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Friday, 1 November 2024

Cantonese Chinese Phrases

Sai fong yan 西方人 westerner
Oi gok yan 外國人 foreigner
Gwok jik  國籍 nationality
Juong jook 種族 ethnicity

Hong Kong gor szer wui, jung gok yan dor /  香港嘅社會,中國人多 / in Hong Kong society, Chinese people are the ethnic majority / there are many Chinese people in Hong Kong society

Hau gumm 口感 mouth feel/texture

Yut yeen wai ding 一言為定 deal (this phrase is used when you've made an agreement or a plan)

Jeurng but pongg 象拔蚌 geoduck (seafood, clam that looks like an elephants trunk)

面, 係人哋畀. 架, 係自己丟.
面子系人家畀嘅,脸皮系自己丢嘅。自己首先要做好,人家先会给面你;如果自己做唔好,就会无面,咎由自取,不能怨人。(Respect is given by others/you need to earn respect, face is lost by yourself/shame is brought on by yourself).

Sangg yee hing luong 生意興隆 (when someone opens their new business you wish them a booming/successful business).

我讀得書少,你唔好呃我 I am not well educated, don't lie to me /don't try to trick me.

天氣凍呀,記住著多件衫呀 weather is getting cold, remember to wear more clothes

藕絲步雲履 (sunwukongs shoes)

婊子養的 (bastard)

草泥馬祖國 (fuck the motherland)

Wu lei jingg 狐狸精 fox spirit or slang for someone who likes to seduce married men

Kye gar por 契家婆 mistress

Tung tzi gwun til dan chong/ see gow dan dan 童子軍跳彈床 / Scout 彈 (rude slang for whatever / screw that)

See fut gwei / 屎忽鬼 (derogatory term for gay man, equivalent to arse bandit)

不大稱職的家嫂 (incompetent daughter in law)

食啲 清清哋 嘢 / sik dee ching ching dey yeah (eat something light and healthy)

乾炒牛河 (stir fried beef ho fun)

裙甩褲甩 / kwun lut foo lut (dress off, trousers off - when you've lost so many times when gambling, you even lose your clothes/leave without your dress/trousers)

綠綠無窮 / look look mo qung (endless greenery)





* A compilation of phrases that the Domestic Goblin learnt over the years through other people, television or social media *

2nd Floor Back Suite / 二樓後座


曲/Music: 黃家駒/Wong Ka Kui  詞/Lyrics: 黃家駒/Wong Ka Kui  

Performed by: BEYOND

Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT_s-1A5kBE


Lyrics in Chinese:

今天我 寒夜里看雪飘过
怀著冷却了的心窝飘远方
风雨里追赶 雾里分不清影踪
天空海阔你与我
可会变(谁没在变)

多少次 迎著冷眼与嘲笑
从没有放弃过心中的理想
一刹那恍惚 若有所失的感觉
不知不觉已变淡
心里爱(谁明白我)

原谅我这一生不羁放纵爱自由
也会怕有一天会跌倒
被弃了理想谁人都可以
哪会怕有一天只你共我

仍然自由自我
永遠高唱我歌 

走遍千里


English Translation:

Tonight is bitter cold, I see snow fluttering by
With a deadened heart I set off on a long journey

My heart is freezing, my mind is wandering 

Rushing through the storm, uncertainty surrounded by mists 
Between the sky and ocean, will we change in this boundlessness 
No one can escape the changes
How many times have I faced ignorance and humiliation
Never have I given up my dreams and determination           
In a moment of distraction, a feeling of abstraction 
The love in my heart has faded without realization (Can anyone understand?)
Forgive my passion for freedom, and the untamed heart
Even someday I am also frightened, I could fall hard     


Never have I given up the ideal inside my mind
I too fear I might fall down someday
Abandoning the ideal -- everyone might do it  
Everyone has a choice to betray their beliefs           
Even if someday I have nothing but you, I wouldn’t be scared
I will always be the free spirit and proud,
I will forever sing my songs out loud,
I will walk nonstop across thousands of miles...


