Re: Jyutping vs Yale / dictionaries
The converter above can’t do any conversion from Jyutping to Yale if the conversion involves any non-standard final, i.e. eu, em/ep, en/et, om/op, and oet. Jyutping recognizes these 8 non-standard...
View ArticleRe: Cantonese Profanity
The English word 'on', sound like 'stupid' In Cantonese:'nine' in Cantonese and ' dog' in Cantonese sound the same but it also sound similar to ' penis' in Cantonese, which is a far more common...
View ArticleRe: What did she say?
QuoteMitchTesta 想講好多野 但又吾想太肉麻. 吾會translate番俾你聽嫁喇 你話你自學廣東話嘛! 傻仔 錫哂你<3ThanksWanted to say a lot, but don't want to be too nauseating, wouldn't translate it for you, you said you're learning Cantonese...
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Here is what I understand. but still missing some pieces of the puzzle ^^想講好多野want to say many但又吾想太肉麻.but do not want to be too cheesy吾會translate番俾你聽嫁喇I do not understand this part(so unable to...
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Mitch, I would advise you to start learning to read Chinese if you are at square one, trust me. I think my wife has a love / hate relationship with my learning but I think deep down she is proud that...
View Article着: also tone 3?
Cantodict and Wiktionary give tone 6 for 着 zoek6. But the CLC material gives it as zoek3, and the Google Translate Cantonese voice also seems to use tone 3, so I was wondering if this is a permissible...
View ArticleRe: 着: also tone 3?
‘zoek3’ has only one principal meaning, and it means “to wear (clothes)”. For this specific meaning, HK and Taiwan use only 著 whereas China mainly uses 着, with 著 as a variant (現代汉語詞典 p.1719).
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Continuous production line in the area of industrial and building insulation using polyurethane Panel continuous production lines for materials has long occupied a dominant position, continuous...
View Articlea beginner wondering...
Hi guys, I am new around here.Just to get that doubt out of the way, I looked for similar discussion on the forum already but could not find my answers so I'm opening a new one here.I will just give...
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Quotecactusanow that many of you guys have mastered the basics and went beyond...how would you approach Cantonese learning as a total beginner? Which materials would you use?I knew Mandarin when I...
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Yay. Thanks for the answers Simon.QuoteSimon Pettersson I knew Mandarin when I started Cantonese, but if I didn't, I'd certainly use Assimil. However, that requires a reading knowledge of French. If I...
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QuotecactusaI checked Assimil out but it's way too expensive and I am not sure my French is up to the level required, haven't been using it for...12 years? I am taking a look at the other 3 you...
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QuoteHa, I only know of it by rumor, since I'm a Mac boy, too.I actually used one of the very first incarnations of the program back in 2008 or 2009. I have absolutely no clue how I got my hands on...
View ArticleDoes Mark Zuckerberg know Cantonese?
I guess many have heard about Mark Zuckerberg doing a Q&A in Mandarin. I'm quite impressed that as the head of a major corporation he found the time to learn as well as he did and talk for as long...
View ArticleRe: a beginner wondering...
Japanese Kangi use a lot of traditional Chinese characters. Those traditional Chinese characters can be used in Taiwan and large parts of South Asia (such as Hong Kong) but simplified Chinese text is...
View ArticleRe: a beginner wondering...
QuoteMatFayLongGood luck, I hope you take to the language. I keep telling people this because it's true: if you learn solid Cantonese you become part of a family.Thanks, much appreciated. I'll start...
View ArticleYou Are My Lady
妳是我的女人 - 劉德華六月六日沒有風的凌晨 街裡途人紛紛木納站在漸褪色的人群 聽不到情人聲音怪當天的我是魔鬼的化身 狠狠去碎盡了妳的心無奈我默認緣分 明白和妳不可變真 讓倆心拖拉於一生留住妳一吻於心 換過方式愛著我的女人原是最相襯是恨 未會敢抱著情人 來深深的再一吻十月六日是妳的生辰 給妳遙遙一吻Oh baby 淡淡味道在妳家中無人 知道妳仍然單身這一位希冀著故事的女人...
View ArticleRe: pronunciation of 呢。
Many words with "N" has been improvised to "L" in the modern days.N uses the nasal while L don't and this change is due to 懶音. In some words, as N to L and L and N are both are still aceeptable. 你，...
View Articlewait a while in written canto
I seldom say 等一下 verbally but use "Jien Gan" but I am not sure if there is a written word for this ?I don't know the romanised word, either zian or zien...
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