Culture Class: Essential Cantonese Vocabulary
Let Cantonese culture be your guide as you build up essential vocabulary and phrases.
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Culture Class: Essential Cantonese Vocabulary

What are the 5 most popular sweets in Hong Kong? What vocabulary do you need to know to have a conversation with Cantonese-speaking locals? You'll learn all this and more in this Culture Class Series! Vocabulary is essential to mastering Cantonese. In this 25-lesson series, you'll learn the *most* essential Cantonese vocabulary words related to culture and daily life. These words have been hand picked by our Cantonese native speakers and cover topics like popular dishes in Hong Kong, and its holidays and cities.

Lesson # Title
(English)
Topic
(English)
Target sentences
(Target Language)
1 National Holidays Daily Life 農曆新年
聖誕節
端午節
中秋節
國慶
2 Food Food & Drink 點心
燒味
炒飯
雲吞麵
蛋撻
3 Drinks Food & Drink 港式奶茶
鴛鴦
紅豆冰
維他奶
鹹檸七
4 Home-cooked Meals Food & Drink 蕃茄炒蛋
蒸水蛋
梅菜蒸肉餅
薑蔥蒸魚
蒜蓉芥蘭
5 Sweets and Desserts Food & Drink 紅豆沙
杏仁茶
楊枝甘露
西米布甸
豆腐花
6 Fruits Food & Drink 沙田柚
荔枝
火龍果
龍眼
榴槤
7 Vegetables Food & Drink 白菜
菜心
芥蘭
黃芽白
矮瓜
8 Food Souvenirs Society & Culture 蛋卷
山楂餅
蝦子麵
杏仁餅
沙琪瑪
9 Pop and Traditional Culture Culture & Society 太極
中醫
粵劇
港產片
遊行
10 Types of Places to Live People & Homes 公屋
劏房
居屋
私人屋苑
豪宅
11 Notable Figures Culture & Society 孫中山
彭定康
董建華
李小龍
梁朝偉
12 Animals Geography & Nature 馬騮


熊貓
白海豚
13 Plants Geography & Nature 洋紫荊
蘭花
荷花
水仙
劍蘭
14 Geographical Features Geography & Nature
海港


沙灘
15 Districts Geography & Nature 中西
離島
油尖旺
沙田
灣仔
16 Sports Recreation & Leisure 跑馬
足球
羽毛球
保齡
乒乓波
17 Tourist Attractions and Places Recreation & Leisure 山頂
維港
星光大道
海洋公園
天壇大佛
18 Inside a Home People & Homes 外傭
神枱
麻雀
冷氣機
晾衫架
19 Medicines and drugs Health & Emergencies 必理痛
川貝枇杷露
白花油
廿四味
西瓜霜
20 Natural Disasters Health & Emergencies 颱風
山泥傾瀉
水浸
禽流感
山火
21 Modes of transportation Transportation & around town 地鐵
小巴
巴士
渡輪
電車
22 Shops or services in town Transportation & around town 便利店
藥房
商場
超市
咖啡室
23 Chain Stores Transportation & around town 百老匯
萬寧
七十一
周生生
惠康
24 Musicians and Artists Fine Arts 曾灶財
新馬師曾
王菲
張學友
梅艷芳
25 Writers Fine Arts 金庸
亦舒
張愛玲
倪匡
劉以鬯