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  1. "se/jih","write","vo","","Ngo/h se/ ju\nggwok jih.","I write Chinese (characters)."
  2. "se/","write (FV)","fv","","Ne/ih se/ ma-tye/h a?","What do (can) you write?"
  3. "jih","word, character","n","go","Bi-n ge/igo jih leng a?","Which several characters are beautiful?"
  4. "be/ichi/n","pay","vo","","Bi-ngo be/ichi/n a?","Who pays?"
  5. "sihk","eat (not just a meal)","vo","","Ne/ih yiu sihk ma-tye/h  a?","What do you want to eat?"
  6. "sihkfaahn","eat (a meal)","vo","","Ke/uih m\sihkfaahn a\h?","Is she not eating (a meal)?"
  7. "faahn","cooked rice","n","","Ne/ih sihk ge/ido-cha\an faahn a?","How much rice (will/do) you eat?"
  8. "faahn","meal","n","cha\an ","Ni-di- haih m\haih faahn a?","Is this rice?"
  9. "to\hngcha-an","Chinese food","n","cha\an","Ne/ih sihk to\hngcha-an ma?","Do you eat Chinese food?"
  10. "sa-icha-an","Western food","n","cha\an","Ngo/h yiu sa-icha-an; ne/ih ne-?","I want Western food; how about you?"
  11. "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?"
  12. "cha-an","meal (Western)","n","go","Ni-go cha-an gwai m\gwai a?","Is this (Western) meal expensive?"
  13. "cheung","sing","fv","","Ke/uih cheung.","She sings."
  14. "cheungo-","sing (a song)","vo","","Haih m\haih Le/ih si/uje/ cheunggo- a?","Is Ms. Leih singing a song or not?"
  15. "go-","song","n","sa/u, ji\, jek","Ne/ih cheung ge/ido- sa/u go- a?","How many songs will you sing?  (formal measure)"
  16. "jouh","do","fv","","Go/di- ya\hn jouh ma-tye/h a?","What does this person do?"
  17. "jouhsih","do (deeds, work), work","vo","","Ke/uih jouh ma-tye/h sih a?","What work does she do?"
  18. "jouhsa\angyi","do business","vo","","Ju\nggwok ya\hn ho/u ju\ngyi jouhsa\angyi.","Chinese people like to do business very much."
  19. "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)."
  20. "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?"
  21. "duhk","study; read (aloud)  intransitive","fv","","M\go\i ne/ih duhk ni- yat-go jih.","Please read aloud this word."
  22. "duhksyu\","study (books)  VO","vo","","Ngo/h m\ju\ngyi duhksyu\.","I do not like to study (books)."
  23. "wah","say (usually in indirect speech)","fv","","Ngo/h wah ne/ih ho/u leng.","I think you are very pretty."
  24. "wah","think (expressing opinion)","v","","Ngo/h wah ni-je\ung to/i m\ho/u.","I think that this table is no good."
  25. "go/ng","say, talk, speak; tell (when w/ teng and ji)","fv","","Bi-ngo go/ng ni-geui syutwah a?","Who speaks these words?"
  26. "go/ngsyutwah","talk, speak (spoken words)","vo","","Ke/uih ho/u ju\ngyi go/ngsyutwah.","She likes to talk alot."
  27. "syutwah","spoken words","n","geui, \sentence/","Ni-geui m\haih ho/u syutwah.","This is not a good sentence. (It is ambiguous)"
  28. "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?"
  29. "Gwo/ngja\u","Canton","n","","Ne/ih haih m\haih Gwo/ngja\u ga?","Are you Cantonese?  (choice type)"
  30. "Gwo/ngdu\ng","Province of Kwangtung","n","","Gwo/ngdu\ng ho/u leng.","Kwangtung is very pretty."
  31. "Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/","Cantonese dialect","n","","Ke/uih go/ng Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/.","She speaks Cantonese."
  32. "yi\hga-","now, at present, at this time","tw","","Ne/ih yi\hga- ya/uh chi/n ma?","Do you have money now?"
  33. "na\ahn","difficult","sv","","Gwo/ndu\ngwa/ na\ahn.","Cantonese is difficult."
  34. "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?"
  35. "ho/yi/h","can (be permitted), may","av","","Ngo/h ho/yi/h sihk ni-di- yeh ma?","May I eat this (thing)?"
  36. "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?"
  37. "=da-k, da-k","can (be possible), may","p","","Da-k m\da-k a?","O.K.?"
  38. "je-","that is all, only, not at all","p","","Ge/igo nga\hnchi/n je-.","Several dollars only."
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