Thursday, 1 April 2021

Wing, Whale & Rex

 暖男爸爸 主題曲/ Single Papa theme song/ My Only One


Music: Sebastian Obando Giraldo, Fernando Tobon, Andres Munera
Adapted Lyrics: 小雪
Performed by: 鄭中基 / Ronald Cheng

Music Video:

Chinese Lyrics:

今晚星光閃出真愛 夢有光圈記載
時光機主角發呆 捕捉當下是競賽
熱戀的心不可掩蓋 齋啡都斟滿愛
人生充滿意外 每刻感動在腦海

唯獨是你
一心想把你愛護到極限
苦中多粒糖 朝晚 抱緊著你
我很習慣 給你闖進生命裡 沒有圍欄

緣來是友情 尋找愛情
天 與 地 共享恬靜
被愛的瞬間 對跖點之間
有你 牽掛 是我一世 最美的浪漫
My only one
My only one

街邊的窩心小店
你給我家的 幸福意識
有溫暖的記憶 令單調都變色
我跟你一世 數月曆
失足的天使
給我安慰的 我心裡想要的 我真正需要的
你都知道

唯獨是你
一心想把你愛護到極限
苦中多粒糖 朝晚 抱緊著你
我很習慣 給你闖進生命裡 沒有圍欄

緣來是友情 尋找愛情
天 與 地 共享恬靜
被愛的瞬間 對跖點之間
有你 牽掛 是我一世 最美的浪漫

緣來是愛情 母須證明
童話 結局 命中註定
驟雨的瞬間 亂世喘息間
有你 倚靠 是我一世 最終的浪漫


English translation:

Tonight the stars shine with true love, dreams are recorded in apertures
The protagonist of the time machine is in a daze, capturing the moment is a race
The heart of passion cannot be concealed, the coffee is filled with love
Life is full of accidents, every moment is moved in my mind

You alone
I want to love you to the limit
I will hold you close to the night
I'm very used to breaking into your life without fences

Fate is friendship, looking for love
Heaven and earth share tranquillity
The moment of being loved between the opposing points
With you caring is the most beautiful romance in my life
My only one
My only one

A small shop on the street
The sense of happiness you gave to my family
There is a warm memory that makes the monotony change colour
Me and you a few months calendar
Stumbled angel
Comforting me what I want in my heart what I really need
You all know

You alone
I want to love you to the limit
I will hold you close to the night
I'm very used to breaking into your life without fences

Fate is friendship, looking for love
Heaven and earth share tranquillity
The moment of being loved between the opposing points
With you caring is the most beautiful romance in my life

Fate is love, mother must prove
Fairy tale ending destined
The moment of the shower
With you, relying on is my first life, the ultimate romance


Friday, 1 March 2019

Singing in the Imperial Gardens

The Story of Yanxi Palace Soundtrack


~ 1) Look (看) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62uuVE4FwTE&t=74s

這一杯寂寞的酒
This cup of lonely wine

把春意澆上了頭
Pouring spring time over the head

恍惚間那些溫柔
That gentleness lost in thought

再一次和我相守
Once more stays with me

模糊了堆積的愁
Piled up anxiety blurs

看歲月留了又走
Watch the years stay and go

每一夜痛的理由
The reason for the pain every night

是曾經忘掉的優
Is the worry that was once forgotten

這一首殘留的詩
The remains of this broken poem

捅破了窗戶的紙
Puncturing the paper windows

幻想著你的影子
Imagining your shadow

包裹著我的相思
Wrapping all of my thoughts

曾經的縷縷情絲
The threads of past passions

鎖不住一生一世
Can't lock for a lifetime

如今都變成各自

Having now each become their own

遺忘的陳年舊事
Forgotten happenings of the past



~ 2) Sighs of the Palace Walls (紅牆嘆) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdxKy-keM7w&t=0s&list=FLySKyX52WCx9wpqZX3XGJnw&index=4

紫禁圍紅牆
Red walls enclose the forbidden palace

情為所居良
Love is good within

斷垣塗夕陽
Broken ruins paint the sunset

一折舊夢涼
And with a flip, old dreams cool

枯葉掩疏窗
Dead leaves cover shuttered windows

誰念秋風涼
Who thinks of the autumn wind?

怎知流光逝年華
How does one know the passing time has turned into years

獨身寄盼重門深鎖
Solitary, hoping for heavy doors to bolt

修得玉色又如何
So much for refined jade

花待堪折別問因果
Flowers waiting to be picked without reason

莫等空枝隨風落
Don't wait for empty branches to fall with the wind

盼與他共剪燭西窗下
Wishing to trim the candle together with him under the west window

空惆悵亦惘然牽掛
Empty worries and disappointing nostalgia

誰憐她譜一生的淒涼
Who pity her for the bleakness of her life

浮華夢一場
All but a dream of luxury




~ 3) The Sound of Snow Falling (雪落下的聲音) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBH7JY3Ldgk&list=FLySKyX52WCx9wpqZX3XGJnw&index=2

