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妮莎063
Cantonese Learning
Has anyone found any textbooks for beginners learning cantonese? I live in the US and I've tried looking on amazon but its hard to know which books are legit. Any help?? Thank you in advance
Apr 18, 2020 12:19 AM
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Hello 妮莎! :)
I haven't checked out a lot of Cantonese textbooks. But, I recently started a YouTube channel teaching Cantonese. I hope this would be useful: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEtND8NR_OXVqdNCec_swaw/videos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEtND8NR_OXVqdNCec_swaw/videos</a>
Also, here is a really useful website if you want to look up a character's pronunciation: <a href="https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/</a>
April 22, 2020
I can see some good ones on Amazon.com. I think the more pictures the book has, the better it is for you. I find them easier to follow and more fun when they include comic in the conversations. I don't recommend those pocket phrase books or from the planet which is lonely. They were too wordy and a bit pointless to remember the whole phrase without knowing what it really means word by word. For me, I recommend
Cantonese for Everyone (Jyutping)
Essential Cantonese (Yale)
June 21, 2020
Might be a bit challenging looking for books teaching Cantonese because it's mainly distinguished through its way of speech. Formal Cantonese writing would be similar to Taiwanese Chinese (since they both use traditional Chinese characters). There may be Hong Kong based youtube channels where people speak with subtitles that are handy. Sorry can't be of much help, but I think it's amazing that you're learning Cantonese!
April 23, 2020
妮莎063
Language Skills
Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), English, Italian, Korean
Learning Language
Chinese (Mandarin), Italian
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