Dragon Boat Festival 端午節

 Dragon Boat Festival in Cantonese

端午節 dyun1 ng5 zit3

Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)

端午節仲係公眾假期

tyun¹ ng⁵ zit³  cung⁶ hai⁶  kung¹ cung³ kaa³ gei⁴

Dragon boat festival is a public holiday

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端午節就嚟到，所以周圍都有棕買

tyun¹ng⁵zit³ zau⁶lei² tou³，so²yi⁵ zau¹wai⁴ tou¹ yau⁵ zung² maai⁵

it's almost Dragon boat festival, so we can buy rice dumpling everywhere.

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我鍾意端午節，因為可以食棕

ngo⁵ cung¹yi³ tyun¹ng⁵zit³，yan¹wai⁶ ho²yi³ sik⁶ zung²

I like Dragon Boat festival because i can eat rice dumplings

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粽⧸糭 zung²

rice dumplings wrapped in leaves

pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves (usu. eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival)

食棕 sik⁶ zung² eat stiky rice

一齊食棕 yat¹ jai⁴ sik¹ zung² Lets eat sticky rice together

糯米雞 lo⁶ mai⁵ kai¹

a common Chinese dim sum dish made from sticky rice, Chinese mushrooms, chicken, Chinese pork sausage etc. wrapped and steamed in a lotus leaf

咸肉棕 haam⁴ yuk⁶ zung²

savoury rice dumpling / Salty meat sticky rice

梘水棕 gaan² seoi² zung²

Sticky rice dumplings treated with lye water

扒龍舟 paa⁴ lung⁴ zau¹

Dragon boat race

龍舟水

lung⁴ zau¹ seoi²

Heavy rain during the period around Dragon Boat Festival

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龍舟比賽好刺激

lung⁴zau¹ pei²joi³ hou² ji³kik¹

Dragon Boat race is very exciting

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六月十四日，我想睇朳龍舟

luk⁶ yut⁶ sap⁶ se³ ho，ngo⁵ soeng² dai² baa⁴ lung⁴ zau¹

June 14th，I want to watch the dragon boat

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今日有扒龍舟賽事

kam¹ yat⁶ yau⁵ baa⁴ lung⁴ zau¹ coi³ si⁶

Today there is dragon boat competition

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朳龍舟要打鼓

baa⁴ lung⁴ zau¹ yiu³ taa² gu²

People strike the drums when they row the dragon boat

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Other Cantonese Vocabulary 

kaa¹ nin⁴ waa⁴

嘉年華

Carnival

 Dragon Boat Festival Vocabulary Cantonese

 端午節 dyun1 ng5 zit3

傳統節日 cyun4 tung2 zit3 jat6

農曆 nung4 lik6

五月初五 ng5 jyut6 co1 ng5

公共假期 gung1 gung6 gaa3 kei4

習俗 zaap6 zuk6

來源 loi4 jyun4

嘉年華 gaa1 nin4 waa4

節日活動 zit3 jat6 wut6 dung6

屈原 wat1 jyun4

紀念 gei2 nim6

屍體 si1 tai2

自盡 zi6 zeon6

愛國 ngoi3 gwok3

詩人 si1 jan4

詩歌 si1 go1

English

Dragon Boat Festival traditional holiday lunar calendar fifth day of fifth month public holiday customs

origins carnival holiday activities Qu Yuan commemorate corpse

suicide patriotic

poet

poetry 

 Dragon Boat Festival Vocabulary Cantonese (2/3)

   Chinese

糭 包糭 食糭 鹼水糭 鹹肉糭 裹蒸糭 材料 糯米 竹葉 綠豆 五花腩 鹹蛋黃 冬菇

English

glutinous rice dumpling wrap glutinous rice dumpling eat glutinous rice dumpling sweet rice dumpling savoury (meat) dumpling rice dumpling ingredients glutinous rice bamboo leaves

mung beans

pork belly

salted egg yolk mushrooms

Jyutping

zung2

baau1 zung2 sik6 zung2 gaan2 seoi2 zung2 haam4 juk6 zung2 gwo2 zing1 zung2 coi4 liu2

no6 mai5

zuk1 jip6

luk6 dau6

ng5 faa1 naam5 haam4 daan2 wong4 dung1 gu1

 

 Dragon Boat Festival Vocabulary Cantonese (3/3)

   Chinese

  龍舟

 扒龍舟

 龍舟比賽

 賽龍舟

扒龍舟賽事

  打鼓

  鑼鼓

  鼓手

  船槳

 遊龍舟水

維多利亞港

  舉行

  練習

  隊

  開始

  終點

  冠軍

 第二名

  觀眾

English

dragon boat

row a dragon boat dragon boat race dragon boat race dragon boat race

beat the drums

gongs and drums drummer

oar

swim in "dragon boat" waters Victoria harbour

hold (an event) practice

team

start

finishing point champion

the second audience

Jyutping

lung4 zau1

paa4 lung4 zau1 lung4 zau1 bei2 coi3 coi3 lung4 zau1

paa4 lung4 zau1 coi3 si6 daa2 gu2

lo4 gu2

gu2 sau2

syun4 zoeng2

jau4 lung4 zau1 seoi2 wai4 do1 lei6 ngaa3 gong2 geoi2 hang4

lin6 zaap6

deoi6

hoi1 ci2

zung1 dim2

gun1 gwan1

dai6 ji6 ming4

gun1 zung3

竹葉 zuk1 leaf6 bamboo leaf

搶旗 coeng2 kei4 Grab the flag

 

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