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Yue Chinese Vocabulary - Animals

In today's lesson, we will learn some Yue Chinese words related to animals.

Main Terms

Below is a table with some Yue Chinese words related to animals, their pronunciation and translation in English.

Word in Yue Chinese	Pronunciation	Translation in English
狗	gáu	dog
猫	māu	cat
马	máh	horse
鸟	níuh	bird
鱼	yúh	fish
虫	chùhng	insect
蛇	sèh	snake
蚂蚁	máh yíh	ant
蜜蜂	mìh fàhng	bee
熊	hàuhng	bear
狮子	séi jíh	lion
猴子	hàuh jíh	monkey
猪	jūh	pig
鹿	lùh	deer
鸭	ngàh	duck

Useful Phrases

Here are some useful phrases using some of the words above in Yue Chinese with pronunciation (IPA) and translated in English.

• 我有一只狗。(ngóh yàuh yíh jī gáu.) – I have a dog.
• 我家有三只猫。(ngóh gā yàuh sāam jī māu.) – I have three cats at home.
• 我喜欢马。(ngóh hēi fàhn máh.) – I like horses.
• 我害怕蛇。(ngóh hàai pàh sèh.) – I'm afraid of snakes.
• 我喜欢蚂蚁。(ngóh hēi fàhn máh yíh.) – I like ants.
• 我家有一只熊。(ngóh gā yàuh yíh jī hàuhng.) – I have a bear at home.
• 我家有一只狮子。(ngóh gā yàuh yíh jī séi jíh.) – I have a lion at home.
• 我家有一只猴子。(ngóh gā yàuh yíh jī hàuh jíh.) – I have a monkey at home.
• 我家有一只猪。(ngóh gā yàuh yíh jī jūh.) – I have a pig at home.
• 我家有一只鹿。(ngóh gā yàuh yíh jī lùh.) – I have a deer at home.
• 我家有一只鸭。(ngóh gā yàuh yíh jī ngàh.) – I have a duck at home.

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