Vocab

Pronouns & People (13)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
ngo5 I / me 2024-11-02
nei5 you 2024-11-02
keui5 he / she / it 2024-11-02
我哋 ngo5 dei6 we 2024-11-02
你哋 nei5 dei6 you all 2024-11-02
佢哋 keui5 dei6 they 2024-11-02
yan4 person / people 2024-11-02
媽媽 ma4 ma1 mother 2024-11-02
朋友 pang4 yau5 friend(s) 2024-11-16
屋企人 uk1 kei2 yan4 family 2025-01-25
呀仔 a3 jai2 my son 2025-02-01
商人 seung1 yan4 businessman 2024-11-30
醫生 yi1 sang1 doctor 2025-02-01
Verbs (79)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
hai6 to be 2024-11-02
yau5 to have 2024-11-02
mou5 to not have 2024-11-02
giu3 to call 2024-11-02
sik6 to eat 2024-11-02
heui3 to go 2024-11-02
lei4 to come / arrive 2025-02-01
dou3 to arrive 2024-12-07
jou6 to do 2024-11-16
maai5 to buy 2024-12-07
gong2 to speak / to say 2024-11-16
teng1/ting1 to listen / to hear 2024-11-09
tai2 to see / to look / to visit (doctor) 2025-01-25
hok6 to learn 2024-11-16
知道 ji1 dou6 to know (a fact) 2024-11-09
sik1 to know (a skill) / to know (a person) 2024-11-30
seung2 to want to / would like to 2024-11-16
yiu3 to need 2024-12-14
可以 ho2 yi5 can / may 2024-12-07
鐘意 jung1 yi3 to like 2024-11-09
oi3 to love 2024-11-02
認識 ying6 sik1 to meet (get to know) 2024-11-02
gin3 to meet / to see 2024-11-16
man6 to ask 2024-11-02
waan2 to play (a game) 2024-11-30
揸車 ja1 che1 to drive a car 2025-02-01
上車 seung5 che1 to get on a car 2025-03-22
上機 seung5 gei1 to board a flight 2025-03-22
上堂 seung5 tong4 to attend a lesson 2025-03-22
搭飛機 daap3 fei1 gei1 to take an airplane 2025-03-01
taam3 to visit someone 2025-01-25
pui4 to accompany / to stay with 2025-01-25
fa1 to spend (verb); flower (noun) 2025-01-25
yung6 to use 2025-03-22
擁有 yung2 yau5 to own 2025-03-22
行山 haang4 saan1 to hike 2025-03-22
出街 cheut1 gaai1 to go out / to hang out 2025-03-22
買餸 maai5 sung3 to buy groceries 2025-03-22
去旅行 heui3 leui5 hang4 to go travelling 2025-03-01
sung3 to give as gift 2025-02-22
paai3 to give away 2025-02-15
dang2 to wait 2025-03-01
jyun3 to change / to turn 2025-03-01
jing2 to fix 2025-03-01
gwo3 to pass 2025-01-25
faan1 to return (to familiar place) 2025-01-25
se2 to write 2025-02-15
jin2 to cut 2025-02-22
sai2 to wash 2025-02-01
wun6 to change (clothes etc.) 2025-02-01
jeuk3 to wear 2025-02-01
慶祝 hing3 juk1 to celebrate 2025-01-25
juk1 to wish (someone) 2025-01-25
介紹 gaai3 siu6 to introduce 2025-02-01
準備 jeun2 bei6 to prepare 2025-02-15
出發 cheut1 faat3 to depart 2025-03-01
畢業 bat1 yip6 to graduate 2024-12-14
溫書 wan1 syu1 to study 2024-12-14
返工 faan1 gung1 to go to work 2025-01-25
放工 fong3 gung1 to finish work 2025-03-01
返學 faan1 hok6 to go to school 2025-02-22
落堂 lok6 tong4 to finish class 2025-02-01
做嘢 jou6 ye5 to work / to work on things 2025-01-25
wan2 to find 2025-02-01
游水 yau4 seui2 to swim 2025-02-08
ke4 to ride 2025-02-15
揮手 fai1 sau2 to wave 2025-02-15
起身 hei2 san1 to wake up (get out of bed) 2025-02-01
sing2 to wake up 2025-02-01
刷牙 chaat3 nga4 to brush teeth 2025-02-01
洗面 sai2 min6 to wash face 2025-02-01
瞓覺 fan3 gaau3 to sleep 2025-02-01
