粵語: What dictionaries (monolingual or bilingual) do Cantonese speakers use for their own language?
Hi,

I understand that at least in Hong Kong, when you start school, all of your classes are taught in Cantonese but the written language is Standard Chinese, using Mandarin structure and vocabulary.

So, when native Cantonese speakers want to look up a word in Cantonese (monolingual dictionary) or to see how a Cantonese word translates to English (using Cantonese, not Mandarin), what dictionaries do they use?

I know 新華字典 is the standard in Mainland China, which is available in both simplified and traditional characters but it is in Mandarin.

What monolingual and bilingual (Cantonese-English/English-Cantonese) dictionaries do Cantonese speakers use?

Thank you.

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粵語: What dictionaries (monolingual or bilingual) do Cantonese speakers use for their own language?
Hi,

I understand that at least in Hong Kong, when you start school, all of your classes are taught in Cantonese but the written language is Standard Chinese, using Mandarin structure and vocabulary.

So, when native Cantonese speakers want to look up a word in Cantonese (monolingual dictionary) or to see how a Cantonese word translates to English (using Cantonese, not Mandarin), what dictionaries do they use?

I know 新華字典 is the standard in Mainland China, which is available in both simplified and traditional characters but it is in Mandarin.

What monolingual and bilingual (Cantonese-English/English-Cantonese) dictionaries do Cantonese speakers use?

Thank you.

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I use,

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/

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哈哈, 謝謝妳, 玲玲老師. I guess I'm pretty old-fashioned. While I do use online dictionaries and Google translator a lot, I still prefer paper dictionaries. :D

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Hi Justin,

I sometimes don't use dictionary. Instead, I just search XX(the Cantonese words) 意思 (meaning), then the meaning of the words will pop out on Google.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Elaine

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