32.7 Vocabulary List

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1.do1Adjmany, much; more
2.siu2Adjfew, little; fewer, less
3.好多hou2 do1Adj, Prona lot
4.好少hou2 siu2Adj, Pronvery few, very little
5.少少siu2 siu2Adj, Prona few, a little
6.多啲do1 di1Adj, Pronmore
7.少啲siu2 di1Adj, Pronfewer, less
8.deoi3CLpair
9.可以ho2 ji5MVcan
10.俾 / 畀 / 比 + Thing +
Person
bei2 + Thing +
Person
Vto give
俾 / 畀 / 比 + Personbei2 + Person
11.dai6Vto pass
12.gaap3Vto pick up (food with chopsticks or tongs)
gaap6
gep6
13.𢳂bat1Vto spoon
14.dak1Vto only have
15.剩 / 淨zing6Vto remain
16.lau4Vto keep
17.caa1Vto be short of
18.打包daa2 baau1SVto pack up (leftover food from a meal)
19.maai4VPup (as in to eat up the fried rice)
20.返 / 番 / 翻faan1VPleft (as in there are two cans of beer left)
21.naa4ExpHere you go. / Look. (Used to grab someone’s attention)
22.siu3ExpSmile! (Used to ask someone to smile when taking photos, similar to “Say cheese!”)
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