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Why is our Cantonese so different to HK&Guangdong

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karwaidotnet	Feb 16 2021, 07:54 PM Return to original view \| IPv6 \| Post #1
come near me and i'll bam bam U... Senior Member 1,353 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: inside my cozy room...	QUOTE(steady bro @ Feb 16 2021, 07:45 PM) the worst one is those translated from malay, other canto ppl wont even know the meaning suma - semua pannai - pandai mata - mata-mata (polis) mataliu - polis station sotong - sotong whereas those derived from other chinese dialects still ok lok yu - lok sui (from hakka) chin/man - lui (from hakka) po lo - wong lai (from hokkien) wan - liu (from hakka) wow... never realized it before semua - chuen boh pandai - chung ming police - chai yan / keng chak police station - keng chak chih sotong - yau yiu anymore? This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: Feb 16 2021, 07:55 PM
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karwaidotnet	Feb 16 2021, 08:05 PM Return to original view \| IPv6 \| Post #2
come near me and i'll bam bam U... Senior Member 1,353 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: inside my cozy room...	QUOTE(steady bro @ Feb 16 2021, 08:00 PM) tayar - tayar enjin - enjin hak yao - minyak hitam/enjin sper part - spare part aksesoli - aksesori loli - lori loti - roti pls provide the correct cantonese version... i lazy to google but on the top of my head roti - min pau This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: Feb 16 2021, 08:06 PM
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karwaidotnet	Feb 16 2021, 10:05 PM Return to original view \| Post #3
come near me and i'll bam bam U... Senior Member 1,353 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: inside my cozy room...	QUOTE(Solar Calendar @ Feb 16 2021, 09:34 PM) Yaoyiu is cuttlefish la what is sotong? dun tell me is 'bat chau yue' that is octopus right? This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: Feb 16 2021, 10:07 PM
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karwaidotnet	Feb 16 2021, 10:11 PM Return to original view \| Post #4
come near me and i'll bam bam U... Senior Member 1,353 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: inside my cozy room...	QUOTE(steady bro @ Feb 16 2021, 08:13 PM) i also not sure some of them tayar - cheh tai enjin - hak yao - gei yao spare part - ling gin aksesori - pui gin lori - foh cheh loti - min pau lori is foh cheh? train also foh cheh
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karwaidotnet	Feb 16 2021, 11:30 PM Return to original view \| Post #5
come near me and i'll bam bam U... Senior Member 1,353 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: inside my cozy room...	QUOTE(Solar Calendar @ Feb 16 2021, 11:25 PM) Sorry I got it wrong. Yao yu is sotong i think the confusion arises from squid, cuttlefish and octopus. from google these are 3 different types fish. but i think malay & cantonese doesn't differentiate squid and cuttlefish.
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