A Glossary of Common Cantonese Colloquial Expressions

By Simon So and Shaoxing Su

Book Overview

Cantonese has a wealth of colloquial expressions on various daily life situations which are very descriptive but not easily comprehensible to non-Cantonese. This book collects and compiles over 3,000 entries of the commonly used ones and presents them with their English translations for English-speaking students learning Cantonese. Besides listing the expression in Chinese characters with its literal translation in English, each entry also contains its phonetic transcription in the Yale Romanization System, and a description of its meaning and sometimes its origin. The entries are arranged alphabetically according following the Yale Romanization System, and for ease of reference, an index by the strokes of the Chinese characters of the expressions is included. There is also an elaborate description of the Yale Romanization System.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622019757
• ISBN13: 9789622019751
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher