The main problem with Canto-pop songwriting nowadays is the lyrics are based on Mandarin wording rather than how Cantonese is used naturally. ( ofc, it's not the only problem ... )
That's why it tends to come out awkward and sometimes even unintelligible.
afaik, those that do use natural Cantonese wording are not serious work ( i.e they're spoofs, jokes, gangsta songs etc ... ). Quite a shame :/
If someone were to write a serious canto-pop song with natural lyrics, it'll be refreshing !
To all of you discussing the Mandarin Cantonese tonal thing, here's my view on it. Cantonese is more tonal cuz they have 7 tones while Mandarin has 4. Mandarin has a lot of sh, zh, and ch sounds while Cantonese doesn't have that. That's probably why some of you perfer Cantonese, but I might be wrong.
I know Cantonese! I studied it for nine years at school but then I dropped it for French. After listening to many different versions I like the French version the best, then the Russian one, then this one
On that note; i didnt translate this, my friend did. All credit goes to her. And no, this isnt perfect but its better then nothing. Just wanted to share this with the rest of you guys. Hope she understands!
I know its not Emil Chau & Sarah Chen because they sang a Mandarin pop version
Its not Eason Chan cause he also did a cover that I've listened to.
Someone said these two people did 潘奇發, 陳美鳳 but i googled 陳美鳳 and she (I think) sang songs that are in a taiwanese dialect... and the voice doesn't sound anything like the one in this song.
If all Cantonese speakers spoke this softly, it wouldn't cop as much flack as it does. Unfortunately, a loud group of Cantonese-speakers isn't usually as enjoyable to listen to. :P It's an interesting language, though.
I agree! I'm a native Cantonese speaker and I was talking about teeth to my friend (don't ask me why XD) in Cantonese, and my other friend thought I was fighter with her. Cantonese had harsh sounds, but if you speak softy; it sounds great!
yeah everytime I speek cantonese to a non-cantonese speaker they think I'm fighting with them. I guess it's because cantonese is spoken on a lower scale than most languages are. Maybe that's why people mistake us as fighting. I've even had someone ask me why we cantonese people are always fighting day in and day out. XD
Yup! Listen to that girl in this video sing. It sounds really pretty. Ya, acutally its cause no matter how many "notes" there are 9, that Cantonese have, its what we call "flat" unlike English.
On a personal note, I kind of like speaking cantonese. It makes my voice lower and my singing much more smoother than others. It gives me goosebump when listening to those english singers that have a ridiculous high screeching singing voice. Not much american girls have low voice like I do. People even mistake me for a guy sometimes. Though I think it's perfect and much more soothing.
Really? I always thought it was either soprano or alto. XD I always had trouble explaining my voice. Though my original voice is low and kind of gruff I can actually sing soprano and really high too! XD
Especially at concerts, oh my motherfucking god, those Cantonese girls need to shut the fuck up and let the singer do the singing cause those girls can't sing for shit.
love this version, the lyrics 分享美好新的世界 reflects let me share this whole new world with you...^^ it's sad that many people think Cantonese is a vulgar and rude language :(
@xsakuraphie I have already corrected my mistake in another comment after other people pointed it out. It just didn't get to the top like the other one. Lol. Thanks anyway.
i have almost all the Disney movies in Cantonese because that is what my family speaks and we lost the Aladdin dvd im so happy for watchin this herer on youtube
@oOItalyZmdOo Chinese is divided in many different dialects (much like many other languages). Mandarin and Cantonese are the two most used dialects. Mandarin is the official language of China, making it the most commonly spoken. Cantonese is a very popular dialect in southern China but, not as used as Mandarin.
@oOItalyZmdOo Cantonese and Mandarin are 2 different dialects. Mandarin is the most popular, due to it being the official language of China, although Cantonese is popular in southern China. Both dialects are Chinese.
I'm actually surprised they managed to do a Cantonese version that doesn't sound bad D: there's at least 8/9 tones to work with, and the moment the tone goes weird, the words they sing will have a totally different (and illogical) meaning.
Cantonese probably sounds weird to some because you make the sounds with a different part of your throat. Try speaking Canto and English and feel the vibration in your throat and you'll see that a different part vibrates. People think it sounds like arguing probably because it's quite a loud language lol.
