Getting around in Cantonese
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Cantonese words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Cantonese phrases in this lesson
- 廁所喺邊度？CHI-so hai BIN-do
- Where is the toilet?
- ...點去？DIM HUI
- How do I get to...?
- 左邊JO-bin
- To the left
- 右邊YAU-bin
- To the right
- 直走JIK-jau
- Straight ahead
- 呢度NAY-do
- Here
- 火車站FO-che-JAAM
- Train station
- 巴士BA-si
- Bus
- 機場GEI-cheung
- Airport
- 一張票，唔該yat JEUNG PIU, m-GOY
- One ticket, please
The most urgent sentence in any language. Public toilets in Hong Kong are plentiful and well-maintained. In Cantonese, 廁所 (toilet) is the standard term, though signs may also say 洗手間 (SHAI-SAU-GAAN).
Literally "... how to go?": 尖沙咀點去？ (JIM-sa-JUI DIM HUI), how do I get to Tsim Sha Tsui?
Literally "the left side". Turn left is 轉左 (JUEN JO).
Literally "walk straight". You will also hear 行直 (HANG-jik) which means the same thing.
Most rail in Hong Kong is the MTR, 港鐵 (GONG-tit).
Borrowed from English bus. Pay with an Octopus card.
The Airport Express reaches Central in about 25 minutes.
張 (JEUNG) is the measure word for flat things like tickets and paper. For a return ticket, say 來回票 (LOI-wui PIU).