| 隻隻 | (貓) | 都 | 靚 |
| Jek-jek | (māau) | dōu | leng |
| CL-CL | (cat) | all | pretty |
| ‘They (the cats) are all pretty.’ | |||
| 個 | 女 | 夜夜 | 都 | 未 | 返 | 屋企 |
| Go | léui | yé-yeh | dōu | meih | fāan | ūkkéi |
| CL | daughter | late-late | still | not-yet | back | home |
| ‘My daughter still hasn’t come home though it’s so late at night.’ | ||||||
| 我 | 夜晚 | 聽 | 倒 | 啲 | ◻◻聲 |
| Ngóh | yehmáahn | tēng | dóu | dī | gohk-gók-sēng |
| I | evening | hear | PRT | some | knock-knock-sound |
| ‘I heard a knocking sound at night.’ | |||||
| 滑◻◻ waaht-lyūt-lyūt ‘smooth as a baby’s bottom’ |
| 臭◻◻ chau-bāng-bāng ‘smelly’ |
| 食鬼食馬 | 咩? | 連 | 一 | 蚊 | 都 | 冇 |
| Sihk-gwái-sihk-máh | mē? | Lìhn | yāt | mān | dōu | móuh |
| eat-devil-eat-horse | SFP | even | one | dollar | also | not-have |
| ‘How can (I) eat when (I) haven’t got a dime?’ | ||||||
| 阿英 a-Yīng (familiar form of names such as Méih-Yīng) |
| 翻炒 fāan-cháau ‘re-use’ (verb) |
| 反建議 fáan-ginyíh ‘counter-proposal’ (noun) |
| 可靠 hó-kaau ‘reliable’ |
| 好睇 hóu-tái ‘good to look at/see’ |
| 難食 làahn-sihk ‘bad-tasting’ |
| 老闆 lóuh-báan ‘boss’ |
| 唔記得 m-geidāk ‘forget’ (lit. ‘not remember’) |
| 今日 | 氣溫 | 幾 | 多 | 度 | 呀? |
| Gāmyaht | heiwān | géi | dō | douh | a? |
| today | temperature | how | many | degrees | SFP |
| ‘What’s today’s temperature?’ | |||||
| 辦法 baahn-faat ‘solution, way out’ |
| 我 | 好 | 想 | 睇 | 吓 | 佢 | 點 | 靚 | 法 |
| Ngóh | hóu | séung | tái | háh | kéuih | dím | leng | faat |
| I | much | want | see | DEL | her | how | pretty | way |
| ‘I very much want to see how beautiful she really is.’ | ||||||||
| 語言學家 yúhyìhn-hohk-gā ‘linguist’ |
| 基督教 Gēidūk-gaau ‘Christianity’ |
| 物理學 mahtléih-hohk ‘physics’ |
| BB仔 bìhbī-jái ‘baby’ |
| 投資者 tàuhjī-jé ‘investor’ |
| 筷子 faai-jí ‘chopstick’ |
| 完美主義 yùhnméih-jyúyi ‘perfectionism’ |
| 細路女 sailouh-léui ‘girls’ (children) |
| 鬼佬 gwái-lóu ‘(western) foreigner’ |
| 大肚婆 daaih-tóuh-pó ‘lit.big-stomach-woman = pregnant woman’ |
| 出版社 chēut-báan-séh ‘publisher’ |
| 教師 gaau-sī ‘teacher’ |
| 嚴重 yìhm-juhng ‘serious’ → 嚴重性 yìhm-juhng-sing ‘seriousness’ |
| 有 | 睇頭 |
| yáuh | tái-tàuh |
| have | see-head |
| ‘presentable’ | |
| 紅紅哋 hùhng-húng-déi ‘reddish’ |
| 知知哋 jī-jī-déi‘know a bit’ (about a subject or fact) |
| 我 | 麻麻哋 | 鍾意 | 呢 | 首 | 歌 | 唧 |
| Ngóh | màh-má-déi | jūngyi | lī | sáu | gō | jēk |
| I | so-so-ish | like | this | CL | song | SFP |
| ‘I’m not too keen on this song.’ | ||||||
| 惡性循環 ngok-sing chèuhnwàahn ‘vicious cycle’ |
| 點解 | 將 | 件 | 事 | 複雜化? |
| Dímgáai | jēung | gihn | sih | fūkjaahp-fa? |
| why | put | CL | matter | complicate |
| ‘Why complicate the matter?’ | ||||
| 孤寒 gūhòhn ‘mean, stingy’ → 孤鬼寒 gū-gwái-hòhn ‘downright stingy’ |
| 啲 | 麵 | 俾 | 佢 | 食 | 鬼 | 晒 | 喇 |
| Dī | mihn | béi | kéuih | sihk | gwái | saai | la |
| CL | noodles | by | him | eat | devil | all | SFP |
| ‘The noodles have been eaten up by him.’ (Too bad, none left for you.) | |||||||
| 鬼 | 唔 | 知 | 呀? |
| Gwái | m̀h | jī | àh? |
| Devil | not | know | SFP |
| ‘Only the devil doesn’t know.’ (i.e. Everybody knows.) | |||
| 關 | 你 | 乜嘢 | 事 | 呀? |
| Gwāan | léih | mātyéh | sih | a? |
| concern | you | what | business | SFP |
| ‘It’s none of your business.’ | ||||
| 酒樓 | jáu-làuh |
| wine-flat | |
| ‘restaurant’ |
| 洗衣機 sái-yī-gēi ‘(lit.) wash-clothes-machine = washing machine’ |
| 魚生 | yùh-sāang |
| fish-raw | |
| ‘raw fish’ |
| 中式 Jūng-sīk ‘Chinese-style’ |
| 藍色 làahm-sīk ‘blue’ |
| 有型 yáuh-yìhng ‘stylish’ |
| 讀書 | duhk-syū |
| study-book | |
| ‘study’ |
| 皺眉頭 | jau-mèihtàuh |
| wrinkle-eyebrow | |
| ‘frown’ |
| 出貓 chēut-māau ‘out-cat = cheat’ (in examinations, etc.) |
| 唱 K cheung-kēi ‘sing-karaoke’ |
| 讀緊書 | duhk-gán-syū |
| study-PROG-book | |
| ‘(be) studying’ |
| 游翻水 | yàuh-fāan-séui |
| swim-again-water | |
| ‘go swimming again’ |
| 走 | 幾 | 次 | 堂 |
| jáu | géi | chi | tòhng |
| leave | a-few | time | class |
| ‘skip classes a few times’ | |||
| 錢 | 唔使 | 賺 | 咁 | 多， | 民 | 就 | 一定 | 要 | 移 |
| Chín | msái | jaahn | gam | dō, | màhn | jauh | yātdihng | yiu | yìh |
| money | no-need | earn | so | much | emigrate | then | definitely | need | emigrate |
| ‘Never mind earning money, we have to emigrate.’ (film) | |||||||||
| 尋晚 | 無 | 覺 | 好 | 瞓 |
| Chàhm-máahn | móuh | gaau | hóu | fan |
| last-night | not-have | sleep | good | sleep |
| ‘I didn’t sleep well last night.’ | ||||