Category: Cantonese Pronunciation

  • Hello in Cantonese

    Let’s get back to the basic again for Cantonese. How to say Hi or Hello in Cantonese? 简: 你好||繁: 你好 Jyutping:nei⑤ hou② Pinyin:ni③ hao③ Pinyin: nĭ hăo 简: 您好||繁: 您好 (您 is more respectful than just 你. But in Cantonese both are pronounced the same.) Jyutping:nei⑤ hou② Pinyin:nin② hao③ Pinyin: nín hăo Want more than…

  • Jyutping

    Jyutping 粤拼, is one of the most popular Cantonese romanization systems, and great for Cantonese learners to learn Cantonese pronunciation.  It is published by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ChineseBay.com promotes Jyutping by developing an online Cantonese pronunciation dictionary using Jyutping. You may learn more about Jyutping by going to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping If you…

  • 粵語拼音

    粵語拼音 (Simplified Chinese 粤语拼音 ) can refer to two things: 1) Jyutping 粤拼 Jyutping is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. Its long official name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme. Chinesebay.com is compiling its online Cantonese pronunciation dictionary using Jyutping because it is the easiest…

  • Happy Father’s Day

    Before we review how to say “Happy Father’s Day” in Cantonese and Mandarin, let look at the video How to Say Have a nice Weekend in Japanese Well, I’m still learning Japanese, which means I’m still a student! Now the Father’s Day stuff: Happy Father’s Day in Cantonese Heres the Jyutping for the Chinese characters:…

  • What Does It Mean by 囧 ?

    How do you pronounce this character? It is very popular on the Web. Honestly, I didn’t learn it at school. It doesn’t mean I was not good enough. I was one of the top students then. However, it means I do need to catch up with the new trendy things as a ‘linguist’ 🙂 You…

  • Learn Jyutping Lesson Two: 56 finals

    In this lesson, we are going to learn the first 24 of the 56 finals in Jyutping

  • Learn Jyutping Lesson 1: 19 Initials

    There are 19 initials in Cantonese Jyutping, the romanization system by LSHK.  

  • 100 Latest Search in ChineseBay Jyutping Dictionary(1)

    Although our Jyutping Dictionary is now only V1.2beta,  it is becoming more and more popular. We really hope that you can send us feed back or report any issues you found so we can try to improve it. Here are the latest 100 search 1.廣東話 2.甜 3.係嘞 4.事 5.什 6.跟紧艮近 7.糖 8.踢 9.个半浴室没有后院但只是少许的前院脚排屋 10.失魂魚 11.平方英尺廳具有四個臥室和三個半浴、…

  • Get Jyutping for Chinese Characters: 生日快樂

    Chinesebay.com got the exciting news! Our Online Jyutping dictionary has been officially published. Just add the Chinese characters after http://Chinesebay.com/py/ and pretty enter, you will get both Jyutping and Mandarin Pinyin for the characters. You may play the Cantonese human voice too by clicking “Say it in Cantonese” button or “Say it in Mandarin” button.…

  • ChineseBay.com Facebook Fan Page Got A Name!

    Dear ChineseBay fans! Thank you all for your support and our ChineseBay Facebook page got a name! http://www.facebook.com/ChineseBayCom Are you interested in learn Cantonese pronunciation with Jyutping, a great romanization system developed by the LSHK ( Language Society of Hong Kong) in 1993? Jyutping 粵拼,  is formally known as the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong…