Cantonese Quotes
Word Lists
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[The Pillow Book] The film has written and spoken dialogue in twenty-five languages - English, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Latin, Hebrew, necrotic Egyptian ... and it has written calligraphic text on paper, wood, and flesh, on flat ...
Peter Greenaway
Keywords: and :: book :: calligraphic :: cantonese :: curved :: dialogue :: egyptian :: english :: film :: five :: flat :: flesh :: french :: has :: hebrew :: in :: it :: japanese :: languages :: latin :: mandarin :: necrotic :: on :: paper :: pillow :: spoken :: surfaces :: text :: the :: twenty :: vietnamese :: wood :: writtenSource: imdb.com -
It`s funny, [...] for that sequence the director just said, say something insulting to him, it doesn`t matter what. So I said something pretty insulting, and they didn`t subtitle it, and they never asked me what it meant. [..] (Laughter) (on the insult he...
Brandon Lee
Keywords: and :: asked :: cantonese :: didn :: director :: doesn :: for :: funny :: he :: him :: in :: insult :: insulting :: it :: just :: laughter :: matter :: me :: meant :: never :: on :: pretty :: said :: say :: says :: sequence :: so :: something :: subtitle :: that :: the :: they :: to :: whatSource: imdb.com
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Words like `fabulous,` `wonderful,` `great,` `absolutely gorgeous,` they don`t exist in Cantonese. It`s good, or it`s O.K. That`s it. It`s very blunt, Cantonese. I appreciate that there are no fake words, but it`s hard to switch channels, sometimes, after...
Maggie Cheung
Keywords: absolutely :: after :: appreciate :: are :: blunt :: but :: cantonese :: channels :: don :: exist :: fabulous :: fake :: good :: gorgeous :: great :: hard :: in :: it :: like :: no :: or :: sometimes :: spent :: switch :: that :: there :: they :: time :: to :: ve :: very :: wonderful :: wordsSource: imdb.com
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Words like `fabulous,` `wonderful,` `great,` `absolutely gorgeous,` they don`t exist in Cantonese. It`s good, or it`s O.K. That`s it. It`s very blunt, Cantonese. I appreciate that there are no fake words, but it`s hard to switch channels, sometimes, after...
Maggie Cheung
Keywords: absolutely :: after :: appreciate :: are :: blunt :: but :: cantonese :: channels :: don :: exist :: fabulous :: fake :: good :: gorgeous :: great :: hard :: in :: it :: like :: no :: or :: sometimes :: spent :: switch :: that :: there :: they :: time :: to :: ve :: very :: wonderful :: wordsSource: imdb.com
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You might be saying, `I love you` to your girlfriend in Cantonese, but it will still sound like you`re fighting. It`s just our tone. We always sound like we`re in a shouting match. Mandarin is so mellow. Cantonese is strong and edgy.
Howard Lee
Keywords: always :: and :: be :: but :: cantonese :: edgy :: fighting :: girlfriend :: in :: is :: it :: just :: like :: love :: mandarin :: match :: mellow :: might :: our :: re :: saying :: shouting :: so :: sound :: still :: strong :: to :: tone :: we :: will :: you :: yourSource: thinkexist.com
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You might be saying, `I love you` to your girlfriend in Cantonese, but it will still sound like you`re fighting. It`s just our tone. We always sound like we`re in a shouting match. Mandarin is so mellow. Cantonese is strong and edgy.
Howard Lee
Keywords: always :: and :: be :: but :: cantonese :: edgy :: fighting :: girlfriend :: in :: is :: it :: just :: like :: love :: mandarin :: match :: mellow :: might :: our :: re :: saying :: shouting :: so :: sound :: still :: strong :: to :: tone :: we :: will :: you :: yourSource: thinkexist.com
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Throughout China, everyone does stir-fries, but only the Cantonese speak about wok hay. They`re experts because it`s hot and tropical there, with abundant produce and seafood. They cook and eat it quickly, with no leftovers.
Arash Sigarchi
Keywords: about :: abundant :: and :: because :: but :: cantonese :: china :: cook :: does :: eat :: everyone :: experts :: fries :: hay :: hot :: it :: leftovers :: no :: only :: produce :: quickly :: re :: seafood :: speak :: stir :: the :: there :: they :: throughout :: tropical :: with :: wokSource: thinkexist.com
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My first roommate was from Hong Kong and spoke perfect English. He also spoke Mandarin and Cantonese but wanted to learn business and legal terms, ... My second roommate was from Northern Ireland. He had taught English in Japan for two years but wanted to...
Cheryl Baker
Keywords: also :: and :: business :: but :: cantonese :: english :: first :: for :: from :: had :: he :: hong :: in :: ireland :: japan :: kong :: learn :: legal :: mandarin :: my :: northern :: perfect :: roommate :: second :: spoke :: taught :: terms :: to :: two :: wanted :: was :: work :: yearsSource: thinkexist.com
