Should 瀣 be added?
[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]This entry contains the character 瀣, which is not currently in the dictionary. Should it be added?
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[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]The pinyin reading for 親 in this entry must be wrong; shouldn't it be qīn?
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QuoteBerrjod [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]This entry contains the character 孑, which is not in the dictionary. Should it be added?There is also an entry containing 孓: 孑孓[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] Added...
View ArticleRe: Reading of 沊
We’ve agreed in principle that sound-borrowed readings should not be added to a character page, but a note could be added to the compound word entry if deemed necessary.Thank you, Bybell, for showing...
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Re: Should 瀣 be added?
QuoteBerrjod About 沆, should the pinyin be háng? hang2 was my first instinct as well given the Mandarin 2 vs Canto 4 tone pattern.However:[www.mdbg.net]廣州話正音字典 on p.96 shows:...if anyone finds hang2...
View ArticleRe: Starting to learn how to read and write? Where to begin?
Greetings Funkmistah_j,Welcome to CantoDict! Learning to read and write specifically in Cantonese characters is a little tricky. Native Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong learn how to read and write in...
View ArticleRe: 僆, 𡃁, and 靚
CantoDict has three ‘leng1’ entries. Here are some findings:僆 – supported by 廣州話正音字典, and by 粵語協會’s [www.cantonese.asia] site.𡃁 – “A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang” supports 𡃁 (with 靚 as variant).靚 –...
View ArticleN/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
I've got perhaps two counterarguments to Wikipedia's, as well as many articles' claims on that the merging of n-'s with l-'s is a "lazy sound from the new generation".Firstly, the name for 南丫島 is...
View ArticleRe: 僆, 𡃁, and 靚
I think it may be best to treat them as variants of each other, with usage notes. Especially since both and 靚 seem more common than 僆, even if it were the traditional way of writing it.
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
I suspect that the n/l merging and "lazy tones" in general have been around for a while, and I think this because of my parents, who have these so-called lazy tones even though they were born in...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
It's been around for more than at least 100 years.It's mentioned in the FSI Cantonese course (widely available online).And it's mentioned in quite a few of those out-of-copyright dictionaries from the...
View ArticleRe: Fansubbing Cantonese videos
Quotename='Nanimo'I'd be interested in fansubbing (interesting) tv shows and films, rather than pop music.I haven't seen the video since the original poster posted about it nearly 1 1/2 years ago. But...
View ArticleRe: Kobo's Cantonese Corner (A YouTube Channel)
Would anyone like to help me transcribe this video into Cantonese?My regular transcriptionist has quit and left me in a lurch. This would really be a help.It's only about 2 minutes long.Kobo.
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
Quotename='Yaumingfai' I myself will try to use 正音 unless it sounds really weird, in order to reduce confusion (since sometimes changing "n" to "l" or having other lazy tones can create more...
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Re: 僆, 𡃁, and 靚
As I haven't seen any online sources anywhere defining 僆, Vol. 1, p.239 of the massive 漢語大字典 says:...未成雞. Aha. OK, I can at least see why it's being used.As I'm pressed for time today, I haven't found...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
The /n/-/l/ merger in Cantonese is roughly analogous to the /wh/-/w/ merger in English; distinguishing the two was standard practice in the first half of the 20th century, but now most speakers have...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
QuoteEnigmatism415 I believe that /n/ and /l/ should also always be distinguished in Cantonese Romanisation, regardless of how one prefers to pronounce [n], because it reduces homophones.It doesn't...
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