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Chinese Character
Cantonese Pronunciation
English Meaning
國   Gwok   Country  
美   Mei   Beautiful  
美國   Mei Gwok   America  
中   Joong   Middle  
中國   Joong Gwok   China  
人   Yan   Person/People  
美國人   Mei Gwok Yan   American  
中國人   Joong Gwok Yan   Chinese  
是   Hai   To be: is/are/am  
我是美國人.   Ngo Hai Mei Gwok Yan   I am American.  
我是英國人.   Ngo Hai Ying Gwok Yan   I am English  
唔/不   Mm/But   Not (Negative prefix) 唔 is not used in written Mandarin e.g. You will usually see 你不是美國人 instead in Mandarin newspaper.  
唔是   Mm Hai   Am not  
你唔是美國人   Lei Mm Hai Mei Gwok Yan   You are not American.  
我唔是中國人   Ngo Mm Hai Joong Gwok Yan   I am not Chinese.  
你是唔是美國人嗎?   Lei Hai Mm Hai Mei Gwok Yan Ah?   Are you American?  


   


 

 

 
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