Last updated February 7, 2008

Learn Cantonese!

This site contains thousands of print-friendly Chinese reference sheets, tests, revision aids and a unique Chinese dictionary called CantoDict. It is aimed to help you speak, read and write Hong Kong Chinese.  As such, the pronunciation given is not Mandarin 'pinyin' or 'Putonghua', it is Cantonese 'LSHK' or 'jyutping'.  
Having said that, many of the sheets, flashcards and tests will also help you learn Mandarin, as Chinese writing is the same in both Mandarin and Cantonese. Also CantoDict can run in both Cantonese and Mandarin modes.  
Please see our Discussion Forums to either ask questions or help answer existing ones.
What's New? (this website gets updated regularly so check back here to see what has changed!).

7th February
A very happy Year of the Rat to you all!  Anyone lucky enough to be going to a party, Enjoy!
I am pretty much AWOL from this site at the moment due to work pressure, but I hope to see you all on the forums soon.
18th January 2008
Another 48 sound files have been added thanks to bernard!  More information.

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Last 5 posts in our forums:
Re: Cantonese or Mandarin 10/05/08 00:27 by 啄木鳥
O8 Wrote: > English is the most prestigious [language] to the Brits. I don't think prestige came into it. The immediate concern was the need to communica......
Re: Cantonese or Mandarin 09/05/08 23:49 by Cantopride
m245 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > RazzleDazzle Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ......
西洋菜 watercress - not Mando? 09/05/08 22:26 by rathpy
Cantodict has [big]西洋菜[/big] as Canto Only, but it is used as the main entry in Chinese......
銀行 - abbreviated speech? 09/05/08 21:38 by rathpy
In the phrase [big]去銀行攞錢[/big], I just heard [big]銀行[/big] as /aa4 nong4/. Is there some kind of common abbreviation used in fast speech? Or is th......
Re: suggested editing 09/05/08 21:18 by pkchan
中央商務區=>市中心商業區=CBD=Central Business District 盆栽=potted plant 盆景=bonsai tree (a dwarf shaped tree)...
 
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