1. Guess the Word

You will hear some Cantonese words. Guess the meaning of each word from the sound. As a hint, each word represents a type of food or drink.

Here are some common expressions we can use or we will hear when guessing something.

1. 係咪 bus 呀？
   hai6 mai6 bus aa3?
   Is it ‘bus’?

2. 啱喇，就係 bus 喇。
   ngaam1 laa3, zau6 hai6 bus laa3.
   Correct. It is ‘bus’.

3. 唔係 bus 呀，再試吓吖。
   m4 hai6 bus aa3, zoi3 si3 haa5 aa1.
   It is not ‘bus’. Try again.

4. 哦！
   o5!
   Oh!
   It is used when we finally know something we didn’t know.

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These Cantonese words come from other languages and are created by converting the pronunciation of the original languages into Cantonese pronunciation.

The words at Level 3 are slightly different from the words at Levels 1 and 2. The last syllable of each word at Level 3 indicates the type of thing the word refers to. Take the word 曲奇餅 kuk1 kei4 beng2 for example. The first two syllables 曲奇 kuk1 kei4 are the Cantonese pronunciation converted from the original language. The last syllable 餅 beng2 means ‘biscuit’, which is the type of thing the word 曲奇餅 kuk1 kei4 beng2 refers to.