Oh, and I credit the fact that I don't know the correct # of tones on that it's my mother language so I've never learned the pronunciations on a "technical" level, haha. It was the other part of my comment that I wanted to emphasize--not the # of tones but just the fact that there are a LOT of tones. So everyone, please excuse my wrong technicality. I realize there weren't a "lot" of people correcting me, only 2-3. It just feels like a lot since there's one every once in a while. :)
@pinkayyy haha don't worry. I learnt it because I lost it when I was a kid - like a toddler sort of thing. It's a pity mandarin is the main language of China though.. the gluttoral stops make the old poems sound good, whilst the old poems in Mandarin don't sound right due to the lack of them! I suppose this veers a bit too much into politics so I'll stop there lol.
cantonese definitely flow better go read some chinese poem in cantonese and mandarine see. Cantonese pwn any language, try learn all the swearing in diff language u will see cantonese pwn gg no re
I speak Mandarin (from Taiwan) and I love this version, because Cantonese has a lot of short sounds that make the language sound powerful. I don't see any point for Mandarin speakers to disrespect the language.
THIS is beautiful I mean really holy hell!! I like this much more than mandarin..mandarin (to me not trying to be mean so if it sounds it im sorry) sounds like they are repeating the same words/sounds over and over..this sounds much better...arigatou!
Cantonese is better than Mandarin because it is completed with the 7 tones, unlike Mandarin which has only 4. That's why Cantonese sounds poetic when sung or spoken.
@anythingnew yes but those 7 tones make it so much hard for non-natives to learn that dealing with only 4. I speak mandarin and I have trouble withe all 7...I'm trying though. However the Cantonese singing voice is very beautiful but the Taiwanese spoken voice is very elegant, at least I think so ^^
@anythingnew Since when did I say Mandarin sounds like a piano and it doesn't even make sense. In general opinion, the more tone a language got, the more harsh it would sound to the ears. Anyway I am Cantonese and I think Mandarin songs are way better than HK pop.
@anythingnew Since when did I say Mandarin sounds like a piano and it doesn't even make sense. In general opinion, the more tone a language got, the more harsh it would sound to the ears. Anyway I am Cantonese and I think Mandarin songs are way better than HK pop.
The more tone a language has, the broader its spectrum for making music. Oh, since you are Cantonese you look for the lyrics and not the melody and rhythm. I am an outsider listening in, and I focus more on the power and emotion of the melodies.
@Kiwiness As partial as I may sound by saying this, I think this song sounded much better in cantonese than in mandarin. And yeah, I am cantonese too. Though I acknowledge that generally, I like mandarin songs more these days, but that has much more to do with the current flow of the canto music industry than with the language itself.
@Kiwiness a lot of mando songs sound better than newer canto ones because they've got good composition and rhythm, however many of the older canto songs still sound good today. the canto music industry only fell apart recently with whatever they are coming out with now... But still, I prefer canto over mando
@anythingnew this is bullshit. first of all, technically speaking cantonese has 8 or 9 different tones. second of all, whether a dialect has 4, 6 or 9 tones it doesn't make it more or less poetic. For example take a look at Wenzhounese dialect, it has 9 different tones just as Cantonese, but I never heard anyone saying it's poetic or that it sounds nice when sung or spoken. I think its a personal opinion when you say Cantonese or Mandarin chinese sounds better.
before in the 90s disney's canto voice acting was awesome, look at this and ursula in little mermaid. now they use shit like twins and boyz and stuff, nyeh.
@manisdogfish Don't think numbers is a good way to see if they're in the same language family, as neighbouring countries like Japan and Korea also borrowed Chinese vocabulary extensively (including numbers) and they are from a completely different language family.
i think canto flows very well because it has many tones... ^^; i mean, music has do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do. eight tones right? like a scale. maybe the people that think canto sounds weird are probably the people that don't really know how the language sounds like.
I think the people who insults the Cantonese language by saying it sounds like people are arguing don't appreciate the variety of the language. It depends on the tone of the people speaking it. The reason why Cantonese doesn't flow as well as mandarin is because Cantonese has 8 different tones and there are much more ups and downs. However, I don't think that gives anyone the right, even cantonese speakers, to insult Cantonese.
Yeah that's true, and I think the only times that some people are actually exposed to Cantonese is within Chinese restaurants or an arguement, otherwise Cantonese speakers are quite calm and serene in tone.
@Zophixan Lots of people have been sending me their own information about how many tones and so far the one I'm convinced of is 9.