輕輕,落在我掌心,
Lightly, falling on the centre of my palm

靜靜,在掌中結冰。
Softly, crystallizing in my palms

相逢,是前世註定,
Meeting each other is our karmic fate

痛並,把快樂嘗盡。
And hurting, brings out the utmost taste of happiness

明明,話那麼寒心,
Clearly, this talk is so chilling

假裝,那只是叮嚀。
Pretending, that is it only a warning

淚盡,也不能相信,
Exhausting tears, still not believing

此生,如紙般薄命。
This life, is as bleak as thin paper

我慢慢地聽,雪落下的聲音,
I slowly listen to the sound of falling snow

閉著眼睛幻想它不會停,
Closing my eyes and imagining that it will never end

你沒辦法靠近,決不是太薄情,
You cannot get close, but certainly not unfaithful

只是貪戀窗外好風景。
Only yearning for the beautiful views outside



~ 4) Forgetting About Each Other (相忘) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ow7ncnesR8

依稀相逢花影亂
A faint encounter with the shadow of the flower

往日翩翩眷情入耳眠

In the old days, sleep in the ear.

與君初心遙許意相伴

With June first heart remote with the meaning of

憑相思捱寒夜漫漫
It’s a long night with Acacia

怎道情深卻緣淺
How deep is the truth

心鎖深庭流光難回挽
Heart lock deep court flow pull

他人妒我紅妝枕畔溫暖
Someone else is jealous of my red makeup and the warmth of my pillow

轉身喟歎淚濕青衫
Turn gee exclaims tears wet blouse

可知誰還貪戀著一時繾綣

You know who's still greedy in a moment affectionate

幾多情終化作癡纏
A few affectionate eventually turned into an idiot pestering

若使別離斬斷牽絆
Lepers don't leave blades grieving stumbling

夢深處相忘亦難
It's hard to forget the deep dream

可知誰還貪戀這情深意重
You know who's still in love, greedy

任心緒翻湧於夢中 

Gincent flocked in his dreams

榮華安身似忘苦痛

Glorious haven seems to forget the pain

夢醒時不復新愁

When you wake up you don't have new worries

待到煙滅灰飛月白霜冷

Until the smoke is ash, the moon is cold

一念愛一念恨
A love, a thought, a hate

一念成空

One read into emptiness



~ 5) Willows of the Palace (宮牆柳) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuo57o20Qww

宮牆柳 玉搔頭
A willow by the palace wall, a jade hairpin,

纖纖紅酥手
Slender rosy soft hands.

寂寞酒 鎖春愁
The wine of solitude locks away the sorrows of spring.

往事難開口
It is hard to speak about matters of the past.

揮揮衣袖帶不走
A flourish of the sleeve cannot carry away

相思那堪憂
That bleak "yearning"?

一覺黃粱夢醒後
After waking up from a pipe dream,

閒話到白頭
The gossip will last into old age!

宮牆柳 隨風走
The willow by the palace wall follows the wind,

一步一叩首
Kowtowing once for every step.

愛悠悠 恨悠悠
Love is long-lasting, hate is long-lasting;

作繭自己囚
[I] make a cocoon and imprison [my]self.

誰說恩愛永不朽
Who said that love endures for all of eternity?

碎了千金裘
Having torn apart the fur coat worth a thousand in gold,

一夢醉倒望江樓
[I] dream that [I'm] intoxicated at the River Viewing Pavilion.

管他萬古愁
Who cares about those worries that have lasted through the ages.



* English translations and Chinese lyrics were provided by online sources *

Sunday, 1 March 2015

Tri-lingual Middle Earth

Common tongue: Rivendell. Elvish: Imladris. 

Common tongue: Helms Deep. Elvish: Aglarond.

Common tongue: The Black Pit/Dwarrowdelf. Elvish: Moria. Dwarvish: Khazad-dum.

Common tongue: Mirrormere. Dwarvish: Kheled-zaram.

Common tongue: Dreamflower/Goldenwood. Elvish: Lothlorien.

Common tongue: The Lonely Mountain. Elvish: Erebor.

Common tongue: Lake Town. Elvish: Esgaroth.

Common tongue: Gandalf/Incanus. Elvish: Mithrandir/Olorin. Dwarvish: Tharkun.

Common Tongue: Aragorn/Strider (ranger). Elvish: Elessar (elfstone) / Estel (Hope).

Common tongue: Tom Bombadil/Orald. Elvish: Iarwain/Ben-adar. Dwarvish: Forn.