7.6 Vocabulary List

For nouns, the suitable classifiers are put in square brackets after the nouns.

1.	返工	faan1 gung1	SV	to go to work; to work
2.	返學	faan1 hok6	SV	to go to school
3.	做嘢	zou6 je5	SV	to work; to do tasks for work
4.	做	zou6	V	to work
4.	做 + company name	zou6 + company name	V	to work at
5.	讀書	duk6 syu1	SV	to study
6.	讀	duk6	V	to study
6.	讀 + school name	duk6 + school name	V	to study at
7.	間	gaan1	CL	(Used with organizations, e.g., company, school)
8.	公司	gung1 si1	N	company; office CL: 間 gaan1
9.	學校	hok6 haau6	N	School CL: 間 gaan1
10.	大學	daai6 hok6	N	university CL: 間 gaan1
11.	U	U	N	university CL: 間 gaan1
12.	喺	hai2	Prep	in, on, at
12.	响	hoeng2	Prep	in, on, at
13.	邊度	bin1 dou6	QW	where
14.	邊 + classifier	bin1 + classifier	QW	which

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