I have to admit I didn't really do my research before leaving the comment but I didn't know I was speaking so many people's minds in the first place. Thanks for telling me your input. I'll have to verify it with an actual Chinese instructor, lol. Everyone seems to have their own number of tones in mind for some reason.
Yep. I speak Cantonese at home but I learned Mandarin while I was in elementary school on Sundays, so I understand Mandarin and speak a little but I've always been hesitant to speak Mandarin because sometimes I think the word that comes out of my mouth is Cantonese instead of Mandarin especially if the words are very similar sounding to Cantonese. lol
I think both the Mandarin and Cantonese versions are both so beautiful. I just love the Chinese language ^-^ Both have a sort of poetic, almost fluid sound.
The main problem with Canto-pop songwriting nowadays is the lyrics are based on Mandarin wording rather than how Cantonese is used naturally. ( ofc, it's not the only problem ... )
That's why it tends to come out awkward and sometimes even unintelligible.
afaik, those that do use natural Cantonese wording are not serious work ( i.e they're spoofs, jokes, gangsta songs etc ... ). Quite a shame :/
If someone were to write a serious canto-pop song with natural lyrics, it'll be refreshing !
StarSpawn06 2 weeks ago
jasmine should guard her pet tiger the chinese will kill it and use it for chinese medicine
fmh654 3 weeks ago
Guess what, Madarin chicken is more popular than Cantonese chicken. So there's your winner!
maivkayla 1 month ago
Damn, I love Aladdin's voice.
horse4875 1 month ago
To all of you discussing the Mandarin Cantonese tonal thing, here's my view on it. Cantonese is more tonal cuz they have 7 tones while Mandarin has 4. Mandarin has a lot of sh, zh, and ch sounds while Cantonese doesn't have that. That's probably why some of you perfer Cantonese, but I might be wrong.
YinYangPeace 3 months ago in playlist Hong Kong
@YinYangPeace WHOA! Just found out that Cantonese has 11 tones. lol
anythingnew 1 month ago
does anyone know who is singing this as the voices for these two
kingluffy22 3 months ago
Cantonese is a very poetic dialect, many classical poems from thousands of years ago rhyme and flow well in Cantonese than in mandarin.
contractki11er 3 months ago
Does anyone know where I can download this whole movie in cantonesev?
alisa168 4 months ago
I know Cantonese! I studied it for nine years at school but then I dropped it for French. After listening to many different versions I like the French version the best, then the Russian one, then this one
AwesomeET1 4 months ago
3rd part
(girl: fen fen chong ya ho oi)
Together:
yeng nei o dou zao jun mou yao geng gai
fen heng mei hou sun dik sai gai
yeng ze sum tai (yeng ze sum tai)
zoi ze geng gai (zoi ze geng gai)
bun nei zou zhun (bun nei zou zhun)
mou yao geng gai (mou yao geng gai)
On that note; i didnt translate this, my friend did. All credit goes to her. And no, this isnt perfect but its better then nothing. Just wanted to share this with the rest of you guys. Hope she understands!
le04 4 months ago
2nd part
guy: qun wei nei zoi ze go sun geng gai
girl:mei mong but ho si yi, mei neng gai sick ze gum gok, chi jeng jok mo jurk xing zai,ling o mou han funn cheng gor si ze mo mei!
guy: (but bid ging qeng fong why)
girl: mong gin chi chi man sai seng shi
guy:(jeng fu cup dou fong song hui)
girl:yiu an chi sing guong jiu, yu gum suo gin, qeng butt sui wui mong dong cho na mong xieng
guy: zoi ze hong gan~
(girl: dong sun xin dik gum gok) duck po sun yat ceng gai han
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1st part
guy: ze si sun dik lui qing, zui en guong zong geng jing coi, nei si gong zu, si fou jib, sou guo, neng jeng ze gid yun
si en seg dik lui qing, yun neng da hoi nei sum cheng, pin lick tin hong gong hoi food,bon nei zo seng fei jin
yum yi bun wong,si na mo sen kei mei miu,mu fa ho gai sick ze kei miu gum gog,
chu sen yu chi mong mei geng
girl:
zhoi ze hong gan,si na mo sen kei mei lai, yung o yu sun geng gai yu gum qing cuo,hon dou ze mei hou sum dik sai gai
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le04 4 months ago
Aladdin sounds awesome.
horse4875 4 months ago
Han Wu Da Di spoke something close to Cantonese NOT Mandarin.
