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Cantonese vocabulary: Royalty

April 26, 2019 Catch Star Girl

I’m going to throw up this short list of vocabulary related to royalty because kiddo has this adorable just-before-bed routine*

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Cantonese vocabulary: Halloween terms

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 Catch Star Girl

How’s this for a blog post idea: compiling vocabulary lists to make it through the upcoming holiday. In this case,

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Cantonese vocabulary: All about firefighters

July 27, 2018 Catch Star Girl

I realize that I’m essentially reproducing Cantonese phrasebooks as I was putting together the following list shortly after feeling the

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Cantonese vocabulary: Animals

July 24, 2018 Catch Star Girl

This list will never be complete or that well organized but here it is and I’ll keep adding to it

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Cantonese vocabulary: body parts

April 25, 2018 Catch Star Girl

Kids like to know there’s a name for everything and what is more personal than their own bodies? Even as

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森林李

January 10, 2018January 3, 2018 Catch Star Girl

I love a Chinese name with a good story behind it. And this one I learned about is neat and

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Rant: names and the Chinese way

July 25, 2017 Catch Star Girl

There are three parts to this rant. You have been warned. What to call E’s grandmother What to call your

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韋恩

June 16, 2014July 25, 2014 Catch Star Girl

I don’t know why I didn’t ask sooner given Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has been premier and in the news

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Word: 彈牙, bouncing teeth, or al dente

April 4, 2011April 1, 2011 Catch Star Girl 0 Comments

One of the few recommendations that I take from my mum regarding television shows (sorry, mum!) is this half-hour weekly

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Who is NPY?

February 9, 2011February 5, 2011 Catch Star Girl 3 Comments

In the blogosphere, there’s bf and boyf. I’ve seen “The Boy” become “The Husband”. There’s “Hubby”. I liked best TGILW

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