Basic Phrases in Cantonese
| 1.Hello |
| 你好 |
| néih hóu |
| 2.Have you eaten? |
| 你食咗饭未啊？ |
| néih sihk jó faahn meih ā？ |
| 3.What time is it now? |
| 依家几点啦？ |
| yī gā géi dím lā？ |
| 4.What is your name? |
| 你叫乜嘢名？ |
| néih giu māt yéh mìhng？ |
| 5.My name is David. |
| 我叫做David。 |
| ngóh giu jouh David。 |
| 6.Thank you. |
| 唔该晒你。 |
| m̀h gōi saai néih。 |
| 7. Your welcome. |
| 唔使客气。 |
| m̀h sái haak hei。 |
| 8. Where is the bathroom? |
| 洗手间系边度？ |
| sái sáu gāan haih bīn douh？ |
| 9. Nice to meet you. |
| 好高兴见到你。 |
| hóu gōu hing gin dóu néih。 |
| 10. Turn left and then turn right. |
| 先左转然后往右转。 |
| sīn jó jyún yìhn hauh wóhng yauh jyun。 |
| 11.What would you like to drink? |
| 你想饮d咩？ |
| néih séung yám d mē？ |
| 12. I want like a cup of coffee. |
| 我想要一杯咖啡。 |
| ngóh séung yiu yāt būi ga fē。 |
| 13. He is my older brother. |
| 佢系我大佬。 |
| kéuih haih ngóh daaih lóu。 |
| 14.She is my younger sister. |
| 佢系我细妹。 |
| kéuih haih ngóh sai múi。 |
| 15.They are my friends. |
| 佢地系我嘅朋友。 |
| kéuih deih haih ngóh ge pàhng yáuh。 |
| 16. Today, we are going to see a movie. |
| 今日我地打算去睇电影。 |
| gām yaht ngóh deih dá syun heui tái dihn yíng。 |
| 17. Yesterday, I went to the library to study English. |
| 琴日我去图书馆学习英语。 |
| kàhm yaht ngóh heui tòuh syū gún hohk jaahp yīng yúh。 |
| 18. Tomorrow, it will rain. |
| 听日会落雨。 |
| tīng yaht wúi lohk yúh。 |
| 19.I like to walk in the park. |
| 我钟意喺公园里散步。 |
| ngóh jūngyi hái gūng yún léih saan bouh。 |
| 20. What is your favorite color? |
| 你最钟意咩颜色？ |
| néih jeu jūng yi mē ngàahn sīk？ |
| 21. My favorite color is red. |
| 我最钟意嘅颜色系红色。 |
| ngóh jeui jūng yi ge ngàahn sīk haih hùhng sīk。 |
| 22.We are good friends, and we are also co-workers. |
| 我地系好朋友，亦都系同事。 |
| ngóh deih haih hóu pàhng yáuh，yihk dōu haih tùhng sih。 |
| 23. I would like to order fried rice. |
| 我想点炒饭。 |
| ngó hséung dím cháau faahn。 |
| 24.Excuse me, may I have the check please. |
| 唔好意思，唔该畀支票我啦。 |
| m̀h hóu yi sī，m̀h gōi béi jī piu ngóh lā。 |
| 25. Where are you from? |
| 你系边度嚟噶？ |
| néih haih bīn douh làih gā？ |
| 26.I am from Beijing, but my wife is from Hong Kong. |
| 我嚟自北京，但我嘅老婆嚟自香港。 |
| ngóh làih jih bāk gīng，daahn ngóh ge lóuh pòh làih jih hēung góng。 |
| 27.Do you have any children? |
| 你有冇有细路仔啊？ |
| néih yáuh móuh yáuh sai louh jái ā？ |
| 28.I have a son and a daughter. |
| 我有一个仔同埋一个女。 |
| ngóh yáuh yāt go jái tùhng màaih yāt go néuih。 |
| 29.How old are your children? |
| 你细路仔几大啦？ |
| sai louh jái géi daaih lā？ |
| 30.My son is 11, and my daughter is 14. |
| 我嘅囝11岁，囡14岁。 |
| ngóh ge jái 11 seui，néuih 14 seui。 |
| 31.What time do they have to go to school? |
| 佢哋几点去学校噶？ |
| kéuih deih géi dím heui hohk haauh gā？ |
| 32.They both have to be at school at nine in the morning. |
| 佢哋都必须喺早上9点到学校。 |
| kéuih deih dōu bīt sēui hái jóu seuhng 9 dím dóu hohk haauh。 |
| 33.I’m looking for a good English teacher. |
| 我喺揾一个好嘅英语老师。 |
| ngóh hái wán yāt go hóu ge yīng yúh lóuh sī。 |
| 34.What a coincidence! I am an English teacher. |
| 咁啱得咁桥！我就系英语老师。 |
| gam ngāam dāk gam kíu！ngóh jauh haih yīng yúh lóuh sī。 |
| 35.Have you ever been to Japan? |
| 你有冇去过日本？ |
| néih yáuh móuh heui gwo yaht bún？ |
| 36.I have never been to Japan, but I have traveled to Europe. |
| 我冇去过日本，但系到过欧洲旅游。 |
| ngóh móuh heui gwo yaht bún，daahn haih dou gwo āu jāu léuih yàuh。 |
| 37.How much is it to buy a cell phone? |
| 买一部手机要几钱？ |
| máaih yāt bouh sáu gēi yiu géi chín？ |
| 38.The price is 1000 dollars. |
| 价格系1000美金。 |
| ga gaak haih 1000 méih gām。 |
| 39.What is his job? |
| 佢系做咩工作嘅？ |
| kéuih haih jouh mē gūng jok ge？ |
| 40.He is a policeman. |
| 佢系警察。 |
| kéuih haih gíng chaat。 |
| 41.It’s raining today. |
| 今日落雨。 |
| gām yaht lohk yúh。 |
| 42.What are you doing? |
| 你系度做咩啊？ |
| néih haih douh jouh mē ā？ |