anythingnew 5 months ago
好勁阿!!!!
epiccool1 6 months ago
belloooooooooooooooooooo
redberry0 6 months ago
bennyspchung 7 months ago 29
I love Jazmin´s voice, she sound so chinese!! adorable
TheDreamerboy77 7 months ago 2
I Russel peters lead you to the thought that brought you here like this LOL
sherifahassan 7 months ago
haha i'm cantonese and i have no idea what our language sounds like to other people i've been told it's very rough
ForeverTaylorSwift11 7 months ago
Canto is so powerful and manly.
anythingnew 7 months ago
i actually heard this one before the actual english version :3 hehe
x33GrAciiEeH 9 months ago 4
:D
kimmechanism 9 months ago
Can any body tell me the cantonese sang by who?
jenniferyg 9 months ago
aww i remember this from my childhood :)
icysnow1993 9 months ago
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Can someone tell me who sings this song?
I know its not Emil Chau & Sarah Chen because they sang a Mandarin pop version
Its not Eason Chan cause he also did a cover that I've listened to.
Someone said these two people did 潘奇發, 陳美鳳 but i googled 陳美鳳 and she (I think) sang songs that are in a taiwanese dialect... and the voice doesn't sound anything like the one in this song.
abetterdae1234 9 months ago
I'm proud to speak Cantonese~ I love this version, its so sweet!
98Stellar 9 months ago 6
If all Cantonese speakers spoke this softly, it wouldn't cop as much flack as it does. Unfortunately, a loud group of Cantonese-speakers isn't usually as enjoyable to listen to. :P It's an interesting language, though.
BIuejay 9 months ago
@BIuejay
I agree! I'm a native Cantonese speaker and I was talking about teeth to my friend (don't ask me why XD) in Cantonese, and my other friend thought I was fighter with her. Cantonese had harsh sounds, but if you speak softy; it sounds great!
98Stellar 9 months ago
@98Stellar
yeah everytime I speek cantonese to a non-cantonese speaker they think I'm fighting with them. I guess it's because cantonese is spoken on a lower scale than most languages are. Maybe that's why people mistake us as fighting. I've even had someone ask me why we cantonese people are always fighting day in and day out. XD
WolframxYuuri95 9 months ago 3
@WolframxYuuri95
Yup! Listen to that girl in this video sing. It sounds really pretty. Ya, acutally its cause no matter how many "notes" there are 9, that Cantonese have, its what we call "flat" unlike English.
98Stellar 9 months ago
@98Stellar
On a personal note, I kind of like speaking cantonese. It makes my voice lower and my singing much more smoother than others. It gives me goosebump when listening to those english singers that have a ridiculous high screeching singing voice. Not much american girls have low voice like I do. People even mistake me for a guy sometimes. Though I think it's perfect and much more soothing.
WolframxYuuri95 9 months ago 2
@WolframxYuuri95
I love White girls with feminine deep voices.
anythingnew 7 months ago
@WolframxYuuri95 hey, maybe you´re a contralto!!! good for you!
TheDreamerboy77 7 months ago
@TheDreamerboy77
contralto? What's that?
WolframxYuuri95 7 months ago
@WolframxYuuri95 A contralto is the lowest feminin voice, like Cher
TheDreamerboy77 7 months ago
@TheDreamerboy77
Really? I always thought it was either soprano or alto. XD I always had trouble explaining my voice. Though my original voice is low and kind of gruff I can actually sing soprano and really high too! XD
WolframxYuuri95 7 months ago
@WolframxYuuri95 A contralto can sing high notes, , but it´d sound darker than a soprano because of the colour or timbre of the voice.
However, a teacher is supposed to tell your vocal range while you´re singing, I only suggest!!!
Contralto are really difficult to find, I only know two , Liza Minelli & Cher.
Don´t forget that Mezzosopranos have a great hability in the lower notes too!! :P
TheDreamerboy77 7 months ago
@TheDreamerboy77
This is awesome! I learn something new everyday on the internet! And the adults say the internet is bullshit! >:(
WolframxYuuri95 7 months ago
@WolframxYuuri95
German and Canto, the angry languages.
anythingnew 7 months ago
@BIuejay haha! I know what you mean, and when it gets loud, it gets LOUD! but it is very pleasant to listen to in a library environment.
contractki11er 9 months ago
@BIuejay
Especially at concerts, oh my motherfucking god, those Cantonese girls need to shut the fuck up and let the singer do the singing cause those girls can't sing for shit.
anythingnew 5 months ago
i actually think that the cantonese version sounds much sweeter :P and i like their voices more.
