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到日本去

到香港來

到不了

看到了
睇到

不到
唔夠

go to Japan

come to Hong Kong

unable to reach / cannot arrive

have seen / saw (w)
have seen / saw (s)

less than / not enough (w)
less than / not enough (s)

dou-6 jat-9 bun-2 hoey-3

dou-6 hoeng-1 gong-2 loi-4

dou-6 bat-7 liu-5

hon-3 dou-6 liu-5
tai- (4) dou-6

bat-7 dou-6
ng-5 gau-3


木一

土戈

竹木日

水廿金山

木人人

竹手月山

弓弓

月山金弓竹

一火

X口一一口

弓弓心口
Note: As the dictionary source for these pages does not contain the characters for many spoken Cantonese words, the inflexion pattern for 睇 could not be verified.

廿

站住!

火車站

巴士站

站一會兒
企一陣間

Stop! / Halt!

train station

bus station

stand for a while (w)
stand for a while (s)

dzam-6 dzu-6

fo-2 tse-1 dzam-6

ba- 1 si-6 dzam-6

dzam-6 jat-7 wui-6 ji-4
kei-5 jat-7 dzan-6 gan-1


人卜土

十田十

日山

十一

人一田日

竹X竹山

人卜中一

弓中十田十

日弓日




從早到晚

從今以後

從前

從來

從來沒有

from morning until night

henceforth / from now on

before / previously, formerly

heretofore / up until now

have never been / have never had

tsung-4 dzou-2 dou-6 man-5

tsung-4 gam-1 ji-5 hau-6

tsung-4 tsin-4

tsung-4 loi-4

tsung-4 loi-4 mut-9 jau-5


日十

一土中弓

日弓日山

人戈弓

女戈人

竹人女戈水

廿月中弓

木人人

水弓水

大月


很香

香港

very fragrant

Hong Kong

han-2 hoeng-1

hoeng-1 gong-2


竹人日女

水廿金山

廿

香港 fragrant harbor (Hong Kong) hoeng-1 gong-2
竹木日



等一會兒

等一等
等一陣

頭等

等等

等待

wait for a while

wait for a while (w)
wait for a while (s)

first class / top rank / top quality

etc. / and so on
wait

dang-2 jat-7 wui-6 ji-4

dang-2 jat-7 dang-2
dang-2 jat-7 dzan-6

tau-4 dang-2

dang-2 dang-2

dang-2 doi-6


人一田日

竹X竹山

弓中十田十

一廿一月金

竹人土木戈
Note: The expression 等一陣 appears to be an abbreviation for 一陣間.
甚/什
廿


甚好

什好

很好

好好

very good (w)

very good (w)

very good (w)

very good (s)

sam-6 hou-2

sap-6 hou-2

han-2 hou-2

hou-2 hou-2


女弓木

人十

竹人日女


怎麼 how? / in what way? / by what means or manner (w) dzam-2 mo-1
戈木女戈

木廿土水

田火卜口
怎樣 how? / in what way? / by what means or manner (w) dzam-2 yoeng-6

how? / in what way? / by what means or manner (s) dim-2



甚麼

為甚麼

點解

what?

why? / how is it that? (w)

why? / how is it that? (s)

sam-6 mo-1

wai-4 sam-6 mo-1

dim-2 gai-2


廿一一女

戈大弓火

人尸心

田火卜口

弓月尸竹手

人弓火

女弓木
怎麼 how? / in what way? / by what means or manner (w) dzam-2 mo-1
你好麼 How are you? nei-5 hou-2 ma-1
Note: The pronunciation of 麼 is pronounced either mo-1 or ma-1 depending on context. When it appears as an exclamation at the end of a question, such as 你好麼, it is pronounced ma-1. In combination with other characters to form single words, such as 甚麼 and 怎麼 it is pronounced mo-1.

廿

一樣

樣子

這樣
噉樣

怎樣

same / alike / one in the same

style / appearance

like this (w)
like this (s)

how? / in what way? / by what means or manner (w)

jat-7 joeng-6

joeng-6 dzi-2

dze-3 joeng-6
gam-? joeng-6

dzam-2 joeng-6


弓木

卜卜一口

口一十大

人尸心

戈木女戈

田火卜口

怎麼樣
點樣
how about / how is everything (w)
how about / how is everything (s)
dzam-2 mo-1 joeng-6
dim-2 joeng-6

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