Free Cantonese Chinese Lessons
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These Cantonese Chinese lessons have been designed to provide practical travel vocabulary and a foundation for basic conversational skills. You may also download a complete audio transcript for listening in your car. |
| English: | Fragrant / good smell | |
| Chinese: | heung |
| English: | Hong Kong | |
| Chinese: | heung-gahng | |
| Literally: | fragrant harbor |
| English: | I'm going to Hong Kong | |
| Chinese: | ngoh houe heung-gahng | |
| Literally: | I going to Hong Kong |
| English: | Guongzhou | |
| Chinese: | gwahng-zau |
| English: | You're going to Guongzhou | |
| Chinese: | nay houe gwahng-zau | |
| Literally: | You going to Guongzhou |
| English: | Are you going to Guongzhou? | |
| Chinese: | nay hie-hm-hie houe gwahng-zau ah | |
| Literally: | you are-not-are going Guongzhou +? |
| English: | Yes (affirmative response) | |
| Chinese: | hie | |
| Literally: | are |
| English: | No | |
| Chinese: | hm hie | |
| Literally: | not are |
| English: | Yes, I'm going to guongzhou | |
| Chinese: | hie, ngoh houe gwahng-zau | |
| Literally: | am, I going Guongzhou |
| English: | He / she | |
| Chinese: | keui |
| English: | He knows how to speak English | |
| Chinese: | keui sik gahng yeeng-mun | |
| Literally: | he knows how to speak English |
| So far you've learned the pronouns for I, you, and she/he. These can be converted into the pronouns we, they, and plural form of you quite easily by adding the extension day: |
| English: | We | |
| Chinese: | ngoh day |
| English: | They | |
| Chinese: | keui day |
| English: | You (plural - when speaking to more than 1 person) | |
| Chinese: | nay day |
| English: | They are American | |
| Chinese: | keui-day hie may-gwohk yan | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | We can understand a little Cantonese | |
| Chinese: | ngoh-day sik tayng yut-dee gwahng-dohng wah | |
| Literally: | we konw how to listen a little Cantonese |
| For the remainder of the course, when the plural form of you is required, we will say you guys. |
| English: | Are you guys going to China? | |
| Chinese: | nay-day hie-hm-hie houe johng-gwohk ah | |
| Literally: | you guys are-not-are going China +? |
| English: | Place | |
| Chinese: | doh |
| English: | My place | |
| Chinese: | ngoh doh | |
| Literally: | I place |
| English: | Your place | |
| Chinese: | nay doh | |
| Literally: | you place |
| English: | His / her place | |
| Chinese: | keui doh | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | Our place | |
| Chinese: | ngoh-day doh | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | I'm going to your place | |
| Chinese: | ngoh houe nay doh | |
| Literally: | I going to your place |
| English: | Are we going to her place? | |
| Chinese: | ngoh-day hie-hm-hie houe keui doh ah | |
| Literally: | we are-not-are going to her place +? |