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Chinese Chat Room Superstars
Did you notice that the most popular China chat (one of the first ones) has been recently relocated to Chinesebay? As the founder of ChineseBay, I want to give thanks to the super stars who have been supporting this great chat room all the time: Shine, mouse, tt, louse, Cooper, sikkony, nano, hy, hq, jessi,…
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Great Youtube:China the beautiful
Great Chinese Music and Beautiful Scenes: Thank you, Nano, who referred this video “Beautiful China” with my favorite song: By the way, I’m also trying to help a bit with the already most popular site China the beautiful: ChinaPage (more than 2,800 pages, a lot of work and efforts invested by Dr. Pei )
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I love movies, but not Batman The Dark Knight 2008
I agree with the review by http://kaibo2.com/wp/archives/24 Batman should a movie against violence but showing the violence. Enjoy made-in-china consumer products, try to export more made-in-US hi-tech, not the weapons. Made-in-China used to be of low quality. Not any more. Only less than 1% of those products may have problem, just like those made in…
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LearningDict: He is my boss 佢系我老细 (Cantonese)
How do you say “he is my boss” in Cantonese? 佢= he 系= to be 我 = my/I/me 老=old 细=small but 老细=boss. LearningDict:佢系我老细 ( <<– click and learn the pronunciation and more. Compare Cantonese & Mandarin ( <<–click and you will see ) 他是我老板 ta1shi4 wo3 lao2ban3 is the Mandarin version.
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LearningDict:I hate you
How to say “I hate you” in Mandarin and Cantonese? Love often comes with hate. There’s a Chinese saying “The more you love, the deeper you hate.” You’ve already known I and you in Chinese. Now learn the word for hate. 我恨你 = I hate you (<<- click and learn. Please that Jyutping and Yale…
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LearningDict:I love you 我爱你
Today, we are going to start a new series called LearningDict to learn Chinese. LearningDict is just learning Chinese through a dictionary. MDBG.net has a great dictionary for you to learn Mandarin and Cantonese. Just a phrase or two every week, and you will sure to improve your Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese. How to say…
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What Phonetic System We Should Use for Cantonese?
Earlier on this web site, I just chose a phonetic Cantonese romanization system at will. After some good research, I found that we need to adopt the most popular system called Jyutping, which has a lot of good features. More on that soon. (Special Thanks to Mike, who just reminded us to improve as soon…
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Learn Mandarin with a Song
This song is about a classmate who shared the same desk. Some think it is a love song. Tong2 Zhuo1 de ni3 ( You who once shared my desk at the class) by Lao3 Lang2 (old wolf), a famous singer. It starts like this: Ming2 tian1 ni3 shi4 fou3 hui4 xiang3 qi3 (Tomorrow will you…
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2 Dimsum Names in Cantonese
Comment | Copy This Shrimp Dumpling (蝦餃 har gau): A delicate steamed dumpling with whole or chopped-up shrimp filling and thin (almost translucent) wheat starch skin. Recipe at Roseskitchenette Chiu-chao style dumplings (潮州粉果 chiu-chau fun guo, 潮州粉果 cháozhōufěnguǒ): A dumpling said to have originated from the Chaozhou prefecture of Guangdong province, it contains peanuts, garlic…
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Listen, follow, practice and let us review what you’ve learn
Hi, all. Here’s a great way to check what you have learned. Call in to record and let us listen to see if you have mastered the Cantonese sentences.