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Cantonese Slang and Informal Speech

Casual and colloquial Cantonese expressions used with friends that a textbook usually skips. Front: the Cantonese word or phrase in Chinese characters with Jyutping romanization in parentheses. Back: English meaning.

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34 basic cards for Slang Cantonese. It opens with "咩事呀? (me1 si6 aa3?)" and "勁 (ging6)". More Cantonese at other levels is listed below.

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咩事呀? (me1 si6 aa3?): Show answer
What's up? / What's wrong?
勁 (ging6): Show answer
Awesome / intense
型 (jing4): Show answer
Stylish / cool
老友 (lou5 jau5): Show answer
Buddy / old friend
唔使擔心 (m4 sai2 daam1 sam1): Show answer
No need to worry
拜拜 (baai1 baai3): Show answer
Bye-bye
正呀! (zeng3 aa3!): Show answer
Awesome! Great!
好正 (hou2 zeng3): Show answer
Really great
唔緊要 (m4 gan2 jiu3): Show answer
It doesn't matter, no worries
麻麻地 (maa4 maa2 dei2): Show answer
So-so, not great
濕碎 (sap1 seoi3): Show answer
A trivial matter, no big deal
收皮 (sau1 pei4): Show answer
Knock it off
收聲 (sau1 seng1): Show answer
Be quiet
論盡 (leon6 zeon6): Show answer
Clumsy
得意 (dak1 ji3): Show answer
Cute / funny

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