Thanks for service or small help
Someone brings your tea, holds a door or helps with directions.
Thank youin Cantonese.
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Canto SchoolPronunciation
多謝
do1 ze6
thank you
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Thank you in Cantonese: 唔該 or 多謝?
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The Cantonese phrase
Which Cantonese thank-you?
多謝 (do1 ze6) fits a gift, compliment, or meaningful favour. For routine service or a small practical favour, 唔該 (m4 goi1) is the useful other choice.
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Read the phrase
- Meaning
- thank you
- Traditional Chinese
- 多謝
- Jyutping
- do1 ze6
Two ways to say thank you in Cantonese
English uses “thank you” for both. In Cantonese, the situation helps you choose.
Thank you for a gift or bigger favour
Someone gives you a present, pays you a compliment or does you a meaningful favour.
How to pronounce it
Hear do1 ze6 as one two-syllable thank-you. Keep the two tone numbers with their own syllables when you read the Jyutping.
Play 多謝, then compare it with the separate recording for 唔該. Choose the phrase for the situation, not just for the English word “thanks.”
When to use it
Use 多謝 (do1 ze6) to thank someone for a gift, compliment or substantial favour. For routine service or small practical help, choose 唔該 (m4 goi1). The longer example below thanks someone for looking after a daughter; the short recording above says just 多謝.
Try it when: Thanking someone for a gift, compliment, or substantial favor.
Rough literal gloss: many thanks.
Hear it in context
Thanks for watching my daughter
多謝你幫我睇住個女do1 ze6 nei5 bong1 ngo5 tai2 zyu6 go3 neoi5
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