Words & Numbers

Tips & etiquette

Pronouns

I / me

ngo5

you

nei5

he / she / him / her

keoi5

we / us

我们

我們

wǒ men

lit. “I-plural”

我哋

ngo5 dei6

lit. “I-plural”

you (more than one)

你们

你們

nǐ men

lit. “you-plural”

你哋

nei5 dei6

lit. “you-plural”

they / them

他们

他們

tā men

lit. “he-plural”

佢哋

keoi5 dei6

lit. “he-plural”

Numbers

0 — zero

líng

ling4

1 — one

jat1

2 — two

èr

ji6

two (of something)

liǎng

loeng5

3 — three

sān

saam1

4 — four

sei3

5 — five

ng5

6 — six

liù

luk6

7 — seven

cat1

8 — eight

baat3

9 — nine

jiǔ

gau2

10 — ten

shí

sap6

100 — one hundred

一百

一百

yì bǎi

lit. “one hundred”

一百

jat1 baak3

lit. “one hundred”

1000 — one thousand

一千

一千

yì qiān

lit. “one thousand”

一千

jat1 cin1

lit. “one thousand”

Question words

what

什么

什麼

shén me

me1

where

哪里

哪裡

nǎ lǐ

邊度

bin1 dou6

who

shéi

邊個

bin1 go3

when

什么时候

什麼時候

shén me shí hou

lit. “what time”

幾時

gei2 si4

lit. “what time”

how much / how many

多少

多少

duō shǎo

lit. “many few”

幾多

gei2 do1

lit. “how many”

why

为什么

為什麼

wèi shén me

lit. “for what”

點解

dim2 gaai2

lit. “how explain”

Time

now

现在

現在

xiàn zài

而家

ji4 gaa1

today

今天

今天

jīn tiān

今日

gam1 jat6

tomorrow

明天

明天

míng tiān

聽日

ting1 jat6

yesterday

昨天

昨天

zuó tiān

尋日

cam4 jat6

o'clock (hour)

diǎn

dim2

Small words that do a lot

yes / correct

duì

lit. “correct”

ngaam1

lit. “correct”

not / no

m4

a little / a bit

一点

一點

yì diǎn

一啲

jat1 di1

very

hěn

hou2