This is the second page about commonly used phrases in Cantonese. This should help you improve your speaking, reading and writing. Here are the links for the other 3 pages: phrases 1, phrases 3, phrases 4. Each page contains 100 common expressions. Going through each page should take about 30 min. Make sure to read the pronunciation and hear the audio as well. If you have any question about this course, please email me directly at Cantonese Classes.
Phrases Tips
To make sure you are more likely to remember each expression, try to first to read the sentence without hearing it, then click to hear how it is prnounced, then read it out loud 3 times while imagining yourself vividly talking to somone. Also try to practice what you memorized from time to time, to make it stick.
Here are the second 100 common phrases. You will find a lot of them are about giving or asking for directions, asking general questions ... etc.
Common Expressions in Cantonese
Expressions
Cantonese
Audio
Do you speak English?
你識唔識英文? nei5 sik1 m4 sik1 jing1 man4 ?
Just a little
少少啦 siu2 siu2 laa1
What's your name?
你叫咩名? nei5 giu3 me1 ming4 ?
My name is (John Doe)
我叫(xxx) ngo5 giu3 (xxx )
Mr... / Mrs. ... / Miss...
X先生/X太太/X小姐 X sin1 saang1 /X taai3 taai3 /X siu2 ze2