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Cantonese Vocabulary State of Being

gok -dak-	to feel	覺得
\mh\	not	唔

positive	/Ngoh/ gok -dak-	/hou/
negative	/Ngoh/	\mh\

Note that some of these vocabulary words are used somewhat differently than they are in English. It often takes hearing them used in context to get a grasp on the exact meanings.

\hoi\ \sam\	happy	開心	\fui\ \sam\	frustrated	灰心
faai lohk	happy	快樂	-sat- mohng	sad, disappointed	失望
\gou\ hing	pleased*	高興	\faahn\ /nouh/	bothered*	煩惱
\syu\ fuhk	comfortable*	舒服	wahn lyuhn	confused	混亂
\hing\ /fahn/	excited	興奮	muhn	bored	悶
-dak- \haahn\	available	得閑	\mohng\	busy	忙
/muhn/ -juk-	satisfied	滿足	/gan/ \jeung\	nervous	緊張

\gou\ hing generally means "excited", but in the sense of "excited to meet you" rather than "excited by the roller coaster".
\faahn\ /nouh/ means "constantly bothered" and generally annoyed, not just slightly put off.
\syu\ fuhk can mean either "comfortable" or "physically well", the negative often means ill.