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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…
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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…
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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、…
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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.…
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Qingming Festival 清明节（清明節）
“The Qingming Festival (traditional Chinese: 清明節; simplified Chinese: 清明节; pinyin: Qīngmíngjié, or Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong, Vietnamese language: Tết Thanh Minh), meaning Clear and Bright Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox), usually occurring around April 5 of…
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Great Cantonese Courses for Mandarin speakers
Just found a good link for Mandarin speakers to learn Cantonese: 轻松学粤语 http://hemanhong.inetradio.cn/program/3361.aspx 11 FREE LESSONS! You may find some good comparison between Mandarin and Cantonese too, but you need to know how to read Mandarin first. Enjoy!
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Cantonese vs Mandarin:(2)
1)Let’s continue to compare Cantonese and Mandarin pronunciation B)There are some Cantonese sounds that do not exist in Mandarin. e.g. Sounds with the ending ‘m’: saam1 三(three)/衫(clothes) caam3 杉(fir) sim4禅（Zen) In Mandarin, they are pronounced as: san1三 shan1衫(clothes)/杉(fir) chan2禅(Zen) From the above, you know that the different characters with the same pronunciation with the same…
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Cantonese vs Mandarin:(1)
The Cantonese vs Mandarin or Mandari vs Cantonese Series (1) Although Cantonese use the same set of Chinese characters (almost… maybe 5% difference), there are a lot of differences between Cantonese and Mandarin. Not just the differences in pronunciation, but also in grammar and word usage. Today, we are starting a series to show the…