Talking About Clothes

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Asking for comments on an item

When we shop for clothes with someone, we often ask for their comments on the items we are trying on. We will start with general comments and then move on to comments about the design, color and cut.

General Comments

你	覺得	呢	件	衫	點	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	ni1	gin6	saam1	dim2	aa3	?
you	think	this	CL	top	how	SP

What do you think about this top?

呢	件	好	靚	呀	。
ni1	gin6	hou2	leng3	aa3	.
this	CL	very	beautiful	SP

This one is very beautiful.

呢	件	勁	好睇	呀	。
ni1	gin6	ging6	hou2 tai2	aa3	.
this	CL	strongly	nice-looking	SP

This one is strongly nice-looking.

呢	件	幾	型	呀	。
ni1	gin6	gei2	jing4	aa3	.
this	CL	quite	stylish	SP

This one is quite stylish.

呢	件	好似	有啲	怪	噉	呀	。
ni1	gin6	hou2 ci5	jau5 di1	gwaai3	gam2	aa3	.
this	CL	seem	a bit	strange	seem	SP

This one seems a bit strange.

呢	件	好似	有少少	核突	噉	呀	。
ni1	gin6	hou2 ci5	jau5 siu2 siu2	wat6 dat6	gam2	aa3	.
this	CL	seem	a little bit	ugly	seem	SP

This one seems a little bit ugly.

呢	件	好似	麻麻哋	噉	呀	。
ni1	gin6	hou2 ci5	maa4 maa2 dei2	gam2	aa3	.
this	CL	seem	so-so	seem	SP

This one seems so-so.

你	着	得	好	靚	呀	。
nei5	zoek3	dak1	hou2	leng3	aa3	.
you	wear	Part	very	beautiful	SP

You wear it very beautifully.

你	着	得	勁	好睇	呀	。
nei5	zoek3	dak1	ging6	hou2 tai2	aa3	.
you	wear	Part	strongly	nice-looking	SP

You wear it strongly “nice-looking-ly”.

10.

你	着	得	好似	唔係幾	好睇	噉	呀	。
nei5	zoek3	dak1	hou2 ci5	m4 hai6 gei2	hou2 tai2	gam2	aa3	.
you	wear	Part	seem	not quite	nice-looking	seem	SP

It seems that you wear it not quite “nice-looking-ly”.

11.

你	着	得	好似	有啲	怪	噉	呀	。
nei5	zoek3	dak1	hou2 ci5	jau5 di1	gwaai3	gam2	aa3	.
you	wear	Part	seem	a bit	strange	seem	SP

It seems that you wear it a bit strangely.

12.

你	着	得	好似	有少少	核突	噉	呀	。
nei5	zoek3	dak1	hou2 ci5	jau5 siu2 siu2	wat6 dat6	gam2	aa3	.
you	wear	Part	seem	a little bit	ugly	seem	SP

It seems that you wear it a little bit uglily.

13.

呢	件	好	襯	你	呀	。
ni1	gin6	hou2	can3	nei5	aa3	.
this	CL	very	match	you	SP

This one matches you very much.

14.

呢	件	幾	啱	你	呀	。
ni1	gin6	gei2	ngaam1	nei5	aa3	.
this	CL	quite	suit	you	SP

This one quite suits you.

15.

呢	件	好似	唔係好	襯	你	噉	呀	。
ni1	gin6	hou2 ci5	m4 hai6 hou2	can3	nei5	gam2	aa3	.
this	CL	seem	not very	match	you	seem	SP

It seems that this one doesn’t match you very much.

16.

呢	件	好似	唔係幾	啱	你	噉	呀	。
ni1	gin6	hou2 ci5	m4 hai6 gei2	ngaam1	nei5	gam2	aa3	.
this	CL	seem	not quite	suit	you	seem	SP

It seems that this one doesn’t quite suit you.

Design

17.

你	覺得	個	款 / design	點	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	go3	fun2 / design	dim2	aa3	?
you	think	CL	design	how	SP

What do you think about the design?

18.

個	款	好	靚	呀	。
go3	fun2	hou2	leng3	aa3	.
CL	design	very	beautiful	SP

The design is very beautiful.

19.

個	款	勁	好睇	呀	。
go3	fun2	ging6	hou2 tai2	aa3	.
CL	design	strongly	nice-looking	SP

The design is strongly nice-looking.

20.

個	款	幾	型	呀	。
go3	fun2	gei2	jing4	aa3	.
CL	design	quite	stylish	SP

The design is quite stylish.

21.

