Cifu Cantonese – Top 100

又

jau6

(once) again/also/both... and.../again

同

tung4

and/as well as/for/on behalf of/like/same/similar/together/alike/with

住

zyu6

to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop

人

jan4

man/person/people

我

ngo5

I/me/my

係

hai6

to be/to connect/to relate to/to tie up/to bind

佢

keoi5

he/she/it

你

nei5

you (informal, as opposed to polite 您[néih])

嘅

ge3

possessive marker

都

dou1

all/both (if two things are involved)/entirely (due to) each/even/already/capital city/metropolis/surname Du

咁

gam3|gam2

so

唔

m4

not

就

zau6

at once/right away/only/just (emphasis)/as early as/already/as soon as/then/in that case/as many as/even if/to compromise/to meet someone halfway/to give in to someone's demands/to approach/to move towards/to undertake/to engage in/to suffer/subjected to/to accomplish/to take advantage of/to go with (of foods)/with regard to/concerning

好

hou2|hou3

good/well/proper/good to/easy to/very/so/(suffix indicating completion or readiness)|to be fond of/to have a tendency to/to be prone to

既

gei3

already/since/both... (and...)

到

dou3

to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive

有

jau5

to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be/to have money/to be rich

呀

aa3|aa1|aa6

(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

個

go3

individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects in general

啦

laa1|laa3

(an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood)/fusion of le + a/follows after 比如 listed examples/(onomat.)/(phonetic)

左

zo2

left/the Left (politics)/a surname

地

dei6

earth/ground/field/place/land/CL:片[pin](Mandarin)/CL:塊[faai]/CL:笪[daat]/-ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

呢

ne1|ni1|nei1

(question particle for subjects already mentioned)/woolen material

的

dik1

of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)/(used to form a nominal expression)/(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)/to fetch

咗

zo2

particle

去

heoi3

to go/to go to (a place)/to cause to go or send (sb)/to remove/to get rid of/(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth/to be apart from in space or time/(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)/(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)/(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

啲

di1

plural prefix

會

wui5|wui6|wui2

can/be possible/be able to/will/to assemble/to meet/to gather/to see/union/group/association/to balance an account/accounting

一

jat1

one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

咩

me1

what?/[final particle] transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise

話

waa6|waa2

to say/dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words/conversation/what sb said

真係

zan1hai6

really

自己

zi6gei2

oneself/one's own

要

jiu3

demand/ask/request/coerce/important/vital/to want/will/going to (as future auxiliary)/may/must

可以

ho2ji5

can/may/possible/able to

想

soeng2

to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss

冇

mou5

don't have/haven't/not/do not/have no

唔係

m4hai6

not

嚟

lai4

come

無

mou4

-less/not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-

做

zou6

to do/to act/to have sex/to fight/to kill/to trick

講

gong2

to speak/to explain/a speech/a lecture

得

dak1

can/to obtain/to get/to gain/to allow/to permit

啊

aa3|aa1|aa2

interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer/Eh?/what?/to show realization/to stress/interjection of surprise or doubt/Eh?/My!/what's up?/interjection of surprise/Ah!/Oh!/interjection or grunt of agreement/uhm/Ah, OK/expression of recognition/Oh, it's you!/modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent

已經

ji5ging1

already

睇

tai2

to look/to look after/to care for/to support

喺

hai2

located at

哋

dei6

plural suffix

之後

zi1hau6

afterwards/following/later/after

但

daan6

but/yet/however/only/merely/still

好似

hou2ci5

to seem/to be like

知

zi1|zi3

to know/to be aware

不過

bat1gwo3

only/merely/no more than/but/however/anyway (to get back to a previous topic)

因為

jan1wai6

because/owing to/on account of

了

liu5

(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed action marker)/to know/to understand

上

soeng6|soeng5

above/upper/first/best/better/superior/previous/before/above/top/emperor/superior|go up/upward/up/go to/ascend/go to court/rising tone (phonetics)

再

zoi3

again/once more/re-/second/another/then (after sth, and not until then)

而

ji4

and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

對

deoi3

couple/pair/to be opposite/to oppose/to face/versus/for/to/correct (answer)/to answer/to reply/to direct (towards sth)/right

走

zau2

to go/to run/to walk (Mandarin)/to move (of vehicle)/to visit/to leave/to go away/to die (euph.)/from/through/away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走)/to change (shape, form, meaning)

見

gin3

appear/to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview

多

do1

many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi-

下

haa6

down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of two parts)/to decline/to go down

喇

laa1

(onomat.)/(phonetic)

嗰

go2

that

隻

zek3

classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

比

bei2

(particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to gesture (with hands)/ratio/abbr. for Belgium 比利時|比利时/associate with/be near

所以

so2ji5

therefore/as a result/so

叫

giu3

to call/to yell/to order/to ask/to be called

但係

daan6hai6

but

諗

nam2

to think/to consider

架

gaa3|gaa2

to set up/classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc|frame/shelf/rack/framework

度

dou6|dok6

to pass/to spend (time)/measure/limit/extent/degree of intensity/degree (angles, temperature etc)/kilowatt-hour|to consider/to calculate/to think/to estimate/to ask someone for a loan

只

zi2|zek3

only/merely/just/but

先

sin1

early/prior/former/in advance/first

點解

dim2gaai2

why

搵

wan2|wan3

to find/to search/to look for/press with finger/wipe

聽

teng1|ting1|ting3

to listen/to hear/to obey

然後

jin4hau6

after/then (afterwards)/after that/afterwards

嘢

je5

thing/a person, a body part or other object which is not named directly but is often indicated by the classifier used/a person (disrespectful)/heroin

其實

kei4sat6

actually/that is not the case/in fact/really

俾

bei2

to cause/to enable/phonetic bi

唔好

m4hou2

no good/don't

返

faan1|faan2

to return (to)

覺得

gok3dak1

to think/to feel

是

si6

is/are/am/yes/to be

死

sei2

to die/impassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid/extremely/used to stress the meaning of a word or phrase/used to emphasise negative characteristics, "shitty", "damned", "useless"

時候

si4hau6

time/length of time/moment/period

望

mong6

to look at/to view/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/to look towards/towards/full moon

事

si6

matter/thing/item/work/affair

打

daa2|daa1

to beat/to strike/to hit/to break/to type/to mix up/to build/to fight/to fetch/to make/to tie up/to issue/to shoot/to calculate/to play (a game)/since/from|dozen

如果

jyu4gwo2

if/in case/in the event that

個人

go3jan4

individual/personal/oneself

乜

mat1

what

用

jung6

to use

應該

jing1goi1

ought to/should/must

野

je5

field/plain/open space/limit/boundary/rude/wild

開始

hoi1ci2

to begin/beginning/to start/initial

知道

zi1dou3

know/be aware of

向

hoeng3

direction/orientation/to face/to turn toward/to/towards/shortly before/formerly/to side with/to be partial to/all along (previously)/surname Xiang