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Birthday Dinner Invite

TEXT

A: 生日飯去唔去?
sang1 jat6 faan6 heoi3 m4 heoi3?

B: 去呀,喺邊度食?
heoi3 aa3, hai2 bin1 dou6 sik6?

A: 尖沙咀海鮮酒家,七點。
zim1 saa1 zeoi6 hoi2 sin1 zau2 gaa1, cat1 dim2.

B: 好,到時見。
hou2, dou3 si4 gin3.

TRANSLATION

A: Birthday dinner going?

B: Yes, where eating?

A: Tsim Sha Tsui seafood restaurant, 7pm.

B: Good, see you then.

BREAKDOWN

A: 生日飯去唔去?
生日飯 (sang1 jat6 faan6): birthday dinner; 去 (heoi3): go; 唔去 (m4 heoi3): not go

B: 去呀,喺邊度食?
去 (heoi3): go; 呀 (aa3): particle; 喺 (hai2): at; 邊度 (bin1 dou6): where; 食 (sik6): eat

A: 尖沙咀海鮮酒家,七點。
尖沙咀 (zim1 saa1 zeoi6): Tsim Sha Tsui; 海鮮 (hoi2 sin1): seafood; 酒家 (zau2 gaa1): restaurant; 七點 (cat1 dim2): 7pm

B: 好,到時見。
好 (hou2): good; 到時見 (dou3 si4 gin3): see you then

NOTES

■ 生日飯 usually refers to a casual birthday dinner with a group of friends in Hong Kong.

■ Hong Kong seafood restaurants famous for live tanks with fresh crabs, prawns for celebrations – Guide to Eating Seafood in Hong Kong.​