The Way Cantonese and Mandarin is Written is Very Similar When Ignoring Slang Words and Particles
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The way cantonese and mandarin is written is very similar when ignoring slang words and particles. Most cantonese/mandarin only words have a one to one correlation, following are some of the most common examples:
English Written Spokensample
sentence (Eng)
sample sentence (written)
sample sentence (spoken)
-’s (possessive particle)
的 dik1
嘅 ge3
my youth 我的童年 ngo5 dik1 tung4 nin4
我嘅童年 ngo5 ge3 tung4 nin4
also; moreover; still 還waan4
仲zung6
three more hours
還有三個小時waan4 jau5 saam1
go3 siu2 si4
仲有三個鐘zung6 jau5 saam1
go3 zung1
don’t 不要bat1 jiu3
唔好m4 hou2
Don’t move 不要動bat1 jiu3 dung6
唔好郁m4 hou2 juk1
he / she / it (animal) / it
(inanimate object)他/她/牠/它
taa1佢
keoi5she waited for
a long time
她等了很久taa1 dang2 liu5 han2
gau2
佢等咗好耐keoi5 dang2 zo2
hou2 noi6
how 怎麼zam2 mo1
點dim2
How to use this?
這個怎麼用?ze2 go3 zam2 mo1
jung6
呢個點用?ni1 go3 dim2 jung6
now 現在jin6 zoi6
而家 ji4 gaa1
go to cinema now
現在去戲院jin6 zoi6 heoi3 hei3
jyun2
而家去戲院ji4 gaa1 heoi3 hei3
jyun2
this 這ze2
呢 ni1
How to use this?
這個怎麼用?ze2 go3 zam2 mo1
jung6
呢個點用?ni1 go3 dim2 jung6
to be 是si6
係 hai6
Who is she? 她是誰?taa1 si6 seoi4
佢係邊個?keoi5 hai6 bin1 go3
to come 來loi4
嚟 lei4
I come with him我和他一起來
ngo5 wo4 taa1 jat1 hei2 loi4
我同佢一齊嚟ngo5 tung4 keoi5 jat1
cai4 lei4
to eat 吃hek3
食 sik6
go to eat 去吃飯heoi3 hek3 faan6
去食飯heoi3 sik6 faan6
to give 給kap1
俾/畀 bei2
I give him a gift我給他一份禮物
ngo5 kap1 taa1 jat1 fan6 lai5 mat6
我俾佢一份禮物ngo5 bei2 keoi5 jat1
fan6 lai5 mat6
to move 動dung6
郁 juk1
Don’t move 不要動bat1 jiu3 dung6
唔好郁m4 hou2 juk1
to not have 沒有mut6 jau5
冇 mou5
I don’t have money
我沒有錢ngo5 mut6 jau5 cin2
我冇錢ngo5 mou5 cin2
to take; to pick up 拿naa4
攞 lo2
I come to pick up the
medicine
我來拿藥ngo5 loi4 naa4 joek6
我嚟攞藥ngo5 lei2 lo2 joek6
together 一起jat1 hei2
一齊 jat1 cai4
they come together
她們一起來taa1 mun4 jat1 hei2
loi4
佢哋一齊嚟keoi5 dei6 jat1 cai4
lei4
very; quite (+ 很 好 I am very 我很開心 我好開心
adjective) han2 hou2 happy ngo5 han2 hoi1 sam1 ngo5 hou2 hoi1 sam1
what 什麼 sam6 mo1
乜/咩mat1 / me1
What is that?那個是什麼?
naa5 go3 si6 sam6 mo1
嗰個係乜?go2 go3 hai6 mat1
yesterday 昨天zok3 tin1
尋日/琴日cam4 jat6 / kam4 jat6
I went to the bank yesterday
我昨天去了銀行ngo5 zok3 tin1 heoi3
liu5 ngan4 hong4
我尋日去咗銀行ngo5 cam4 jat6 heoi3
zo2 ngan4 hong4