Learn five words related to tourism
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| Hi guys, welcome to CantoneseClass101.com’s weekly words. Today, we are going to talk about tourism. |
| "Tourism" 旅遊 (leoi5 jau4) |
| Do you like traveling? Let us know in the comments section. Let’s get started with the words now. |
| The first word is... |
| 1. 遊客 (jau4 haak3) "Tourist" |
| 遊 (jau4) is kind of like "travel," the word is for travel; |
| and 客 (haak3) is "customer." So, the customer who travels are tourists. |
| 今日有好多遊客喺呢區喎，唔知乜事呢？ |
| (gam1 jat6 jau5 hou2 do1 jau4 haak3 hai2 ni1 keoi1 wo3, m4 zi1 mat1 si6 ne1?) |
| "There are a lot of tourists in the area today.” |
| 今日有好多遊客喺呢區 (gam1 jat6 jau5 hou2 do1 jau4 haak3 hai2 ni1 keoi1) |
| "I wonder what happened? Some events." |
| 2. 導遊 (dou6 jau4) "Tour guide" |
| 導遊 (dou6 jau4) |
| 導(dou6) is "to lead" and 遊(jau4) is "travel." |
| So someone who leads the traveling is 導遊 (dou6 jau4), the "tour guide." |
| 跟住個導遊行呀！ |
| (gan1 zyu6 go3 dou6 jau4 haang4 aa3!) |
| "Follow the tour guide!" |
| Don’t lose him or don’t wander around and lost track of the tour guide. That happened to me once in the tour that I joined. One lady was wandering around and the tour guide cannot find her afterwards. Well luckily, she found the other tour guide from the other company and they kind of – the tour guides kind of know each other. So they called each other and said, hey, I found a lady from your tour. Come pick her up. So lucky for her. |
| Anyways, 導遊 (dou6 jau4). |
| 跟住個導遊行呀！ |
| (gan1 zyu6 go3 dou6 jau4 haang4 aa3!) |
| "Follow the tour guide!" |
| Or, |
| 導遊識好多嘢。 |
| (dou6 jau4 sik1 hou2 do1 je5.) |
| "The tour guide knows a lot." |
| They usually know everything about the area, the history, the culture, the everything, the background. What’s good to eat, where to go, right? |
| 3. 旅遊指南 (leoi5 jau4 zi2 naam4) "Guidebook" |
| Do you bring a guidebook when you travel? I used to buy a guidebook that was outdated. So all the train schedule was off and I went to the train station way too early. But that was better than being late, right? |
| 千祈唔好買本舊嘅旅遊指南。 |
| (cin1 kei4 m4 hou2 maai5 bun2 gau6 ge3 leoi5 jau4 zi2 naam4.) |
| "Remember not to buy an outdated guidebook." |
| Or the same thing will happen to you. |
| Next is... |
| 4. 旅遊巴 (leoi5 jau4 baa1) |
| So 旅遊 (leoi5 jau4) is the word for "travel" and 巴 (baa1) is short for 巴士(baa1 si2), which is "bus." Easy, right? |
| So 旅遊巴 (leoi5 jau4 baa1) "Tour bus, travel bus" |
| Bus for travellers, bus for taking tourists to places. |
| 旅遊巴 (leoi5 jau4 baa1) |
| 呢架旅遊巴有冇廁所呢？ |
| (ni1 gaa3 leoi5 jau4 baa1 jau5 mou5 ci3 so2 ne1?) |
| "Is there any washroom on this tour bus?" |
| Some do and some don’t depending if you are going on a long trip, right but usually people don’t like to use the toilet on the tour bus unless it’s really necessary. |
| 5. 瀑布 (buk6 bou3) "Waterfall" |
| 布 (bou3) is kind of like a cloth. So water running down like cloth is waterfall. Pretty name, right? |
| 日本有好多好靚嘅瀑布。 |
| (jat6 bun2 jau5 hou2 do1 hou2 leng3 ge3 buk6 bou3.) |
| "There are a lot of beautiful waterfalls in Japan." |
| Have you been to any of those? Let us know in the comments section. |
| 6. 公園 (gung1 jyun2) "Park" |
| 公園 (gung1 jyun2) |
| This is a 公園 (gung1 jyun2), "park." |
| When you travel, sometimes you go to the National Park. So that is 國家公園 (gwok3 gaa1 gung1 jyun2) "National Park." |
| 黃 (wong4) "Yellow." |
| 石 (sek6) "stone." |
| 國家 (gwok3 gaa1) is "national." |
| And 公園 (gung1 jyun2) is "park." |
| So "Yellowstone National Park" |
| 黃石國家公園 (wong4 sek6 gwok3 gaa1 gung1 jyun2) |
| 今日天氣咁好，我哋去公園囉。 |
| (gam1 jat6 tin1 hei3 gam3 hou2, ngo5 dei6 heoi3 gung1 jyun2 lo3.) |
| "It's such a nice day today, let's go to the park." |
| Let’s go! |
| So I will see you next time because I am going to the park and please subscribe. Check out the word list on CantoneseClass101.com, I am Olivia and I will see you next time. Thanks for watching. Bye! |
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