A Glossary of Common Cantonese Colloquial Expressions 英譯廣州話常用口語詞彙

廣州話對日常生活情景有很生動且貼切的用語，但非粵籍人士對這些用語並不容易明白。為幫助學習廣州話之說英語人士掌握廣州話用語，本書搜集及編寫了超過三千條用語，並把它們譯成英文。每一用語詞條除載有該用語之漢字及其英文直譯外，還有該用語之耶魯拼音，解釋及出處。詞條以其耶魯拼音排序，另有筆劃索引，以便檢閱，還附有耶魯式廣州話拼音系統之詳細說明。

Cantonese has a wealth of colloquial expressions on various daily life situations which are very descriptive but not easily comprehensible to non-Cantonese. This book collects and compiles over 3,000 entries off the commonly0used ones and presents them with their English translations for English-speaking students learning Cantonese. Besides listing the expression in Chinese characters with its literal translation in English, each entry also contains it phonetic transcription in the Yale Romanization System, and a description of its meaning and sometimes its origin. The entries are arranged alphabetically according to the Yale Romanization System, and, for ease of reference, an index by the strokes of the Chinese characters of the expressions is included. There is also an explanation of the Yale Romanization System.

This book is also a useful and convenient reference for interpreters and translators in Cantonese and English and for non-Cantonese Chinese learning Cantonese.