24.13 Vocabulary List

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1.客haak3Ncustomer
2.職員zik1 jyun4Nstaff member
3.先生sin1 saang1Nsir
Surname + (先)生Surname + (sin1) saang1Mr.
4.小姐siu2 ze2NMiss
Surname + 小姐Surname + siu2 ze2Miss
(For unmarried women, also the default title when we are not sure about a woman’s marital status)
5.太太taai3 taai2Nmadam
Surname + (太)太Surname + (taai3) taai2Mrs.
(For married women, followed by the husband’s surname)
6.女士neoi5 si6Nlady
Surname + 女士Surname + neoi5 si6Ms.
(Not specifying the marital status, only used in formal contexts)
7.電話din6 waa2Nphone
8.Person + 姓 + SurnamePerson + sing3 + SurnameVsomeone’s surname is …
9.Person + 貴姓Person + gwai3 sing3Expsomeone’s noble surname is … (for asking someone’s surname extra politely)
10.checkVto check
11.留lau4Vto leave (as in to leave a message)
12.複fuk1Vto repeat
13.爆baau3Adjfull (capacity of a space)
fullfu1
14.再zoi3Advagain
15.幫 + Personbong1 + PersonPrepfor (in the sense of ‘to help someone’)
16.吖aa1SP(Used to make requests)
17.幾多號gei2 do1 hou6Expwhat number
幾號gei2 hou6
18.一次jat1 ci3Exponce (literally ‘one + time’)
19.唔該m4 goi1Expplease
20.麻煩maa4 faan4Expplease
21.請cing2Vplease
ceng2
22.請問cing2 man6ExpMay I ask …
ceng2 man6
23.喂wai2Exphello (for answering a phone call)
24.唔好意思m4 hou2 ji3 si1Expsorry
25.唔該晒m4 goi1 saai3Expthank you so much
26.唔使客氣m4 sai2 haak3 hei3Expno problem
27.拜拜baai1 baai3Expbye
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