Re: 戌 reading
I just noticed that 戌 and 子 are the only two terrestrial branches that haven't got any hours assigned to them in the dictionary. I assume they should have 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. until 1 a.m.,...
View ArticleRe: Starting to learn how to read and write? Where to begin?
Hi,An excellent book for learning written Chinese is "Learn Chinese Using Cantonese", I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is learning Cantonese and wants to learn to read and write Chinese.
View ArticleRe: Starting to learn how to read and write? Where to begin?
QuoteMatFayLong Frankie, thanks for putting the link to the list! There were a few level 1 characters that I didn't learn yet so now I can fill in the gaps!No problem MatFayLong! :DQuote白正達 Hi,An...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
That is not correct. The "distinction" between ch and ts, as well as s and sh is the one that has supposedly been lost through time.ch and sh are used when it corresponds to Mandarin zh, ch and sh,...
View ArticleRe: Reading of 二
Although 放低二両 can be found so far in only one source (as quoted above) from 實用廣州話分類詞典, this Canto expression is not uncommon in HK. We can still hear some native speakers using it in a comical way.The...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
QuoteChanggi The one they wrote about above is not a distinction, nor is it the historical one the above commentors have been looking for.This is true. No matter if they are pronounced differently...
View ArticleRe: Tek or Toy
QuoteJWHowever, on other websites and some magazines I've noticed that the word for "to kick" is "Toy".Can you show us some examples of this usage?
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A mysterious announcement in the South China Morning Post
I'm inclined to think that it's some kind of cryptic biblical thing.
View ArticleRe: Fansubbing Cantonese videos
QuoteKobo-DaishiBut if I recall correctly it wasn't a music video per se, but, a behind-the-scenes of making a music video.That isn't much better :PQuoteKobo-Daishi If you'd like a go at transcribing,...
View ArticleRe: Fansubbing Cantonese videos
QuoteKobo-DaishiIf you'd like a go at transcribing, how about transcribing the video titled "Gwei Lo Speaks Cantonese" found at my YouTube channel, Kobo's Cantonese Corner? :)Liz : 啲嘢搞掂晒喇。Peter...
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I'm guessing the "toy" is 腿 (teoi2), which means "leg". When I started doing martial arts, the kicks we learned were called things like "tan teoi" (單腿 daan1 teoi2, "single leg") and "kwan chan teoi"...
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Thanks, I'll update the pronunciation to ji6 with a link to this message thread in the notes. I have a feeling it was a typo where I hit 5 instead of 6 as I'm sure I would've added a * change tone...
View ArticleRe: A mysterious announcement in the South China Morning Post
Nanimo,[forum2.hkgolden.com]People are talking about it on Golden.-Tony
View ArticleRe: A mysterious announcement in the South China Morning Post
Ahhh.... Unfortunately, the HKGolden forums usually take ages to load for me...
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點呀 ! (that's probably wrong - copied and pasted ;) )lets try in english...hello :)i'm half chinese living in uk.i'm looking to learn to speak read & write cantonese.i have some basic speaking...
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