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失約 - 金城武長街中的冷漠 是這樣蔓延如秋風一片心情 已轉過幾圈但求街中跟你一再遇見追蹤已逝一個昨天偏偏一切都化作煙從不知失約是像這樣默然人到這冰冷的街頭 已等了幾天葉兒風中飄過千片萬片一一告別溫暖昨天當天相約的已盡變算了 算了 算了 就算掛念回頭時一絲一分一點一些都改變算了 算了 算了 逝去美麗諾言沒法預計的空虛來回仿佛把心反轉無奈我那腳步偏也未走遠

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No Wonder... 唔怪之得 Audio Mismatch

The audio for the example sentence below does not match the written example.唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗,原來係你鼠竊狗偷The first phrase ( "no wonder..." ) in the audio is pronounced 唔怪得之, not 唔怪之得, as written. Perhaps...

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Re: Is Cantonese superior to Mandarin?

QuoteCris1. Cantonese is a much older and much purer Chinese language than MandarinIn some ways yes, and in other ways no. Both share an ancestor in Middle Chinese (中古漢語), from which Cantonese has...

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Re: No Wonder... 唔怪之得 Audio Mismatch

Quotesikbaau The audio for the example sentence below does not match the written example.唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗,原來係你鼠竊狗偷The first phrase ( "no wonder..." ) in the audio is pronounced 唔怪得之, not 唔怪之得, as...

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Re: Cantonese increasingly bows to Mandarin in HK

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't Cantonese the least endangered of all the Chinese languages aside from Mandarin? It has a stronghold not only in Hong Kong, but in Macau as well. Minnan is also...

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Re: First time ordering food on the phone in Cantonese

Lol, well done :)

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Re: Cantonese increasingly bows to Mandarin in HK

QuoteEnigmatism415 I'd be more concerned about the Chinese languages that do not enjoy the kind of autonomous environments in which Cantonese and "Taiwanese" continue to persevere.I'd be more...

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Re: Chinese named foreigners?

Thank you very much for answering my questions.

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Re: advice for getting through to adam

Did you ever hear back? I've been waiting a few months now. :/

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Re: First time ordering food on the phone in Cantonese

Good job Beardan! That's a big step and is something I haven't been able to do yet because my listening ability is nowhere near as good as my speaking. I would be afraid they'd ask me a ton of...

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Re: First time ordering food on the phone in Cantonese

Firstly thanks Eldon!Yes MatFayLong. I can relate to speaking skills being better than listening skills. I'm still in this category too. Its because i can think of what i want to say and then say it....

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Love Excessively Just Like Completely

愛過就是完全 - 蘇芮愛過就是完全 那怕最後無緣情是兩顆心的交匯點愛你就是成全 痛也是這麼甜留住最好的一生再懷念你有你的一番志願 我有我的明天原來情未滅心不改世間亦變遷仍然未免想要再見你一面仍然未免想到過去這一年是你令我的一切再次有生命是你令我的冰冷世界能溫暖原來共你真正愛過永不斷原來就算不可相依每一天獨個下去的心裡世界也豐盛就算沒法子可叫現實來扭轉 也沒怨愛過就是完全...

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Re: Cantonese increasingly bows to Mandarin in HK

QuoteSimon Pettersson This is a forum about Cantonese. It's natural thad we'd be worried about and discuss Cantonese. Whether or not other languages are more endangered is hardly relevant. And even if...

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Top rated Mattress Linen ManufacturersHousehold also demands transform from time to time which cannot be improved carried out by generating alterations in furnishings. You will need to have seen that...

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Re: Cantonese increasingly bows to Mandarin in HK

Why learn Cantonese and spend your time if the majority of Hong Kongers say that Chinese Mandarin is more useful and foreigners need learn Mandarin first? For life in HK enough two languages -...

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Re: Cantonese increasingly bows to Mandarin in HK

QuoteKim Tse Why learn Cantonese and spend your time if the majority of Hong Kongers say that Chinese Mandarin is more useful and foreigners need learn Mandarin first? For life in HK enough two...

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Re: Cantonese increasingly bows to Mandarin in HK

QuoteKim Tse Why learn Cantonese and spend your time if the majority of Hong Kongers say that Chinese Mandarin is more useful and foreigners need learn Mandarin first? For life in HK enough two...

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Re: mnemonic for 4th and 6th tones?

thanks! i'd always thought 紅 and 白 had the same tone. it's made me think of another easy one: 蘿蔔。

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Re: First time ordering food on the phone in Cantonese

Well done! I remember that I was always nervous about ordering on the phone. Even though in theory it's no different from face to face, I was always worried that they'd start asking me all sorts of...

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Re: First time ordering food on the phone in Cantonese

Good job! I'm too scared to order on the phone. It's much easier than in person. I agree that saying what you want to say using the words you know is much easier than understanding the words they say....

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