28.9 Vocabulary List

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1.餐牌caan1 paai2Nmenu
menumen1 niu2
2.白飯baak6 faan6Nwhite rice (usually served in bowl)
3.錯co3Nmistake
4.杯bui1CLcup
5.樽zeon1CLbottle
6.支zi1CLbottle
7.罐gun3CLcan
8.盒hap6CLcarton (usually for house-shaped cartons, or for larger cartons)
9.包baau1CLcarton (usually for smaller cartons with the size and shape of a juice box)
10.壺wu4CLpot (teapot)
11.要 + Nounjiu3 + NounVto want
12.想要 + Nounsoeng2 jiu3 + NounExpto want to get
13.唔使m4 sai2Vto not need
14.幫 + Personbong1 + PersonVto help
15.叫嘢giu3 je5SVto order things (literally ‘to order + thing’)
16.嗌嘢aai3 je5SVto order things (literally ‘to order + thing’)
17.寫嘢se2 je5SVto take an order (literally ‘to write + thing’)
18.飲jam2Vto drink
19.賣maai6Vto sell
20.收sau1Vto collect
21.住zyu6APfor now
22.晒saai3VPall
23.啱ngaam1Adjcorrect
24.先sin1Advfirst; for now
25.轉頭zyun3 tau4Advshortly
26.等陣dang2 zan6Advshortly
27.跟住gan1 zyu6Advand then
28.呀吓aa3 haa2SP(Used to form reminders)
呀aa2
吓haa2
29.咁多gam3 do1Expthat much
30.係咁多hai6 gam3 do1Expthat’s it
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