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The Cantonese phrase for ‘eat rice’ is 食飯.

The English phrase queen is translated into Cantonese as 王后 or 女王.

The English word “lotus” is 蓮花 / 莲花 in Cantonese.

The Cantonese term for the Vietnamese soup pho is 越南河粉. The term refers to the Vietnamese rice noodle soup.

The Cantonese word for vulnerable is 脆弱. 脆弱 is used to describe both physical fragility and emotional vulnerability.

The English phrase “hello how are you” is translated into Cantonese as 你好，你好嗎？

To say “hurry up” in Cantonese, use 快啲. 快啲 is used as a verb to tell someone to go faster.

In Cantonese, ‘seal’ (the pinniped animal) is referred to as 海豹.

The English phrase ‘kidney stone’ is translated into Cantonese as 腎石. 腎石 is a noun used to describe a calculus located in the kidney.

The English phrase “do you speak cantonese?” is translated into Cantonese as 你識唔識講廣東話？