31.7 Vocabulary List

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1.		碟	dip2	N	plate CL: 隻 zek3, 個 go3 Note: We can say dip2 (in Tone 2) or dip6 (in Tone 6) when using the word as a noun to refer to plates. When we combine it with other words to refer to different types of plates, we sometimes can only say dip2 (in Tone 2). There are no general rules for that. Also, we only say dip6 (in Tone 6) when using the word as a classifier.
1.		碟	dip6	N
2.		碗	wun2	N	bowl CL: 隻 zek3, 個 go3
3.		杯	bui1	N	cup CL: 隻 zek3, 個 go3
4.		相	soeng2	N	photo CL: 張 zoeng1
5.		相機	soeng2 gei1	N	camera (literally ‘photo + machine’)
6.		要 + Verb	jiu3 + Verb	MV	to need to
7.		唔使 + Verb	m4 sai2 + Verb	MV	to not need to
8.		小心	siu2 sam1	V	to be careful
9.		睇 + Thing	tai2 + Thing	V	to be careful of (only used in specific expressions) Note: 睇 tai2 is used to express this meaning only in specific expressions (e.g., 睇熱 tai2 jit6 ‘to be careful of hot things’, 睇車 tai2 ce1 ‘to be careful of cars’).
10.		影	jing2	V	to take (in the sense of ‘to take photos’)
11.		收	sau1	V	to collect
12.		換	wun6	V	to change
13.		上	soeng5	V	to serve
14.		跟	gan1	V	to follow up
15.		追	zeoi1	V	to chase
16.		同 + Person	tung4 + Person	Prep	for (in the sense of ‘to help someone’)
17.		邊個	bin1 go3	QW	who
18.		邊位	bin1 wai2	QW	who (more formal, showing respect or being polite to the people we refer to)
19.		邊個嘅	bin1 go3 ge3	QW	whose
20.		邊位嘅	bin1 wai2 ge3	QW	whose (more formal, showing respect or being polite to the people we refer to)
21.		慢用	maan6 jung6	Exp	Enjoy your meal. (literally ‘slow + to consume’)
22.		飲杯	jam2 bui1	Exp	Cheers. (literally ‘drink + cup’)
23.		哦	o5	Exp	I see.
24.		等多一陣	dang2 do1 jat1 zan6	Exp	to wait for a little longer (literally ‘to wait + more + a moment’)

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