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Cantonese Vocabulary
Verbs 2

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The verbs on this page fit the pattern:

Verb + Noun Phrase

If these verbs appear without an object in the sentence, an object must be understood from the context or have a resultative complement.

The verbs section is arranged differently than the other vocabulary lessons on this site.  Instead of arranging words in terms of a theme, they will be arranged according to the type of object which they take.

 

lohk

to descend

落

rc

maaih

to sell

賣

def

/maaih/

to buy

買

def

\saan\

to close

閂

 

/se/

to write

寫

 

/seuhng/

to rise

上

rc

/seung/ yiu

to want

想要

 

sihk

to eat

食

def

sing

be surnamed

姓

**

/tai/

to read

睇

**

tek

to kick

踢

**

\teng\

listen

聽

**

tiu

to jump

跳

 

/wan/

to find

搵

io

yahp

to enter

入

rc

/yam/

to drink

飲

 

\yiu\ /ching/

to invite

邀請

io

\yuhng\

to use

用

 

Notes

IO- This verb can take an Indirect Object
RC- Can take a resultative complement in place of an object
Def- The first choice in the box is the verb's default object

sing always takes a surname as its object.  No other noun will work.

/tai/ has several usages in Cantonese.  Generally, it means to watch something over a period of time rather than to simply just "see" it.  In reference to books it means to read.  In reference to a person it means to take care of (as a babysitter) or to observe carefully (as you would with someone suspicious).

tek -bo- can mean either to kick a ball, or to play a sport in which balls are kicked, such as football (soccer, American Football, Aussie rules, etc.)

\teng\ can mean to "obey" when the object refers to an authority figure.

/wan/ can take a VP as an indirect object which explains the purpose of "finding"

\yiu\ /ching/ sometimes seems to take a VP (the thing being invited to be done), however, in such cases the NP (the one being invited) is always understood by the hearer.  The VP is actually the indirect object.

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