Chinese Cantonese 2 minutes

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  • 19098 boyfriend; manipulator

    1. This is my boyfriend, he is an engineer.

    呢個係 我嘅 男朋友,佢係 一個 工程師。

    * girlfriend 女 朋友

    engineering 工程 學

    2. US treasury labels China as a currency manipulator. 

    美國 財政部 將中國 定為 匯率 操縱國。

     

    3 min
  • 19097 slow; horror

    1.Sorry, I did not hear you clearly. Could you please speak slowly?

    唔好意思,我冇 聽清楚,可唔可以 講慢哋 呢?

    * sorry 對不住

    2. A weekend of horror in Texas and Ohio. 

    喺德州 同 俄亥俄州嘅 一個 恐怖 週末。

    * gun 槍

    gun shooting 槍擊

    case 案

    gun shooting, mass shooting 槍擊案

    3 min
  • 19096 paper; immigrant

    1.

    --what are you doing?

    --你 正係度 做乜嘢?

    --I am doing some paper work.

    -- 我 正係度做/做緊 一哋 文件 工作。

    * paper 紙

    2.

    How donuts have benefitted America's immigrants?

    甜甜圈 係啶樣 幫助 美國的 移民?

     

    3 min
  • 19095 church; vegetarian

    1.

    I go to church every other Sunday.

    我 每隔 一周嘅 禮拜日 去教堂。

    * Christianity 基督教

    2.

    Is a vegetarian Diet bad for your brain? 

    素食 對 你嘅 大腦 係唔係 唔好?

    * bad  唔好,衰

     

     

    3 min
  • 19094 Chinese; export

    1.

    -- Your Chinese is very good!

    -- thank you!

    --你嘅 中文 真係好!

    -- 唔該嗮!/ 一般般!

    * Chinese people  中國人 

    2.

    Trump announces deal to expand US beef exports to Europe.

    特朗普 宣佈 擴大 對 歐洲嘅 牛肉 出口 交易。

    * import 進口

    3 min
  • 19093 bank; governor

    1. 

    --How should I send money internationally?

    我應該 啶樣 國際 匯款?

    --You can go to a bank to get a wire transfer.

    你可以 去銀行 辦理 電匯。

     2.

    Who will be Puerto Rico's next governor? (source: NPR)

    邊個 將係 波多黎各嘅 下一任 州長?

    * next  下一個

    3 min
  • 19092 letter; plastic

    1.

    --There is a letter for you.

    --Thank you.

    --有 一封 你嘅 信 -- 謝謝

    * there is (refer to a certain place) 個度 有

    letter 信,郵件

    a parcel 一個 包裹

    2.

    Ever more countries are banning plastic bag. 

    截止到依加 最多嘅 國家 開始 禁止 塑料袋。

    * more 更多

    less 更少

    least 最少

    till now 至今, 截止 到 依加

    3 min
  • 19091 rain; amputee

    1. 

    --Did you get rained on?

      你 淋咗雨 沒?

    --No, I bring my raincoat.

      冇,我帶著 雨衣/遮。

    * rain v. 落雨

    2. 

    A robot hand helps amputees "feel" again. 

    一個 機器手 幫助 截肢者 重返/恢復 知覺。

    * 

    arm 手臂

    finger 手指

    feel 感覺

    recover 恢復,重返

    3 min
  • 19090 sorry; premiership

    1. 

    --Excuse me. 唔好意思。

    --I am so sorry, are you hurt? 

    對不住,你受傷著沒?

    --I am ok. No worries.

    我仲好,冇事/唔緊要。

    * hurt (ache) 疼痛

    2.

    Three things to know about Boris Johnson's premiership. 

    關於 伯里斯.約翰遜嘅 首相任期 需要知道嘅 三件事。

     * prime minister  總理

    4 min
  • 19089 hair; bird

    1. 

     

    Hello, I would like to cut my hair.

    你好,我想 剪 頭髮。

    *trim 修輯

    wash 洗

    blowdry 吹幹 定型

    wash-cut-blowdry 洗剪吹 

    perm 燙

    2.

    Bizarre 'bird of prey' airliner concept design revealed.

    奇特嘅 捕食鳥 飛機嘅 概念設計 被展示 出嚟。

     * prey n. 被捕食者

    4 min

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"Chinese Cantonese 2 minutes" is a two to three minute podcast about Cantonese. There are two parts in each episode. One comes from daily life, the other comes from the news. I hope my podcast can…