Basic Translation - Cantonese to English

A look at some basic translations that you might need if travelling to a foreign country.

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[PrinceBejita]

Its not a good idea to put background music under these kind of clips...

[k4ze7]

speaking slowly my ass!

[mathgeekphysics]

i laughed at bye bye

[spike378]

wow she is teaching improper cantonese. FAIL

[ProdigyofHappiness]

@BASSPLAYA1112 so do i



[hakkawarrior]

@De4sher you got it right. Dr. Sun is actually a Hakka, his mother tone is Hakka.

[TaiGekTou]

@CityHunter84 What does "grsh" mean? Anyway, Cantonese actually has more tones (6) than Mandarin (4). But the differences between the tones are rather subtle, so much that it can be pretty difficult to hear them. Even with 2 more tones than Mandarin, Cantonese doesn't have the sharp falling tone (the 4th tone) in Mandarin. It also have considerably less homophones compared with Mandarin, thus tones are often approxmiated or even deliberately altered and people would still understand by context.

[WeiFischer]

I don't know why people are complaining about the background music. If your in Hong Kong you better listen closely as it is a very noisy city.

[CityHunter84]

is cantonese less tonal than mandarin? i don't hear any of the "grsh" when listening to cantonese.

[polarmerr]

i have NEVER used good afternoon or good night in cantonese in my entire life. you can survive on hi, bye and good morning. also gou mang a is only used if youre being raped or robbed or something. if you use it in non-emergency situations, youre like calling 911 because you cant find a penny you dropped.

[cladimere]

@DiabloMercy I know you're fat inside.