訓覺 fan3 gok3 to sleep 2025-02-01
休息 yau1 sik1 to rest (formal) 2025-02-01
dau2 to rest (spoken) 2025-02-22
baai3 to worship 2025-02-15
希望 hei1 mong6 to hope 2025-02-22
掛住 gwa3 jyu6 to miss (someone) 2024-11-16
nam2 to think / to want 2024-11-16
Verb Particles & Grammar (23)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
jo2 past tense marker (-ed) 2024-11-02
yun4 finished (verb complement) 2026-03-29
gwo3 experiential past (have done before) 2025-01-25
gan2 progressive marker (-ing) 2024-11-09
dou2 able to (resultative complement) 2024-12-07
mei6 not yet 2024-11-02
m4 not 2024-11-02
wui5 will (future) 2024-12-14
dou1 too / also / all 2024-11-09
jung6 still 2024-12-07
ge3 possessive ('s) 2024-11-02
hai2 in / on / at 2024-11-02
因為 yan1 wai6 because 2024-11-09
所以 so2 yi5 so / therefore 2025-01-25
tung4 and / with 2024-11-16
同埋 tung4 maai4 and also (for 3+ items) 2024-11-16
jau6 immediately / exactly / about to 2025-02-01
就嚟 jau6 lai4 almost / about to / action ongoing 2025-02-01
差唔多 cha1 m4 do1 almost / approximately 2025-03-22
ji3 to (range: 一至兩) 2025-03-22
之後 ji1 hau6 after 2025-02-01
可能 ho2 nang4 maybe 2025-02-01
首先 sau2 sin1 first of all 2025-02-01
Negation & Degree (10)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
m4 not 2024-11-02
mou5 have not / don't have 2024-11-02
mei6 not yet 2024-11-02
少少 siu2 siu2 a tiny bit (~25%) 2024-11-09
有啲 yau5 di1 a bit (~40%) 2025-02-01
Adj Adj 哋 dei2 quite (~60%) 2025-02-22
gei2 quite (~75%) 2024-11-09
hou2 very 2024-11-02
真係 jan1 hai6 really 2025-02-01
taai3 too (excessive) 2025-01-25
Question Words (15)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
me1 what 2024-11-02
bin1 which / who / where 2024-11-02
邊個 bin1 go3 who / which one 2024-11-02
邊度 bin1 dou6 where 2024-11-02
dim2 how / why / how come 2024-11-09
點樣 dim2 yeung2 how (to do something) 2024-11-30
點解 dim2 gaai2 why 2024-12-14
gei2 how many / when / how (number-related) 2024-11-09
幾多 gei2 do1 how many / how much 2024-11-30
幾時 gei2 si4 when 2024-12-07
幾點 gei2 dim2 what time (hourly) 2025-02-15
幾耐 gei2 noi6 how long (duration) 2025-02-15
幾長 gei2 cheung4 how long (length) 2025-02-15
幾多錢 gei2 do1 chin2 how much (money) 2025-03-01
幾錢 gei2 chin2 how much (money, short) 2025-03-01
Demonstratives (5)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
呢個 ni1 go3 this one 2024-11-02
嗰個 go2 go3 that one 2024-11-02
呢度 ni1 dou6 this place / here 2024-11-02
嗰度 go2 dou6 that place / there 2024-11-02
呢啲 ni1 di1 these 2024-11-30
Adjectives (27)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
hou2 good 2024-11-02
高興 gou1 hing3 happy 2024-11-02
開心 hoi1 sam1 happy (open heart) 2025-01-25
舒服 syu1 fuk6 comfortable 2024-11-09
出名 cheut1 meng2 famous 2024-11-02
健康 gin6 hong1 healthy 2024-11-16
laat6 spicy 2024-11-16
tim4 sweet 2024-11-30
mong4 busy 2024-12-14
siu2 few / seldom (好少 = seldom) 2024-11-09
mun6 boring / bored 2024-11-09
yun5 far 2025-02-01
peng4 cheap 2024-11-16
naan4 difficult 2024-12-07
容易 yung4 yi6 easy 2024-12-07
jou2 early 2025-02-01
hak1 black / dark 2025-02-01
