BASIC CANTONESE GLOSSARY
This Basic Cantonese Glossary for learning Cantonese is based on public domain content from the
FSI's Basic Cantonese Course. The current focus is on adding all the Cantonese vocabulary from Lessons 1-15 of FSI Basic Cantonese Vol 1. Volume 2 will be added later. To view vocabulary for each lesson, first choose "Browse by category", then "All Categories", followed by the relevant lesson in the drop-down menu.
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| a glottal stop ending to certain sentence suffixes, giving sentence a lively air. |
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| lively, emphatic form of a |
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sentence suffix
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| sen. suf. a to soften abruptness + k for liveliness |
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exactly; just
(same as ngāamngāam )
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fits well, well-fitting (same as ngāamjeuk)
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Measure word for things with handles, such as umbrellas
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