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People

person	人	jan4	adult	大人	daai jan4
man	男人	naam4 jan4	woman	女人	neoi5 jan4
friend	朋友	pang4 jau5	Mr.	先生	sin1 saang1
boyfriend	男朋友	naam4 pang4 jau5	girlfriend	女朋友	neoi5 pang4 jau5

	Written 國		Oral 粵
boy	男孩子	naam4 haai4 zi2 (larm hie gee)	男仔	naam4 zai2 (larm jie)
girl	女孩子	neoi5 haai4 zi2 (loi hai gee)	女仔	neoi5 zai2 (loi jie)
teenager	少年	siu2 nin4 (seew leen)	後生仔	hau6 saang1 zai2 (how sarng gee)
husband	丈夫	zoeng6 fu1	老公	lou5 gung1
wife	太太	taai3 taai3	老婆	lou5 po4
mother	母親	mou5 can1 (mo chun)	媽媽	maa4 maa1 (ma ma)
father	父親	fu6 can1 (foo chun)	爸爸	ba1 ba1
daughter	女兒	neoi5 ji4 (loi yee)	女	neoi5 (loi )
son	兒子	ji4 zi2 (yee gee)	仔	zai2 (jai)

Usage Note

The classifier 個 is used when talkng about people.
So: 兩個人 = two people
太太 is also commonly used in speaking, 老婆 (old woman) would be considered colloquial and informal.

Character Analysis

　兒, 孩, 子 all mean baby, infant, child. 母 = female parent, so 母牛 would be cow.
先 = first, foremost 丈 = husband 夫 = master 老 = old 公 = grandfather 婆 = old woman