Click on any Chinese phrase with a beige background to hear it pronounced.
| what's up? | 點呀 | dim a |
| thank you! | 唔該 多謝 |
m goi (for a service)do dze (for a gift) Lit. many thanks |
| you're welcome | 唔哂（客氣） | m s i (hat hei) |
| how are you? | 你好嗎 | lei hou ma |
| have you eaten yet? | 你食咗飯未呀？ | lei sIk dzo fan mei a? |
| how have you been lately? | 最近點呀？ | dzöü gn dim a Lit. most near how |
| bon appétit! | 食飯 | sIk fan |
| bye! | bai bai |
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| hello? | 喂 | wi (answering the telephone) |
| I'm from... | o (hi) hi (country) li ga |
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| I'm... years old | 我...歲 | o (number) söü |
| see you tomorrow! | 聽日見 | tIng yt gin |
| good morning | 早晨 | dzou sn |
| bill, please | 唔該埋單 | m goi mai dan (in a restaurant) |
| here you go | 拿 | la |
| I love you | 我愛你 | o oi lei |
| how do you say (this) in Cantonese? | (li go) hi gon dUng wa dim gon a? |
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| could you speak slower please? | tsen lei gon man di |
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