DDHK. ORG - Diverse places are often visited in everyday life. And it's time for us to get to know various places in Bahasa Cantonese used at the time communicate of Hong Kong.
Here are the names of places that are often used in Cantonese:
A
Address: Tei ci
Apartments: Jang Lau
Apothecary : Yuk Fong
B
Bank : Ngan Hong
D
Kitchen : Jui Fong
G
Garage : Che Fong
H
Hotel: Cau team
I
Immigration: Yim Man Kuk
J
Street: Hang
K
Bathroom : Ji sho
Bedroom : Kan fong
Office: Office
Police Office : Jai Kun
Post Office : Yau Cing KUK
Consulate : Ling si Kun
L
Floor 10 : Sap Lau
Downstairs : Lao ha
Ground Floor of House Building : Ok Ge Lao Ha
P
Nursing Home : Lo Yan Yun
Market: Kaisi
Libraries: Dai Sui Kun
R
Home: Ok Ge
Restaurant : Jan Deng / Cau Ka
Hospital: Yi Yun
S
School: Hok Hau
Supermarket : Jiu Gab si Jiong
T
Park: Kung Yun
Place: Te Fong
Shop: Bodau
These are the names of places in Cantonese. Literally Cantonese or Guangdong language, in Indonesia which is often called Konghu language is one of the Yue Chinese dialects spoken in Guangdong and its environs in the People's Republic of China/southern China, Hong Kong, Macau, communities of Chinese descent in Southeast Asia and also Chinese in other parts of the world. Cantonese is the traditional prestige dialect of Yue.
Cantonese is the trade language of most Chinese living overseas – spoken by nearly 70 million people worldwide, a number rivaled only outside the People's Republic of China/China by Hokkien which has around 40 million speakers.
The history of this Cantonese dialect can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. According to research by Han linguists in the People's Republic of China/China, the Cantonese dialect is one of the oldest surviving dialects of the Han language today. The Cantonese dialect was widely used during the Tang Dynasty. That's why it's assumed that reciting the poems of Li Bai, Du Fu who lived during the Tang Dynasty in Cantonese dialect is more suitable than reciting them in Mandarin as we know it today.
Cantonese also has speakers among Chinese in Indonesia and Malaysia. In Indonesia, Cantonese is commonly known as Confucian language.
Hopefully it will increase your vocabulary in Cantonese, dear friends. [DDHK News]
