Last updated July 7, 2009

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Adjectives (1)

short	矮	ngai2 / ai2	tall	高	gou1
light	輕	heng1 / hing1	heavy	重	cung5
short (length)	短	dyun2	long	長	coeng4
fat	肥	fei4	thin	瘦	sau3
slow	慢	maan6	fast	快	faai3
beautiful	漂亮	piu1 loeng6	pretty / handsome	靚	leng3 粵

Examples
Handsome boy!	靚仔!	leng3 zai2 粵
He is very fast.	佢好快	keoi5 hou2 faai3 粵

Usage Note

靚 is now only used in Cantonese although Mandarin speakers should be able to guess its meaning.

Character Analysis

亮 = bright, clear, brilliant

　

　

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