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People


person jan4 adult 大人 daai jan4
man 男人 naam4 jan4 woman 女人 neoi5 jan4
friend 朋友 pang4 jau5 Mr. 先生 sin1 saang1
boyfriend 男朋友 naam4 pang4 jau5 girlfriend 女朋友 neoi5 pang4 jau5

 

Written

Oral

boy 男孩子 naam4 haai4 zi2
(larm hie gee)
男仔 naam4 zai2
(larm jie)
girl 女孩子 neoi5 haai4 zi2
(loi hai gee)
女仔 neoi5 zai2
(loi jie)
teenager 少年 siu2 nin4
(seew leen)
後生仔 hau6 saang1 zai2
(how sarng gee)
husband 丈夫 zoeng6 fu1 老公 lou5 gung1
wife 太太 taai3 taai3 老婆 lou5 po4
mother 母親 mou5 can1
(mo chun)
媽媽 maa4 maa1
(ma ma)
father 父親 fu6 can1
(foo chun)
爸爸 ba1 ba1
daughter 女兒 neoi5 ji4
(loi yee)
neoi5
(loi )
son 兒子 ji4 zi2
(yee gee)
zai2
(jai)

 

Usage Note

The classifier 個 is used when talkng about people.
So: 兩個人 = two people
太太 is also commonly used in speaking, 老婆 (old woman) would be considered colloquial and informal.

Character Analysis

 兒, 孩, 子 all mean baby, infant, child.    母 = female parent, so 母牛 would be cow.  
先 = first, foremost  丈 = husband 夫 = master 老 = old  公 = grandfather  婆 = old woman
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