CANTONESE SAYINGS TOTE BAG

Made in collaboration with the Chinatown Storytelling Centre + a project of the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation. The Chinatown Storytelling Centre is a community space dedicated to the preservation and sharing of stories of the Chinese Canadian community as experienced and witnessed through its historic epicentre, Vancouver’s Chinatown. 

Made of 100% cotton canvas, this roomy tote bag features some of the most popular Cantonese sayings ever uttered.

• 14" W x 14.5" H x 3.75" D
• Handle drop: 11.25"
• Printed on one side only
• Do not machine wash/dry
• Spot clean only
• Do not iron printed areas
• Printed in Canada

Here's what these words mean:

Yeet hay (熱氣) - referencing a Chinese medicine thing about eating foods that cause heat in the body, leading to pimples, sore throats, canker sores, etc.
Ga yau (加油) - go for it, more effort, literally means add gas
Chee seen (黐線) - crazy, literally means stuck/crossed wires
Mo saw wai (無所謂) - whatever, doesn't matter
Aiya (哎呀) - an interjection that can be used to express everything!
Fai dee lah (快啲啦) - hurry up
Yook shoon (肉酸) - gross, ewww
Wei? (喂) - not really slang, it's how we say hello on the phone
Ma ma day (麻麻哋) - so so, just OK
Ho duk yee (好得意) - so cute
Mmm goy (唔該) - thank you
So ma fan (麻煩) - so annoying, fussy, what a pain, irritating, a lot of bother