My Cantonese Lexicon VII: House

English	Cantonese	jyutping	yale
house	屋企	uk1 kei5/2*	ūk kéi
garden	花園	faa1 jyun4/2	fā yún / yùhn
vegetable garden	菜園	coi3 jyun4/2	choi yùhn
driveway	私家車道	si1 gaa1 ce1 dou6	sī gā chē douh
garage	車房	ce1 fong4	chē fóng
front door	前門	cin1 mun1	chìhn mùhn
door	門	mun1	mùhn
window	窗	coeng1	chēung
roof	屋頂	uk1 deng2	ūk déng
flue/chimney	煙筒	jin1 tung4/1	yīn tūng
antenna/aerial	天線	tin1 sin3	tīn sin
letter box (private)	信箱	seon3 soeng1	seun sēung
" "	郵筒	jau4 tung4/2	yàuh túng
skylight	天窗	tin1 coeng1	tīn chēung
basement / cellar	地窖	dei6 gaau3	deih gaau
attic	閣樓	gok3 lau4/2	gok láu
living room	客廳	haak3 teng1	haak tēng
dining room	飯廳	faan6 teng1	faahn tēng
bathroom	浴室	juk6 sat1	yuhk sāt
" "	沖涼房	cung1 loeng4 fong4/2	chūng lèuhng fóng
toilet	廁所	ci3 so2	chi só
kitchen	廚房	cyu4 fong4/2	chyùh fóng
pantry	飾物櫃	sik6 mat6 gwai6	sihk maht gwaih
bedroom	睡房	seoi6 fong4/2	seuih fóng

study	書房	syu1 fong4/2	syū fóng
laundry room	洗衣房	sai2 ji1 fong4	sái yī fóng
stairs (inside)	樓梯	lau4 tai1	làuh tãi
" "	梯級	tai1 kap1	tāi kāp
steps (outside)	石級	sek6 kap1	sehk kāp

*Some words experience a tone change. CantoDict (see below) attributes this to whether the character is being read in a literary manner or a colloquial manner, but some Hong Kong friends have told me that the tone depends on what surrounds the word.

E.g. jyu4 (yùh) = literary, jyu2 (yú)= colloquial

(Please see CantoDict's explanation: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/tones.htm#cantodict_tones )

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