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How do we say "parents"?
家長 (gaa1 zoeng2)
雞腳 (gai1 goek3) is the official way of saying "chicken feet". How do Chinese restaurants "fancify" this name?
鳳爪 (fung6 zaau2), meaning "phoenix claws".
How do you say someone looks vapid, or "to be Kardashian"?
死魚眼 (sei2 jyu4 ngaan5), literally meaning "dead fish eyes".
PK 是什麼意思?
仆街 (puk1 gaai1), to mean "fall in the street".
小姐 (siu2 ze2) implies "prostitute" in Mandarin. What does it mean in Cantonese?
"Miss", as in "Miss Chan" would be "陳小姐"
婆婆 is the general way to say "grandma". How do we call grandma on my father's side?
奶奶 (naai4 naai2)
What is another way to say 油菜? (yu choy)
菜心 (coi3 sam1)
You suspect your coworker is BSing. There's no way they got that project done so easily. What does this mean?
吹水 (ceoi1 seoi2), literally "blow water".
How do parents tell their kid is trash?
生舊叉燒好過生你 (saang1 gau6 caa1 siu1 hou2 gwo3 sang1 nei5)
"Giving birth to a cha siu (BBQ pork) is better than you", to mean you are so useless that a BBQ pork is better.
How do we say 冰淇淋 (bing chillin) in Cantonese?
雪糕 (syut3 gou1), literally "snow cake".
Finish this phrase: 兄弟姊__ (hing1 dai6 zi2 ___)
妹 (mui6), meaning "younger sister".
What is another way to say 火鍋?
打邊爐 (daa2 bin1 lou4)
What phrase means that a man is mooching off his girlfriend? i.e. he's a scrub?
食軟飯 (sik6 jyun5 faan6): eat soft rice.
Complete this insult: 人頭豬 ___ (jan4 tau4 zyu1 ___)
腦 (nou5)
The phrase means you have a human head but pig brain, but the character "brain" is missing, so you are even missing the pig brain.
十 is 10, 百 is hundred, 千 is thousand.
How do we say "ten thousand"?
(一)萬 (jat1 maan6)
How do we refer to the youngest child in a big family?
孻仔 / 孻女 (laai1 zai2 / laai1 leoi2)
What dish name can be an insult?
鵪鶉 (am1 ceon1)
How do we say "it's raining cats and dogs"?
落狗屎 (lok6 gau2 si2), literally meaning "falling dog poo".
What do you call someone who is dumb, dense, and/or unresponsive?
一舊飯 (jat1 gau6 faan6) literally translates to "a lump of rice".
Finish this poem from Li Bai:
床前明月光 , 疑是地上霜
舉頭望明月 , _ _ _ _ _
低頭思故鄉
Similar to how "daddy" has sexual connotations in English, what Cantonese familial term has sexual connotations?
姑爺 (gu1 je4)
You can tell something is cooked well when the chef cooked with good temperature adjustement?
鑊氣 (wok6 hei3)
What is the phrase "to get rejected"?
食檸檬 (sik6 ning4 mung1), literally meaning "eat a lemon" because you feel sour after.
How do you say "b*tch" in Cantonese?
(死)八婆 (sei2 baat3 po4), literally means "dead eight grandma".
394052786: what do these numbers tell us?
Hint: say them in Cantonese
Saying these numbers in Cantonese shows the 6 tones of Cantonese and 3 glottal tones in order.
Try it! 394052786