22.7 Vocabulary List

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1.	點	dim2	CL	o'clock
2.	點鐘	dim2 zung1	CL	o'clock
3.	分	fan1	CL	minute (for indicating the minute of the time)
4.	搭 / 踏	daap6	V	to step on (for indicating the minute of the time)
5.	字	zi6	N	word; 5 minutes CL: 個 go3
6.	半	bun3	Num	half
7.	正	zeng3	Adj	exact
7.	正	zing3	Adj	exact
8.	幾多點	gei2 do1 dim2	QW	what time
8.	幾點	gei2 dim2	QW	what time
9.	幾多點鐘	gei2 do1 dim2 zung1	QW	what time
9.	幾點鐘	gei2 dim2 zung1	QW	what time
10.	食 + Time	sik6 + Time	V	to eat at (time)
11.	約	joek3	V	to arrange; to make an appointment
11.	約 + Time	joek3 + Time	V	to arrange to meet at
12.	等	dang2	V	to wait
13.	訂	deng6	V	to book; to reserve
14.	book	buk1	V	to book
15.	訂枱	deng6 toi2	V	to book a table
15.	book枱	buk1 toi2	V	to book a table
16.	訂位	deng6 wai2	V	to book the seats
16.	book位	buk1 wai2	V	to book the seats
17.	啲	di1	Suf	(Added after adjectives or adverbs to form comparative adjectives or adverbs)
18.	早啲	zou2 di1	Adv	earlier
19.	晏啲	aan3 di1	Adv	later (on the same day)
20.	遲啲	ci4 di1	Adv	later
21.	一陣	jat1 zan6	Adv	in a moment; later (on the same day)
22.	OK	ou1 kei1	Adj	okay
23.	O唔OK	ou1 m4 ou1 kei1	Exp	Is … okay?

When 正 zeng3 / zing3 means ‘exact’, it is a non-predicate adjective (i.e. it is not used as a predicative adjective). For simplicity, 正 zeng3 / zing3 is labeled as an adjective here.

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