Essential Survival Daily Cantonese for Hong Kong Expats Gwei Lo 2018!

Format

[Cantonese pronunciation] [Chinese Character] = [Meaning in English]

How to say … in Cantonese?!

Comment below if you have any questions on daily Cantonese :)

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Maai-dahn 埋單 = check/bill ~

Hmm-goi 唔該 = thanks (when you receive a service)/please

Maai-dahn, hmm-goi 埋單,唔該 = check please

Doh-jeh 多謝 = thanks (when you receive a gift, blessings)

Joe-sun 早晨 = good morning

Nei 你 = you

Ngor 我 = I

Ho 好 = good / very / agree

Nei-Ho! 你好! = Hello!

Nei-Ho-Ma 你好嗎 = how are you?

Nei-Ho! Ngor Hai… 你好,我係…= Hello, I am…

Gay-Ho 幾好= quite good

Ma-Ma-Dei 麻麻地 = so-so~

Dim-ah? 點呀? = how’s it

Chi-Sin! 痴線 = crazy! Ridiculous!

Gau-Mang 救命 = help!!

Ho-Yeah! 好嘢! = Yay!Bravo!

Ho-Sick 好食 = yummy!

Joy-Geen 再見 = See you / Bye

Gei-doh-chin?幾多錢 = how much?

Nei-Gogh 呢個 = this

Nei-Gogh Gei-doh-chin? 呢個幾多錢? = How much is this?

Hai-bin-do 係邊度? = where?

Dik-si 的士 = taxi

Bah-si 巴士 = bus

Siu-ba 小巴 = minibus

Chi-soh 廁所 = washroom

chi-soh hai-bin-do? 廁所係邊度? = where is the washroom?

Yao 有 = have

Mo 冇 = none

Yao-mo? 有冇? = is there../ Do you have..?

Nei-do 呢度 = here

Yao-mo Wifi? 有冇Wifi? = Have WiFi?

Nei-do yao-mo WiFi 呢度有冇wifi? = is there WiFi here?

Gwong Dong Wah 廣東話 = Cantonese

香港IFC Brandy Melville,咩牌子嚟架?

今日mall妹本來係去IFC睇 T.Rex 暴龍化石歷奇印記
(原來隻暴龍有名,叫TAD – The American Dragon! 好型仔呀)
經過Apple Store蘋果店,
先發現apple對面開咗一間全新teenage / young woman casual wear店,
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Brand Melville first appearance in Hong Kong? logo上有美國 & 瑞士國旗。

ifc Management嘅恭賀花牌d花仲好新鮮,咁真係好新。到底係咩東東?
(係非常formal/traditional嘅義大利男西裝BOGGI Milano旁邊
整間咁嘅casual/basic wear。casual到有d Primark feel,又是否適合?)

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入面多人到好似花墟咁多人呀!
而且清一色都係女人呀!!!都係年輕貌美嘅美少女呀!
而且cashier係真係排隊架。

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聽到有shoppers話“呢個咪係美國嘅topshop囉。”
睇睇d價錢price point,又真係ok。300蚊一件。

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(最後有暴龍先生TAD變咗小配角嗚嗚)

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Brandy Melville Hong Kong Address / 地址
Central Shop 1098A (Opposite to Apple)
Podium Level one IFC Mall, 8 Finance St.
+852 2478 9966

一個女仔好危險

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有人話“一個女仔夜晚晚好危險”,
雖然我係男人頭look,但我今日突然有感。

首先,係金鐘站,有個迎面而來嘅呀叔向我吹口哨,仲要回頭望
已經覺得好奇怪。我今日件衫有咩問題?uniqlo tshirt 加長褲!

之後,由於九龍塘地鐵站故障飛站,我於是到樂富站搭的士。
個的士司機竟然眼甘甘同我講:
「呀妹,你著咁少衫嘅 ,唔凍呀?」
「咁夜嘅?返到屋企都9點啦?做咩工?」
「睇你咁醒目,唔似我啦,我係失敗者,只係一個的士佬」
(同時已經將taxi車牌號碼whatsapp比her,費時有咩危險可以track返)

當我覺得自己係咪著衫有問題,但其實我嘅focus已經錯咗!
就算我著咩衫都好,比人咁樣言語騷擾係對方嘅問題,錯絕對不在我囉!!

 

Be yourself, not some filtered, re-tinted version.

Be yourself, not some filtered, re-tinted version.

今天與舊同學相聚,當問到某同學的私人問題,她指一指上天:“我交比佢作決定”。
雖然我不是教徒,但有時我覺得世界上有太多“雜音”,其實每一個人都是個體,我們可能會受到一些既有的思想或群眾壓力所綑綁。其實最後決定如何,需要這麼多考慮嗎?我們也無權去干涉其他人的生活,每個人都是個體。除了“不要做出傷天害理的事情”外,我覺得其他都是可以自由選擇。我們也無需因其他人的意見而責怪自己。其他人沒有權力去品評你的決定!(你們大可以背後評價,這也是你的自由。但請不要嘗試去talk me into another radically different direction,因為這樣是offend到我的,thanks。)

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最近也特別感受到“人人有本難念的經”,而且在每一個階段都可能有不停程度kem的事情在發生。雖然大家在social media都在showcase自己最perfect的一面,但在現實生活,只要透過一些簡單的conversations,才可以窺探到對方的humanized self

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Let’s agree to disagree. but basic respect please.
Empathy is not endorsement! 

我們可以一直選擇針鋒相對,你爭我吵,嘗試贏過對方的觀點(這是黃絲藍絲常常在social media發生的事)。或者我們真的可以花點時間了解一些對方,當對方是一個“人”來對待。沒有人是敵人,after all,我們大家也只是地球上的人類而已。

推薦大家可以看看:TED Talk Apr 2018 – How I Turn Negative Online Comments into Positive Offline Conversations