© Dylan W.H. Sung
Hakka English
ca1 car
ca1 fetch
ca1 fork
ca1 get
ca1 lacking
ca1 take
ca1 vehicle
ca1 fong2 garage
ca1 luk5 cart wheel
ca1 m1 do1 almost
ca1 m1 do1 similar to
ca1 pai2 vehicle license
ca1 sau1 roast pork (chinese style with a red edge)
ca2 investigate
ca2 paste (vb.)
ca2 spread on
ca2 tea
ca2 bui1 teacup
ca2 fu2 tea pot
ca2 yap6 tea leaves
ca2 za1 tea leaf dregs
ca3 pull
ca4 obstruct
ca4 go4 as if
ca4 go4 as though
ca4 tang4 obstruct
cai1 knead
cai1 lau3 policeman
cai1 ma1 game of rocks paper scissors
cai1 ngin2 police
cai1 po2 policewoman
cai2 firewood
cai3 tred on
cai4 hiu4 after
cak5 destroy
cak5 dismantle
cak5 foot in length
cak5 measuring tool
cak5 take apart
cak5 thief
cak6 gate
cak6 mun2 gate
cam1 prop up against
cam1 take part in
cam1 ga1 take part in
cam1 giun1 enlist in the military
cam1 hi3 prop up
cam2 silk
cam2 cung2 silkworm
cam3 pitiful
cam3 sorrowful situation
cam4 cedar
cam4 bu1 ngit5 yesterday
cam4 bu1 ya4 last night
cam4 man1 last night
cam4 su4 cedar
can2 physical disability
can2 slime
can3 lift with a spatula
can3 slip on a slippery surface
can3 spatula
can4 earn (money)
can4 strip outer covering
can4 cen2 make money
cang1 stuff
cang2 orange
cang2 reflect off something
cang2 gong1 shiny
cang2 ngan3 dazzle
cang2 set5 orange (colour)
cang2 zai3 orange
cang4 force feed
cang4 prop (n.)
cap5 classifier for shovelfuls of stuff
cap5 shovel
cap5 stick into
cap5 so1 plug (electric)
cap5 su3 interfere in someone else's business
cap5 zoi4 butt in (someone's conversation)
cap6 mixed
cap6 choi4 mixed vegetables
cap6 zung3 mixed race (a disparaging term)
cat5 brush (vb.)
cat5 brush for scrubbing
cat5 eat
cat5 scrub
cat5 hai2 scrub shoes
cat6 roach
cat6 zai3 cockroach
cau1 hand copy
cau1 kip5 si4 cong2 supermarket
cau1 su4 copy out text
cau2 disturb
cau2 dynasty
cau2 noisy
cau2 wrinkled
cau2 ngi3 whine (lit. noisy to the ears)
cau2 pi2 wrinkled skin
cau2 pi2 dong1 dai4 wrinkled and haggared looking
cau2 sen1 korea
cau2 sip5 damp
cau3 grass
cau3 stir fry
cau3 fan4 fried rice
cau3 gu1 straw mushroom
cau3 mang3 grass-hopper
cau3 vok6 stir fry cook (occupation)
cau3 yiu2 ng2 sack from a job
cau3 zit5 cricket (insect)
cau4 mischievous
cau4 su4 make a nuisance