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Cantonese Chinese · Cantonese Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 40

再見！Goodbye!

zoi3 gin3

Saying goodbye (再見, 拜拜, 聽日見); more and less after a verb (講多啲, 驚少啲); "again" with 再; "also" with 亦都; phone numbers. Culture: the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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再見，何老師！— Goodbye, Ms Ho!

  1. HoLouSiMike，你nei5學hok6咗zo2好hou2多do1廣gwong2東dung1話waa2喇laa3！Mike, you've learned a lot of Cantonese!
  2. Mike多do1謝ze6何ho4老lou5師si1！我ngo5識sik1講gong2好hou2多do1嘢je5喇laa3。Thank you, Ms Ho! I can say lots of things now.
  3. HoLouSi你nei5而ji4家gaa1識sik1講gong2，亦jik6都dou1識sik1讀duk6。Now you can speak, and you can read as well.
  4. Mike但daan6係hai6我ngo5仲zung6有jau5好hou2多do1唔m4識sik1……But there's still a lot I don't know…
  5. HoLouSi唔m4緊gan2要jiu3。你nei5要jiu3講gong2多do1啲di1，驚geng1少siu2啲di1。Never mind. Speak more, and worry less.
  6. Mike講gong2多do1啲di1，驚geng1少siu2啲di1……好hou2！Speak more, worry less… All right!
  7. HoLouSi如jyu4果gwo2唔m4識sik1，就zau6打daa2電din6話waa2俾bei2我ngo5。If there's something you don't know, call me.
  8. Mike我ngo5冇mou5你nei5嘅ge3電din6話waa2號hou6碼maa5。I don't have your phone number.
  9. HoLouSi我ngo5寫se2俾bei2你nei5。I'll write it down for you.
  10. Mike多do1謝ze6！再zoi3見gin3，何ho4老lou5師si1！Thank you! Goodbye, Ms Ho!
  11. HoLouSi再zoi3見gin3！記gei3得dak1講gong2廣gwong2東dung1話waa2呀aa3！Goodbye! Remember to speak Cantonese!

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聽日見！— See you tomorrow!

  1. KaYanMike，恭gung1喜hei2你nei5！你nei5識sik1講gong2好hou2多do1廣gwong2東dung1話waa2喇laa3！Congratulations, Mike! You can speak a lot of Cantonese now!
  2. Mike多do1謝ze6！我ngo5識sik1講gong2少siu2少siu2啫ze1。Thanks! I only know a little.
  3. AhMing少siu2少siu2？你nei5而ji4家gaa1同tung4我ngo5哋dei6講gong2廣gwong2東dung1話waa2㗎gaa3！A little? You talk to us in Cantonese now!
  4. KaYan今gam1日jat6我ngo5哋dei6請ceng2你nei5食sik6飯faan6。Today we're treating you to dinner.
  5. Mike你nei5哋dei6請ceng2我ngo5？多do1謝ze6！You're treating me? Thank you!
  6. AhMing但daan6係hai6你nei5要jiu3食sik6少siu2啲di1！But you have to eat less!
  7. KaYan阿aa3明ming4！Mike 應jing1該goi1食sik6多do1啲di1！Ah Ming! Mike should eat more!
  8. AhMing好hou2啦laa1好hou2啦laa1，食sik6多do1啲di1。All right, all right, eat more.
  9. KaYan好hou2喇laa3，我ngo5哋dei6聽ting1日jat6見gin3！Right, see you tomorrow!
  10. Mike再zoi3見gin3！……唔m4係hai6，聽ting1日jat6見gin3！Goodbye! …No — see you tomorrow!

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再zoi3見gin3

phr.goodbye

亦jik6都dou1

adverbalso, as well (more formal than 都)

號hou6碼maa5

nounnumber (phone and so on)

電din6話waa2號hou6碼maa5

nounphone number

多do1

adjectivemany; more (食多啲 "eat more")

少siu2

adjectivefew; less (食少啲 "eat less")

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亦jik6

also (in 亦都)

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Saying goodbye: 再見, 拜拜, 聽日見

Explanation

再見 and 拜拜 both mean "goodbye" (拜拜 is from chapter 1). To say when you'll meet again, put the time before 見: 聽日見 "see you tomorrow", 星期日見 "see you on Sunday". Adding a name or title is more polite: 再見，何老師！ When parting late in the evening, you can also say 早唞 zou2 tau2 "good night".

Examples

  • 再zoi3見gin3，何ho4老lou5師si1！Goodbye, Ms Ho!
  • 星sing1期kei4日jat6見gin3！See you on Sunday!
  • 拜baai1拜baai3，聽ting1日jat6見gin3！Bye, see you tomorrow!

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More, less, again: 多啲, 少啲, 再

Explanation

After a verb, 多啲 means "more" and 少啲 "less": 講多啲 "speak more", 驚少啲 "worry less", 食多啲 "eat more", 食少啲 "eat less". It is the same 啲 as in 平啲 "cheaper" (chapter 13). 再 before a verb means "again": 再講一次 "say it once more", 聽日再嚟 "come again tomorrow". 再見 is "see again": goodbye.

Examples

  • 你nei5要jiu3講gong2多do1啲di1。You need to speak more.
  • 唔m4該goi1再zoi3講gong2一jat1次ci3。Please say it again.
  • 聽ting1日jat6再zoi3嚟lai4吖aa1！Come again tomorrow!

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中秋節做乜嘢？What happens at the Mid-Autumn Festival?

The Mid-Autumn Festival has mooncakes and lanterns. The full, bright moon stands for the family coming together.

When is it?

The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 zung1 cau1 zit3) falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, at the full moon, between 7 September and 8 October.

In Hong Kong, the public holiday is not the festival day itself but the day after.

Mooncakes

People eat mooncakes (月餅 jyut6 beng2), usually filled with sweet-bean or lotus-seed paste. Sharing them stands for the family being complete.

Lanterns

Lanterns (燈籠 dang1 lung4) of every shape are carried and hung up, and some have riddles on them.

Neighborhoods in Hong Kong put up lantern displays, the biggest in Victoria Park, and Tai Hang holds a fire dragon dance dating from the 19th century.

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