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Cantonese uses Chinese characters while Swahili uses Arabic. Because the two do not share an alphabet, translated output cannot be sounded out from the original spelling — copy the result directly rather than trying to transcribe it. Swahili also reads right-to-left, so the translated text appears mirrored compared with the Cantonese input.
Cantonese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family while Swahili belongs to the Niger-Congo family. With no shared ancestry there are few cognates to fall back on, so idioms and fixed expressions rarely map word-for-word. Short, literal sentences translate more accurately than figurative ones.
Cantonese follows subject-verb-object (SVO) order while Swahili follows verb-subject-object (VSO). The translator has to rebuild each sentence rather than substitute words in place, so the output will not line up word-for-word with your input. Splitting long sentences improves accuracy.
Cantonese: Approximately 86 million people speak Cantonese as their first language. Swahili: Approximately 100 million speakers, making it a widely spoken language in East Africa and a lingua franca for the region.
Everyday phrases translated from Cantonese to Swahili — useful for travel, conversation and learning.
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 你好 | Habari |
| 早晨 | Habari za asubuhi |
| 下午好 | Habari za mchana |
| 晚上好 | Habari za jioni |
| 晚安 | Usiku mwema |
| 再見 | Kwaheri |
| 遲啲見 | Tuonane baadaye |
| 聽日見 | Tuonane kesho |
| 歡迎 | Karibu |
| 你點呀？ | Habari yako? |
| 我好好，多謝你 | Sijambo, asante |
| 祝你過個好日子 | Uwe na siku njema |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 唔該 | Tafadhali |
| 多謝你 | Asante |
| 好多謝你 | Asante sana |
| 歡迎你 | Mnakaribishwa |
| 係呀 | Ndiyo |
| 唔係 | Hapana |
| 唔好意思 | Samahani |
| 對唔住 | Samahani |
| 冇問題 | Hakuna tatizo |
| 當然啦 | Bila shaka |
| 恭喜你 | Hongera sana |
| 祝你好運 | Bahati nzuri |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 你叫咩名？ | Jina lako ni nani? |
| 好開心認識你 | Nimefurahi kukutana nawe |
| 你嚟自邊度？ | Unatoka wapi? |
| 你幾歲？ | Una umri gani? |
| 我係個學生 | Mimi ni mwanafunzi |
| 我喺度度假 | Niko hapa likizo |
| 我嚟呢度係為咗做嘢 | Niko hapa kwa kazi |
| 呢個係我朋友 | Huyu ni rafiki yangu |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 一 | Moja |
| 兩個 | Mbili |
| 三 | Tatu |
| 四 | Nne |
| 五 | Tano |
| 六 | Sita |
| 七 | Saba |
| 八 | Nane |
| 九 | Tisa |
| 十 | Kumi |
| 一百 | Mia moja |
| 一千 | Elfu moja |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 今日 | Leo |
| 聽日 | Kesho |
| 尋日 | Jana |
| 而家 | Sasa |
| 遲啲 | Baadaye |
| 而家幾點？ | Ni saa ngapi? |
| 喺朝早 | Asubuhi |
| 喺夜晚 | Wakati wa jioni |
| 星期一 | Jumatatu |
| 星期五 | Ijumaa |
| 下星期 | Wiki ijayo |
| 一個鐘 | Saa moja |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 個浴室喺邊？ | Bafuni iko wapi? |
| 火車站喺邊？ | Kituo cha gari moshi kiko wapi? |
| 機場喺邊？ | Uwanja wa ndege uko wapi? |
| 我點樣去到嗰度？ | Nitafikaje huko? |
| 轉咗 | Pinduka kushoto |
| 右轉 | Geuka kulia |
| 直行 | Nenda mbele moja kwa moja |
| 佢喺附近 | Iko karibu |
| 好遠 | Ni mbali |
| 我迷失咗 | Nimepotea |
| 我要架的士 | Nahitaji teksi |
| 我可以喺邊度買飛？ | Je, ninaweza kununua tikiti wapi? |
| 飛幾錢？ | Tikiti ni shilingi ngapi? |
| 行得安全嗎？ | Je, ni salama kutembea? |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 我好肚餓 | Nina njaa |
| 我好口渴 | Nina kiu |
| 水，唔該 | Maji, tafadhali |
| 唔該，一張兩個人嘅枱 | Jedwali la watu wawili, tafadhali |
| 餐牌，唔該 | Menyu, tafadhali |
| 你推薦啲咩？ | Je, unapendekeza nini? |
| 我想要呢個 | Ningependa hii |
| 好好味 | Ni ladha |
| 張單，唔該 | Mswada, tafadhali |
| 我唔食肉 | Sili nyama |
| 我有食物過敏 | Nina mzio wa chakula |
| 咖啡 | Kahawa |
| 茶 | Chai |
| 麵包 | Mkate |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 呢個要幾多錢？ | Hii inagharimu kiasi gani? |
