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Cantonese word of the day · 18 October
黑色暴雨警告
hak1 sik1 bou6 jyu5 ging2 gou3Jyutping
Black Rainstorm Warning Signal
天文台改發黑色暴雨警告，公司通知我哋可以留喺屋企遙距工作。
tin1 man4 toi4 goi2 faat3 hak1 sik1 bou6 jyu5 ging2 gou3, gung1 si1 tung1 zi1 ngo5 dei6 ho2 ji5 lau4 hai2 uk1 kei2 jiu4 keoi5 gung1 zok3.
The Observatory changed the signal to a Black Rainstorm Warning, and the company notified us that we can stay home and work remotely.
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Earlier Cantonese words
- 條 classifier for long, thin, flexible objects
- 過 experiential aspect marker
- 喎 reported speech / reminder particle
- 比人賣咗 sold off by someone / betrayed by someone
- 夜生活 nightlife
- 比人 by someone / by people (passive marker)
- 行街市 to walk through / shop at a traditional wet market
- 食咗飯 having eaten a meal / ate
- 絲襪奶茶 silk stocking milk tea
- 恭喜發財 Wishing you prosperity and wealth
- 文藝片 art-house film / romance-drama
- 比人買咗 bought by someone / already purchased
- 大牌檔 open-air food stall / dai pai dong
- 唔 not / no / don't
- 茶餐廳 Hong Kong-style diner / café
- 農曆新年 Lunar New Year
- 比人借咗 borrowed by someone / lent out to someone
- 食好嘢 to eat premium food / to enjoy gourmet treats
- 放工 to get off work / finish work
- 你 you (singular)
- 喺度 to be here / to be present / currently doing something right here
- 鬼片 horror movie / ghost film
- 肥過 fatter than
- 黃雨 Amber Rainstorm Signal
- 隻 classifier for animals, vessels, or single items of pairs
- 咗 perfective aspect marker
- 囉 obviousness / resignation particle
- 月台 train platform
- 初一 the first day of the Lunar New Year
- 掃街 to go on a street food crawl (literally 'to sweep the streets')
- 糖 sugar / candy
- 飲茶 to go for dim sum / to drink tea
- 阿華田 Ovaltine
- 小炒 stir-fry dishes
- 冇 to not have / did not (past negation)
- 比佢 by him / by her / by it
- 買餸 to buy groceries / to shop for food (for a meal)
- 食飯 to eat a meal / to have dinner
- 返工 to go to work / to be at work
- 我 I / me
- 喺 at / in / on (locative preposition)
- 喜劇 comedy film / comedy
- 高過 taller than / higher than
- 紅雨 Red Rainstorm Signal
- 個 general classifier / person or abstract noun marker
- 緊 progressive aspect marker
- 啦 suggestion / imperative / softening particle
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