個	design	好似	唔係幾	靚	噉	呀	。
go3	design	hou2 ci5	m4 hai6 gei2	leng3	gam2	aa3	.
CL	design	seem	not quit	beautiful	seem	SP

The design seems not quite beautiful.

22.

個	design	好似	麻麻哋	噉	呀	。
go3	design	hou2 ci5	maa4 maa2 dei2	gam2	aa3	.
CL	design	seem	so-so	seem	SP

The design seems so-so.

Color

23.

你	覺得	隻	色	點	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	zek3	sik1	dim2	aa3	?
you	think	CL	color	how	SP

What do you think about the color?

24.

隻	色	好	靚	呀	。
zek3	sik1	hou2	leng3	aa3	.
CL	color	very	beautiful	SP

The color is very beautiful.

25.

隻	色	幾	特別	呀	。
zek3	sik1	gei2	dak6 bit6	aa3	.
CL	color	quite	special	SP

The color is quite special.

26.

隻	色	好似	有啲	怪	噉	呀	。
zek3	sik1	hou2 ci5	jau5 di1	gwaai3	gam2	aa3	.
CL	color	seem	a bit	strange	seem	SP

The color seems a bit strange.

27.

隻	色	好似	有少少	核突	噉	呀	。
zek3	sik1	hou2 ci5	jau5 siu2 siu2	wat6 dat6	gam2	aa3	.
CL	color	seem	a little bit	ugly	seem	SP

The color seems a little bit ugly.

Cut

28.

你	覺得	啲	cutting / 剪裁	點	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	di1	kat1 ting4 / zin2 coi4	dim2	aa3	?
you	think	CL	cut	how	SP

What do you think about the cut?

29.

啲	cutting	好	好	呀	。
di1	kat1 ting4	hou2	hou2	aa3	.
CL	cut	very	good	SP

The cut is very good.

30.

啲	cutting	幾	靚	呀	。
di1	kat1 ting4	gei2	leng3	aa3	.
CL	cut	quite	beautiful	SP

The cut is quite beautiful.

31.

啲	剪裁	好似	有啲	差	噉	呀	。
di1	zin2 coi4	hou2 ci5	jau5 di1	caa1	gam2	aa3	.
CL	cut	seem	a bit	bad	seem	SP

The cut seems a bit bad.

32.

啲	剪裁	好似	有少少	怪	噉	呀	。
di1	zin2 coi4	hou2 ci5	jau5 siu2 siu2	gwaai3	gam2	aa3	.
CL	cut	seem	a little bit	strange	seem	SP

The cut seems a little bit strange.

We often try on more than one item. To move on to the next one, we can say:

33.

我	試	下	下	一	件	先	。
ngo5	si3	haa5	haa6	jat1	gin6	sin1	.
you	try	AP	next	one	CL	first

I will have a try of the next one first.

34.

我	試	埋	最後	嗰	件	先	。
ngo5	si3	maai4	zeoi3 hau6	go2	gin6	sin1	.
you	try	VP	last	that	CL	first

I will try that last one as well first.

After putting on the second one, we can ask for the other person’s comments again.

35.

呢	件	呢	？	你	覺得	呢	件	點	呀	？
ni1	gin6	ne1	?	nei5	gok3 dak1	ni1	gin6	dim2	aa3	?
this	CL	SP		you	think	this	CL	how	SP

How about this one? What do you think about this one?

Comparing different items

When shopping for clothes, we often compare different items.

36.

你	覺得	邊	件	好啲	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	bin1	gin6	hou2 di1	aa3	?
you	think	which	CL	better	SP

Which one do you think is better?

37.

你	覺得	第一	件	定	第二	件	靚啲	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	dai6 jat1	gin6	ding6	dai6 ji6	gin6	leng3 di1	aa3	?
you	think	first	CL	or	second	CL	more beautiful	SP

Do you think the first one or the second one is more beautiful?

38.

你	覺得	呢	件
nei5	gok3 dak1	ni1	gin6
you	think	this	CL

定	上	一	件	襯	我	多啲	呀	？
ding6	soeng6	jat1	gin6	can3	ngo5	do1 di1	aa3	?
or	previous	one	CL	match	me	more	SP

Do you think this one or the last one matches me more?

39.

你	覺得	呢	件
nei5	gok3 dak1	ni1	gin6
you	think	this	CL

定	另外	嗰	件	啱	我	多啲	呀	？
ding6	ling6 ngoi6	go2	gin6	ngaam1	ngo5	do1 di1	aa3	?
or	other	that	CL	suit	me	more	SP

Do you think this one or that other one suits me more?

