46.5 Vocabulary List

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1.		架	gaa3	CL	(Used with vehicles)
2.		部	bou6	CL	(Used with cars)
3.		班	baan1	CL	(Used to refer to a scheduled departure of public transport)
4.		號	hou6	CL	(Used in the name of a bus or minibus route)
5.		演唱會	jin2 coeng3 wui2	N	singing concert
6.		車	ce1	N	car; public transport (only land transport) CL: 架 gaa3 or 部bou6 for the meaning of ‘car’
7.		線 / 綫	sin3	N	rail line, bus route CL: 條 tiu4
8.		站	zaam6	N	station, stop CL: 個 go3
9.		總站	zung2 zaam6	N	terminal CL: 個 go3
10.		知	zi1	V	to know (in the sense of ‘to have information’)
11.		知道	zi1 dou3	V	to know (in the sense of ‘to have information’)
12.		坐 + Transport	co5 + Transport	V	to take
13.		搭 + Transport	daap3 + Transport	V	to take
14.		坐車	co5 ce1	Exp	to take public transport
15.		搭車	daap3 ce1	Exp	to take public transport
16.		轉 + Transport / Line / Route	zyun3 + Transport / Line / Route	V	to change to another means of transport, line or route
17.		轉車	zyun3 ce1	SV	to change (means of transport, trains, buses, etc.)
18.		經	ging1	V	to pass through
19.		車 + Person	ce1 + Person	V	to give someone a ride
20.		帶 + Person + 去 + Place	daai3 + Person + heoi3 + Place	V	to take someone to somewhere
21.		嗌	aai3	V	to shout
22.		嗌落	aai3 lok6	Exp	to shout to get off Note: When we need to get off a minibus in Hong Kong, we need to shout to let the driver know where we want to get off at.
23.		Place + 有落	Place + jau5 lok6	Exp	to have get off (literally ‘to have + to get off’, used to mean ‘I want to get off at …’)
24.		上網	soeng5 mong5	SV	to go on the Internet
25.		方便	fong1 bin6	Adj	convenient
26.		再	zoi3	Adv	and then
27.		幾多號	gei2 do1 hou6	QExp	what number (used to ask for bus or minibus routes)
27.		幾號	gei2 hou6	QExp	what number (used to ask for bus or minibus routes)

Adj = Adjective

Adv = Adverb

AP = Aspect Particle

CL = Classifier / Measure Word

Conj = Conjunction

DW = Distinguishing Word

Exp = Expression

Mor = Morpheme

MV = Modal Verb

N = Noun

Num = Number

Onom = Onomatopoeia

Part = Particle

Post = Postposition / Localizer

Pref = Prefix

Prep = Preposition / Coverb

Pron = Pronoun

QExp = Question Expression

QW = Question Word

SP = Sentence Particle

Suf = Suffix

SV = Separable Verb

V = Verb

VP = Verbal Particle