Learn five words to describe hobbies
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| Hello! Welcome to Cantonese weekly words! I’m Olivia, and we are in Hong Kong, but it’s raining today. We are going to talk about a bunch of Cantonese words, let’s see what’s the topic. |
| This week’s theme is Hobbies. |
| 跳舞 (tiu3 mou5) |
| 跳舞 (tiu3 mou5) is to dance, dancing. 我細個有學跳舞㗎。(ngo5 sai3 go3 jau5 hok6 tiu3 mou5 gaa3.)”I used to learn dancing when I was younger.” I did jazz dance. |
| 玩樂器 (waan2 ngok6 hei3) |
| 玩樂器 (waan2 ngok6 hei3) is to play a musical instrument. |
| 樂器 (ngok6 hei3) is music instrument. |
| Again, “I used to play music instrument when I was younger. I used to play the saxophone.” 我細個都有玩樂器。我係吹SAXOPHONE嘅。(ngo5 sai3 go3 dou1 jau5 waan2 ngok6 hei3. ngo5 hai6 ceoi1 SAXOPHONE ge3.) |
| 影相 (jing2 soeng2) |
| 影相 (jing2 soeng2) is to take photo or photography. That’s one of my hobbies too. |
| 影相 (jing2 soeng2) in a sentence: 我鍾意影相，但係唔鍾意拎住好大部相機。(ngo5 zung1 ji3 jing2 soeng2, daan6 hai6 m4 zung1 ji3 lik1 zyu6 hou2 daai6 bou6 soeng2 gei1.) ”I like taking photos but I don't like carrying a heavy camera.” |
| 唱歌 (coeng3 go1) |
| 唱歌 (coeng3 go1) is to sing. La-la-la, to sing. |
| 我都學過唱歌，但係我唔鍾意。(ngo5 dou1 hok6 gwo3 coeng3 go1, daan6 hai6 ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3.) “I learned singing but I didn't like it.” and I’m tone deaf. |
| 書法 (syu1 faat3) |
| 書法 (syu1 faat3) is calligraphy. Chinese calligraphy, we hold the pen like this, it’s vertical; we hold it vertically. |
| 書法 (syu1 faat3) |
| 我媽媽有寫書法。(ngo5 maa4 maa1 jau5 se2 syu1 faat3.) “My mother does calligraphy.” It’s true, and she’s pretty good at it. |
| That’s it for today, today we talked about hobbies. What kind of hobbies do you have? And I’ll see you next time at Cantonese weekly words. Bye! |
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