40.

你	覺得	邊	個	款	好睇啲	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	bin1	go3	fun2	hou2 tai2 di1	aa3	?
you	think	which	CL	design	more nice-looking	SP

Which design do you think is more nice-looking?

41.

你	覺得	呢	個	款
nei5	gok3 dak1	ni1	go3	fun2
you	think	this	CL	design

定	嗰	個	款	襯	我	多啲	呀	？
ding6	go2	go3	fun2	can3	ngo5	do1 di1	aa3	?
or	that	CL	design	match	me	more	SP

Do you think this design or that design matches me more?

If we are comparing three or more items, we can also the word 最 gin6 (‘most’).

42.

你	覺得	邊	件	最好	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	bin1	gin6	zeoi3 hou2	aa3	?
you	think	which	CL	best	SP

Which one do you think is the best?

43.

你	覺得	頭	嗰	兩	件	同	最後	呢	件
nei5	gok3 dak1	tau4	go2	loeng5	gin6	tung4	zeoi3 hau6	ni1	gin6
you	think	first	that	two	CL	and	last	this	CL

邊	件	最	襯	我	呀	？
bin1	gin6	zeoi3	can3	ngo5	aa3	?
which	CL	most	match	me	SP

For those first two and this last one, which one do you think matches me most?

44.

你	覺得	邊	個	款	最	啱	我	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	bin1	go3	fun2	zeoi3	ngaam1	ngo5	aa3	?
you	think	which	CL	design	most	suit	me	SP

Which design do you think suits me most?

Route A: One item is better

45.

我	鍾意	第一	件	多啲	呀	。
ngo5	zung1 ji3	dai6 jat1	gin6	do1 di1	aa3	.
I	like	first	CL	more	SP

I like the first one more.

46.

我	鍾意	第一	件	多過	第二	件	呀	。
ngo5	zung1 ji3	dai6 jat1	gin6	do1 gwo3	dai6 ji6	gin6	aa3	.
I	like	first	CL	more than	second	CL	SP

I like the first one more than the second one.

47.

我	覺得	第一	件	好啲	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	dai6 jat1	gin6	hou2 di1	aa3	.
I	think	first	CL	better	SP

I think the first one is better.

48.

我	覺得	第一	件	靚過	第二	件	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	dai6 jat1	gin6	leng3 gwo3	dai6 ji6	gin6	aa3	.
I	think	first	CL	more beautiful than	second	CL	SP

I think the first one is more beautiful than the second one.

49.

我	覺得	呢	個	款	襯	你	多啲	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	ni1	go3	fun2	can3	nei5	do1 di1	aa3	.
I	think	this	CL	design	match	you	more	SP

I think this design matches you more.

50.

我	覺得	呢	個	款
ngo5	gok3 dak1	ni1	go3	fun2
I	think	this	CL	design

啱	你	多過	嗰	個	款	呀	。
ngaam1	nei5	do1 gwo3	go2	go3	fun2	aa3	.
suit	you	more than	that	CL	design	SP

I think this design suits you more than that design.

If there are three or more item, we can also use the word 最 zeoi3 (‘most’).

51.

我	最	鍾意	第一	件	呀	。
ngo5	zeoi3	zung1 ji3	dai6 jat1	gin6	aa3	.
I	most	like	first	CL	SP

I like the first one most.

52.

我	覺得	第一	件	最好	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	dai6 jat1	gin6	zeoi3 hou2	aa3	.
I	think	first	CL	best	SP

I think the first one is the best.

53.

我	覺得	呢	個	款	最	襯	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	ni1	go3	fun2	zeoi3	can3	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	this	CL	design	most	match	you	SP

I think this design matches you most.

54.

我	覺得	嗰	個	款	最	啱	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	go2	go3	fun2	zeoi3	ngaam1	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	that	CL	design	most	suit	you	SP

I think that design suits you most.

55.

噉	就	買	第一	件	啦	。
gam2	zau6	maai5	dai6 jat1	gin6	laa1	.
then	[determination]	buy	first	CL	SP

Then, let me buy the first one.

Route B: All the items are good

56.

我	覺得	兩	件	都	好	靚	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	loeng5	gin6	dou1	hou2	leng3	aa3	.
I	think	two	CL	all	very	beautiful	SP

I think both are very beautiful.

57.

我	覺得	兩	件	都	好	襯	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	loeng5	gin6	dou1	hou2	can3	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	two	CL	all	very	match	you	SP

I think both match you very much.

