Friday, February 26, 2010

How do you say, ';hotel, bathroom, airport, hello, and taxi,'; in Hong Kong and Vietnamese?

In Viet:


hotel=khách sạn


bathroom=nhà cầu, cầu tiêu, phòng vệ sinh, phòng tắm. The first three specifically refer to the place where you can take a leak or dump and there might be a shower there. Phòng tắm specifically means the place you can shower or bathe and it might have a john.


airport=phi trường or sây bay


hello=chào


taxi=taxiHow do you say, ';hotel, bathroom, airport, hello, and taxi,'; in Hong Kong and Vietnamese?
Cantonese, the language (Chinese dialect) spoken in Hong Kong has 9 tones, so it's hard for me to type you the correct pronouciations for each word... If you are planning to visit to Hong Kong, I don't think you'll need to learn how to say those words, simply because most people in Hong Kong expect tourists to speak English, anyway.





hotel = Tsao (up) din (low)


bathroom = chi (low) so (up)


airport = gay cheong (low)


hello = nei (up) ho (up)


taxi = dik (down) sea (up)





When need a help, just say ';m goi'; to get an attention.


where = bing do (low)


is = hai (low)


Excuse me, where can I find a bathroom?


A Cantonese speaker would simply say ';m goi, chi so hai bing do ah?';How do you say, ';hotel, bathroom, airport, hello, and taxi,'; in Hong Kong and Vietnamese?
In Hong Kong





Hello - Ni hao promounced (nee how)


Taxi - Dik si pronounced (Dick See)


Where is the bathroom Cesuo zai nar pronounced( chir zwo zai nar)





That's all I know :)

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