✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: 係 (hai)
- 👎 No: 唔係 (mm-hai)
- 🙏 Please: 唔該 (mm-goy)
- 😊 Thank you: 多謝 (dor-jeh)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: 唔使客氣 (mm-sigh hak-hei)
- 😬 Sorry: 對唔住 (dui-mm-ju)
- 🙋 Excuse me: 唔該借過 (mm-goy je-gwo)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: 哈囉 (ha-loh)
- 👋 Bye: 拜拜 (bye-bye)
- 🌞 Good morning: 早晨 (jo-sun)
- 🌙 Good night: 晚安 (maahn-on)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: 呢個係乜嘢？ (nee-goh hai mut-yeh?)
- 👤 Who?: 邊個？ (bin-goh?)
- 🕒 When?: 幾時？ (gai-see?)
- 📍 Where?: 喺邊？ (hai-bin?)
- 🛠️ How?: 點樣？ (dim-yang?)
- 🤔 Why?: 點解？ (dim-gai?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: 我唔知 (ngo mm-ji)
- 😕 I don’t understand: 我唔明 (ngo mm-ming)
- 🔁 Again: 再嚟一次 (zoi-lie yat-ci)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: 我可唔可以…？ (ngo ho mm-ho-yee…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: 好 (ho)
- 👎 Bad: 唔好 (mm-ho)
- 😋 Yummy: 好味！ (ho-mei!)
- 🤢 Yucky: 好噁！ (ho-ok!)
- 🧸 I like it: 我鐘意 (ngo jung-yi)
- 💔 I don’t like it: 我唔鐘意 (ngo mm-jung-yi)
- 💧 Water: 水 (sui)
- 🍝 Food: 食物 (sik-moot)
- 👉 This: 呢個 (nee-goh)
- 👉 That: 嗰個 (goh-goh)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: 我叫… (ngo giu…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: 你叫咩名？ (nei giu meh-ming?)
- 🙋 I am: 我係… (ngo hai…)
- 👉 You are: 你係… (nei hai…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: 我開心 (ngo hoi-sum)
- 😢 I’m sad: 我唔開心 (ngo mm-hoi-sum)
- 😴 I’m tired: 我攰 (ngo gooi)
- 😡 I’m mad: 我嬲 (ngo nau)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: 我痛 (ngo tong)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: 我唔舒服 (ngo mm-suk-fuk)
- 🥰 I love you: 我愛你 (ngo oi-lei)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: 我肚餓 (ngo do-o)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: 我口渴 (ngo hau-hot)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: 今日 (gum-yat)
- 📆 Tomorrow: 聽日 (ting-yat)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: 昨日 (zoh-yat)
- 🌅 Morning: 早上 (jo-song)
- 🌌 Night: 夜晚 (ye-mahn)
- ⏳ Now: 而家 (yi-ga)
- 🔜 Later: 遲啲 (chi-di)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: 右邊 (yau-bin)
- 🔙 Left: 左邊 (jo-bin)
- ⬆️ Straight: 直行 (jik-hang)
- ⬅️ Front: 前面 (chin-min)
- ➡️ Behind: 後面 (hau-min)
- ⬆️ Top / above: 上面 (soeng-min)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: 下面 (ha-min)
- 🏠 Inside: 入面 (yap-min)
- 🌳 Outside: 出面 (chut-min)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: 入到去 (yap-dou-heoi)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: 出去 (chut-heoi)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: 幾多錢？ (gai-do-chin?)
- 😮 Too much: 太多喇！ (tai-do-la!)
- 👌 A little: 少少 (siu-siu)
- 1️⃣ One: 一 (yat)
- 2️⃣ Two: 二 (yi)
- 3️⃣ Three: 三 (saam)
- 4️⃣ Four: 四 (sei)
- 5️⃣ Five: 五 (ng)
- 6️⃣ Six: 六 (luk)
- 7️⃣ Seven: 七 (cat)
- 8️⃣ Eight: 八 (baat)
- 9️⃣ Nine: 九 (gau)
- 🔟 Ten: 十 (sup)
- 💯 One hundred: 一百 (yat-baak)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: 因為 (yan-way)
- 🧩 So…: 所以 (so-yee)
- 👀 If…: 如果 (yue-gwoh)
- 🆚 But: 但係 (daan-hai)
- 🔄 Or: 或者 (wok-jeh)
- ➕ And: 同 (tung)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: 我需要 (ngo seoi-iu)
- 🙋♀️ I want: 我想 (ngo seung)
- 🙌 I give: 我畀 (ngo bei)
- 🤝 I help: 我幫手 (ngo bong-sau)
- 🙋 I ask: 我要問 (ngo yiu-man)
- 🗣️ I say: 我講 (ngo gong)
- 👂 I listen: 我聽 (ngo teng)
- 👀 I see: 我見到 (ngo gin-dou)
- 🦶 I go: 我去 (ngo heoi)
- 🍽️ I eat: 我食 (ngo sik)
- 🥤 I drink: 我飲 (ngo yam)
- 🛌 I sleep: 我瞓覺 (ngo fan-gaau)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: 救命！ (gau-ming!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: 靜啲！ (jing-di!)
- 🛑 Stop!: 停！ (ting!)
- 👀 Look!: 睇下！ (tai-ha!)
- 🥱 Calm down: 冷靜啲！ (lang-jing-di!)
- 👏 Come here: 呢度嚟！ (nee-do-lei!)
- ⏳ Wait: 等下！ (dang-ha!)
- 🌟 Good job!: 做得好！ (zo-dak-ho!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: 一齊去！ (yat-chai-heoi!)