The Cantonese Made Easy Vocabulary/Y
Y
- Yam,
- n.
- 大薯, tái꜅ ꜁shü.
Class. 樖, ꜀p‘o.
- Yamen,
- n.
- 衙門, ꜁ngá ꜁mún.
Class. 間, ꜀kán.
This is a yamen, 呢間係衙門咯, ꜀ni ꜀kán hai꜅ ꜁ngá ⊆mún* loᵏ˳.
This
of this
c^'*™
^
Chi,
connections),
is
year,
yufco-
p**o
^p'o.
^P^, ^, ^kin.
j^^^<
speaking of age and in or
2. (in
n.
Class.
Tung
cT'nng Chi^
^AH^
^hii.
is
to
^nin
ts6~
Year, or
of
The 8 th moon tdi"
the context
jOin.
The 3rd year
^^,
if
^san ^nin, or
'^^,
as
plain,
spend the
.
^ni
iei ^nin.
kwo
Tarn, n.
^^^,
These few years,
(This also means to
'mo
^(.^)^#,
few years ago,
jdn ts'o' Bii' lo^o.
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^,
soi';
^^,
^nln sni
gg^^^
a yamen,
^
c°> <'^*°
c^S* t™*^*
^.
Yellow, adj.
^,
Yes, adv.
This
is
^wong.
hai".
generally followed by
some
lo^. final or other,
Yard, n. 2. (of
Yam, Yawn,
n.
1.
a ship),
^,
Year, n.
^,
a
^,
New
year,
^.
^nin
^^, alone
New
I^H^.
delicate
which often gives
shade of meaning to
kong'. the reply.
In answering a ques-
tion where
we would simply say
.sha.
^^^,
r.
|i^ Tna.
(measure),
'ta
ham'
lo*.
Chinese
a
- yes,'
often turns the
^nin.
qnestioa into an affirmative and
This year,
-^^,
Nest
[jj^,
^kam
^nln.
gives year,
Last year,
^i^,
it
as
an answer instead of
ch'ntj ^nln.
saying
'yes'.
ka^' t^in, or Yesterday, n. Jjt^^, or
_nin
^0
,
tsok,
.
yatj, or ^ts'am yat^.
Year before
last,
1^^,
jtsln
The day
.Bin*.
before
gg
Q
^tsln yatj.
c
The
before yesterday,
year last,
preceding
the
-^IJi^,
ta^ ^ts'in
year
Jiln*.
preceding the day before
yesterday,
^"^J
B
»
^'^^'
c**'™
yat,.
Past yrars,
Previous or
"wong .nln
The day
.
^^,
Yesterday morning, ,chin.
^^>
tsok,
- Yet, Not,
- adv.
- 未(曾), méí꜅ (꜁ts‘ang); 唔曾, ꜁m ꜁ts‘ang.
Not yet seen, 未見, méí꜅ kín꜄.
Yet still, 仍然, ꜁ying ꜁yín.
- Yield,
- v.
- 謙讓, ꜀hím yöng꜅.
- Yoke,
- n.
- 軛, ak꜆.
A yoke of oxen, 一對牛, yat꜆ tui꜄ ꜁ngaú.
- Yolk,
- n.
- 蛋黃, tán꜅ ⊆wong*.
Class. 個, ko꜄.
- Yonder (i.e., that place),
- 個處, ko꜄ shü꜅.
- You,
- pers. pro.
- (in the singular), 你, ꜃néí.
You, or yours, 你嘅, ꜃néí ke꜄.
You, (in the plural), 你, or 你哋, néí, or néí téí.
Yours, 你(嘅), or 你哋(嘅), ꜂néí (ke꜄), or ꜃néí téí꜅ (ke꜄).
You two, 你兩個, ꜃néí ꜃löng ko꜄.
- Young,
- adj.
- 後生, haú꜅ ꜀sháng; 細 saí꜄.
The younger son, 個細仔, ko꜄ saí꜄ ꜂tsaí.
Young men, 少年人, shíú꜄ ꜁nín ꜁yan.
Young lady, 姑娘, ꜀kwú ꜁nöng.
- Yourself,
- pro.
- 你自己, ꜃néí tsz꜅ ꜂kéí.
- Youth,
- n.
- 1 (period of), 少時, shíú꜄ ꜁shí.