With an estimated 100 million non-Chinese around the world learning Putonghua, Cantonese remains opaque to foreigners. There is no standardized teaching platform. Some have advanced the opinion that ...

Now, before anybody says it, I know that the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in it. I, however, do not have the time or money to go live in Hong Kong for a year or more so I can't ...

The majority of Hongkongers might have adopted the Western way of life, and the city’s colonial history has certainly played a part in shaping its identity, but traditions that are distinctively Hong ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three decades ago, finding opportunities to learn Cantonese in San Francisco wasn't hard. But today in the city that's drawn Cantonese speakers from South China for over 150 years ...

Fourteen years after the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing is hosting the Winter Games from February 4 to 20. This year, Hong Kong will see three athletes competing in two sports – alpine skiing and short ...

When I’m around Cantonese speakers, this is the memorised caveat I come armed with: “Ngo sek teng, mm sek gong” (translation: “I can understand, but can’t speak”). Having grown up with my maternal ...

When Kevin Harding, 30, fell in love with Alex Tse, 26, it became pretty clear that if he wanted 'in' with her family, he was going to need to learn Cantonese. "I didn't want to be just the standard ...

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