Category: Cantonese Lessons

• 第四 (WORD OF THE DAY #4)

  Sun; day; date, abbreviation for 日本 (Japan).
  Pronounced yat/jat (Cantonese), rì (Mandarin).

  

  January 22, 2014

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• 第三 (WORD OF THE DAY #3)

  Moon, month. Pronounced yut (Cantonese), yuè (Mandarin).
  
  

  January 21, 2014

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• 第二 (WORD OF THE DAY #2)

  Word of the day #2: flower. Pronounced hua (Mandarin) or fa (Cantonese). Also blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); Chinese surname.

  

  January 20, 2014

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• 第一 (Word of the Day #1)

  Mountain. Pronounced san (Cantonese), shan (Mandarin). Also – hill; anything that resembles a mountain; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; Chinese surname.

  

  January 19, 2014

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