3 July 2011

Sleeping Beauty - Soi mei yan

Once upon a time…
Chong6 chin4
King
Gwok3 wong4
Queen
Noi5 wong4
Princess
Gung1 jue2
Prince
Wong4 ji2
Angry
San1 hei4 (written)
Angry
Lau1 (spoken)
ball [a feast]
Yin3 wooi6
blessing
Juk1 fok1
Broken heart
Seung1 sam1
Clever
Chung1 ming4 ling4 lei6
Dead
Sei2 mong4
decide
Kut3 ding6
evil
Che4 ok3
Fairies
Sin1 looi2
finally
Joi3 hau6
finger
Sau2 ji2
finish
Yuen4
flying
Fei1
food
Sik2 mat6
Gold tray
Gam1poon1 gi2
Happiness
Fai3 lok6
invite
Cheung2
pianist
Kum1 si1
Present (gift)
Laai5 mat6
realised
Sat1 yin5
revenge
Bo3 sau
servants
Gung1 yan4
The world
Sai3 gaai3
To be born
Chut1 sai3
To happen
Fat3 sang1
To miss out (to forget)
Lau6 die6
Voice/sound
Sing1 yam1
Wake up [someone]
Wun3 seung2
Wish/ hope
Hei1 mong6


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Tones - the little numbers on this blog

Cantonese has six tones, we use numbers after each word to identify them
1 = High Falling - as in King
2 = Mid-rising - you??
3 = Mid-level - boon3 (half)
4 = Low Falling - kingdom
5 = Low-rising - ngoh5 (I, me)
6 = Low-level - ngoh5 dei6 (we) sounds like day

alas they're very important, see: