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Cantonese Places

This is a list of places in Cantonese. Helpful vocabulary when discussing buildings you would like to go to, or pointing out natural landscapes.

Bank: 銀行
yínháng
Hospital: 醫院
yīyuàn
Desert: 沙漠
shāmò
Earth: 地球
dìqiú
Forest: 森林
sēnlín
Garden: 花園
huāyuán
Island:
dǎo
River: 河流
héliú
Lake:

Sea: 海洋
hǎiyáng
Sky: 天空
tiānkōng
Sun: 太陽
tàiyáng
Moon: 月亮
yuèliàng
Stars: 星星
xīngxīng
Mountain:
shān
Beach: 沙灘
shātān

These are some expressions showing how you can use the above words in a complete sentence, after including adjectives and personal pronouns.

I can see the stars: 我見到星星
wǒ jiàn dào xīngxīng
I want to go to the beach: 我想去沙灘
wǒ xiǎng qù shātān
This is a beautiful garden: 呢個花園好靚
ne gè huāyuán hǎo jìng
The moon is full tonight: 今晚月圓
jīn wǎn yuè yuán

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