41.9 Vocabulary List

1.		隻	zek3	CL	(Used with whole poultry (e.g., a whole chicken), whole seafood, eggs, or bananas)
2.		條	tiu4	CL	(Used with whole fish; stem vegetables in a very thin shape; melons in a long, thin shape; or ears of corn)
3.		塊	faai3	CL	(Used with fish fillets or cuts of meat)
4.		嚿	gau6	CL	(Used with a piece of something (e.g., meat, tofu, ginger))
5.		棵	po1	CL	(Used with stem vegetables (e.g., spinach, choy sum))
6.		個	go3	CL	(Used with vegetables in a round shape (e.g., potatoes, tomatoes); stem vegetables in a ball shape (e.g., cabbage, cauliflower); or melons in a round or less thin shape (e.g., white turnip))
7.		抽	cau1	CL	a bunch of fruits (e.g., bananas, grapes)
8.		包	baau1	CL	a pack of
9.		袋	doi6	CL	a bag of
10.		盒	hap6	CL	a box of
11.		紮	zaat3	CL	a bundle of (usually things in a long, thin shape and tied by a string, e.g., spring onion, asparagus)
12.		份	fan6	CL	a set or group of
13.		打	daa1	CL	a dozen
14.		檔	dong3	CL	(Used with stalls)
15.		Product + 檔	Product + dong3	N	stall CL: 檔 dong3, 間 gaan1
16.		諗住 + Activity	nam2 zyu6 + Activity	Exp	to plan to, to intend to
17.		煮 + Food / Dish	zyu2 + Food / Dish	V	to cook
18.		整 + Food / Dish	zing2 + Food / Dish	V	to make
19.		買餸	maai5 sung3	Exp	to buy ingredients (for cooking a meal)
20.		煲湯	bou1 tong1	Exp	to boil soup
21.		會	wui5	MV	will (Used to talk about habits)
22.		平時	ping4 si4	Adv	normally
23.		通常(都)	tung1 soeng4 (dou1)	Adv	usually
24.		成日(都)	seng4 jat6 (dou1)	Adv	very often
25.		好多時(都)	hou2 do1 si4 (dou1)	Adv	often
26.		有時	jau5 si4	Adv	sometimes
27.		間中	gaan3 zung1	Adv	from time to time
27.		間唔中	gaan3 m4 zung1	Adv	from time to time
28.		好少	hou2 siu2	Adv	rarely
29.		從來(都)唔	cung4 loi4 (dou1) m4	Adv	never
30.		最	zeoi3	Adv	most
31.		乜咁啱嘅？	mat1 gam3 ngaam1 ge2?	Exp	What a coincidence! (Used when we bump into someone)

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