daai6 big 2024-11-16
sai3 small 2025-03-01
do1 many 2024-11-02
唔同 m4 tung4 different 2024-11-16
ngaam1 correct 2025-02-15
吉利 gat1 lei6 lucky 2025-02-22
唔吉利 m4 gat1 lei6 unlucky 2025-02-22
cho3 wrong 2025-02-22
wan4 dizzy 2025-02-01
tung3 painful 2025-02-01
Food & Drink (28)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
faan6 rice / meal 2024-11-02
mai5 rice (uncooked) 2024-11-09
河粉 ho2 fan2 rice noodles 2024-11-09
意粉 yi3 fan2 pasta 2024-11-16
fan2 noodle 2024-11-09
漢堡包 hon3 bou2 baau1 hamburger 2024-11-16
baau1 bun 2024-11-16
choi3 vegetable / cuisine 2024-11-09
嘢食 ye5 sik6 food 2024-11-16
食物 sik6 mat6 food (written) 2025-02-22
中國菜 jung1 gwok3 choi3 Chinese cuisine 2024-11-09
煎炸嘢 jin1 ja3 ye5 fried food 2025-02-01
jin1 pan-fry 2025-02-01
ja3 deep-fry 2025-02-01
提子 tai4 ji2 grape 2024-11-09
咖啡 ga3 fe1 coffee 2024-11-30
seui2 water 2025-02-08
jau2 wine 2025-02-08
yu2 fish 2025-02-15
daan2 egg 2024-11-30
tong2 candy 2025-02-15
tong4 sugar 2025-02-15
hou4 oyster 2025-02-22
豉油 si6 yau4 soy sauce 2025-02-22
髮菜 faat3 choi3 black moss 2025-02-22
年糕 nin4 gou1 new year cake 2025-02-15
出奇蛋 cheut1 kei4 daan2 kinder egg 2024-11-30
yeuk6 medicine / pills 2024-11-09
Meals (4)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
早餐 jou2 chaan1 breakfast 2025-02-01
午餐 / 食晏 ng5 chaan1 / sik6 aan3 lunch 2025-02-08
晚餐 maan5 chaan1 dinner 2025-02-08
宵夜 siu1 ye2 midnight snack 2025-02-08
Time & Dates (36)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
而家 yi4 ga1 now 2024-11-16
今日 gam1 yat6 today 2024-12-14
琴日 kam4 yat6 yesterday 2024-12-14
聽日 ting1 yat6 tomorrow 2024-12-14
前日 chin4 yat6 day before yesterday 2025-02-15
後日 hau6 yat6 day after tomorrow 2025-02-15
今晚 gam1 maan5 tonight 2025-02-08
琴晚 kam4 maan5 last night 2025-02-08
聽晚 ting1 maan5 tomorrow night 2025-02-08
朝早 jiu1 jou2 morning 2025-02-01
上晝 seung6 jau3 morning (spoken) 2025-02-08
下晝 / 晏晝 ha6 jau3 / aan3 jau3 afternoon 2025-02-08
夜晚 ye6 maan5 night 2025-02-08
凌晨 ling4 san4 midnight 2025-02-08
通宵 tung1 siu1 overnight 2025-02-08
星期 sing1 kei4 week 2024-12-14
yut6 month 2024-12-07
nin4 year 2024-12-14
yat6 day 2024-12-07
hou6 date number 2024-12-07
今年 gam1 nin4 this year 2024-12-14
今個星期 gam1 go3 sing1 kei4 this week 2024-12-14
今個月 gam1 go3 yut6 this month 2024-12-14
上個星期 seung6 go3 sing1 kei4 last week 2025-03-22
上次 seung6 chi3 last time 2024-11-30
下次 ha6 chi3 next time 2024-11-16
下個星期 ha6 go3 sing1 kei4 next week 2024-12-14
下個月 ha6 go3 yut6 next month 2024-12-14
最近 jeui3 gan6 recently 2024-11-30
嗰陣 go2 jan6 at that time / during 2025-01-25
成日 sing4 yat6 always (the whole day) 2025-01-25
日日 yat6 yat6 every day 2025-01-25
好耐 hou2 noi6 a long time 2024-11-16
noi6 long (duration) 2024-11-16
廿 ya6 twenty 2024-12-07
bun3 half 2025-02-01
Numbers & Money (16)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
yat1 one 2024-11-02
yi6 two 2024-12-07
saam1 three 2024-12-07
sei3 four 2024-11-30
ng5 five 2024-12-07
luk6 six 2024-12-07
chat1 seven 2024-12-07
baat3 eight 2025-02-22
gau2 nine 2024-12-07
sap6 ten 2024-11-09
baak3 hundred 2025-03-01
