Cantonese Vocabulary April 2016 Yale and English only. gáan chīng - called something for short daaih fōng - generous; easy going heung wóhng - yearn for; look forward to maahn yāt - just in case gáau waaht - crafty; tricky kwāi leuht - law; regular pattern wòh sihn - kind and gentle; genial jám tàuh - pillow daaih sāi yèuhng - Atlantic Ocean taai pìhng yèuhng - Pacific Ocean mahk sāng yàhn - stranger sahm jī - even to the extent that ying fuh - deal with; cope with seui fuhk - convince ; persuade sihn mouh - admire; envy séi yìhng - death penalty sàhn bei - mysterious; mystical hàhng wàih - action; behaviour; conduct hung jai - control jyūn sām - concentrate one’s attention sìhng jīk - achievement; success; results (of work/study) fai yìhm - pneumonia yān sou - factor; element dāk jéung - win (be awarded) a prize tàih séng - remind; warn; call attention to juhng yiu - important; significant; major gú laih - encourage; urge chùhng kái - restart; reboot páahng kàuh - baseball bou fuhk - retaliate sēui kàuh - requirement; demand hei kàuh - balloon jīng chói - brilliant; wonderful sēung johng - collide lìhn wàahn - a chain of rings dōng chèuhng - on the spot; then and there jīng sēung - a minor wound; flesh wound kwāi mòuh - scale; scope tìuh jāi - regulate yihn doih - modern