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Useful Words and Phrases English Chinese Character/Pin Yin n! h#o

Hello/Good Evening What is your name? $ " knee ( how

Phonetic English

n%n gu' x'ng

& neen gway shing

z*i ji*n
Good Bye ) + zi gee en

Important sayings sh!

Yes , shr

b. sh'
No Right/ Correct Wrong No, thanks Thank you You are welcome Excuse me - , boo shr dway boo dway 23 4 boo yong la, sheh sheh sheh sheh boo yong sheh dway boo chee

du'
/

b$ du !
- /

b. y1ng le xi5
4 / 0

xi5 xi5
4 6 0 4

b. y1ng xi5 du' bu q!

- 7

w9 t;ng b< d9ng

I do not understand 8 : - = wore ting boo dong >

w9 y*o
I would like 8 ? wore yeow

duA sh#o qiDn

I How much? @ B C ?` dor sheow chen

t*i gu' le
Too expensive
Do you have...?

E
F

& 2
G F>

tie gway la
yo may yo

y' u mHi y' u

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I don t need that

b. y*o - ?

boo yeow

Directions t*ng
Stop! Turn left Turn right I 6 ting zaw yo

zu'
J

y+u
K

qi,n
Go straight L chee an

z*i n# li
Where is...? M NO zi nar lee

n* li
There PO nar lee

Here

zh5 l! Q O c5 su9

jur lee

Toile t

R S

tsur saw

duA jiU
How long (Time)? @ T dor joe

At the restaurant
Chopstick VW ku*i z! kwhy za

dao
Knife X dow

cha zi
Fork Y W char z

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shao zi
Spoon Z W sheow z

shu!
Water
Coke `

shway
kur la

k^l5
\]

Bill

m#i dan _ `

my dan

Pronouns w'
I/Me You 8 wore knee

n. t/
He/She/It b

t/

t/
tar

/ c / d

Figures of speech h1o

That s good. That s not good. " how boo how

b2h1o
- "

h^nh#o
It was nice. e " hun how

Numbers y3
1 2 3 4 5 6 f e r san sz oo leo

4r
g

s/n
h

s!
i

w6
j

li2
k

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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 20 30 100 1,000 10,000 l chee bah jeo shr shr e shr r shr san shr sz r shr ` san shr ee bye ee chee an ee wan

b/
m

ji6
n

sh*
o

sh* y3
of

sh*4r
og

sh* s/n
o h

sh* s!
oi

4rsh*
go

s/nsh*
h o

y3b1i
fp

y3qi/n
f q

y3w7n
f r

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