Shmile 10 months ago
The Cantonese is awesome.
jugglingotaku 10 months ago
love this version, the lyrics 分享美好新的世界 reflects let me share this whole new world with you...^^ it's sad that many people think Cantonese is a vulgar and rude language :(
wincipoet 10 months ago
So proud that I speak Cantonese !
catherineng129129 10 months ago
@catherineng129129 same:)
KristaTheSinga 10 months ago
@xsakuraphie I have already corrected my mistake in another comment after other people pointed it out. It just didn't get to the top like the other one. Lol. Thanks anyway.
pinkayyy 11 months ago
i have almost all the Disney movies in Cantonese because that is what my family speaks and we lost the Aladdin dvd im so happy for watchin this herer on youtube
chinaarumew 11 months ago
So beautiful! I am definatly gonna try learning Canto >:T!
Jellomello1234 11 months ago
Where could i watch Disney Cantonese movies
LovetoWatchDrama 1 year ago
AAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAJAJJAHAHHAHAHA
whyhedodat 1 year ago
is there a link for this song
DChu980 1 year ago
i sing and i also love speaking cantonese because its so tone-y.
dont be dissing my language :P
its fun to speak because its semi drama and stuff.
boyfriendstealer4796 1 year ago
lol in the end, if the person can sing, it doesn't matter what language its in. Cantonese is REALLY hard to sing WELL in;)
this guy has a really nasally voice. *prince of egypt canto ver sounds amazing;)
nuriko001 1 year ago
two words: amazingly beautiful <3
MuminF4n 1 year ago
開心有得揀果個MAy姐唱...
Vochucky02 1 year ago
Cantonese sounds weird but its hard to learn as well, you know...
meowslovers 1 year ago
this is cool :) especially since the story of aladdin originally took place in china, too x3
Yunachan2 1 year ago
the lyrics is a bit strange...
but still beautiful^ ^
pinky215hk 1 year ago
LISTEN IM CANTO. there are 8 sounds. end of story.
TheGinghamDress 1 year ago
what's the difference between: cantonese, mandarin and chinese?
oOItalyZmdOo 1 year ago 6
@oOItalyZmdOo Chinese is divided in many different dialects (much like many other languages). Mandarin and Cantonese are the two most used dialects. Mandarin is the official language of China, making it the most commonly spoken. Cantonese is a very popular dialect in southern China but, not as used as Mandarin.
darkangel1417 1 year ago
@oOItalyZmdOo Cantonese and Mandarin are 2 different dialects. Mandarin is the most popular, due to it being the official language of China, although Cantonese is popular in southern China. Both dialects are Chinese.
KristaTheSinga 10 months ago
I love jasmine's voice I think she have the best voice of all together with the dutch Jasmine but the langueges sound like ding dong toi XD
Princessdreamer21 1 year ago 2
omg i love this !im half viet half canto! CANTONESE + THIS SONG = <3
tOfuuRAWRR 1 year ago 6
I'm actually surprised they managed to do a Cantonese version that doesn't sound bad D: there's at least 8/9 tones to work with, and the moment the tone goes weird, the words they sing will have a totally different (and illogical) meaning.
Coffeekinns 1 year ago
@Coffeekinns how many songs have you heard in cantonese?
weirdasian741 1 year ago
Cantonese probably sounds weird to some because you make the sounds with a different part of your throat. Try speaking Canto and English and feel the vibration in your throat and you'll see that a different part vibrates. People think it sounds like arguing probably because it's quite a loud language lol.
cccrsc 1 year ago
It's beautiful!
Patronuslight 1 year ago 3
A very beautiful version and a very beautiful language :)
inuitka 1 year ago
Oh, and I credit the fact that I don't know the correct # of tones on that it's my mother language so I've never learned the pronunciations on a "technical" level, haha. It was the other part of my comment that I wanted to emphasize--not the # of tones but just the fact that there are a LOT of tones. So everyone, please excuse my wrong technicality. I realize there weren't a "lot" of people correcting me, only 2-3. It just feels like a lot since there's one every once in a while. :)
pinkayyy 1 year ago
@pinkayyy haha don't worry. I learnt it because I lost it when I was a kid - like a toddler sort of thing. It's a pity mandarin is the main language of China though.. the gluttoral stops make the old poems sound good, whilst the old poems in Mandarin don't sound right due to the lack of them! I suppose this veers a bit too much into politics so I'll stop there lol.
