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老外唱中文歌
It’s funny that some Chinese in the US call the English-speaking people (white, African American, or Hispanic) lao3 wai4 老外 (foreigners), even if they are not citizens or permanent residents yet. It is just like many Cantonese call the non-Cantonese-speakers or Mandarin speakers “Northerners” even those people are from places further South of Canton (Guangzhou).…
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Learn Cantonese Digest (1)
I found some great sites about Learning Cantonese: Learning Chinese in China: a Whole World Apart Before you start learning Chinese, be sure that you know which part of China you will be visiting so that you can learn that particular dialect. For example, if you are planning on visiting Hong Kong, you will want…
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Use Your Cell Phone to Learn Chinese
Now, it is easy to learn Chinese anywhere anytime you want. Learn Chinese on your cell phone, iPod, iPad or PC
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Fighting for Cantonese
Cantonese people in Guangzhou (used to called Canton, where People speak Cantonese) felt very depressed recently because the government suggested that they need to use Mandarin for news on their major TV channels. Many of them took to to street to protest. We Cantonese love our own language while we are glad to learn Mandarin,…
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Learn SCARY Cantonese
I happened to find a very good Cantonese learning video by MissYau’s Asian-SuperAsian Channel. We can learn these “Scary” Cantonese expressions: 你玩嘢啊?（lei wan yeh ah?) Are you kidding (me)? Playing games? 你买定棺材啊你！（lei mai ding goon choi ah lei.) Put a down payment on your coffin. Or get your coffin ready. It’s a threat or curse. …
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30 Free Online Lessons to Learn Mandarin
Great Free Lessons From CRI (China Radio International) Table of Contents Course Title Topic & Fuction Lesson 1 你好！ Basic Greetings Lesson 2 请问您贵姓？ Making an Acquaintance Lesson 3 你住在哪儿？ Asking about Address Lesson 4 你家有几口人？ Family Lesson 5 今天几号？ Time Lesson 6 请问邮局在哪儿？ Asking for Directions Lesson 7 请问去天安门怎么走？ Traffic Lesson 8 请慢一点儿说。 Request…
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Learn to Cook in Cantonese(1)
Maria Wong created a great food channel in Youtube. Unlike others, her videos are all made with her heart and we really love it. This week she teaches how to make “Fried Prawns in spicy sauce”: You don’t need to understand all the Cantonese she speaks here, but at least the first sentence: 大家好， 今日廚師介紹做過“幹燒大蝦”。…
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Learn Chinese with Anki
Anki is a great flash card system that helps to remember things easily. It is a great tool for Chinese learners! We have just started a video series “Learn Chinese With Anki”, you may just watch and learn and then download the software for your computer( Windows or Mac or iPhone, Google Phones) and use…