WITH AUNTIE · SHOPPING
I'm just browsing
A short Cantonese phrase for a real conversation.
The Cantonese phrase
我睇吓啫ngo5 tai2 haa5 ze1
I am just having a look.
When to say it
Use this when a shop assistant offers help and you want to keep looking before deciding what to buy.
Read the Cantonese line
- Cantonese
- 我睇吓啫
- Jyutping
- ngo5 tai2 haa5 ze1
- English
- I am just having a look.
A little more meaning.
The phrase says you are only having a look. The final 啫 adds the sense of ‘just’ or ‘that's all’; keep it with the rest of the sentence.
Piece it together.
- 我ngo5
- I
- 睇吓tai2 haa5
- have a look
- 啫ze1
- just / that's all
The numbers in Jyutping mark the tones. Listen to the whole phrase to hear how it flows.