One of the most frustrating things about living in Hong Kong has been my struggle to speak Cantonese. More often than not, my attempts end in failure, with the person I’m talking to – despite ...

Cantonese, the dialect spoken by 98 percent of Hong Kong natives, is nearly as different from Mandarin as German is from French. They are written in the same characters, but a speaker of one can ...

The vast majority of people, if asked what language is spoken in China, would say: That’s a no-brainer: Chinese, of course! Some might know enough to differentiate between Mandarin Chinese and ...

As a variety of Cantonese, it is intelligible with Guangzhou Cantonese. Due to the policy on the promotion of Putonghua and the influx of foreign population who doesn't speak Yue Chinese, the level of ...

Take a walk through Chinatown in one of Australia's major capital cities, and you're more than likely to hear the Chinese dialect of Cantonese being spoken. It's a tonal, guttural language ...