chin1 thousand 2025-03-01
ling4 zero 2025-03-01
leung5 two (with measure words) 2024-11-16
chin2 money 2025-03-01
man1 dollar ($) 2025-03-01
Measure Words (16)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
go3 general (people, things) 2024-11-02
dou6 places 2024-11-02
gaan1 indoor spaces (rooms, shops, companies) 2024-11-09
bun2 books 2025-03-01
ji1 bottles 2025-03-01
tiu4 long thin things (fish, roads) 2025-02-15
tou3 sets (movies) 2025-02-15
sau2 songs / poems 2024-11-09
jung2 types / kinds 2024-11-30
bui1 cups 2024-12-14
lap1 small round items (grapes, pills, rice) 2024-11-09
jek3 animals, one of a pair, small objects 2025-02-22
di1 some / plural marker 2024-11-30
ga3 vehicles / transportation 2025-03-22
chi3 times / occasions 2024-11-16
fan6 jobs / portions 2025-03-22
Places (10)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
屋企 uk1 kei2 home 2024-11-02
商場 seung1 cheung4 shopping mall 2024-11-30
餐廳 chaan1 teng1 restaurant 2025-02-08
學校 hok6 haau6 school 2024-12-14
公司 gung1 si1 company / workplace 2025-02-01
地方 dei6 fong1 place 2024-11-02
gaai1 street 2024-12-14
洗手間 sai2 sau2 gaan1 washroom 2025-02-08
鄉下 heung1 ha2 hometown 2025-03-01
saan1 mountain 2025-03-22
Countries & Geography (9)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
美國 mei5 gwok3 United States 2024-11-02
香港 heung1 gong2 Hong Kong 2024-11-02
中國 jung1 gwok3 China 2024-11-09
意大利 yi3 daai6 lei6 Italy 2024-11-16
多倫多 do1 leun4 do1 Toronto 2024-11-02
北美洲 bak1 mei5 jau1 North America 2024-11-02
國家 gwok3 ga1 country 2024-11-16
bak1 north 2024-11-02
jau1 continent 2024-11-02
Body Parts & Health (22)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
身體 san1 tai2 body 2025-01-25
tau4 head 2025-01-25
ngaan5 eye 2025-02-22
yi5 ear 2025-02-22
hau2 mouth 2025-02-22
bei6 nose 2025-02-22
sau2 hand 2024-12-14
geuk3 foot 2025-02-22
tou5 belly / stomach 2024-11-16
膊頭 bok3 tau4 shoulder 2025-02-22
頭髮 tau4 faat3 hair 2025-02-22
sam1 heart 2025-01-25
beng6 sick (adj/verb) / disease (noun) 2025-02-01
感冒 gam2 mou6 flu 2025-02-01
發燒 faat3 siu1 fever 2025-02-01
頭痛 tau4 tung3 headache 2025-02-01
頭暈 tau4 wan4 dizziness 2025-02-01
肚痛 tou5 tung3 stomachache 2025-02-01
打乞嗤 da2 hat1 chi1 sneeze 2025-02-01
kat1 cough 2025-02-01
食物中毒 sik6 mat6 jung3 duk6 food poisoning 2025-02-22
好返 hou2 faan1 to recover 2025-02-22
Music & Arts (21)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
音樂 yam1 ngok6 music 2024-11-09
go1 song 2025-01-25
si1 poem 2024-11-09
樂器 ngok6 hei3 instrument 2024-11-30
鋼琴 gong3 kam4 piano 2024-11-30
結他 git3 ta1 guitar 2024-11-30
gu2 drum 2024-11-30
小提琴 siu2 tai4 kam4 violin 2024-11-30
爵士樂 jeuk3 si6 ngok6 jazz 2024-11-09
粵劇 yut6 kek6 Cantonese opera 2024-11-09
漫畫 maan6 wa2 comics 2025-03-01
雜誌 jaap6 ji3 magazine 2025-03-01
syu1 book 2024-12-14
樂譜 ngok6 pou2 music sheet 2025-03-01
食譜 sik6 pou2 recipe 2025-03-01
說明書 syut3 ming4 syu1 manual 2025-03-01
聲音 sing1 yam1 sound 2024-11-09
taan4 to play (piano/guitar — touch) 2024-11-30
da2 to play (drums — hit) 2024-11-30
laai1 to play (violin — pull) 2024-11-30
