurance gím chàh - inspect, inspection gān geui kwāi dihng - as stipulated by the rules

Cantonese Vocabulary April 2016 Yale and English only. gáan chīng - called something for short daaih fōng - generous; easy going heung wóhng - yearn for; look forward to maahn yāt - just in case gáau waaht - crafty; tricky kwāi leuht - law; regular pattern wòh sihn - kind and gentle; genial jám tàuh - pillow daaih sāi yèuhng - Atlantic Ocean taai pìhng yèuhng - Pacific Ocean mahk sāng yàhn - stranger sahm jī - even to the extent that ying fuh - deal with; cope with seui fuhk - convince ; persuade sihn mouh - admire; envy séi yìhng - death penalty sàhn bei - mysterious; mystical hàhng wàih - action; behaviour; conduct hung jai - control jyūn sām - concentrate one’s attention sìhng jīk - achievement; success; results (of work/study) fai yìhm - pneumonia yān sou - factor; element dāk jéung - win (be awarded) a prize tàih séng - remind; warn; call attention to juhng yiu - important; significant; major gú laih - encourage; urge chùhng kái - restart; reboot páahng kàuh - baseball bou fuhk - retaliate sēui kàuh - requirement; demand hei kàuh - balloon jīng chói - brilliant; wonderful sēung johng - collide lìhn wàahn - a chain of rings dōng chèuhng - on the spot; then and there jīng sēung - a minor wound; flesh wound kwāi mòuh - scale; scope tìuh jāi - regulate yihn doih - modern

Typing Yale diacritics (tone markers) on a MacBook Air (Yosemite) By default I am able to type in an acute accent ( ´ ) for rising tones and a grave accent ( ` ) for falling tones, but not a macron ( ¯ ) for high level tones. In order to enable macrons I had to add the U.S. International keyboard as follows: - Select System Preferences from the Apple menu (top left hand corner). - Click the Keyboard icon and then click the Input Sources tab. - Click + and highlight English in the left column. - Select U.S. Extended and click Add. Now I can select the U.S. Extended Keyboard from the Input Menu bar at the top of the screen by the date display. After selecting the U.S. Extended Keyboard I am able to enter: Macrons with: Option Key + A, For example: Option Key + A, A = ā Acute accent with: Option Key + E, For example: Option Key + E, A = á Grave accent with: Option Key + `, For example: Option Key + `, A = à Now I can easily type Yale directly in my emails and documents. Ngóh jān haih hóu hōi sām!

English Cantonese Language Exchange in HK

I am currently living in Hong Kong. Any suggestions for English/Cantonese language exchange? Thanks.

Pleco: An Amazing Cantonese/Chinese Dictionary

Supports Yale and Jyutping: www.pleco.com

The Android app is fantastic.

Using Economist App for Advanced English Learning

For anyone learning advanced English I would recommend downloading the Economist app for your phone which gives you three free "Editor's Choice" articles a week. The app gives you audio along with the written articles so you can listen while you read. The audio clips are very clear and the articles are interesting and very well written.   http://www.economist.com

Request for Cantonese news web sites with Tranditional Characters

Sorry to post a new request so soon after my last one, but I just discovered the Chinese Parser at CantoDict and it looks promising!

 

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/parser/

 

Could someone please send me some links to popular, main stream, local Cantonese news web sites with traditional Chinese characters? This could prove to be a never ending supply of Cantonese content that I can now easily convert into ping yam for review and study.

 

Thanks!

Advice on travel to Hong Kong or Guangzhou for Cantonese studies

Hey everyone. :)

 

I need some advice! Should I:

 

(a) return to Hong Kong to live and continue studying Cantonese full time at CUHK for the winter term; or

 

(b) move to Guangzhou to live and study part time at SCNU, and travel around Guangdong province with my English-Canto dictionary, meeting and chatting with anyone who will talk with me in Cantonese?

 

I am leaning towards Guangzhou and SCNU as it would be a new experience for me and (hopefully) less people there will (be able to) speak English to the pasty white guy. That being said, I really enjoyed my time in Hong Kong at CUHK and now know what to expect in terms of workload (holy vocabulary!) and which study methods work best for me.

 

Either way, I am looking forward to another amazing Cantonese experience. Thanks in advance!

Beyond: 真的愛你

It has been almost three months since my initial posting (http://www.italki.com/discussion/68741).

 

I was finally able to memorize the words, learn the guitar and recorded a little video.

 

Hope you enjoy it.

 

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzAyMDE0NjMy.html

 

Regards,

 

Rob