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"se/jih","write","vo","","Ngo/h se/ ju\nggwok jih.","I write Chinese (characters)." "se/","write (FV)","fv","","Ne/ih se/ ma-tye/h a?","What do (can) you write?" "jih","word, character","n","go","Bi-n ge/igo jih leng a?","Which several characters are beautiful?" "be/ichi/n","pay","vo","","Bi-ngo be/ichi/n a?","Who pays?" "sihk","eat (not just a meal)","vo","","Ne/ih yiu sihk ma-tye/h a?","What do you want to eat?" "sihkfaahn","eat (a meal)","vo","","Ke/uih m\sihkfaahn a\h?","Is she not eating (a meal)?" "faahn","cooked rice","n","","Ne/ih sihk ge/ido-cha\an faahn a?","How much rice (will/do) you eat?" "faahn","meal","n","cha\an ","Ni-di- haih m\haih faahn a?","Is this rice?" "to\hngcha-an","Chinese food","n","cha\an","Ne/ih sihk to\hngcha-an ma?","Do you eat Chinese food?" "sa-icha-an","Western food","n","cha\an","Ngo/h yiu sa-icha-an; ne/ih ne-?","I want Western food; how about you?" "cha-an","meal (not necessarily Western)","n","ti/ng, ju/ng (\type of/)","Ne/ihdeih sihk bi-nti/ng cha-an a?","What types of meals do you eat?" "cha-an","meal (Western)","n","go","Ni-go cha-an gwai m\gwai a?","Is this (Western) meal expensive?" "cheung","sing","fv","","Ke/uih cheung.","She sings." "cheungo-","sing (a song)","vo","","Haih m\haih Le/ih si/uje/ cheunggo- a?","Is Ms. Leih singing a song or not?" "go-","song","n","sa/u, ji\, jek","Ne/ih cheung ge/ido- sa/u go- a?","How many songs will you sing? (formal measure)" "jouh","do","fv","","Go/di- ya\hn jouh ma-tye/h a?","What does this person do?" "jouhsih","do (deeds, work), work","vo","","Ke/uih jouh ma-tye/h sih a?","What work does she do?" "jouhsa\angyi","do business","vo","","Ju\nggwok ya\hn ho/u ju\ngyi jouhsa\angyi.","Chinese people like to do business very much." "sih, sihgon, sihchi\hng","task, undertaking, project, job (3 wds in Chinese)","n","gihn","Ngo/h jouh ni-gihn sih; ne/ih jouh go/gihn sih.","I do this work; you do that (work)." "sa\angyi","business of buying and selling","n","da\an; ti/ng; ju/ng; mu\hn; ho\hng","Ni-da\an sa\angyi ho/ujouh ma?","Is this business profitable?" "duhk","study; read (aloud) intransitive","fv","","M\go\i ne/ih duhk ni- yat-go jih.","Please read aloud this word." "duhksyu\","study (books) VO","vo","","Ngo/h m\ju\ngyi duhksyu\.","I do not like to study (books)." "wah","say (usually in indirect speech)","fv","","Ngo/h wah ne/ih ho/u leng.","I think you are very pretty." "wah","think (expressing opinion)","v","","Ngo/h wah ni-je\ung to/i m\ho/u.","I think that this table is no good." "go/ng","say, talk, speak; tell (when w/ teng and ji)","fv","","Bi-ngo go/ng ni-geui syutwah a?","Who speaks these words?" "go/ngsyutwah","talk, speak (spoken words)","vo","","Ke/uih ho/u ju\ngyi go/ngsyutwah.","She likes to talk alot." "syutwah","spoken words","n","geui, \sentence/","Ni-geui m\haih ho/u syutwah.","This is not a good sentence. (It is ambiguous)" "wa/","spoken language or dialect","n","ju/ng, \kind of/","Ni-geui (syutwah) haih m\haih Ju\nggwok wa/ a?","Is or is not this sentence Chinese?" "Gwo/ngja\u","Canton","n","","Ne/ih haih m\haih Gwo/ngja\u ga?","Are you Cantonese? (choice type)" "Gwo/ngdu\ng","Province of Kwangtung","n","","Gwo/ngdu\ng ho/u leng.","Kwangtung is very pretty." "Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/","Cantonese dialect","n","","Ke/uih go/ng Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/.","She speaks Cantonese." "yi\hga-","now, at present, at this time","tw","","Ne/ih yi\hga- ya/uh chi/n ma?","Do you have money now?" "na\ahn","difficult","sv","","Gwo/ndu\ngwa/ na\ahn.","Cantonese is difficult." "wu/ih","can (know how to), be able to","av","","Ke/uih wu/ih go/ng Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/ ma?","Does she know how to speak Cantonese?" "ho/yi/h","can (be permitted), may","av","","Ngo/h ho/yi/h sihk ni-di- yeh ma?","May I eat this (thing)?" "yiu","want to, have to, must, need to, would like to","av","","Ne/ih yiu ma/aih ma-tye/h a?","What do you want to buy?" "=da-k, da-k","can (be possible), may","p","","Da-k m\da-k a?","O.K.?" "je-","that is all, only, not at all","p","","Ge/igo nga\hnchi/n je-.","Several dollars only." 
