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This is a list of time related words in Cantonese. This includes days, months, seasons. Very helpful basic vocabulary for anyone. Let's start with days!
| Days: 日子 rìzi |
Monday: 星期一 xīngqí yī |
Tuesday: 星期二 xīngqí'èr |
Wednesday: 星期三 xīngqísān |
| Thursday: 星期四 xīngqísì |
Friday: 星期五 xīngqíwǔ |
Saturday: 星期六 xīngqíliù |
Sunday: 星期日 xīngqírì |
Now we move on to the 12 months of the year. What fun!
| January: 一月 yī yuè |
February: 二月 èr yuè |
March: 三月 sān yuè |
April: 四月 sì yuè |
| May: 五月 wǔ yuè |
June: 六月 liù yuè |
July: 七月 qī yuè |
August: 八月 bā yuè |
| September: 九月 jiǔ yuè |
October: 十月 shí yuè |
November: 十一月 shíyī yuè |
December: 十二月 shí'èr yuè |
Now let's learn about the seasons, hour, minutes and second...
| Autumn: 秋天 qiūtiān |
Winter: 冬天 dōngtiān |
Spring: 春天 chūntiān |
Summer: 夏天 xiàtiān |
| Seasons: 季節 jìjié |
Months: 月份 yuèfèn |
Time: 時間 shíjiān |
Hour: 鐘頭 zhōngtóu |
| Minute: 分鐘 fēnzhōng |
Second: 秒 miǎo |
Finally we get to the senences section. This is where you will see some of the above time related words used in a common phrase.
| Yesterday was Sunday: 噚日係星期日 xún rì xì xīngqírì |
Today is Monday: 今日係星期一 jīnrì xì xīngqí yī |
| See you tomorrow!: 聽日見 tīng rì jiàn |
I will visit you in August: 我八月會嚟探你 wǒ bā yuè huì lí tàn nǐ |
| Winter is very cold here: 呢度冬天好凍 ne dù dōngtiān hǎo dòng |
I was born in July: 我係七月出世 wǒ xì qī yuè chūshì |
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