58.

我	覺得	全部	都	好	好睇	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	cyun4 bou6	dou1	hou2	hou2 tai2	aa3	.
I	think	all	all	very	nice-looking	SP

I think all are very nice-looking.

59.

我	覺得	全部	都	好	啱	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	cyun4 bou6	dou1	hou2	ngaam1	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	all	all	very	suit	you	SP

I think all suit you very much.

😈 If the other person wants to be a devil and tempt us into buying everything, they will say:

60.

不如	兩	件	都	買	晒	啦	。
bat1 jyu4	loeng5	gin6	dou1	maai5	saai3	laa1	.
why not	two	CL	all	buy	VP	SP

Why don’t you buy both?

61.

不如	全部	都	買	晒	啦	。
bat1 jyu4	cyun4 bou6	dou1	maai5	saai3	laa1	.
why not	all	all	buy	VP	SP

Why don’t you buy all?

62.

噉	就	兩	件	都	買	晒	啦	。
gam2	zau6	loeng5	gin6	dou1	maai5	saai3	laa1	.
then	[determination]	two	CL	all	buy	VP	SP

Then, let me buy both.

63.

噉	就	全部	都	買	晒	啦	。
gam2	zau6	cyun4 bou6	dou1	maai5	saai3	laa1	.
then	[determination]	all	all	buy	VP	SP

Then, let me buy all.

64.

我	都	想	呀	，	不過	冇	錢	呀	。
ngo5	dou1	soeng2	aa3	,	bat1 gwo3	mou5	cin2	aa3	.
I	too	want to	SP		but	not have	money	SP

I want to too, but I don’t have money.

Route C: None of the items are good

65.

我	覺得	兩	件	都	麻麻哋	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	loeng5	gin6	dou1	maa4 maa2 dei2	aa3	.
I	think	two	CL	all	so-so	SP

I think both are so-so.

66.

我	覺得	兩	件	都	唔係幾	襯	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	loeng5	gin6	dou1	m4 hai6 gei2	can3	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	two	CL	all	not quite	match	you	SP

I think both don’t quite match you.

67.

我	覺得	全部	都	唔係好	靚	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	cyun4 bou6	dou1	m4 hai6 hou2	leng3	aa3	.
I	think	all	all	not very	beautiful	SP

I think all are not very beautiful.

68.

我	覺得	全部	都	唔係好	啱	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	cyun4 bou6	dou1	m4 hai6 hou2	ngaam1	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	all	all	not very	suit	you	SP

I think all don’t suit you very much.

If the other person wants to suggest trying other designs or going to other shops, they will say:

69.

不如	睇	下	另外	啲	款	吖	。
bat1 jyu4	tai2	haa5	ling6 ngoi6	di1	fun2	aa1	.
why not	look	AP	other	CL	design	SP

Why don’t we have a look at other designs?

70.

不如	去	另外	啲	舖	睇	下	吖	。
bat1 jyu4	heoi3	ling6 ngoi6	di1	pou3	tai2	haa5	aa1	.
why not	go	other	CL	shop	look	AP	SP

Why don’t we go to other shops to have a look?

If we are choosing between two colors of the same design, we can ask:

71.

你	覺得	咩	色	好啲	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	me1	sik1	hou2 di1	aa3	?
you	think	what	color	better	SP

What color do you think is better?

72.

你	覺得	粉紅色	定	黑色	靚啲	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	fan2 hung4 sik1	ding6	hak1 sik1	leng3 di1	aa3	?
you	think	pink	or	black	more beautiful	SP

Do you think pink or black is more beautiful?

If there are three or more colors, we can use the word 最 zeoi3 (‘most’).

73.

你	覺得	邊	隻	色	最好	呀	？
nei5	gok3 dak1	bin1	zek3	sik1	zeoi3 hou2	aa3	?
you	think	which	CL	color	best	SP

Which color do you think is the best?

Route A: One color is better

74.

我	覺得	粉紅色	好啲	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	fan2 hung4 sik1	hou2 di1	aa3	.
I	think	pink	better	SP

I think pink is better.

75.

我	覺得	粉紅色	靚過	黑色	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	fan2 hung4 sik1	leng3 gwo3	hak1 sik1	aa3	.
I	think	pink	more beautiful than	black	SP

I think pink is more beautiful than black.

76.

我	覺得	呢	隻	色	襯	你	多啲	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	ni1	zek3	sik1	can3	nei5	do1 di1	aa3	.
I	think	this	CL	color	match	you	more	SP

I think this color matches you more.

