Sihou

Talking about interests is a great way to make friends and expand your vocabulary. Some vocab:

• tai2 dinying2 (or tai2 hei) - watch a movie
• tai2 dinsee - watch television
• ying2s'heung2 - take photos
• da2 mon2kau4 - play tennis
• da2 lam4kau4 - play basketball

Ngoh jung1yi da mon3kau4 (I like to play tennis) is a useful phrase.

Saubiu

Cantonese like all Chinese dialects is monosyllabic; almost every syllable carries meaning. Not every word though, is made up of one syllable, for example:

• sau2biu1 - wristwatch (lit: hand watch)
• syutgwai - refrigerator (lit: snow cupboard)

Cantonese also has borrowed a lot of words from English, for example:

• chu1gu1lik1 - chocolate
• nei4lung4 - nylon
• wai4ta1ming - vitamin
• wai1sigei2 - whisky