{"id":184,"date":"2012-03-12T11:56:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T19:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cantonesepod.com\/pods\/?p=184"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T16:00:37","slug":"difference-mandarin-cantonese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantonesepod.com\/pods\/difference-mandarin-cantonese\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between Mandarin &#038; Cantonese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of differences between Mandarin and Cantonese even though they share many Chinese characters and even sounds.\u00a0 Mandarin speakers and Cantonese speakers cannot understand each other unless they learn the other language. Mandarin and Cantonese are two different languages, but Google is continuing its big mistakes by considering Cantonese as the same or nearly the same language as Mandarin and they would not create a Cantonese selection for their Google Translate.<\/p>\n<p>This article is written in hope that Google would realize their mistake someday and add Cantonese to their Google Translate. Please pass this article to someone related in Google so they can start to understand.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Alta7TnFs3E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The differences between Mandarin &amp; Cantonese<br \/>\nAlthought Mandarin and Cantonese may share many Chinese characters, we can find<br \/>\nthe following major differences between these two languages:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Very different pronunciation.<br \/>\ne.g. ???hello)<br \/>\nMandarin?n\u00ed h?o Cantonese: nei5 hou2<br \/>\ne.g.\u00a0\u00a0 ??(train)<br \/>\nMandarin: huo3 che1 Cantonese: fo2 ce1<br \/>\n2. Mandarin 4 tones vs Cantonese 6 tones<br \/>\ne.g.<br \/>\nMandarin ???? t?ngsh? sh\u00ed sh? sh\u00ec<br \/>\nCantonese ?????? si1 si2 si3 si4 si5 si6<br \/>\nMandarin ???? t?ng t\u00e1ng t?ng t\u00e0ng<br \/>\nCantonese ???? tong1 tong2 tong3 tong4<br \/>\n3. different characters or words are used<br \/>\ne.g.\u00a0 Engligh: I like him<br \/>\nMandarin\u00a0 ????<br \/>\nCantonese ????<br \/>\n4. different word order<br \/>\ne.g.\u00a0 Engligh: I need to go first.<br \/>\nMandarin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ??????<br \/>\nCantonese\u00a0 ??????<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of differences between Mandarin and Cantonese even though they share many Chinese characters and even sounds.\u00a0 Mandarin speakers and Cantonese speakers cannot understand each other unless they learn the other language. 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