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Cantonese · Essentials

Build a core Cantonese vocabulary of everyday numbers, colors, adjectives, pronouns, and time words you'll actually use.

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1
Greetings & polite phrases
17 items
2
Numbers 0–100
18 items
3
Colors
14 items
4
Common adjectives
18 items
5
Personal pronouns
14 items
6
Days, months & time words
17 items

All 98 cards

你好
nei5 hou2
hello
早晨
zou2 san4
good morning
晚安
maan5 on1
good night
拜拜
baai1 baai3
bye
再見
zoi3 gin3
goodbye
多謝
do1 ze6
thank you (for a gift)
唔該
m4 goi1
thank you (for service)
對唔住
deoi3 m4 zyu6
sorry
唔好意思
m4 hou2 ji3 si1
excuse me
唔使客氣
m4 sai2 haak3 hei3
you're welcome
ceng2
please
歡迎
fun1 jing4
welcome
你好嗎
nei5 hou2 maa3
how are you
好耐冇見
hou2 noi6 mou5 gin3
long time no see
恭喜
gung1 hei2
congratulations
唔緊要
m4 gan2 jiu3
never mind
麻煩你
maa4 faan4 nei5
please (sorry to trouble you)
ling4
0
jat1
1
ji6
2
saam1
3
sei3
4
ng5
5
luk6
6
cat1
7
baat3
8
gau2
9
sap6
10
十一
sap6 jat1
11
十二
sap6 ji6
12
十三
sap6 saam1
13
二十
ji6 sap6
20
三十
saam1 sap6
30
五十
ng5 sap6
50
一百
jat1 baak3
100
顏色
ngaan4 sik1
color
紅色
hung4 sik1
red
橙色
caang2 sik1
orange
黃色
wong4 sik1
yellow
綠色
luk6 sik1
green
藍色
laam4 sik1
blue
紫色
zi2 sik1
purple
粉紅色
fan2 hung4 sik1
pink
黑色
hak1 sik1
black
白色
baak6 sik1
white
灰色
fui1 sik1
grey
啡色
fe1 sik1
brown
金色
gam1 sik1
gold
銀色
ngan4 sik1
silver
daai6
big
sai3
small
hou2
good
waai6
bad
jit6
hot
dung3
cold
san1
new
gau6
old
coeng4
long
dyun2
short
faai3
fast
maan6
slow
do1
many
siu2
few
gou1
tall
leng3
beautiful
gwai3
expensive
peng4
cheap
ngo5
I
nei5
you
keoi5
he
我哋
ngo5 dei6
we
你哋
nei5 dei6
you (plural)
佢哋
keoi5 dei6
they
我嘅
ngo5 ge3
my
你嘅
nei5 ge3
your
佢嘅
keoi5 ge3
his
大家
daai6 gaa1
everyone
自己
zi6 gei2
oneself
邊個
bin1 go3
who
呢個
ni1 go3
this one
嗰個
go2 go3
that one
星期一
sing1 kei4 jat1
Monday
星期二
sing1 kei4 ji6
Tuesday
星期三
sing1 kei4 saam1
Wednesday
星期四
sing1 kei4 sei3
Thursday
星期五
sing1 kei4 ng5
Friday
星期六
sing1 kei4 luk6
Saturday
星期日
sing1 kei4 jat6
Sunday
今日
gam1 jat6
today
聽日
ting1 jat6
tomorrow
琴日
kam4 jat6
yesterday
而家
ji4 gaa1
now
星期
sing1 kei4
week
jyut6
month
nin4
year
時間
si4 gaan3
time
朝早
ziu1 zou2
morning
夜晚
je6 maan5
night

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