Ordering Your Food
Listen to the audio clips & select the correct Cantonese response.
Ah Ming — Server
你要咩呀？
nei5 jiu3 me1 aa3?
Listening & Comprehension Challenge:
聽聲選擇正確回應：
Select Cantonese Response:
Scene 1 of 4Survival Cantonese Core 8
Learn eight polite Cantonese responses and practise them with language from Lessons 01–04.
Speed Matching Arcade
Match Cantonese characters with Jyutping romanization and English meanings before time runs out!
Ready for the Quick-Fire Challenge?
Match four pairs drawn from this lesson’s eight terms. Play again for a new mix!
Tap a Cantonese term, then tap its matching English or Jyutping pair!
Choose a Polite Response
One connected café conversation in four parts. You play the customer throughout all four parts. Some polite phrases can overlap in real conversations.
Agreeing & helping
好呀 agrees warmly; 可以 gives permission or says something is possible; 冇問題 reassures someone.
Thanking someone
多謝晒 thanks someone for a gift or treat. 唔該晒 thanks someone for help or service. 晒 adds emphasis.
Responding to thanks
唔駛客氣 means “You’re welcome”. 唔使客氣 is another common spelling.
Excusing & apologising
唔好意思 gets attention politely or apologises. 對唔住 is a direct apology. Both can be used to say sorry; the situation matters.
Listening support: 冇 (mou5) means “there is no / there are no”. 冇雲吞麵 means wonton noodles are unavailable. 唔好意思 apologises for this; 冇問題 accepts the situation. 對唔住 is an extra phrase to practise in the cards and arcade.
The Full Conversation
Waiter
nei5 jiu3 me1 aa3?
What would you like?
Customer
ngo5 jiu3 jat1 wun2 wan4 tan1 min6.
I’d like a bowl of wonton noodles.
Waiter
m4 hou2 ji3 si1, mou5 wan4 tan1 min6.
Sorry, we don’t have wonton noodles.
Customer
mou5 man6 tai4, ngo5 jiu3 jat1 dip6 caau2 faan6.
No problem. I’d like a plate of fried rice.
Waiter
ho2 ji5, mou5 man6 tai4.
That’s fine, no problem.
Customer
m4 goi1 saai3.
Thanks so much.
Waiter
m4 sai2 haak3 hei3, do1 ze6 saai3.
You’re welcome. Thank you very much.
Customer
hou2 aa3
OK!
Here, the waiter’s 多謝晒 thanks the customer for their business. 唔駛客氣 responds to the customer’s thanks.