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Cantonese word of the day · 16 October
過
gwo3Jyutping
experiential aspect marker
我以前去過嗰間大牌檔食避風塘炒蟹，衰在太貴喇。
ngo5 ji5 cin4 heoi3 gwo3 go2 gaan1 daai6 paai4 dong3 sik6 bei6 fung1 tong4 caau2 haai5, seoi1 zoi6 taai3 gwai3 laa3.
I have been to that open-air food stall before to eat typhoon shelter crab, too bad it was way too expensive.
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Earlier Cantonese words
- 喎 reported speech / reminder particle
- 比人賣咗 sold off by someone / betrayed by someone
- 夜生活 nightlife
- 比人 by someone / by people (passive marker)
- 行街市 to walk through / shop at a traditional wet market
- 食咗飯 having eaten a meal / ate
- 絲襪奶茶 silk stocking milk tea
- 恭喜發財 Wishing you prosperity and wealth
- 文藝片 art-house film / romance-drama
- 比人買咗 bought by someone / already purchased
- 大牌檔 open-air food stall / dai pai dong
- 唔 not / no / don't
- 茶餐廳 Hong Kong-style diner / café
- 農曆新年 Lunar New Year
- 比人借咗 borrowed by someone / lent out to someone
- 食好嘢 to eat premium food / to enjoy gourmet treats
- 放工 to get off work / finish work
- 你 you (singular)
- 喺度 to be here / to be present / currently doing something right here
- 鬼片 horror movie / ghost film
- 肥過 fatter than
- 黃雨 Amber Rainstorm Signal
- 隻 classifier for animals, vessels, or single items of pairs
- 咗 perfective aspect marker
- 囉 obviousness / resignation particle
- 月台 train platform
- 初一 the first day of the Lunar New Year
- 掃街 to go on a street food crawl (literally 'to sweep the streets')
- 糖 sugar / candy
- 飲茶 to go for dim sum / to drink tea
- 阿華田 Ovaltine
- 小炒 stir-fry dishes
- 冇 to not have / did not (past negation)
- 比佢 by him / by her / by it
- 買餸 to buy groceries / to shop for food (for a meal)
- 食飯 to eat a meal / to have dinner
- 返工 to go to work / to be at work
- 我 I / me
- 喺 at / in / on (locative preposition)
- 喜劇 comedy film / comedy
- 高過 taller than / higher than
- 紅雨 Red Rainstorm Signal
- 個 general classifier / person or abstract noun marker
- 緊 progressive aspect marker
- 啦 suggestion / imperative / softening particle
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