Zophixan 1 year ago
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pinkayyy 1 year ago
cantonese definitely flow better go read some chinese poem in cantonese and mandarine see. Cantonese pwn any language, try learn all the swearing in diff language u will see cantonese pwn gg no re
ThisIsDream 1 year ago
i really like this language its very unique with its tones:)
xJesusForeverx 1 year ago 2
@xJesusForeverx so do I.
luna4ever36 1 year ago
I speak Mandarin (from Taiwan) and I love this version, because Cantonese has a lot of short sounds that make the language sound powerful. I don't see any point for Mandarin speakers to disrespect the language.
husohome 1 year ago
This song in Cantonese somehow sounds pretty exotic :). But very nice though I don't think the voices are that extra ordinary!
TheHeeheeful 1 year ago
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kitzostudio 1 year ago 4
@kitzostudio i grew up with canto and english and mandarin im use to it even though im a canto speaker mainly
iluvwantripmuscleboy 1 year ago
Does anyone have the lyrics?
It´s so beautiful this song
OmG!
Greetings from Mexico
zabdisoto 1 year ago
anybody got the cantonese lyrics to this?
AznTrooperX 1 year ago
THIS is beautiful I mean really holy hell!! I like this much more than mandarin..mandarin (to me not trying to be mean so if it sounds it im sorry) sounds like they are repeating the same words/sounds over and over..this sounds much better...arigatou!
kendrasalany1 1 year ago 2
this version goes well with the words that they are singing in english
5401nick 1 year ago
I love Jasmine's voice in Cantonese.
Rakerong 1 year ago
I Love this version *V*
y24244163 1 year ago 2
i speak cantonese but i think the mandarin verison is better....but jasmine 's voice is pretty good tho
Jacdagirl94414 1 year ago
so you are saying that they flyed more than 1000 miles to china to watch firework in less then 3 minutes,
Whoa thats pretty fast.
*also its amzing how they don't need any gas masks to bearth up there.
airadoz 1 year ago
Very nice :) I wish the guy was more musical though LOL so flat.
dragonclaw232 1 year ago
<3 this is better than mandarin : )
neitichopper 1 year ago
i have the cantonese Aladdin at home ;)
Jennyyx3Lovee 1 year ago
@Jennyyx3Lovee I HAVE THE SECOND ALADDIN MOVIE IN CANTONESE AT HOME
iluvwantripmuscleboy 1 year ago
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
TheVasilija 1 year ago
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greeenluvsyou 1 year ago
Cantonese version is cool :) I think it's better than Mandarin, no offense hehe
wincipoet 1 year ago 64
@wincipoet
Cantonese is better than Mandarin because it is completed with the 7 tones, unlike Mandarin which has only 4. That's why Cantonese sounds poetic when sung or spoken.
anythingnew 6 months ago 39
@anythingnew yes but those 7 tones make it so much hard for non-natives to learn that dealing with only 4. I speak mandarin and I have trouble withe all 7...I'm trying though. However the Cantonese singing voice is very beautiful but the Taiwanese spoken voice is very elegant, at least I think so ^^
eaglesgogirl 5 months ago
@anythingnew I disagree, Mandarin sounds wayy more poetic sung or spoken for the reason that it only has 4 sounds.
Kiwiness 4 months ago
@Kiwiness Sorry, but Mandarin doesn't sound like a piano. Therefore, it is limited.
anythingnew 4 months ago
@anythingnew Since when did I say Mandarin sounds like a piano and it doesn't even make sense. In general opinion, the more tone a language got, the more harsh it would sound to the ears. Anyway I am Cantonese and I think Mandarin songs are way better than HK pop.
Kiwiness 4 months ago
@anythingnew Since when did I say Mandarin sounds like a piano and it doesn't even make sense. In general opinion, the more tone a language got, the more harsh it would sound to the ears. Anyway I am Cantonese and I think Mandarin songs are way better than HK pop.
Kiwiness 4 months ago
@Kiwiness
The more tone a language has, the broader its spectrum for making music. Oh, since you are Cantonese you look for the lyrics and not the melody and rhythm. I am an outsider listening in, and I focus more on the power and emotion of the melodies.
anythingnew 4 months ago
@Kiwiness As partial as I may sound by saying this, I think this song sounded much better in cantonese than in mandarin. And yeah, I am cantonese too. Though I acknowledge that generally, I like mandarin songs more these days, but that has much more to do with the current flow of the canto music industry than with the language itself.
