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This is a list of school related words in Cantonese. To help you discuss topics in your classrom with other students. We focused on the main used ones.
| Book: 書 shū |
Books: 書／好多書 shū/hǎoduō shū |
Pen: 筆 bǐ |
Dictionary: 字典 zìdiǎn |
| Library: 圖書館 túshū guǎn |
Desk: 書枱 shū tái |
Student: 學生 xuéshēng |
Teacher: 老師 lǎoshī |
| Chair: 凳 dèng |
Paper: 紙 zhǐ |
Page: 頁 yè |
Pencil: 鉛筆 qiānbǐ |
| Notebook: 筆記簿 bǐjì bù |
Laptop: 手提電腦 shǒutí diànnǎo |
Question: 問題 wèntí |
Answer: 答案 dá'àn |
| School: 學校 xuéxiào |
University: 大學 dàxué |
To write: 寫 xiě |
To read: 讀 dú |
| To speak: 講 jiǎng |
To listen: 聽 tīng |
To think: 諗 shěn |
To understand: 理解／明白 lǐjiě/míngbái |
These are a couple sentences you might need to use in a classroom.
| I have a question: 我有問題 wǒ yǒu wèntí |
What's the name of that book?: 嗰本書叫咩名? gè běnshū jiào miē míng? |
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