cheui1 to play (wind instrument — blow) 2024-11-30
Games (2)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
遊戲 yau4 hei3 game 2024-11-30
麻雀 ma4 jeuk2 mahjong 2025-02-08
Holidays & Festivals (8)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
新年 san1 nin4 New Year 2024-12-14
中國新年 jung1 gwok3 san1 nin4 Chinese New Year 2024-12-14
農曆新年 nung4 lik6 san1 nin4 Lunar New Year 2025-02-15
聖誕節 sing3 daan3 jit3 Christmas 2024-12-14
中秋節 jung1 chau1 jit3 Moon Festival 2024-12-14
jit3 festival 2024-12-14
生日 saang1 yat6 birthday 2024-12-07
考試 haau2 si3 exam 2024-12-14
New Year Items & Customs (10)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
揮春 fai1 cheun1 red banner 2025-02-15
全盒 chyun4 hap6 candy box 2025-02-15
利是 lei6 si6 red pocket 2025-02-15
金幣朱古力 gam1 bai6 jyu1 gu1 lik1 gold coin chocolate 2025-02-15
開心果 hoi1 sam1 gwo2 pistachio 2025-02-15
瓜子 gwa1 ji2 melon seeds 2025-02-15
糖蓮子 tong4 lin4 ji2 candied lotus seeds 2025-02-15
派利是 paai3 lei6 si6 give red pockets 2025-02-15
團年飯 tyun4 nin4 faan6 reunion dinner 2025-02-15
去拜年 heui3 baai3 nin4 visit relatives for New Year 2025-02-15
Seasons & Weather (3)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
春天 cheun1 tin1 spring 2025-01-25
冬天 dung1 tin1 winter 2025-01-25
tin1 sky / day 2025-01-25
Daily Life & Objects (9)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
電腦 din6 nou5 computer 2025-03-01
toi2 table 2025-03-01
畫面 wa2 min2 screen 2025-02-01
saam1 clothes 2025-02-01
fong2 room 2025-02-08
haai4 shoes 2025-02-22
jung1 clock 2024-11-16
che1 car 2025-02-01
飛機 fei1 gei1 airplane 2025-03-01
Language (5)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
語言 yu5 yin4 language 2024-12-07
廣東話 gwong2 dung1 wa2 Cantonese 2024-11-16
英文 ying1 man2 English 2024-12-07
廣東 gwong2 dung1 Canton 2024-11-16
wa2 speech / language 2024-11-16
Other Nouns (16)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
ye5 thing 2024-11-16
所有 so2 yau5 all 2024-11-16
問題 man6 tai4 question / problem 2024-11-02
事 / 事情 si6 / si6 ching4 matter / case 2025-02-01
時間 si4 gaan3 time 2024-11-09
meng2 name 2024-11-02
目標 muk6 biu1 objective / goal 2025-01-25
行程 haang4 ching4 route / journey 2025-02-01
旅行 leui5 hang4 travel 2025-03-01
中間 jung1 gaan1 middle 2025-02-22
出奇 cheut1 kei4 surprise 2024-11-30
團圓 tyun4 yun4 reunion 2025-02-15
sung3 ingredients / dishes 2025-03-22
gung1 work / job 2025-01-25
上面 seung6 min6 above / on top 2025-03-22
成功 sing4 gung1 success 2025-02-15
Misc Adverbs & Modifiers (9)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
好多 hou2 do1 many / a lot 2024-11-30
多啲 do1 di1 more 2025-01-25
少啲 siu2 di1 less 2025-02-01
另一個 ling6 yat1 go3 another one 2025-01-25
大約 daai6 yeuk3 around / approximately 2025-02-15
晏啲 / 遲啲 aan3 di1 / chi4 di1 later 2025-02-08
遲到 chi4 dou3 late (delayed arrival) 2025-02-08
faai3 fast 2024-12-14
好叻 hou2 lek1 very smart / talented 2024-11-30
Courtesies & Interjections (4)
CantoneseJyutpingEnglishDate
哈囉 ha1 lo1 hello 2024-11-02
多謝 do1 je6 thank you 2024-11-02
唔好意思 m4 hou2 yi3 si1 excuse me / sorry 2024-12-07
aai4 sigh 2025-02-22