Matthew Burgess

Matthew Burgess London property expertise for overseas buyers
🇬🇧 British | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong PR
🌏 Exploring cities, culture & life abroad
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26/09/2026

I just learned that The Beatles are called 披頭四 (pei1 tau4 sei3) in Cantonese… and the name is clever 😅

Did you know this?

25/09/2026

Learned both meanings of 八月十五 (baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5) today 🌝🍑

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋節快樂 ! 🥮

#廣東話

21/09/2026

How has it taken me this long to use 鬼佬 (gwai2 lou2) and 香港 (hoeng1 gong2)…? 👻🇭🇰

What other good examples of interesting literal translations are there?

#廣東話

Hong Kong looking particularly good on my post-lunch walk today 🇭🇰☀️ I think this might be my favourite of the Star Fer...
17/09/2026

Hong Kong looking particularly good on my post-lunch walk today 🇭🇰☀️ I think this might be my favourite of the Star Ferries…

15/09/2026

Another day, another Cantonese lesson I wasn’t expecting… 😂🧧💩

廣東話真係好難 😮‍💨

#香港 #廣東話

13/09/2026

The debate that never seems to go away… 🇭🇰 vs 🇸🇬

I love both, but for very different reasons. After 8 years living in HK, and frequent visits to Singapore for work, here’s how they feel to me.

Which would choose?

07/09/2026

Happy anniversary to me 🇭🇰✌🏼 Time goes WAY too quickly 😮‍💨

18/08/2026

The word 毛蟲 (“furry worm”) got me here… 😂 What other good examples are there?

#廣東話

19/07/2026

Wait for it… I won’t make that mistake again 💩

01/07/2026

I think 牛仔褲 (“cowboy trousers”) might be my favourite one yet… 🤠

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