#ChatGPT and #OpenAI can be a helpful tool for Cantonese learners. You may try it at https://chat.openai.com/chat. Here’s my try today: I asked: How to say “Happy New Year” in Cantonese? AI: “Happy New Year” in Cantonese is “新年快樂” (san1 nin4 faai3 lok6) I asked: What’s the Jyutping for “恭喜发财“？ AI: “恭喜发财” in Jyutping is “gung1 hei1 faat3 coi4” Note: AI gives the …
Yes, there are still lots of people trying to learn Cantonese and we are here to help! Here’re some good tools to learn Cantonese: YouTube! The biggest classroom in the world! Even my kids may learn more from YouTube than in their classroom. Here’re some good channels to check out: YouTube.com/CantonesePod Anki Flashcards, which you …
Page Editor update: this page encoding (for Chinese characters) was messed up by the hosting database setup. We are trying to restore or improve it. Date: Jan 26 2023 There are at least two ways to say “beautiful” in Cantonese: 靚 ( colloquial; means good-looking as in 靓相 pretty photos; high quality or high class …
There are two words that means “Please” in Cantonese: ? ? ? ? (this may also mean ask or invite) ?? (this phrase can also mean “Thank you”. Literately it means “not deserved” or “should not (bother you). ” ) We can use them interchangeably. The first form is more formal. Examples: …
????? (Traditional: ?????) = Happy Father’s Day ( you may click the Chinese characters to get the pronunciation and click the Play button to listen to the sound). This year it will be on 6/16/2013. We can say ????????? ( June 16th is Father’s Day ). On that day, you should call him and say …
I know that we already have a post on Father’s Day: http://cantonesePod.com/fathersday Happy Father’s Day in Cantonese (new mp3 ) You may also learn how to say it with Jyutping at http://go99.us/py/????? Learn How to Say “Have A Nice Weekend” in Japanese as well as Mandarin and Japanese
With the help of ChineseBay.com’s Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary, we can start some easy lessons for missionary. Lesson One: 1. 神是愛 （God is love). 2. 耶穌是我哋嘅救主 （Jesus is our savior). 3. 我愛耶穌 （ I love Jesus). 4. 我愛耶和華 （I love Jehovah). 5. 神愛世人 （God loves the world). For pronunciation, you may click the above Chinese to …
Let’s learn how to say “To be or not to be.” 係 hai6 ☆係唔m4係(是不是) = is or not? ☆係咁gam2 (是这样)= is like this ☆係嘅ge3(是的) = It is. ☆係喇laa1(是了) = so it is ☆係嘞laak3(对了) = that is right. ☆係噃bo3(是的哦) = Oh, it is. ☆係吖aa1(是啊) = Yes,(I agree). ☆係呀aa1(是啊) = Yes, (I agree). ☆咪就係囉mai6zau6hai6 lo1 = That’s …
Colloquial Cantonese Lesson Two ? mou5 ( do not have? there’s none) = Mandarin ?,?? This is a Cantonese word. We don’t have it in Mandarin. ???? mou2 mat1 je5 (???) = have nothing at all.It’s nothing.(it’s OK) ???(???)= nothing ?????????mou2 nei5 gam2 hou2 hei3(???????) =have no patience like yours(don’t want to talk to you …
Our colloquial Cantonese lesson series. ???????hou2 ci5 gai1 tung4 ngaap3 gong2 It’s like chicken talking to duck, who can’t understand each other at all. ? gai1 = chicken(s) ? ngaap3 = duck(s) ? gong2 = talk, speak ?? hou2 ci5 = similar to, like Until our next lesson Colloquial Cantonese(2)