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Talk About the Weather in Cantonese

Weather is Hong Kong's favourite small talk — especially in typhoon season. 落雨 (lok6 jyu5) means it's raining, and 打風 (daa2 fung1) is the typhoon warning everyone watches for. These five words cover the daily forecast.

lokˍ₆落jyuˏ₅雨
to rain; raining | Std. Chin.: 下雨
houˊ²好jitˍ₆熱
very hot; extremely hot
houˊ²好dung˗₃凍
very cold; freezing
tinˉ¹天cingˎ₄晴
sunny
daaˊ²打fungˉ¹風
stormy; to perform a body or cell search in prison

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