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Related Words

Word	Jyutping	Meaning
番梘	faan1 gaan2	soap. Mand.: 肥皂. 梘 is probably related to 鹼 or 碱 (alkaline).;
番石榴	faan1 sek6 lau4*2	the guava fruit | Some Cant. dialects: 雞屎果 | Scientific name: Psidium guajava;
一番	jat1 faan1	a course; a turn;
番茄	faan1 ke4*2	tomato [Var.] 蕃茄;
十年人事幾番新	sap6 nin4 jan4 si6*2 {gei2 gei1} {faan1 pun1} san1	things change a lot in ten years, times have changed
了番出嚟	liu5 {faan1 pun1} ceot1 lei4/lai4	to bring up something from the past, to raise an old grievance.
留番拜山先講	lau4 faan1 baai3 saan1 sin1 gong2	(leave it for paying respects to the dead)a request to defer some topic, let's not talk too much about it now" (i.e. let's leave it for when paying repects to the dead)."
求番支好籤	kau4 {faan1 pun1} zi1 {hou2 hou3} cim1	to seek advice from an experienced person.
慳番啖氣	haan1 faan1 daam6 hei3	"save your breath," used to tell someone who is talking that it is pointless and nobody is listening to him;
番薯	faan1 syu4*2	sweet potato | [普]: 白薯;

Related Sentences

Sentence	SWC	Jyutping	Meaning
基本上間屋布置好咗，剩番啲頭頭尾尾啫		gei1 bun2 soeng6 gaan1 uk1 bou3 zi3 hou2 zo2，zing6 faan1 di1 tau4 tau4 mei5 mei5 ze1	The apartment has basically been decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.
佢 用 英文 嚟 演講 簡直 係 好 到 冇得頂 ， 完 咗 之後 我 大讚 佢 一番 。	她的 英文演講 無可挑剔 ， 所以 演講完後 我去 稱讚 她 。	keoi5 jung6 jing1 {[1] man4 [2] man1 [3] man6} {lei4 lai4} jin2 gong2 gaan2 zik6 hai6 {[1] hou2 [2] hou3} {dou3 dou3*2} mou5 dak1 {deng2 (coll) ding2 (lit)} jyun4 zo2 zi1 hau6 ngo5 daai6 zaan3 keoi5 jat1 {faan1(pun1 in placename)}	Her speech in English was impeccable, so Icomplimented her afterwards.
(yue) 你隻乸幾時番黎煮飯俾你食呀？		nei5 zek3 naa2 gei2 si4 faan1 lai4 zyu2 faan6 bei2 nei5 sik6 aa3	When will your woman come home to cook for you?
(yue) 我琢磨緊佢尋日同我講果番說話有乜嘢意思。		ngo5 doek3 mo4 gan2 keoi5 cam4 jat6 tung4 ngo5 gong2 go2 faan1 syut3 waa6 jau5 mat1 je5 ji3 si1	He told me something yesterday and I'm thinking about what those words mean.
(yue) 鋪鋪都係你食出雞糊;真係密食當三番喎。		pou1 pou1 dou1 hai6 nei5 sik6 ceot1 gai1 wu2, zan1 hai6 mat6 sik6 dong3 saam1 faan1 wo3	You keep winning with Chicken Hand; it sums up as if you have won with a 3 Fans hand.
(yue) 幫樽嘢飲扱番個蓋。		bong1 zoen1 je5 jam2 kap1 faan1 go3 goi3	Put the lid back to the bottle.
(yue) 唔好跑;因住隻腳先得㗎;你啱啱先好番咋。		m4 hou2 paau2, jan1 zyu6 zek3 goek3 sin1 dak1 gaa2, nei5 ngaam1 ngaam1 sin1 hou2 faan1 zaa3	Don't run. You have to mind your foot which has just recovered.