Cantonese

To say “hello beautiful” in Cantonese, you say 靚女你好.

The Cantonese word for really is 真係 / 真系. 真係 / 真系 is used to emphasize an adjective or a verb to express that something is truly the case.

The English phrase ‘long time no see’ can be said in Cantonese as 好久不見 / 好久不见 or 好耐冇見 / 好耐冇见.

The Cantonese phrase for “my love” is 我嘅愛. 我嘅愛 is used to refer to the abstract feeling of love that a person has for someone else.

The Cantonese word for ‘read’ is 睇. In everyday Cantonese, 睇 is a versatile verb that can mean ‘to look at’, ‘to watch’ or ‘to read’.

The Cantonese word for tiger is 老虎. The word refers to the mammal Panthera tigris.

To say “go home” in Cantonese, use 返屋企. The phrase 返屋企 is used to express the action of returning to one’s house.

In Cantonese, the word for north is 北. The term is used to denote the compass point north.

The English word “jungle” is translated into Cantonese as 叢林. 叢林 is a noun used to describe a large, undeveloped and humid forest.

October in Cantonese is 十月. 十月 is used to refer to the tenth month of the Gregorian calendar.