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Cantonese sayings

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    Our coil bound notebooks with lined pages make for easy lie flat note-taking.
    Perfect for: expressing all the feels, practicing Canto slang, snarky linguists

    Here's what these words mean:
    Yeet hay (熱氣) - referencing a Chinese medicine thing about eating foods that cause heat in the body, leading to pimples, sore throats, canker sores, etc.
    Wei? (喂) - not really slang, it's how we say hello on the phone
    Ga yau (加油) - go for it, more effort, literally means add gas
    Aiya (哎呀) - an interjection that can be used to express everything!
    Ho duk yee (好得意) - so cute
    Chee seen (黐線) - crazy, literally means stuck/crossed wires
    Fai dee lah (快啲啦) - hurry up
    Yook shoon (肉酸) - gross, ewww
    Ma ma day (麻麻哋) - so so, just OK
    So ma fan (麻煩) - so annoying, fussy, what a pain, irritating, a lot of bother
    Mo saw wai (無所謂) - whatever, doesn't matter

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    • Sized 7.5" x 9.75"
    • Coil bound
    • 110 lined pages
    • Printed on FSC-certified 130lb + 60lb uncoated stock
    • Made in Canada
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    Coil bound lined notebook with various Cantonese phrases in english and Chinese characters
    Cantonese sayings
    Cantonese sayings