27.9 Vocabulary List

1.碗wun2CLbowl
2.碟dip6CLplate
3.兜dau1CLbowl-like container (usually larger and for serving food without soup)
4.煲bou1CLpot
5.窩wo1CLpot (usually larger and for serving congee or soup)
6.盅zung1CLpot (usually smaller, with lid and for serving soup or food prepared by stewing or steaming)
7.籠lung4CLsteamer (usually for dim sum served in a bamboo steamer)
8.隻zek3CL(Used with animals)
9.條tiu4CL(Used with things with a long shape)
10.塊faai3CLpiece (used with things with a flat shape)
11.嚿gau6CLpiece
12.件gin6CLpiece (less colloquial)
13.串cyun3CL(Used with small things held together by a thin stick)
14.打daa1CLdozen
15.份fan6CLset
16.嘢je5Nthing
CL: 樣 joeng6
17.唔好m4 hou2Vdon’t (for asking someone not to do something)
18.叫giu3Vto order
19.嗌aai3Vto order
20.落單lok6 daan1SVto place an order
21.揀gaan2Vto choose
22.推介teoi1 gaai3Vto recommend
23.試si3Vto try
24.應該jing1 goi1MVshould
25.可以ho2 ji5MVcan
26.大daai6Adjlarge
27.細sai3Adjsmall
28.例牌lai6 paai2Ncustomary portion (usually a portion for 4 people)
29.好多hou2 do1Adj, Prona lot
30.好少hou2 siu2Adj, Pronvery few, very little
31.成seng4Pronwhole
sing4
32.夠gau3Adjenough
33.好似hou2 ci5Advto seem
34.噉 / 咁gam2Pronto seem
35.喎wo3SP(Used to indicate realization or help the listener realize something)
36.咋zaa3SP(Used to emphasize the degree of something is not as high as originally thought)
37.啦laa1SP(Used to form suggestions, stronger than 吖 aa1)
38.係喎hai6 wo3ExpOh. (Used when realizing something)
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