Cantonese Word of the Day

講 is the basic Cantonese verb for 'speak/say/tell.' It's used for quoting speech (e.g., 佢講… 'he said…'), for discussing topics (講嘢 'talk'), and in progressive forms (講緊 'speaking now'). In informal Cantonese you'll see it combined with particles (講咩? 'what did you say?'). For more formal contexts Mandarin/standard Chinese variants like 說/說話 are used, but 講 is the everyday choice in Cantonese.