26.5 Vocabulary List

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1.	呢度	ni1 dou6 / nei1 dou6	Pron	here
2.	嗰度	go2 dou6	Pron	there
3.	呢邊	ni1 bin6 / nei1 bin6	N	this side, this way
		ni1 bin1 / nei1 bin1
	呢面	ni1 min6 / nei1 min6
4.	嗰邊	go2 bin6 / go2 bin1	N	that side, that way
4.	嗰面	go2 min6	N	that side, that way
5.	左邊	zo2 bin6 / zo2 bin1	N, Post	left
5.	左面	zo2 min6	N, Post	left
6.	右邊	jau6 bin6 / jau6 bin1	N, Post	right
6.	右面	jau6 min6	N, Post	right
7.	左手邊	zo2 sau2 bin6 / zo2 sau2 bin1	N, Post	lefthand side Note: 手 sau2 means ‘hand’.
7.	左手面	zo2 sau2 min6	N, Post	lefthand side Note: 手 sau2 means ‘hand’.
8.	右手邊	jau6 sau2 bin6 / jau6 sau2 bin1	N, Post	righthand side
8.	右手面	jau6 sau2 min6	N, Post	righthand side
9.	前邊	cin4 bin6 / cin4 bin1	N, Post	front
9.	前面	cin4 min6	N, Post	front
10.	後邊	hau6 bin6 / hau6 bin1	N, Post	back, behind
10.	後面	hau6 min6	N, Post	back, behind
11.	中間	zung1 gaan1	N, Post	center, middle, between
12.	入邊	jap6 bin6 / jap6 bin1	N, Post	in, inside
12.	入面	jap6 min6	N, Post	in, inside
13.	裏邊	leoi5 bin6 / leoi5 bin1	N, Post	in, inside
13.	裏面	leoi5 min6	N, Post	in, inside
14.	出邊	ceot1 bin6	N, Post	outside Note: We don’t say bin with Tone 1 (❌ ceot1 bin1).
14.	出面	ceot1 min6	N, Post	outside Note: We don’t say bin with Tone 1 (❌ ceot1 bin1).
15.	外邊	ngoi6 bin6 / ngoi6 bin1	N, Post	outside
15.	外面	ngoi6 min6	N, Post	outside
16.	角落頭	gok3 lok1 tau2	N, Post	corner
17.	枱	toi2	N	table CL: 張 zoeng1
18.	飛	fei1	N	ticket CL: 張 zoeng1
19.	俾 + Thing + Person	bei2 + Thing + Person	V	to give
20.	執	zap1	V	to tidy up
21.	坐	co5	V	to sit
22.	跟 + Person	gan1 + Person	Prep	with (following someone)
23.	介意	gaai3 ji3	SV	to mind
24.	搭枱	daap3 toi2	SV	to share a table
25.	最	zeoi3	Adv	most
26.	隨便	ceoi4 bin2	Adv	as you please
27.	歡迎光臨	fun1 jing4 gwong1 lam4	Exp	welcome
28.	好，唔該晒	hou2, m4 goi1 saai3	Exp	Okay. Thank you so much. (Used after we have heard the information we asked for)

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