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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3 July 2011
Sleeping Beauty - Soi mei yan
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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 King2 = 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:
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