SonnyGoten89 3 months ago
@Kiwiness a lot of mando songs sound better than newer canto ones because they've got good composition and rhythm, however many of the older canto songs still sound good today. the canto music industry only fell apart recently with whatever they are coming out with now... But still, I prefer canto over mando
contractki11er 3 months ago
@anythingnew I real prefer how mandarin sounds to the cantonese. Cantonese sounds too weird, mandarin is flowing ..
charguigou 3 months ago
@charguigou Maybe Cantonese sounds ugly to those who speak it, but to an outsider like me, it sounds very powerful because of its tonal range.
anythingnew 3 months ago
@anythingnew I don't speak it, but I don't like it. At least for female voice. The only one I really like in cantonese is aurora !
charguigou 3 months ago
@anythingnew this is bullshit. first of all, technically speaking cantonese has 8 or 9 different tones. second of all, whether a dialect has 4, 6 or 9 tones it doesn't make it more or less poetic. For example take a look at Wenzhounese dialect, it has 9 different tones just as Cantonese, but I never heard anyone saying it's poetic or that it sounds nice when sung or spoken. I think its a personal opinion when you say Cantonese or Mandarin chinese sounds better.
xuelihu1 1 month ago
@xuelihu1 eheheeh, wouldn't it be cool if there was a language with 50 tones?
anythingnew 1 month ago
Jasmines voice is so beautiful on this Cantonese version :)
suomimelody 1 year ago 5
沒搞錯的話這個版本是由潘奇發, 陳美鳳所唱的
周華健和陳奕迅的確唱過這首歌,但絕對不是電影版
This is the version in the movie and is sung by潘奇發, 陳美鳳,not chau wah kin (emil chau) or eason chan. they did have their own version though
kara312 1 year ago 2
i like mandarin or Taiwanese better cuz i don't understand a word of this but it sounds real nice.
eaglesgogirl 1 year ago
Heehee! Cantonese makes me chuckle. xP
ohmss069 2 years ago
before in the 90s disney's canto voice acting was awesome, look at this and ursula in little mermaid. now they use shit like twins and boyz and stuff, nyeh.
BattleOlly 2 years ago 34
^agreed
animezirow 1 year ago
@BattleOlly
Again, I keep saying: Shine > Twins. Not SHINee, but Shine.
anythingnew 7 months ago
i'm canto but i dont understand it as well as the mando version T__T
co0kii 2 years ago 4
My favourite Version!!!
BaNaNeNkInD191 2 years ago 4
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cantonese sounds like chopping vegetables.
mandarin sounds like your tongue being cut in half.
kelloggcerealxoxo 2 years ago
wow it does sound thai! xD
but its def canto
i like this version
talkin2myself246 2 years ago
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OMG! their sound is so ugly! (please dun mark as spam)
dendelionnum1 2 years ago
how the hell does it sound... thai.. its totally canto.
I know this im not even blood chinese.
NimaBehjati 2 years ago 4
They're both of the same family of languages. Listen to someone say 1-10 in Thai and then in Canto. You'll be surprised :)
manisdogfish 2 years ago
alright.. so I took a look @ the 1-10 in Thai and it is similar to canto.. you win this round.
NimaBehjati 2 years ago
Bangkok999999 2 years ago
@manisdogfish Don't think numbers is a good way to see if they're in the same language family, as neighbouring countries like Japan and Korea also borrowed Chinese vocabulary extensively (including numbers) and they are from a completely different language family.
DeathKnight725 1 year ago
i love 1:09 through 1:33
roserara234 2 years ago
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cantonese sounds so weird in this song... sounds so thai..
im canto and jap just so u know. lol
chopaface 2 years ago
@chopaface Not Cantonese like Thai,is Thai like Cantonese.Glory to HongKong.XDD
*Offense FREE*
LeungSiuMingClinic 8 months ago
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
annakostaki 2 years ago
Emil Chau & Sarah Chen
heatedice168 2 years ago
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i thought the male singer is: Chau wah kin
01234p43210 2 years ago
i thought the male singer is: chau wah kin
01234p43210 2 years ago
That is NOT LEON LAI for crying out loud don't make stuff up
DaddyVT 2 years ago 8
like this song~ who r the singers??
popppppop 2 years ago
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Aladdin : leon lai
Jasmine : (?)
