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