TBH, those English loanwords in Cantonese are in general, the easy ones. You should have included ones of progressing difficulty, eg. Medium difficulty: 布林 (plum) 奇異果 kiwi) 車厘子 （cherry） 菲林 (film) 士擔 (stamp) 結他 (guitar) 加倫 (gallon) 咪高峰 (microphone) more challenging: 士多 (store) ko1 li2 (qualifications), eg, 冇 ko1 li2 (unqualified) - can't find the character for ko1 拉臣 - license 柏文 = apartment 士巴拿 - spanner, ie, British word for wrench 尼龍 (nylon) 模特兒 (model) 迫力 (brake, of a car) 士啤呔 (spare tire, ie, beer belly) *** Finally, BTW, actually, I think 功夫 is the other way around. Kung Fu is an English loan word from Cantonese. Maybe can do another segment on English words which are actually Cantonese load words.
Thanks for the extended list! There really are lots of words out there! And totally, I've also included words in that possible came from Cantonese (or other Chinese languages) and got phonetically translated to English (功夫, 茄汁 -- this one may have been from Hokkien)
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Which words did you have trouble guessing? What other English to Cantonese loan words do you know? Let me know below!
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TBH, those English loanwords in Cantonese are in general, the easy ones. You should have included ones of progressing difficulty, eg.
Medium difficulty:
布林 (plum)
奇異果 kiwi)
車厘子 （cherry）
菲林 (film)
士擔 (stamp)
結他 (guitar)
加倫 (gallon)
咪高峰 (microphone)
more challenging:
士多 (store)
ko1 li2 (qualifications), eg, 冇 ko1 li2 (unqualified) - can't find the character for ko1
拉臣 - license
柏文 = apartment
士巴拿 - spanner, ie, British word for wrench
尼龍 (nylon)
模特兒 (model)
迫力 (brake, of a car)
士啤呔 (spare tire, ie, beer belly)
***
Finally, BTW, actually, I think 功夫 is the other way around. Kung Fu is an English loan word from Cantonese. Maybe can do another segment on English words which are actually Cantonese load words.
Thanks for the extended list! There really are lots of words out there!
And totally, I've also included words in that possible came from Cantonese (or other Chinese languages) and got phonetically translated to English (功夫, 茄汁 -- this one may have been from Hokkien)
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