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

Ah Sir

Here I cover two bits of vocabulary.

There are at least two ways to address a male teacher in Cantonese:

• Ah sir - this is from the English Sir.
  
• [sin] saang - this can be used for teacher (male or female), Mr. or husband

A female teacher can also be Me si. Thai thai (or just thai) is Cantonese for Mrs. or wife. Lo pau is another word for wife (lo means old). Lo kung is another word for husband.

The word Hai has 6 meanings, they are is; am; are; in; at; yes. Nghoh hai Shan means I am Shan and it is how you would introduce yourself.