77.

我	覺得	呢	隻	色
ngo5	gok3 dak1	ni1	zek3	sik1
I	think	this	CL	color

啱	你	多過	嗰	隻	色	呀	。
ngaam1	nei5	do1 gwo3	go2	zek3	sik1	aa3	.
suit	you	more than	that	CL	color	SP

I think this color suits you more than that color.

78.

我	覺得	粉紅色	最好	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	fan2 hung4 sik1	zeoi3 hou2	aa3	.
I	think	pink	best	SP

I think pink is the best.

79.

噉	就	買	粉紅色	啦	。
gam2	zau6	maai5	fan2 hung4 sik1	laa1	.
then	[determination]	buy	pink	SP

Then, let me buy pink.

Route B: All the colors are good

80.

我	覺得	兩	隻	色	都	好	靚	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	loeng5	zek3	sik1	dou1	hou2	leng3	aa3	.
I	think	two	CL	color	all	very	beautiful	SP

I think both colors are very beautiful.

81.

我	覺得	兩	隻	色	都	好	襯	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	loeng5	zek3	sik1	dou1	hou2	can3	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	two	CL	color	all	very	match	you	SP

I think both colors match you very much.

82.

我	覺得	全部	色	都	好	好睇	呀	，
ngo5	gok3 dak1	cyun4 bou6	sik1	dou1	hou2	hou2 tai2	aa3	,
I	think	all	color	all	very	nice-looking	SP

I think all the colors are very nice-looking.

83.

我	覺得	全部	色	都	好	啱	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	cyun4 bou6	sik1	dou1	hou2	ngaam1	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	all	color	all	very	suit	you	SP

I think all the colors suit you very much.

😈 If the other person wants to be a devil and tempt us into buying all the colors, they will say:

84.

不如	兩	隻	色	都	買	晒	啦	。
bat1 jyu4	loeng5	zek3	sik1	dou1	maai5	saai3	laa1	.
why not	two	CL	color	all	buy	VP	SP

Why don’t you buy both colors?

85.

不如	全部	色	都	買	晒	啦	。
bat1 jyu4	cyun4 bou6	sik1	dou1	maai5	saai3	laa1	.
why not	all	color	all	buy	VP	SP

Why don’t you buy all the colors?

86.

噉	就	兩	隻	色	都	買	晒	啦	。
gam2	zau6	loeng5	zek3	sik1	dou1	maai5	saai3	laa1	.
then	[determination]	two	CL	color	all	buy	VP	SP

Then, let me buy both colors.

87.

噉	就	全部	色	都	買	晒	啦	。
gam2	zau6	cyun4 bou6	sik1	dou1	maai5	saai3	laa1	.
then	[determination]	all	color	all	buy	VP	SP

Then, let me buy all the colors.

88.

我	都	想	呀	，	不過	冇	錢	呀	。
ngo5	dou1	soeng2	aa3	,	bat1 gwo3	mou5	cin2	aa3	.
I	too	want to	SP		but	not have	money	SP

I want to too, but I don’t have money.

Route C: None of the colors are good

89.

我	覺得	兩	隻	色	都	麻麻哋	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	loeng5	zek3	sik1	dou1	maa4 maa2 dei2	aa3	.
I	think	two	CL	color	all	so-so	SP

I think both colors are so-so.

90.

我	覺得	兩	隻	色	都	唔係幾	襯	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	loeng5	zek3	sik1	dou1	m4 hai6 gei2	can3	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	two	CL	color	all	not quite	match	you	SP

I think both colors don’t quite match you.

91.

我	覺得	全部	色	都	唔係好	靚	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	cyun4 bou6	sik1	dou1	m4 hai6 hou2	leng3	aa3	.
I	think	all	color	all	not very	beautiful	SP

I think all the colors are not very beautiful.

92.

我	覺得	全部	色	都	唔係好	啱	你	呀	。
ngo5	gok3 dak1	cyun4 bou6	sik1	dou1	m4 hai6 hou2	ngaam1	nei5	aa3	.
I	think	all	color	all	not very	suit	you	SP

I think all the colors don’t suit you very much.

After trying on the item, we need to change back into our clothes.

93.

我	換	返	衫	先	。
ngo5	wun6	faan1	saam1	sin1	.
I	change	VP	clothes	first

I will change back [my] clothes first.

After that, we need to go to the cashier.

94.

我哋	去	俾	錢	啦	。
ngo5 dei6	heoi3	bei2	cin2	laa1	.
we	go	pay	money	SP

Let’s go to pay.