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1. Greetings and Other Useful Expressions

Note: There are 6 tones in Cantonese. We use the number 1 to 6 to mark each sound here.
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How are you? Nei5 hou2 ma3?
Good morning. jou2 san4
Good afternoon. ng5 ngon1
Good night. maang2 ngon1
Good bye. joi3 gin3
Thank you very much Do1 je6 saai3
Sorry. Dui3 m4 jue6
    
Good. hou2
Not Good m4 hou2
Yes. hai6
No. m4 hai6
Welcome Foon1 ying4
Never Mind/It doesn't matter m4 gan2 yiu3
Excuse me.(I need to pass) m4 goi1

Note: The number after each sound is for the tone. The "j" sounds as "ds", "ou" sounds like "o" in "joke", "o" sounds like "or" in fork, "an" sounds like "an" in important.

2. Numbers

How to write 1 to 5 and 6 to 10

Cardinal Numbers

0 ling4
1 yat1
2 yi6
3 saam1
4 sei3
5 ng5
6 luk6
7 chat1
8 baat3
9 gau2
10 sap6
11 sap6 yat1
20 yi6 sap6
100 yat1 baak3
1000 yat1 chin1
10,000 yat1 maan6
100,000,000 yat1 yik1

Ordinal Numbers: Easy when you know the cardinal numbers already. Just put "dai6" before the cardinal numbers.

For example:
1st dai6 yat1
2nd dai6 yi6
3rd dai6 saam1
4th dai6 sei3

3. At The Restaurant

A table for four, please. m4 goi1 sei3 wai2
I want to have this. Ngo5 seung2 yiu3 ni1 go3
Delicious. Hou2 sig6

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