PPGiGi520 2 years ago
really?? doesn't sound too much like him..hehe or maybe just i can't recognize his voice hehe
popppppop 2 years ago
u guys shld listen to the version of eason chen's its even more romantic
onetwothreefourbeep 2 years ago
ohmygosh, my childhood right there. i recently watched the english version of aladdin for the first time, its soooo weird. lol
strawberrynkiwi 2 years ago 6
i think canto flows very well because it has many tones... ^^; i mean, music has do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do. eight tones right? like a scale. maybe the people that think canto sounds weird are probably the people that don't really know how the language sounds like.
SimplisiticStar 2 years ago 78
I agree with you.
silentsoliloquy82 2 years ago 4
I'd like to know the Chinese singers who sang this in Cantonese. I think sang Jasmine very well.
agentchanman 2 years ago 7
I think the people who insults the Cantonese language by saying it sounds like people are arguing don't appreciate the variety of the language. It depends on the tone of the people speaking it. The reason why Cantonese doesn't flow as well as mandarin is because Cantonese has 8 different tones and there are much more ups and downs. However, I don't think that gives anyone the right, even cantonese speakers, to insult Cantonese.
pinkayyy 2 years ago 189
Yeah that's true, and I think the only times that some people are actually exposed to Cantonese is within Chinese restaurants or an arguement, otherwise Cantonese speakers are quite calm and serene in tone.
Bioloser 2 years ago 10
That's totally true!
One mistake there though... there're nine differnet tones, not 8, but still... Thanks for saying what I was thinking for a while~!
Toxic106 2 years ago 4
Personally, I think Cantonese flows even better, especially if you read some classical texts--it may be an even older language than Mandarin.
chenhuman89 1 year ago 5
@pinkayyy im absolutely with you in your explanation bout the cantonese....
naiky1089 1 year ago
@pinkayyy 6 tones.. the rest are gluttoral stops.
Zophixan 1 year ago
@Zophixan Lots of people have been sending me their own information about how many tones and so far the one I'm convinced of is 9.
I have to admit I didn't really do my research before leaving the comment but I didn't know I was speaking so many people's minds in the first place. Thanks for telling me your input. I'll have to verify it with an actual Chinese instructor, lol. Everyone seems to have their own number of tones in mind for some reason.
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pinkayyy 2 years ago
i noticed that cantonese has more sounds that mandarin...but also many tones 7/8 O.o wow,this is so difficult to learn.
Elessidil91 2 years ago 7
Yep. I speak Cantonese at home but I learned Mandarin while I was in elementary school on Sundays, so I understand Mandarin and speak a little but I've always been hesitant to speak Mandarin because sometimes I think the word that comes out of my mouth is Cantonese instead of Mandarin especially if the words are very similar sounding to Cantonese. lol
AgtBauer24 2 years ago 9
LOL me too.
QUEENiiEGiiRL 2 years ago
Lucky! I only know Canto. I wish I could understand both.
NavyBabyBlue 2 years ago
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they should make joey yung sing the girl vocals .
yayyangela 2 years ago
i really like this version!
winca846 2 years ago
Woah, the Cantonese version sounds so beautiful ^^~ (Actually every version of this song is amazing!)
marico 2 years ago 7
haha so true!
karikawaiichan 2 years ago
where can I find an mp3 of this?
SeekHeart 2 years ago
i have it!...
well, not really, but i can download it and give it to you :]
chel x
ichelx 2 years ago
who sang this?
coconutty213 2 years ago
I think both the Mandarin and Cantonese versions are both so beautiful. I just love the Chinese language ^-^ Both have a sort of poetic, almost fluid sound.
RosettaTayceStone 2 years ago 7
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People speaking Cantonese sound like they're in a terrible argument haha, and this is coming from a Cantonese speaker.
kazin29 2 years ago
as a fellow canto speaker, i have to agree XD
auburnxskiies 2 years ago
OMG.
I heard this song when i was a little kid.
brings back memories =D
kennyx94 2 years ago
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english is the best=]]
diu75 2 years ago
mandarin = drama
cantonese = action movies
CtrlAltDaLEET 2 years ago 3
agreed.
also, pop music is better in mandarin while rock is better in cantonese.
haivmoob 2 years ago
LOL that is so truee (: haha
asianuser 2 years ago