| 太貴喇 | Ni ghali sana |
| 你接受信用卡嗎？ | Je, unakubali kadi za mkopo? |
| 我只係搵緊 | Natafuta tu |
| 我會攞佢 | Nitaichukua |
| 開咗 | Fungua |
| 閂咗 | Imefungwa |
| 入口 | Kiingilio |
| 退出 | Toka |
| 個市場喺邊度？ | Soko liko wapi? |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 幫手 | Msaada |
| 打電話去醫生度 | Piga daktari |
| 打畀警察 | Piga polisi |
| 我需要幫手 | Nahitaji msaada |
| 我病咗 | Mimi ni mgonjwa |
| 醫院喺邊？ | Hospitali iko wapi? |
| 藥房喺邊？ | Duka la dawa liko wapi? |
| 呢度好痛 | Inauma hapa |
| 我需要一個醫生 | Nahitaji daktari |
| 附近有冇醫院？ | Je, kuna hospitali karibu? |
| Cantonese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| 你識唔識講英文？ | Je, unazungumza Kiingereza? |
| 我唔明 | Sielewi |
| 我明白 | Ninaelewa |
| 唔該慢慢講 | Tafadhali ongea polepole |
| 請重複嗰個 | Tafadhali rudia hilo |
| 唔該寫低佢 | Tafadhali iandike |
| 呢個係咩意思？ | Hii ina maana gani? |
| 你點講呢句？ | Unasemaje hili? |
| 我學緊嘢 | Ninajifunza |
| 我講少少嘢 | Naongea kidogo |
| 你可唔可以幫我？ | Unaweza kunisaidia? |
| 我唔知道 | Sijui |
Translations are generated automatically and may vary by region or context.
Spoken in several countries in East Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mozambique, as well as in the African Great Lakes region.
Uses the Latin alphabet, with additional letters CH (ch as in 'church'), DH (dh as in 'this'), GH (gh as in 'giant'), KH (kh as in 'khan'), NG' (ng as in 'sing'), NY (ny as in 'canyon'), SH (sh as in 'shoe'), TH (th as in 'thin'), UU (uu as in 'boot'), and vowels with diacritical marks (É as in 'é', Ó as in 'ó').
Features a distinctive set of sounds, including the 'dh' sound (like 'th' in 'this') and the 'kh' sound (like 'ch' in 'loch').
Verb-subject-object (VSO) order predominates. Features complex verb conjugation and noun class systems.
Includes words from Arabic, Portuguese, English, and other languages due to historical and modern influences.
Part of the Bantu language family, under the Niger-Congo language group.
Currently uses the Latin script. Historically, also used the Arabic script.
Transitioned from Arabic to Latin script during the colonial period.
Approximately 100 million speakers, making it a widely spoken language in East Africa and a lingua franca for the region.
Cantonese is primarily spoken in the Guangdong and Guangxi provinces of China, including Hong Kong and Macau. It is also widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe.
Cantonese does not use an alphabet per se, but utilizes traditional Chinese characters for writing and Jyutping for phonetic transcription.
Cantonese features six tones in its modern form, each of which can alter the meaning of a word. The language is known for its rich array of tones, more so than Mandarin Chinese.
Typically follows a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order but is highly flexible. Uses particles to indicate tense and aspect rather than inflection.
Incorporates loanwords from English, Japanese, and other Chinese dialects, especially in modern usage within Hong Kong and Macau.
Part of the Chinese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is one of the major regional varieties of Chinese.
Primarily uses traditional Chinese characters. There is no widely adopted standard for writing colloquial Cantonese, although informal romanization systems are used for educational purposes, dictionaries, and online communication.
While literary written Chinese (Classical Chinese) was used historically for formal writing, modern written Cantonese has developed to better match the spoken language, especially in informal contexts.
Approximately 86 million people speak Cantonese as their first language.
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