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LearningDict: He is my boss 佢系我老细 (Cantonese)

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

How do you say “he is my boss” in Cantonese?

佢= he  系= to be 我 = my/I/me  老=old 细=small
 but 老细=boss.

LearningDict:佢系我老细 ( <<– click and learn the pronunciation and more.

Compare Cantonese & Mandarin ( <<–click and you will see )
他是我老板  ta1shi4 wo3 lao2ban3 is the Mandarin version.

 

LearningDict:I hate you

Friday, July 11th, 2008

How to say “I hate you” in Mandarin and Cantonese?
Love often comes with hate.
There’s a Chinese saying “The more you love, the deeper you hate.”

You’ve already known I and you in Chinese. Now learn the word for hate.

我恨你 = I hate you (<<- click and learn. Please that Jyutping and Yale are for Cantonese).

Note that the word 恨 is very formal in Cantonese. In Cantonese, we usually use the word “嬲 nau1″ instead.

I have a dream that one day there’s no hate in world but peace and love.

LearningDict:I love you 我爱你

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Today, we are going to start a new series called LearningDict to learn Chinese.
LearningDict is just learning Chinese through a dictionary. MDBG.net has a great dictionary for you to learn Mandarin and Cantonese.

Just a phrase or two every week, and you will sure to improve your Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese.

How to say “I love you” in Mandarin and Cantonese?

我爱你 ( <<- click and learn. Please note that Jyutping and Yale are for Cantonese)

No more explanation is needed for the above.