38.10 Vocabulary List

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1.	層	cang4	CL	(Used to indicate number of floors, e.g., 兩層 loeng5 cang4 ‘two floors’)
2.	Number + 樓	Number + lau2	N	… floor (e.g., 二樓 ji6 lau2 ‘the second floor’)
3.	第 + Number + 層	dai6 + Number + cang4	N	… floor (e.g., 第二層 dai6 ji6 cang4 ‘the second floor’)
4.	地下	dei6 haa2	N	ground floor
5.	地庫	dei6 fu3	N	basement
5.	地牢	dei6 lou4	N	basement
6.	天台	tin1 toi2	N	rooftop
7.	上邊	soeng6 bin6 / soeng6 bin1	N, Post	above, on
7.	上面	soeng6 min6	N, Post	above, on
8.	下邊	haa6 bin6 / haa6 bin1	N, Post	below, under
8.	下面	haa6 min6	N, Post	below, under
9.	樓上	lau4 soeng6	N, Post	upstairs
10.	樓下	lau4 haa6	N, Post	downstairs
11.	最尾	zeoi3 mei5	Exp	end (literally ‘most + end’)
11.	最尾	zeoi3 mei1	Exp	end (literally ‘most + end’)
12.	盡頭	zeon6 tau4	N	end (literally ‘utmost + front’)
13.	行	haang4	V	to walk
13.	行 + 去 / 嚟 + Location	haang4 + heoi3 / lai4 + Location	V	to walk to a location
14.	直	zik6	Adv	straight
15.	坐	co5	V	to take (Used with elevators, escalators or means of transportation)
16.	搭	daap3	V	to take (Used with elevators, escalators or means of transportation)
17.	撳 / 㩒	gam6	V	to press
18.	Number + 字	Number + zi6	N	word (Used to refer to the number on the floor selection button in an elevator)
19.	帶 + Person + 去 / 嚟 + Location	daai3 + Person + heoi3 / lai4 + Location	V	to take someone to a location
20.	到	dou3	VP	(Used with verbs involving movement of a person to indicate arrival)
21.	首先	sau2 sin1	Adv	first
22.	跟住	gan1 zyu6	Adv	and then
23.	之後	zi1 hau6	Adv	after that
24.	然後	jin4 hau6	Adv	after that
25.	最後	zeoi3 hau6	Adv	at last
26.	就	zau6	Conj	then (Used to connect the condition and the result or follow-up action in a sentence)
27.	點	dim2	QW	how (Used to ask for the way or method to do an activity)
27.	點樣	dim2 joeng2	QW	how (Used to ask for the way or method to do an activity)
28.	幾多樓	gei2 do1 lau2	QExp	what floor
28.	幾樓	gei2 lau2	QExp	what floor
29.	邊層	bin1 cang4	QExp	which floor
30.	第幾層	dai6 gei2 cang4	QExp	what floor
31.	幾多層	gei2 do1 cang4	QExp	how many floors
31.	幾層	gei2 cang4	QExp	how many floors

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