Learn five words about sports
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| Hi guys, welcome back to Cantonese weekly words. Today, we are still in Costa Rica. And we are going to talk about sports, 運動 (wan6 dung6). |
| "Sports" 運動 (wan6 dung6) |
| Let’s see if your favorite sport is in the word list. Here we go! |
| 1. 網球 (mong5 kau4) "Tennis" |
| 我最鍾意嘅網球手係祖高域。 |
| (ngo5 zeoi3 zung1 ji3 ge3 mong5 kau4 sau2 hai6 zou2 gou1 wik6.) |
| "My favorite tennis player is Djokovic." |
| And who is your favorite Tennis player? |
| 手 (sau2) is actually a "hand" |
| Literally "tennis hand," 網球手 (mong5 kau4 sau2), is "tennis player." |
| The next word is... |
| 2. 羽毛球 (jyu5 mou4 kau4) "Badminton" |
| 羽毛球 (jyu5 mou4 kau4) |
| 羽毛 (jyu5 mou4) is actually "feather"; and 球 (kau4) is a "ball." |
| So "the ball with the feather" is "badminton." |
| "My cousin is a badminton instructor." |
| 我表弟係教羽毛球嘅。 |
| (ngo5 biu2 dai2 hai6 gaau3 jyu5 mou4 kau4 ge3.) |
| 3. 籃球 (laam4 kau4) "Basketball" |
| It’s probably most of you guys’ favorite sport. |
| So, 籃 (laam4), literally, is "basket." |
| So – and the ball. So basket and ball, "basketball," 籃球 (laam4 kau4). |
| "I don’t know much about basketball." |
| 我唔係好識籃球 (ngo5 m4 hai6 hou2 sik1 laam4 kau4). |
| I only know players like LeBron James or Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan... but most of my guy friends like basketball a lot. So they are always watching the NBA. |
| 我啲朋友成日喺度睇籃球賽 |
| (ngo5 di1 pang4 jau5 sing4 jat6 hai2 dou6 tai2 laam4 kau4 coi3.) |
| "My friends are always watching basketball matches." |
| 4. 曲棍球 (kuk1 gwan3 kau4) "Hockey" |
| 曲 (kuk1) is like "bended" or "crooked" |
| And 棍 (gwan3) is the "bat" or a "stick" |
| And then 球 (kau4) is "ball" |
| So you play with a crooked stick, that’s hockey! |
| And then so, 曲棍球 (kuk1 gwan3 kau4) "bended stick ball," "hockey." |
| "Ice hockey is famous in Canada." |
| 加拿大出名冰上曲棍球。 |
| (gaa1 naa4 daai6 ceot1 meng2 bing1 soeng6 kuk1 gwan3 kau4.) |
| 冰上曲棍球 (bing1 soeng6 kuk1 gwan3 kau4) is "ice hockey." |
| 冰(bing1) is "ice" and 上(soeng6) is like "above"; so, "on the ice." |
| Canucks is one of the most famous teams around the world, or at least in Canada. |
| And if it was not on ice, it would be field hockey. |
| It will be 草上曲棍球 (cou2 soeng6 kuk1 gwan3 kau4) |
| 草(cou2) is "grass" and 上(soeng6), again, is "above"; |
| so, 草上曲棍球 (cou2 soeng6 kuk1 gwan3 kau4) is "field hockey," you play it on the grass. |
| 我玩草上曲棍球唔叻。 |
| (ngo5 waan2 cou2 soeng6 kuk1 gwan3 kau4 m4 lek1.) |
| "I'm not very good at field hockey." |
| Are you? |
| Next word is... |
| 5. 足球 (zuk1 kau4) "Soccer / football" |
| 足球 (zuk1 kau4) "Soccer" in the US, and "football" in the rest of the world. |
| 足 (zuk1) is "feet" or "foot"; 球 (kau4) "ball"; so, "football." |
| I think it is one of the most famous or most popular sports around the world. |
| 世界盃嘅足球賽事幾好睇。 |
| (sai3 gaai3 bui1 ge3 zuk1 kau4 coi3 si6 gei2 hou2 tai2.) |
| “The soccer matches for the World Cup is pretty good.” |
| It’s pretty exciting. |
| So that’s it for today. Today, we talked about sports, 運動 (wan6 dung6). |
| Which one is your favorite sports? Let us know in the comments section. |
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